Chapter Summaries

Ma Hongjun battled Qian Jun Douluo at the Holy Word Sect, where Qian Jun’s experience and stronger Soul Power injured Ma Hongjun and forced him to recognize the danger. Ma Hongjun unleashed his ninth soul skill across the sect, killing lower-level Soul Masters and threatening the imprisoned captives as Wei Qixiong’s forces confronted the remaining Fallen Soul Masters.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Qian Jun Douluo, but Qian Jun shattered his phoenix flames with the Coiling Dragon Staff and wounded him.
• Ma Hongjun launched nine strands of Dark Phoenix fire; Qian Jun repelled most of them, while one strand tore through the energy barrier and killed many Fallen Soul Masters.
• Wei Qixiong ordered the Soul Masters beside him to handle the aftermath and prepared to deal with Zhang Jie and the other remaining Fallen Soul Masters.
• Ma Hongjun activated his ninth soul skill, the Nine-Star Black Phoenix Domain, spreading dark flames across the Holy Word Sect.
• The domain burned Soul Masters below Soul Emperor level, and the imprisoned captives in the dungeon faced the same lethal flames.

Ma Hongjun unleashed his Dark Phoenix power against Qian Jun Douluo, but Xie Yue activated a sealed Soul Tool that sent Ma Hongjun’s flames spiraling beyond his control. The chapter ended with Qian Jun Douluo screaming in agony as Xie Yue realized his action had made the battle even more dangerous.

• Ma Hongjun used his Nine-Star Black Phoenix Domain to empower himself and erode the Soul Masters caught within it.
• Qian Jun Douluo unleashed his weapon soul true body and attacked Ma Hongjun and the domain with the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Ma Hongjun summoned the Dark Phoenix, which consumed two Soul Douluos and shattered Qian Jun Douluo’s weapon soul true body.
• Qian Jun Douluo used Mighty Throw to block the Dark Phoenix’s flames, but its dark chains disrupted his connection to the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Xie Yue opened a sealed Soul Tool and sent a beam of energy toward the Dark Phoenix, causing Ma Hongjun’s flames to intensify beyond his control.
• Ma Hongjun struggled to stop his power while Qian Jun Douluo screamed from the flames, and Xie Yue asked what Ma Hongjun had done.

Ma Hongjun lost control of his awakened Dark Fire and was lured into an ambush arranged by Bibi Dong. Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo restrained him while an Angel Squad killed him with a Sacred Greatsword, leaving his Soul Bones as a prize.

• Ma Hongjun used his Head Soul Bone skill to escape the Dark Fire’s control and fled, while Qian Jun Douluo remained too injured to pursue him.
• The Dark Fire surged out of control as Ma Hongjun flew away, and Chrysanthemum, Ghost Douluo, and Tie Wu confronted him on Bibi Dong’s orders.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Tie Wu and charged at him, but Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo trapped him with their Bipolar Static Domain.
• An Angel Squad formed a Sacred Greatsword from its purifying flame and struck Ma Hongjun, extinguishing his Dark Fire and killing him before he could use Phoenix Nirvana.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo claimed Ma Hongjun’s corpse and its three Soul Bones, while Tie Wu realized the Dark Fire could not provide the flame origin he had hoped to obtain.

The Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect joined forces to attack the Holy Word Sect, forcing Chrysanthemum and Gui Mei into battle against four Title Douluo. Tie Wu fled with Ma Hongjun’s corpse, but the injured Tosige caught up and demanded it.

• The Fourth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao, Kui Xin, and Lei Zhen arrived with their disciples to attack the Holy Word Sect and confront Spirit Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo passed Ma Hongjun’s corpse to Tie Wu and urged him to escape while Chrysanthemum and Gui Mei engaged their opponents.
• Tang Hao and the other Title Douluo suppressed Chrysanthemum and Gui Mei, while Kui Xin disrupted the Angel Squad and Tosige pursued Tie Wu.
• Tie Wu decided to take Ma Hongjun’s corpse to Spirit City for Bibi Dong rather than risk absorbing potentially contaminated soul bones.
• Tosige, badly injured but driven by greed for Ma Hongjun’s soul bones, caught Tie Wu and attacked him; Tie Wu responded with his Holy Flame Gray Wolf Martial Soul Avatar.

Tie Wu defeated Tosige by exploiting his injuries and then took the hundred-thousand-year torso soul bone hidden in Ma Hongjun's corpse. After absorbing it and reaching Soul Power Level seventy-nine, Tie Wu reopened his wound and disguised himself as gravely injured.

• Tie Wu used his three-headed Martial Soul Avatar to surprise Tosige and defeat him with a flame storm.
• Tosige, badly wounded, cut open Ma Hongjun's skull, found a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and fled with it.
• Tie Wu discovered that the torso soul bone remained inside Ma Hongjun's corpse and decided to absorb it.
• Tie Wu absorbed the hundred-thousand-year torso soul bone, recovered from his injuries, and advanced to Soul Power Level seventy-nine.
• Tie Wu reopened his wound and used his flames to make himself appear gravely injured.

The Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect failed to kill Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei, while Chrysanthemum Douluo broke through to level ninety-six. Tie Wu concealed what happened when Tosige attacked him, and Tosige returned to Spirit City after absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, one step from becoming a Title Douluo.

• Tang Hao, Lei Zhen, Kui Xin, and the Clear Sky Sect's Fourth Elder abandoned their failed attempt to kill Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei and headed to the Holy Word Sect.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Xie Yue found the injured Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei, who reported their clash with the Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect.
• Gui Mei tracked Tie Wu to the scorched battlefield, where Tie Wu produced a severed arm containing a Soul Bone and gave a misleading account of his fight with Tosige.
• Tie Wu delayed his return to Spirit City for over ten days, concealing his Soul Power fluctuations while Xie Yue cared for him.
• Tosige absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, reached level ninety, and returned to Spirit City to seek Qian Daoliu's forgiveness.

Qian Daoliu spared Tosige and sent him to obtain his ninth soul ring, while Bibi Dong revived four powerful fighters to attack Heaven Dou City and frame the Heaven Dou Empire. As Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi confronted the attackers, they recognized their leader as Ma Hongjun.

• Qian Daoliu told Tosige to obtain his ninth soul ring, and Tosige thanked him while concealing his thoughts.
• Bibi Dong revived Magic Bear Douluo, Pufferfish Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Ma Hongjun, raising their Soul Power Level to ninety-five and ordering them to attack the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ma Hongjun realized his body was not his own and tried to resist Bibi Dong's control, but she threatened him and his soul bone gave him formidable power.
• After learning that the Heaven Dou Emperor's poisoning mission had failed, the emperor summoned Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi, then sent them to respond to four Title Douluo attacking Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi confronted the attackers, then recognized their leader as Shrek's Ma Hongjun.

Ma Hongjun led the Fallen Soul Masters attacking Heaven Dou City, and Flender confronted his former disciple while the other Soul Masters fought the masked Title Douluos. As Yang Wudi’s strike threatened Snake Lance Douluo, Ma Hongjun broke away to attack Ning Fengzhi.

• Flender recognized Ma Hongjun as the Fallen Soul Master leader, but Ma Hongjun insisted he could not stop and unleashed his dark fire.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Ning Fengzhi supported them, and Flender focused on holding Ma Hongjun back.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong engaged Magic Bear Douluo and the other masked fighters, and Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi joined the battle.
• Yang Wudi, aided by Dugu Bo and Chen Xin, shattered Snake Lance Douluo’s transformed martial soul with a powerful spear strike.
• Ma Hongjun transformed into the Dark Phoenix and launched a direct attack on Ning Fengzhi.

Ma Hongjun overwhelmed the defenders in Heaven Dou City and unleashed his Nine-Star Black Phoenix Domain against the assembled soul masters and Xue Xing’s imperial army. As Dark Fire consumed the troops, Dugu Bo charged Ma Hongjun to stop the slaughter.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong abandoned their opponents to protect Ning Fengzhi, while Ma Hongjun’s attack forced Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and the others into a desperate fight.
• Pufferfish devoured Dugu Bo’s poison, and Magic Bear Douluo nearly struck him before Yang Wudi intervened and joined him against the attackers.
• Ma Hongjun arrived beside Magic Bear Douluo and dismissed the approaching soul masters and imperial army as no threat to him.
• Meng Shenji led the gathered soul masters to confront Ma Hongjun, while Xue Xing brought the imperial army onto the battlefield.
• Ma Hongjun activated his ninth soul skill, the Nine-Star Black Phoenix Domain, and Dark Fire burned soul masters and soldiers to ash, fueling his power.
• Dugu Bo activated his Head Soul Bone skill and charged Ma Hongjun to stop the destruction.

Ma Hongjun and his allies fled Heaven Dou City after the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud threatened them, leaving the city devastated. Ning Fengzhi then warned Xue Ye about Spirit Hall’s likely propaganda and explained the power of the Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect as Xue Ye considered Heaven Dou’s position.

• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud appeared over Ma Hongjun’s domain, and Ma Hongjun led Magic Bear Douluo and the others in retreating from Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi left Xue Xing to handle the city’s aftermath after more than sixty percent of its hundred thousand troops had been lost.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Gu Rong to the Thunder God Sect and went with Chen Xin to the imperial palace, suspecting Ma Hongjun had revived Snake Lance Douluo, Pufferfish, and Magic Bear Douluo through evil methods.
• Xue Xing revealed that Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish’s bodies had been sent to Spirit City, prompting Ning Fengzhi to warn Xue Ye that Spirit Hall could use the disaster to turn public opinion against Heaven Dou.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that the Clear Sky Sect and Thunder God Sect could both influence a war, then described how Soul Master factions were seeking their protection from forced conscription.

Gu Rong reported the return of Magic Bear Douluo and other supposedly dead Soul Masters, prompting the Thunder God Sect to seek Ning Fengzhi and the Clear Sky Sect’s help in understanding the continent’s secrets. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong launched an invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Tie Wu joined the campaign because one army’s route threatened his hometown, Manno City.

• Gu Rong told Lei Zhen and Bing Ju that Magic Bear Douluo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo had appeared in Heaven Dou City, and he explained Ma Hongjun’s situation.
• Bing Ju asked Gu Rong to invite Ning Fengzhi to the Thunder God Sect, then Kui Xin proposed inviting the Clear Sky Sect as well.
• Xue Ye suppressed the Spirit Hall Empire’s attempt to turn public opinion against the Heaven Dou Empire and exposed the agents behind it.
• Bibi Dong ordered an invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire, assigning Ma Hongjun to the campaign and replacing the destroyed Elephant Armored Legion with another sect’s force.
• Tie Wu told Chrysanthemum Douluo that he wanted to join the campaign because one invasion route would affect Manno City, where his family lived.

The Spirit Hall Empire launched a sudden invasion and seized territory from the Heaven Dou Empire, prompting Xue Ye to plan local troop mobilization and conscription of Soul Masters. Ning Fengzhi then hurried to Xue Ye with a disturbing question about what had happened to soldiers’ bodies in the previous war.

• The Spirit Hall Empire swiftly overwhelmed the frightened Heaven Dou front lines and captured territory.
• Count Weixun proposed conscripting Soul Masters from the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect, while Xue Ye decided Xue Beng should help mend relations with the Thunder God Sect.
• Xue Ye demanded that the major nobles provide war funds or Soul Masters, and they agreed to raise money.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled an ancient text while discussing Fallen Soul Master methods with the Thunder God Sect and Clear Sky Sect, then rushed to the palace to verify his conclusion.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Ye how the bodies of soldiers killed in the previous war had been handled, and Xue Ye said the Spirit Hall Empire had dealt with the fallen soldiers on its battlefield.

Tie Wu attacked the Heaven Dou Empire’s defensive formation from the air, overwhelming its Soul King controller and destroying the formation’s center. With the Soul Master soldiers killed, the formation collapsed and the Spirit Hall Empire’s army gained an opening.

• Tie Wu rejected his deputy general’s suggestion to wait for the injured Zhao Lu and Yu Yao, then prepared to breach the formation himself.
• Zhang Li entered the formation eye and used the gathered Soul Power of the Soul Master soldiers to defend against Tie Wu’s attack.
• Tie Wu struck the formation eye with his sixth Soul Skill, Blazing Flame Skyfall, forcing Zhang Li to hold the barrier while the battle disrupted the formation.
• Tie Wu broke through Zhang Li’s barrier and unleashed a firestorm that killed the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Master soldiers at the formation eye.

Tie Wu ignored his vice commander's cautions and the northern commander-in-chief's orders, leading a swift assault that captured Manno City. He entered the city and began searching for his parents.

• Tie Wu's forces shattered the Heaven Dou Empire's formation, and Tie Wu decided to advance directly toward Manno City despite his vice commander's objections.
• A messenger delivered the northern commander-in-chief's order to wait, but Tie Wu burned the letter and continued marching.
• Tie Wu's army surprised Manno City's defenders, and Tie Wu flew onto the walls and killed the soldiers there with a burst of flames.
• Manno City's lord chose to flee through a secret passage, abandoning his wife, children, and parents.
• Tie Wu captured Manno City in less than three hours and began searching for his parents.

Tie Wu moved his parents away from Manno City, then returned to defend it against Zhang Yang’s army. As he confronted Zhang Yang in the air, a black-armored Soul Emperor joined the fight and Tie Wu realized the enemy had set a trap.

• Tie Wu reassured Father Tie and Mother Tie, then carried them away from Manno City on wings of three-colored flames.
• Kiers learned Tie Wu had attacked Manno City against orders and decided to let him face the consequences without allowing him to die.
• After Tie Wu returned to Manno City, Zhang Yang arrived with an army and demanded that he abandon the city.
• Tie Wu deployed shield-wielding Soul Ancestors and support Soul Masters against the siege, but the deputy general warned that the city would fall if they kept defending it this way.
• Zhang Yang flew toward the walls to break through, and Tie Wu rose to confront him as a Soul Saint.
• A black-armored Soul Emperor flew toward Zhang Yang, and Tie Wu recognized that something was wrong.

Zhang Yang and the black-armored general used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to drive Tie Wu and the Spirit Hall troops out of Manno City. Yan arrived with reinforcements and, dismissing warnings about the city’s defenses, prepared to attack it himself.

• Zhang Yang and the black-armored general formed the Dark Eagle Dragon, which overwhelmed Tie Wu and killed many Spirit Hall soldiers with its dark aura.
• Tie Wu fought back with Inferno Rings and three-colored flame but retreated after realizing his troops had suffered heavy losses.
• Zhang Yang declined to pursue Tie Wu, ordered his soldiers to retake Manno City, and had the injured city lord brought to him.
• Tie Wu met Yan’s arriving army outside the city, and the two traded insults about their battlefield records.
• Yan decided to attack Manno City despite his deputy general’s warning that Heaven Dou Empire reinforcements would make the assault costly.

Yan’s reckless assault on Manno City ended in disaster, and the commander-in-chief stripped him of his authority while the Heaven Dou Empire prepared three soul master legions for the front. Zhu Zhuqing received her sixth trial, which required her to capture three ferocious beasts on Giant Fang Island and imprison them in Thunder Prison Land.

• Yan led his army toward Manno City despite Tie Wu’s objections, while the northern army’s commander-in-chief condemned their actions and questioned how to handle their military positions.
• Tie Wu returned to camp and left his deputy general to report the situation to the commander-in-chief.
• Yan returned after losing nearly all his troops, demanded new forces and siege equipment, and was stripped of his authority by the commander-in-chief.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor ordered three gathered soul master legions to depart for the front lines as the empire struggled against Spirit Hall Empire’s advances.
• Zhu Zhuqing received her sixth trial: she had to severely injure three ferocious beasts on Giant Fang Island and imprison them in Thunder Prison Land.

Tie Li broke through to Rank 98 by stabilizing a prototype third Soul Core formed from spatial fluctuations, then followed Zhu Zhuqing to the Mysterious Continent. There, he warned her about the local energy and learned that her assessment required her to capture three fierce beasts.

• Tie Li failed to condense a third Soul Core through his own power, but Zhu Zhuqing's spatial fluctuations let him form a prototype and break through to Rank 98.
• Tie Li followed Zhu Zhuqing from Moon Spirit Island to the Mysterious Continent, where humans formed soul links with exotic beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Origin Forest on Giant Fang Island for her assessment, which required her to severely injure three fierce beasts and imprison them in Thunder Prison Land.
• Tie Li warned Zhu Zhuqing not to absorb the continent's energy because it could damage her Soul Power.
• Tie Li sensed one assessment target deep in the Origin Forest and learned the other two were west and south.

Tie Li accompanied Zhu Zhuqing through the Origin Forest, where she fought the powerful fierce beast Giant Fang and killed Qisinuo, the human bound to it. As the Thunder Prison Land’s chains dragged Giant Fang away, it unleashed white-light chains that threatened to pull Zhu Zhuqing in too.

• Tie Li and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Origin Forest and encountered Giant Fang, which kept Qisinuo trapped inside its body.
• Tie Li judged Giant Fang to be roughly equivalent to a fifty-thousand-year soul beast and warned Zhu Zhuqing to be careful.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her soul skills to wound Giant Fang, forcing it to vomit Qisinuo out.
• Qisinuo attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but she killed him on Tie Li’s advice, causing Giant Fang to suffer a severe backlash.
• Chains from the void began dragging Giant Fang into the Thunder Prison Land, and Tie Li moved Zhu Zhuqing away as Giant Fang’s white-light chains tried to seize her.

Tie Li and Zhu Zhuqing continued their assessment to imprison Giant Fang Island’s three ferocious beasts, witnessing an Ayan Beast and a human boy form a soul connection before confronting the Beast King Ayan. Tie Li suppressed the Ayan Beast clan while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight its Beast King.

• Tie Li destroyed the Origin Forest ferocious beast’s final attack as it was sealed in Thunder Prison Land, completing one-third of the task.
• Tie Li and Zhu Zhuqing witnessed a frail Ayan Beast form a soul connection with a human boy, causing both to grow stronger and gain new abilities.
• Tie Li said that humans’ ability to form soul connections would drive the evolution of exotic beasts, then agreed to suppress the Ayan Beast clan while Zhu Zhuqing handled its ferocious beast.
• The Beast King Ayan confronted Tie Li and Zhu Zhuqing, but Tie Li’s aura left its clansmen trembling and unable to obey its commands.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her seven soul rings, drawing the Beast King Ayan’s attention and forcing it to take her seriously.