Chapter Summaries

Du Busi, cornered in the Thunder Domain, chose to self-destruct, but Ling Xiao redirected him through a Spatial Rift and into the fleeing Soul Masters. The blast killed nearly everyone, leaving Long Xiaoyao, Mu En, Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, and Kong Deming wounded and helpless as Ling Xiao's group caught up.

• Du Busi recalled the losses caused by the expedition and feared for the Body Sect's future, then decided to self-destruct rather than die at the Soul Beasts' hands.
• Du Busi charged at Ling Xiao, who opened a Spatial Rift and diverted him toward the fleeing Soul Masters.
• Long Xiaoyao warned the others when Du Busi emerged from a second Spatial Rift, but Du Busi exploded before they could escape.
• The blast killed everyone except Long Xiaoyao, Mu En, Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, and Kong Deming, and left Mu En unable to flee.
• Ling Xiao's group caught up with the five survivors, who remained trapped and powerless in the Thunder Domain.

Mu En learned that Shrek was under siege and, prompted by Tang San, decided to die so his soul could return to the Golden Ancient Tree and protect the academy. As five trapped Soul Masters began to self-destruct, Ling Xiao extracted Mu En’s Dragon Pill before he could die.

• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui accepted that they would die together, while Mu En lay on the ice and reflected on his life and his worries for Shrek.
• Tang San secretly prompted Mu En to return his soul to the Golden Ancient Tree, hoping he would protect Shrek, Wang Dong, and Ah Yin while Tang San pursued the Soul Beasts’ destiny.
• Mu En realized Shrek was under siege, understood that the Golden Ancient Tree was calling him, and decided to commit suicide so his soul could return there.
• The five captured Soul Masters agreed to self-destruct together, alarming the Ice and Snow Emperors and prompting them to ask Ling Xiao what to do.
• As Mu En prepared to self-destruct, Ling Xiao opened a spatial rift, reached into Mu En’s body, and pulled out his Dragon Pill.

Ling Xiao took Mu En’s Dragon Pill and compressed the five men’s self-destruction inside his Thunder Domain to keep the Far North safe. He and the Ice and Snow Emperors began containing the explosive force as a weapon, while Ling Xiao prepared to seal it before heading to Shrek to check on Di Tian.

• Ling Xiao seized Mu En’s Dragon Pill just before Mu En and the other four men completed their self-destruction.
• Ling Xiao compressed the Thunder Domain around the five men, containing Mu En’s explosion while Tang San secretly took Mu En’s soul away.
• The other men’s consecutive self-destructions expanded the Thunder Domain, so Ling Xiao called on the Ice and Snow Emperors to help compress it.
• Ling Xiao told the Ice and Snow Emperors he intended to preserve the accumulated force as a weapon, and they helped him stabilize the Thunder Domain on the icy plains.
• Ling Xiao handed control of the stabilized Thunder Domain to the Ice and Snow Emperors and began applying the Sealing Law before planning to go to Shrek to check on Di Tian.

Tang San arranged for Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to meet, merging part of Tang Wutong's soul into the Auspicious Beast and setting his plan in motion. After Huo Yuhao gained the Eye of Destiny, Di Tian restrained himself from confronting the humans and decided to follow the Scarlet King instead.

• Xiao Xiao absorbed a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring, but Huo Yuhao took its right palm Soul Bone from her when its power threatened her life.
• Huo Yuhao found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Tang San merged half of Tang Wutong's soul into the Auspicious Beast.
• Xuan Zi seized the dazed Auspicious Beast and pressed her forehead to Huo Yuhao's, allowing them to exchange memories and Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes to evolve into the Eye of Destiny.
• The Scarlet King returned with a ten-thousand-year Mental Attribute Soul Beast, while Di Tian learned what had happened and nearly attacked the humans.
• The Silver Dragon King reminded Di Tian that the Auspicious Beast's transformation was the foretold calamity, so Di Tian chose to follow the Scarlet King and observe the God King's pawn.

Xuan Zi returned Huo Yuhao and the others to Shrek City after handing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion back to Di Tian, while Huo Yuhao absorbed the Purple Spirit Wolf's Soul Ring. After learning from the Auspicious Beast's memories about Silver Dragon King and Ling Xiao, Tang San concealed what he had discovered and continued his schemes.

• Di Tian demanded that Xuan Zi release the Auspicious Beast, and Xuan Zi returned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion before fleeing with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the Purple Spirit Wolf.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Purple Spirit Wolf's Soul Ring as Xuan Zi guarded the area, then Xuan Zi brought the group back to Shrek City.
• Bi Ji questioned the Auspicious Beast about wandering outside, and Di Tian prepared to lead the Ferocious Beasts to Shrek Academy while leaving the Scarlet King behind to protect her.
• Tang San examined the Auspicious Beast's memories and discovered that Silver Dragon King was hidden beneath the Lake of Life and that Ling Xiao could use Heavenly Tribulations to cultivate and help Soul Beasts overcome them.
• Tang San decided to conceal these discoveries from the Divine Realm Committee and planned to continue his schemes against Huo Yuhao and the Soul Beasts.

Di Tian, the Sun-Moon Empire, the Holy Spirit Cult, and the Body Sect gathered outside Shrek City, each waiting for a chance to seize the Golden Ancient Tree. Inside Shrek, Xuan Zi and the senior elders clashed over the academy’s situation, while the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion prepared to bombard Shrek Academy.

• Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts arrived outside Shrek City, where the Sun-Moon Empire, Holy Spirit Cult, and Body Sect had also assembled in secret.
• Jing Hongchen brought the Imperial Dragon and Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legions, while Feng Ling led the Holy Spirit Cult’s eight Great Elders; both groups planned to claim the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao returned safely to Shrek Academy, where Huo Yuhao and the other injured tournament participants went to Sea God's Pavilion for treatment.
• Xuan Zi argued with Lin Huiqun, Song Yunzhi, Zhuang Yusen, and the other senior elder at a Sea God's Pavilion meeting, and they parted on bad terms.
• The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion assembled its launch platforms outside the city and locked rank-nine fixed soul-guidance cannonballs onto Shrek Academy, awaiting Xu Tianyuan's order.

The Sun-Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Shrek City, devastating the academy and trapping civilians inside. Tang San sensed the Golden Ancient Tree was under attack and realized his mother, Ah Yin, was in danger, leaving him enraged.

• The Sun-Moon Empire bombarded Shrek Academy with Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, while the Holy Spirit Cult destroyed the city gates to trap civilians inside.
• Di Tian and the ferocious beasts witnessed the destruction and understood why Ling Xiao had warned them about Soul Tools.
• Xuan Zi and the three elders evacuated Outer Court students as Xuan Zi tried to deflect the incoming shells, accidentally redirecting one into a student and killing him.
• The Golden Ancient Tree raised a shield to protect Shrek Academy from the bombardment.
• Tang San sensed the Golden Ancient Tree was under attack, saw Shrek's condition, and became furious because Ah Yin was inside the tree and meant to take control of its consciousness.

Tang San withheld his intervention in the battles at the Far North and Shrek, secretly taking Mu En’s soul back to Shrek. As the Sun-Moon Empire’s bombardment threatened the Golden Ancient Tree, Xuan Zi tried to stop the Sun Moon Divine Needle, but the shield shattered.

• Tang San saw the human Soul Masters’ heavy losses in the Far North, planted a suggestion that made Mu En self-destruct, and intercepted Mu En’s soul to take it to Shrek.
• The Sun-Moon Empire’s barrage shrank the Golden Ancient Tree’s shield, leaving the Sea God’s Pavilion as the only safe place while Wang Dong and the others feared for their lives.
• Xu Tianyuan ordered the charged Sun Moon Divine Needle to fire at the Golden Ancient Tree after the initial bombardment failed to break its shield.
• Ah Yin and the tree’s consciousness set aside their struggle and worked together; Ah Yin contacted Xuan Zi, who flew to the canopy to stop the Divine Needle.
• Xuan Zi’s attack triggered a thunderous explosion, shattered the tree’s shield, and forced the tree to protect its core with its remaining defenses.

The Sun-Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult surrounded Shrek Academy after its shield fell, leaving the elders to consider sacrificing the Golden Ancient Tree to save the students. Xuan Zi invoked a promise from the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Leader, making Feng Ling and her forces hesitate as the standoff continued.

• The Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion entered Shrek City and gathered near the burned Golden Ancient Tree as Feng Ling brought in the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces.
• Xuan Zi survived the Sun Moon Divine Needle but was gravely wounded, and Zhuang Yusen treated him until he regained consciousness.
• The elders urged the students to flee, but Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochеn, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong declared they would stay.
• Xuan Zi proposed handing over the Golden Ancient Tree in exchange for the students’ safe departure, and the elders recognized the cost of the plan.
• Xu Tianyuan and Jing Hongchen confronted Feng Ling over the Golden Ancient Tree, while Xuan Zi reminded her that the Supreme Leader had promised not to attack Shrek for a hundred years.
• Feng Ling and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters hesitated over breaking the promise, and Feng Ling suspected Zhongli Wu wanted it ignored.

Feng Ling claimed the Holy Spirit Cult had only targeted the Sun-Moon Empire’s Golden Ancient Tree, prompting Mu En to return through Shrek’s tree and confront both enemy forces. After Mu En inflicted heavy losses, his Spirit Body began to weaken, leaving the Holy Spirit Cult, the Sun-Moon Empire, Di Tian, and the Body Sect poised to seize the opportunity.

• Feng Ling said the Holy Spirit Cult would honor Ye Xishui’s promise because it had not attacked Shrek, but would take the Golden Ancient Tree from the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Tang San placed Mu En’s soul in the Golden Ancient Tree after secretly infusing it with divine power, and Mu En’s voice awakened Shrek’s ancestral souls.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi and the other elders to evacuate Bei Bei and the younger generation, then attacked and trapped the enemy forces with his domain.
• Mu En killed many Soul Masters and destroyed nearly half a corps with his attacks, while Xu Tianyuan and Feng Ling struggled to respond.
• Mu En’s Spirit Body turned translucent, and both armies tested him with Soul Tools as Di Tian and the Body Sect recognized a chance to claim the Golden Ancient Tree.

After Shrek Academy fell, the Holy Spirit Cult uprooted the Golden Ancient Tree, which Tang San believed held his mother, Ah Yin. The Body Sect stole it during a clash with the Sun-Moon Empire, and the two factions joined forces to pursue them.

• Tang San watched Shrek Academy’s destruction and decided not to save Ah Yin, believing the Golden Ancient Tree would be safe from harm.
• After Mu En’s spirit dissipated, Feng Ling fought Xu Tianyuan and Jing Hongchen while the Holy Spirit Cult uprooted the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Feng Ling led the Holy Spirit Cult away with the tree as Xu Tianyuan and Jing Hongchen sent the Sun-Moon Empire’s legions after them.
• The Sun-Moon Empire’s legions attacked the Holy Spirit Cult, while the Body Sect and Di Tian’s Ferocious Beasts followed the battle from behind.
• The Body Sect’s five elders ambushed the Holy Spirit Cult, seized the Golden Ancient Tree, and fled.
• Feng Ling, Xu Tianyuan, and Jing Hongchen agreed to pursue the Body Sect members before fighting over the tree.

Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts appeared to take the Golden Ancient Tree, but Tang San secretly disrupted their escape. Di Tian stayed behind and killed the assembled human Soul Masters, then left once the God-King’s pressure vanished.

• Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, the Myriad Demon King, and Zi JI emerged near the Golden Ancient Tree, prompting the human factions and the Body Sect to unite against them.
• Di Tian opened a Spatial Rift and sent Xiong Jun and the others to take the tree away, but Tang San secretly used divine power to make the rift collapse.
• Di Tian ordered the other Ferocious Beasts to flee with the tree and stayed behind to face the humans, whom he recognized as no match for a God King.
• Di Tian unleashed “Sun and Moon Shine Together,” detonated the Black Sun and Purple Moon, and killed the assembled human Soul Masters with his Black Dragon Sword.
• Di Tian realized the God-King had disappeared, opened another rift, and left the battlefield.

Ling Xiao reunited with Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts after both groups survived deadly battles over the Tree of Life. Di Tian offered to follow Ling Xiao in reviving the Soul Beast Clan, but Ling Xiao declined for now and left with the Tree of Life.

• Ling Xiao told Di Tian he had killed the three Limit Douluo and more than twenty Titled Douluo who invaded the Extreme North.
• Di Tian recounted the clashes at Shrek Academy, Mu En’s return, and a god’s intervention, which Ling Xiao identified as Tang God-King.
• Di Tian handed the Tree of Life to Ling Xiao and said he and the Ferocious Beasts would help if needed.
• Di Tian invited Ling Xiao to lead him in reviving the Soul Beast Clan and promised to follow his orders.
• Ling Xiao declined for now, then left with the Tree of Life as Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts returned to the Great Star Dou Forest.

Ling Xiao entered the Tree of Life and found Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin overpowering its consciousness. After the Tree of Life asked for help and Ah Yin warned him to stay out of it, Ling Xiao identified both opponents and prepared to confront Ah Yin.

• Ling Xiao returned to the Extreme North and brought the Tree of Life to the ice plain, where the Ice and Snow Emperors stood ready with the unstable nuclear bomb.
• Ling Xiao sent his consciousness into the Tree of Life and saw Ah Yin’s blue vine gradually overpowering the glowing tree.
• The Tree of Life recognized Ling Xiao as the Thunder Spirit through his plane karma and asked him for help.
• Ah Yin warned Ling Xiao not to interfere and invoked Tang San’s power, while the Tree of Life urged him to temper the vines with thunder.
• Ling Xiao told the Tree of Life he knew its identity and had come to save it, then called Ah Yin by name, leaving her shocked and afraid.

Ling Xiao told Ah Yin a fabricated account of her past, accusing Tang Hao of plotting to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone before revealing that Tang San’s soul had come from another world and replaced her newborn son. Ah Yin and the Tree of Life were left stunned as Ling Xiao described how the otherworldly Tang San arrived in Douluo Continent.

• Ling Xiao revealed that Ah Yin had once been the hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor, and Ah Yin manifested while the Tree of Life appeared to listen.
• Ling Xiao recounted Ah Yin’s relationship with Tang Hao and falsely claimed Tang Hao learned her identity and coveted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Ling Xiao claimed Tang Hao led the pregnant Ah Yin into danger so she would sacrifice herself, allowing him to survive with their child, Tang San.
• When Ah Yin challenged his account, Ling Xiao claimed her son had died and Tang San’s soul had replaced him.
• Ling Xiao explained that another-world Tang San had been brought to Douluo Continent by the Asura God King and placed in Ah Yin’s newborn son’s body.

Ling Xiao revealed to Ah Yin that Tang San had schemed against her and used Tang Wutong to steal the Soul Beast Clan’s fortune. Ah Yin accepted the truth but said she could not turn back, and learned that Tang San’s hidden divine consciousness was meant to ensure his plan succeeded.

• Ling Xiao told Ah Yin that Tang Hao had left her in a dark, poorly watered cave and had only changed his attitude toward Tang San after Tang San awakened Twin Martial Souls.
• Ling Xiao explained that Tang San sent Tang Wutong to the lower realm to seize the Soul Beast Clan’s fortune by splitting her soul and using the Auspicious Beast’s fortune.
• Ah Yin broke down after learning that Tang San had taken over another person’s body and had used his daughter for his scheme, while Xiao Wu remained unaware.
• Ah Yin asked whether Ling Xiao had revealed the truth to make her abandon her attempt to seize the Tree of Life, but Ling Xiao said he wanted her to know before she died.
• Ling Xiao told Ah Yin that Tang Hao’s attempt to infiltrate the plane’s consciousness was part of Tang San’s plan, and Ah Yin realized Tang San’s hidden divine consciousness was meant to keep the plan on course.

Ling Xiao resolved Ah Yin’s crisis by persuading her to let the Tree of Life devour her, then absorbed Mu En’s Dragon Pill in the Thunder Domain. After reaching 790,000 years of cultivation, he prepared to form a Soul Core and weighed the risks of the Yin-Yang Complementarity Method.

• Ah Yin agreed to let the Tree of Life devour her after Ling Xiao promised to bring back the Auspicious Beast so she could verify his claims about Tang Wutong.
• The Tree of Life returned to the giant tree with Ah Yin, and Ling Xiao told the Ice and Snow Emperors what had happened before sending them back to cultivate in seclusion.
• Ling Xiao established a Thunder Domain and began absorbing Mu En’s Dragon Pill, confident that his Thunder Spirit Origin would purge its dragon aura.
• After half a month, Ling Xiao finished absorbing the Dragon Pill, reached 790,000 years of cultivation, and strengthened his body.
• Ling Xiao considered forming a Soul Core and rejected the safer Isotopic Resonance Method in favor of the more dangerous Yin-Yang Complementarity Method.

Ling Xiao struggled to form Yin Lightning and Yang Lightning Soul Cores because Heavenly Thunder disrupted their balance, then entered deep meditation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After realizing that ice and fire slowly transformed into each other at their extremes, he gained a new insight into Yin-Yang complementarity, but had not yet formed the Soul Cores.

• After absorbing the Dragon Pill, Ling Xiao repeatedly failed to form his Second Soul Core because the Heavenly Thunder in his Yin and Yang Soul Cores caused them to collapse.
• Ling Xiao went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to study the springs and find a solution without asking the Snow Empress or Di Tian for help.
• Ling Xiao entered a deep meditative state as he contemplated the conflict between Yin, Yang, and Heavenly Thunder.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings watched Ling Xiao meditate and sensed his immense cultivation, circulating Heavenly Thunder, and many laws, but they could not help him form his Soul Cores.
• Ling Xiao awoke and realized that the Ice and Fire Springs slowly flowed into each other, leading him to understand that Yin and Yang transformed into their opposites when they reached their extremes.

Ling Xiao reversed his Yang Lightning Soul Core into a Yin Lightning Soul Core, then returned to the Extreme North to seek the Snow Empress’s advice on Yin-Yang Balance. Before leaving, he discovered Divine Sense Tang San was still trapped in a cesspit and strengthened the seal holding him there.

• Ling Xiao pushed his Yang Lightning Soul Core to its limit and used Yin-Yang Reversal to turn it into a Yin Lightning Soul Core, stunning the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Ling Xiao realized the Auspicious Beast would soon take human form and headed back to the Extreme North to consult the Snow Empress.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King surfaced after Ling Xiao left and realized he had discovered their presence.
• Ling Xiao visited the village cesspit and heard Divine Sense Tang San practicing with sewage while trying to break out of the God-Sealing Platform.
• Ling Xiao reinforced the seal and the Heavenly Thunder trapping Divine Sense Tang San.

Ling Xiao returned to the Ice Crystal Palace after sealing Divine Sense Tang San and reunited with the Snow Empress. When he asked for help balancing yin-yang dual soul cores, the Snow Empress proposed studying yin and yang through their union.

• Ling Xiao strengthened the seal on Divine Sense Tang San with heavenly lightning and left him trapped.
• Ling Xiao bathed in a lake before returning to the Ice Crystal Palace, where the Snow Empress pretended to be asleep.
• Ling Xiao kissed the Snow Empress, and she embraced him before they paused to talk.
• Ling Xiao told the Snow Empress he planned to condense yin-yang dual soul cores and asked for her advice.
• The Snow Empress recalled that her own attempt had failed and injured her origin, then proposed that they explore yin-yang balance through their union.