Chapter Summaries

Kong Ming'an realized that completing Elementalization could enable humans and Soul Beasts to transform into one another, potentially ending their conflict, but he chose to focus on perfecting his cultivation system instead. He tested the technique near Snow Empress as she healed, and she embraced him to help him observe her energy more clearly.

• Kong Ming'an reasoned that combining Elementalization, Martial Soul Avatar, Blood Essence Transformation, and an Anchor could let humans and Soul Beasts change forms and eventually merge.
• Kong Ming'an decided to prioritize completing Elementalization and perfecting the Law Cultivator system, leaving Snow Empress's Soul Ring issue until later.
• Kong Ming'an transformed his body through Elementalization and walked across the Cold Spring to observe Snow Empress as she healed.
• Snow Empress drew Kong Ming'an into her embrace and connected their Soul Power so he could examine her energy structure more clearly.
• Tang Ya saw Kong Ming'an and Snow Empress embracing through the cold mist and found the Blue Silver Grass she was chewing strangely sour.

After spending more than half a month studying the Snow Empress’s Elementalization and helping her recover at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Kong Ming'an returned to Heaven Dou City for the tournament finals. He appeared as the Sun Moon team’s first opponent, leaving Zhang Lexuan alarmed as Wu Ming faced him in the opening individual match.

• Kong Ming'an and the Snow Empress ended their observation at the Cold Spring, and she said several more treatments would be needed for her recovery.
• Kong Ming'an greeted Tang Ya, then used the Gray Gate to leave with the Snow Empress and return to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• On finals day, Zhang Lexuan thought about Kong Ming'an and his promise that she could go home while Shrek prepared its lineup against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Shrek’s teachers chose Wu Ming to open the individual battle, and she stepped onto the arena.
• Kong Ming'an emerged from the Sun Moon team’s rest area and appeared opposite Wu Ming, prompting Zhang Lexuan’s alarm.

Kong Ming'an fought Wu Ming in the tournament finals, using Blood Mist and Blood Essence attacks to overwhelm her and block her Soul Power. He caught her after she fell and asked if she admitted defeat, but Wu Ming stubbornly refused.

• Kong Ming'an appeared on the competition stage, and the crowd erupted in cheers as Wu Ming prepared to face him.
• Wu Ming unleashed her Golden Crow flames, but Kong Ming'an's Blood Mist swallowed her attacks.
• Kong Ming'an struck Wu Ming with Blood Essence Long Spears, disrupting her Soul Power and forcing her Martial Soul possession to end.
• Wu Ming fell into the Blood Mist, where her Soul Power was sealed and she feared she would die.
• Kong Ming'an caught Wu Ming and asked whether she admitted defeat, but she refused.

Kong Ming'an defeated Wu Ming by using his Bloodline Power to block her Soul Power, then defeated Li Yi with the Blood Mist's tracking and restraining abilities. Shrek's team realized the threat posed by his technique, and Han Ruoruo entered the arena to test its limits.

• Kong Ming'an intensified the Bloodline Power inside Wu Ming until she surrendered, winning the first individual match for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Kong Ming'an reflected that his Bloodline Domain could disrupt Soul Skills and lock down opponents, though its range was limited to ten meters.
• Wu Ming told Shrek's team that her Soul Power was unusable, and Xuan Zi admitted he could not identify Kong Ming'an's method.
• Li Yi tried to use his speed and wind abilities against Kong Ming'an, but the Blood Mist followed him and Kong Ming'an captured and defeated him.
• Han Ruoruo volunteered to probe Kong Ming'an's abilities, promised to surrender if necessary, and stepped onto the arena.

Han Ruoruo faced Kong Ming'an in the third individual match, but his Blood Essence Chains sealed and dragged her Shaking Gold Rope, forcing her to concede. Shrek's team had lost all three individual matches, leaving its members under heavy pressure and fearing a disastrous defeat.

• Han Ruoruo entered the stage as a Soul Emperor and revealed her Shaking Gold Rope, while Kong Ming'an formed a Blood Essence Great Spear, a Blood Essence Longsword, and circling Blood Essence Chains.
• Kong Ming'an hurled his spear, then charged Han Ruoruo as she tried to control him with her Shaking Gold Rope.
• Kong Ming'an's Blood Essence Chains imitated Han Ruoruo's control technique, wrapped around her Martial Soul, and weakened her connection to it.
• Kong Ming'an pulled Han Ruoruo forward and pointed his Blood Essence Longsword at her heart, prompting her to concede.
• Han Ruoruo told her teammates that Kong Ming'an's ability affected Martial Souls and rapidly evolved, and Shrek's team realized it had lost all three individual matches.

After Shrek lost the first Two-Two-Three match, Zhang Lexuan faced Kong Ming'an in the decisive second match, with Shrek's chance of staying in the finals on the line. Kong Ming'an revealed a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and the match began as Zhang Lexuan realized he might have more abilities still hidden.

• The team leader accepted Shrek's loss in the individual match and prepared for the Two-Two-Three format with a depleted lineup.
• Shrek lost the first Two-Two-Three match after the Sun Moon team fielded two Soul Emperors.
• The lineups for the second match were announced: Zhang Lexuan and a Support Soul King for Shrek, against Kong Ming'an and another Support Soul King.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Kong Ming'an whether Wu Ming and the others would recover, and he assured her their Soul Power was only temporarily sealed.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned her six Soul Rings, while Kong Ming'an revealed a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and thought about combining Body and Law Cultivation.
• The referee started the second match as Zhang Lexuan heightened her vigilance toward Kong Ming'an's unknown abilities.

Zhang Lexuan fought Kong Ming'an in the finals, but his Space abilities and Blood Essence techniques countered her attacks and trapped her in a debilitating Blood Mist. She remained determined to resist as she threw one final punch at him.

• Zhang Lexuan used Ping'er's Green Apples to boost her abilities, then unleashed Moon White Light Blades across the arena at Kong Ming'an.
• Kong Ming'an sent Fang Yi to the arena's edge and used a spatial barrier to redirect Zhang Lexuan's Moon Blades back at her.
• Zhang Lexuan empowered herself with Moon Rise and attacked with Moon Fall, but Kong Ming'an used a chained Blood Essence Great Spear and spatial passages to bind her.
• Zhang Lexuan escaped her restraints and stabbed what she thought was Kong Ming'an, but the target burst into Blood Mist that sealed her Soul Power and stirred traumatic memories.
• Zhang Lexuan resisted surrender and threw one final punch at Kong Ming'an.

Kong Ming'an defeated Zhang Lexuan and the Shrek Representative Team, securing Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's victory in the tournament final. After the news spread, Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that Shrek's defeat might be a good thing for the academy.

• Zhang Lexuan asked Kong Ming'an's age, then lost the fight and fell unconscious in his arms.
• Kong Ming'an carried Zhang Lexuan to Shrek's resting area, removed the Bloodline Power affecting her, and offered to help the other Shrek fighters recover.
• The referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the tournament champion, and Ju Zi ordered the results distributed across Douluo Continent.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Mu En a newspaper reporting Shrek's loss, but Mu En said the defeat might benefit Shrek.

After recovering for more than a month at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Snow Empress emerged with Kong Ming'an, whose Soul Power had reached level twenty. He revealed that his Thorn Dragon Soul Ring had become a Sacred Induction Soul Ring, steadily absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and cultivating Soul Power for him.

• The Mingmeng Daily reported the tournament results, while rumors spread about cooperation between the Body Sect, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce.
• At the Cold Spring, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan watched Kong Ming'an and the Snow Empress recover together and joked about his relationships.
• The Snow Empress's injuries from the God Sealing Platform had mostly healed after more than a month in the Cold Spring.
• Kong Ming'an reflected that his actions had changed many people's fates, then meditated with the Snow Empress as he studied her energy structure for his Elementalization process.
• Kong Ming'an sensed that he had reached level twenty and showed his rotating Thorn Dragon Soul Ring, which absorbed Heaven and Earth Origin Qi as a Sacred Induction Soul Ring.

Kong Ming'an considered his Second Soul Ring targets while refining Elementalization, then noticed Tang San outside the Seven Must-Kill Jade Phosphor Flower Poison Array. Tang San, after a miserable two-month journey, tried to use his Sea God Trial to command the Immortal Herbs, but nothing happened.

• Electrolux developed the Sacred Induction Soul Ring, which enabled automatic cultivation and helped Soul Rings replenish the energy Law Cultivators spent on Soul Skills.
• Kong Ming'an considered rare-attribute Soul Beasts, the Mirror Shadow Beast, and the Silver Hero Beast as candidates for his Second Soul Ring, and sent search teams to the Star Dou Great Forest and Frozen Forest.
• Kong Ming'an sensed someone outside the poison array, opened a Demiplane door, and saw an ordinary-looking youth with a sinister gaze.
• Tang San recalled how a sect battle, bandits, innkeepers, beggars, and other misfortunes had delayed and injured him during his journey to the Sunset Forest.
• Tang San triggered the Sea God Trial and waited for the Immortal Herbs to submit, but none appeared.

Kong Ming'an and the God of Destruction watched the Plane Will torment the newly appeared Tang San, and Kong Ming'an considered sending him to Shrek. After perfecting Elementalization, Kong Ming'an took Snow Empress through a gate to Dragon City.

• The God of Destruction showed Kong Ming'an how the Plane Will had repeatedly humiliated Tang San and weakened the Divine Sense protecting him.
• Kong Ming'an considered using Tang San's Sea God Trial to undermine Buddha Tang, then wondered whether Tang San could be sent to Shrek.
• The God of Destruction marked Tang San so he could intervene if Tang San violated the rules, while Kong Ming'an gained the ability to watch his misfortunes through the Divine Examination of Destruction.
• More than a month later, Kong Ming'an perfected Elementalization beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Snow Empress had quietly approached him.
• Kong Ming'an took Snow Empress through a gate to the Undead Demiplane and arrived with her at the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce in Dragon City.

Kong Ming'an and Snow Empress entered the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave beneath the Earth Dragon Gate, where he gathered Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and gave her the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to heal her Origin. As Snow Empress absorbed it, Kong Ming'an continued developing his cultivation systems and outlined the transformations their seventh Soul Rings would grant.

• Kong Ming'an and Snow Empress secretly entered the well at the Earth Dragon Gate and descended into the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.
• Snow Empress used her Extreme Ice Snow Soul Power to shield them from the freezing depths as they explored the cave.
• Kong Ming'an stored the cave's Ice Extreme Divine Crystals in his Demiplane and found a cavern containing Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Kong Ming'an gave all the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to Snow Empress, who began absorbing it to repair her Origin.
• Kong Ming'an continued deducing Form Solidification and State Anchoring, determining that seventh Soul Rings would grant Law Cultivators Elementalization and Body Cultivators Blood Essence Transformation.

After absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, Snow Empress recovered much of her origin and received thirty more pieces to help the Ice Empress and prepare for Snow Empress’s future Soul Core. Kong Ming'an returned to the Undead Demiplane after Snow Empress left, where Ju Zi reported that his requested Soul Beasts had been captured.

• Snow Empress absorbed eight pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and recovered more than half of her origin damage.
• Kong Ming'an asked how many pieces the Ice Empress needed to recover and pass the 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation, then gave Snow Empress thirty pieces.
• Snow Empress suspected Kong Ming'an had planned to lure the Ice Empress to him, but he explained that the marrow was meant to heal her and strengthen Snow Empress.
• Kong Ming'an stored the remaining seven pieces as research materials and returned with Snow Empress to the Undead Demiplane.
• Snow Empress entered the gate to Xueyuan City, leaving Kong Ming'an to prepare to return to Mingdu.
• Ju Zi met Kong Ming'an and told him that his requested Soul Beasts had been captured.

Kong Ming'an absorbed a Silver Hero Beast’s Soul Ring and used its Imprint ability to copy and master the Snow Empress’s Extreme Ice Snow and other elemental energies. He realized Imprint could accelerate the creation of Soul Skill Modules and, combined with Soul Ring rinsing, let Soul Masters freely rebuild their Soul Skills as low-threshold Law Cultivators.

• Kong Ming'an absorbed the Silver Hero Beast’s Soul Ring and cleared away its memories, leaving only the Imprint Soul Skill Module.
• Kong Ming'an used Imprint on the Snow Empress’s Snowfall skill and successfully mastered Extreme Ice Snow.
• Kong Ming'an imprinted more Soul Skills and mastered every basic type of Elemental Energy.
• Kong Ming'an reasoned that Imprint could help him rapidly learn Soul Skill Modules and develop his own.
• Kong Ming'an realized that rinsed Blank Soul Rings and an Imprint Soul Tool could let Soul Masters replace and assemble their Soul Skills.

Kong Ming'an weighed the limits and military potential of Imprint compared with Self-Condensation, then conceived of creating a Sub-Brain to help manage his many projects. In the Extreme North, the Snow Empress summoned the region’s attention and waited uneasily as a jade-green streak approached.

• Kong Ming'an concluded that Imprint was an easier but less flexible method than Self-Condensation, with heavier Soul Ring loads and limits on complex Soul Skills.
• Kong Ming'an recognized that Imprint could standardize and rapidly change Soul Skills for coordinated armies, and added the idea to his tasks.
• Kong Ming'an considered building a Sub-Brain from fragments of his soul and a Computer Matrix, then realized he had added yet another project to his list.
• The Snow Empress appeared in the Extreme North Core Area, halting its winds and snow as powerful Soul Beasts bowed or roared in submission.
• The Snow Empress waited as a jade-green streak raced toward her from the Ice Plain, and unease stirred within her.

The Snow Empress helped the Ice Empress recover her origin and overcome her 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation. Afterward, she told the Ice Empress about her dealings with a human named Kong Ming'an, leaving the Ice Empress alarmed when the Snow Empress insisted he was different.

• The Ice Empress reunited with the Snow Empress, noticed she smelled strongly of a human, and accepted five Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrows to heal her origin.
• After absorbing the marrow, the Ice Empress recovered her origin and gained enough strength for her 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation to arrive early.
• The Snow Empress urged the Ice Empress to undergo the tribulation immediately, and the Ice Empress successfully overcame it.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress about transforming into human form, being sealed, and making a deal with Kong Ming'an, while concealing some details of their time together.
• The Ice Empress warned that Kong Ming'an would exploit and kill the Snow Empress, but the Snow Empress insisted he was different from other humans.

Snow Empress agreed to bring Ice Empress to meet Youth after revealing his generosity, while preparing to undergo her 700,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation. In Mingdu, Kong Ming'an experimented on an Evil Soul Master, dissecting his Martial Soul Avatar and beginning to test a technique he called Unbind Ring.

• Snow Empress showed Ice Empress more than twenty pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, convincing her that Youth was different from other humans.
• Ice Empress insisted on meeting Youth, and Snow Empress agreed on the condition that she would not attack or harm him.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress she was about to undergo her 700,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation and asked her to protect her.
• Kong Ming'an extracted an Evil Soul Master's soul and used dark blue threads to control his body and transform it into a Bloodthirsty Soul Wolf Martial Soul Avatar.
• Kong Ming'an dissected the Martial Soul Avatar and confirmed its similarities to Elementalization and Blood Essence Transformation.
• Kong Ming'an began using a gentler technique to release the Soul Rings' stored energy back into the Evil Soul Master's body, naming it Unbind Ring.

Kong Ming'an used an Evil Soul Master as material to create a flawed Soul Core, then rested with Meng Hongchen after weeks of experiments. Over dinner, Meng Hongchen told him that Zhang Lexuan had removed the bounty Shrek had placed on him.

• Kong Ming'an forced an Evil Soul Master's energy into a Soul Core, completed it, and judged the result impure and flawed.
• Kong Ming'an carried the exhausted Meng Hongchen to a sofa, and they slept together before waking several hours later.
• Kong Ming'an told Meng Hongchen that his experiments had achieved their basic objective and that the bounty had brought him a supply of attackers to use as materials.
• Meng Hongchen said Shrek had placed the bounty on Kong Ming'an and revealed that Zhang Lexuan had removed it.

Kong Ming'an learned that Zhang Lexuan had helped remove the bounty on him at Shrek, then checked Meng Hongchen's Soul Skill Module. Meanwhile, the silver-haired girl and Qiu'er reached Mingdu to find the Child of Fortune, and the silver-haired girl disguised herself so she could enroll and approach him.

• Miss Meng told Kong Ming'an that Shrek's students had turned against the remaining members of its representative team after four Seven Devils left early, and that Zhang Lexuan had uncovered and removed the bounty on him.
• Kong Ming'an finished his meal and set off with Meng Hongchen to check her Soul Skill Module.
• The silver-haired girl and Qiu'er arrived outside Mingdu and sensed that the Child of Fortune was somewhere inside the city.
• The silver-haired girl decided the Child of Fortune could help the Soul Beasts and planned to approach him without revealing her identity.
• The silver-haired girl disguised herself and told Qiu'er to prepare to enroll.

Kong Ming'an worked on an Imprint Soul Tool when Snow Empress returned with the Ice Empress, who accused him of tricking Snow Empress and distrusted him. Snow Empress was ready to begin their planned work, and Kong Ming'an revealed his Extreme Ice Snow Elementalization before inviting her to forge the Soul Core.

• Kong Ming'an's latest Soul Tool Array experiment failed, so he recorded the results and continued developing an Imprint Soul Tool.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress emerged from a Gray Gate in the Laboratory, and the Ice Empress confronted Kong Ming'an over Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress explained that she had helped Bing'er overcome her 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation and said she would not send Bing'er back to the Extreme North until she trusted Kong Ming'an.
• Snow Empress declined to rest, saying she was ready to proceed, and Kong Ming'an entered Elementalization with an aura of Extreme Ice Snow before inviting her to forge the Soul Core.