Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao gained an External Soul Bone and advanced to about rank forty-three, while the group searched Sunset Forest for a powerful fire-type Soul Beast for Yuwen Tuo's Fifth Ring. After spending the night in a cave during a storm, Yuwen Tuo emerged at dawn ready to lure out a special Soul Beast.

• Xiao Xiao explained that her External Soul Bone enhanced her attributes and gave her the Mental Attack skill Golden Flame Soul Burn.
• Miao Xin led Xiao Xiao and Yuwen Tuo farther into Sunset Forest to search for Soul Rings, while Yuwen Tuo sought a fire-type Soul Beast at least fifty thousand years old.
• A sudden torrential rain drove the three into a cave, where Yuwen Tuo said he had thought of a special Soul Beast he might lure out.
• Miao Xin watched over the sleeping Xiao Xiao and Yuwen Tuo, reflecting that she wanted a devoted partner unlike Yuwen Tuo.
• After the rain stopped at dawn, Yuwen Tuo said the clear weather was perfect for luring out the Soul Beast.

Yuwen Tuo attracted three Seven-Colored Fire Phoenixes with his fire and a rainbow, seeking a suitable Fifth Soul Ring. With Miao Xin and Xiao Xiao handling the other two, he faced the strongest phoenix and then mounted the controlled twenty-thousand-year one, freeing him to use the Xuanyuan Sword Soul.

• Yuwen Tuo used his Fire Elephant Power beneath a rainbow to lure Seven-Colored Fire Phoenixes to him.
• Miao Xin and Xiao Xiao identified the arriving birds, and Yuwen Tuo chose the fifty-five-thousand-year phoenix as his target.
• Xiao Xiao blocked the five-thousand-year phoenix while Miao Xin controlled the twenty-thousand-year one with her Soul Bone Skill.
• The fifty-five-thousand-year phoenix knocked Yuwen Tuo away, and Miao Xin brought him the controlled phoenix as a mount.
• Yuwen Tuo mounted the twenty-thousand-year phoenix and dismissed his Fire Elephant Martial Soul so he could use the Xuanyuan Sword Soul.

Yuwen Tuo tested his Xuanyuan Sword Soul against a powerful Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix, and Miao Xin joined the fight to help him defeat it. After killing the beast, Yuwen Tuo began absorbing its black Soul Ring as his fifth ring.

• Yuwen Tuo revealed his black and two red Soul Rings to Miao Xin and wounded the fifty-five-thousand-year Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix with his sword.
• The Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix unleashed its full strength, forcing Yuwen Tuo to struggle against its attacks until Miao Xin intervened.
• Miao Xin weakened and slowed the phoenix with her Heart-Exhausting Shockwave and Heart-Slowing Domain, while Yuwen Tuo bound it with the Emperor Domain.
• Miao Xin used her Heart-Tethering Lock Prison to locate the phoenix's heart, and Yuwen Tuo pierced it with his Emperor Sword, killing the beast.
• Yuwen Tuo sat beside the phoenix's corpse and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.

After Yuwen Tuo returned to the Body Sect as a Soul King, he challenged Long Aotian to test his newly advanced strength and prepare for his Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening. The sect gathered to watch as the two young powerhouses entered the Soul Duel Arena.

• Xiao Xiao, Yuwen Tuo, and Miao Xin returned from Sunset Forest after Xiao Xiao gained a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and External Soul Bone, while Yuwen Tuo absorbed the Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix’s soul ring and advanced to Soul King.
• Miao Xin praised Yuwen Tuo’s five varied soul skills, and Yuwen Tuo said he hoped to seek a Hundred Thousand Year soul beast for his sixth soul ring.
• Yuwen Tuo and his companions found Long Aotian overwhelming Wang Yanfeng, Chen Yu, Chen Lu, and Gu Tong in training.
• Yuwen Tuo announced his breakthrough and challenged Long Aotian to a match so he could adjust to his new power before pursuing his Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening.
• Long Aotian accepted, and elders and disciples gathered to watch as the two entered the Soul Duel Arena.

Yuwen Tuo and Long Aotian fought in the Soul Duel Arena, where Yuwen Tuo’s ordinary state proved comparable to Long Aotian’s Heaven and Man in One technique. Long Aotian, unable to keep up after Yuwen Tuo unleashed several Soul Skills, prepared to use another move.

• Yuwen Tuo and Long Aotian announced their ranks and Soul Rings before beginning their duel.
• Yuwen Tuo opened with Flame Kill Blade, but Long Aotian used Demonic Ape Transformation to withstand the attack and countered with Golden God's Wrath.
• Long Aotian’s Aura Condensation empowered his Heaven and Man in One combat technique, letting him trade dozens of blows with Yuwen Tuo.
• Yuwen Tuo activated Starfire Sky, Vermillion Phoenix Disarming, and Red Earth Thousand Miles, then used Mountain of Blades Sea of Fire Stance to disrupt Long Aotian’s attacks.
• Jin Peng explained that Yuwen Tuo’s normal state was already comparable to Long Aotian’s Heaven and Man in One state, shocking the elders.
• Long Aotian decided he had to use another move, and silver-white radiance appeared across his skin.

Long Aotian and Yuwen Tuo fought a fierce Soul Emperor duel, with Long Aotian revealing his Silver Grade Second Awakening and Yuwen Tuo relying on his Fire Elephant Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Yuwen Tuo’s massive fireball engulfing Long Aotian, whose Mad Rhinoceros Body Protection left him unharmed.

• Long Aotian activated his Silver Grade Second Awakening and attacked Yuwen Tuo with his Nether God Claw.
• Yuwen Tuo used his Fire Elephant soul skills to clash with Long Aotian for over a hundred exchanges, sending flaming pillars into the Body Sect and setting Chen Lu’s house ablaze.
• Long Aotian struck Yuwen Tuo with the Heaven and Earth Collapse Fist, shattering his Flame Kill Blade but failing to defeat him.
• Yuwen Tuo unleashed a Flying Fire Meteor after lowering his defense with Vermillion Phoenix Disarming and accelerating the attack with Starfire Sky.
• Long Aotian stood unharmed beneath the fireball, protected by his torso bone’s Mad Rhinoceros Body Protection.

Yuwen Tuo and Long Aotian fought to a draw before becoming friendly rivals, while the Body Sect celebrated their potential. At Shrek Academy’s funeral for Mu En and Xuan Zi, its students vowed revenge on Yuwen Tuo, just as a powerful aura descended.

• Long Aotian used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill, Thunder Light Shatter, against Yuwen Tuo’s Flame Emperor Blade, and Jin Peng stopped their clash and declared a draw.
• Long Aotian praised Yuwen Tuo and invited him and Xiao Xiao to drink milk, then realized Yuwen Tuo had used no more than half his strength.
• Yun Yi celebrated the pair’s talent and arranged for them to enroll in Di'ao Academy so they could represent the Body Sect in the Soul Master Competition.
• At Shrek Academy’s funeral for Mu En and Xuan Zi, Ma Xiaotao, Yan Shaozhe, and Huo Yuhao vowed to make Yuwen Tuo pay for their deaths.
• A powerful aura descended from the sky as the funeral reached its midpoint.

Zheng Zhan visited Shrek Academy to mourn Mu En and Xuan Zi, then proposed an exchange program between the academies. After he left, the Sea God Pavilion elders appointed Yan Shaozhe as its new master and entrusted him with two of Mu En’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Zheng Zhan arrived at Shrek Academy, paid respects to Mu En and Xuan Zi, and proposed an academy exchange.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to send two students to the Sun Moon Empire in a year and a half so they could first build a strong foundation in Soul Tools.
• Zheng Zhan left, and Yan Shaozhe said Shrek needed a new Sea God Pavilion Master to oversee its affairs.
• Zhuang Yusen announced that Yan Shaozhe would become the new Sea God Pavilion Master and gave him two of Mu En’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted the Soul Bones and vowed to do everything he could for Shrek.

Yuwen Tuo learned that Jing Hongchen had offered the Heaven Dou Empire three Level 9 Soul Tools to persuade him to return to the Sun Moon Empire, while Wei Na’s imperial brothers used the dispute to undermine her faction. Yuwen Tuo suspected the Tianhun Emperor was secretly cooperating with him and awaited a chance to learn the emperor’s true intentions.

• Long Aotian got drunk on pure milk, leaned against Wei Na, and promised to conquer the world and give her a betrothal gift when he became a Titled Douluo.
• Wei Na told Yuwen Tuo that Jing Hongchen had arrived as an envoy and sought to take him to the Sun Moon Empire to meet his imperial father.
• Wei Na explained that Jing Hongchen offered three Level 9 Soul Tools, while her imperial brothers supported Yuwen Tuo’s departure to weaken her faction and advance their own succession claims.
• Yuwen Tuo questioned why the court appeared united against him and suspected the Tianhun Emperor had arranged the controversy as a cover for a private alliance.
• Wei Na said the court also accused Yuwen Tuo of threatening peace through his feud with Shrek Academy and demanded that he leave the country.
• Yuwen Tuo saw Jing Hongchen’s proposal as an attempt to lure him back and concluded that the court’s stated reasons for sending him away were suspicious.

Yuwen Tuo discussed the court’s attempt to drive him away with Wei Na and declared that he supported her inheriting the Heavenly Soul throne. He rejected the prospect of becoming Sun Moon Emperor, affirming his loyalty to the Heavenly Soul Empire, while urging Wei Na to claim power and pursue greater ambitions.

• Wei Na explained that the court wanted Yuwen Tuo gone to weaken her position, obtain his Level 9 Soul Tool, and ease fears about his imperial ties and conflict with Shrek.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Wei Na, Jiang Peng, and Long Aotian whether they wanted him to leave, and Wei Na affirmed her support while describing Jiang Peng’s defense of him.
• Yuwen Tuo told Wei Na that she should inherit the crown prince’s position and suggested she could become empress and unify the continent.
• Wei Na questioned whether Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao would give up the chance to rule the Sun Moon Empire, and Xiao Xiao said she would follow Yuwen Tuo wherever he went.
• Yuwen Tuo said he would not help the Sun Moon Empire attack Heavenly Soul and identified the people of Shiwa Village who raised him as the reason he considered himself a Heavenly Soul citizen.

Yuwen Tuo urged Wei Na to pursue the Heaven Dou throne while using his royal background to delay his transfer to the Sun Moon Empire. He planned to return in a year to investigate Shiwa Village’s massacre and target the Evil Soul Masters, while Wei Na prepared to build power and involve the Star Luo Empire in the dispute.

• Yuwen Tuo explained that Shiwa Village’s destruction made him unwilling to serve the Sun Moon Empire, and he would support Wei Na only if she proved worthy of ruling.
• Yun Yi and Miao Xin encouraged Wei Na to claim the throne, and Yuwen Tuo advised her to gather strength and wait for the right opportunity.
• Yuwen Tuo offered to use his background to disrupt relations between the Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Soul Masters, saying he would return to the Sun Moon Empire in a year after the Sect Master recovered.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed that he intended to hunt Evil Soul Masters and possibly confront Ye Xishui or Long Xiaoyao with the Snow Empress’s help.
• Yuwen Tuo proposed drawing the Star Luo Empire into the dispute over him, and Wei Na agreed to issue orders to pursue the plan.

Yuwen Tuo rejected Wei Na’s offer of the title Shoulder-to-shoulder King, asking instead to become Grand Tutor while pursuing his own goals. As the Sun Moon and Star Luo Empires competed to recruit him, Xu Yueran urged Star Luo to keep him from joining Sun Moon, and Xu Jiawei dispatched Xu Jiujiu with two Titled Douluo on a diplomatic mission.

• Yuwen Tuo told Wei Na he wanted to inherit his master’s title as Grand Tutor and asked her to make Xiao Xiao a County Princess, while he pursued his own ideals.
• Yuwen Tuo praised Long Aotian as Wei Na’s future support, and the still-drunk Long Aotian sleepwalked briefly before falling asleep again.
• Xu Jiujiu urged Xu Jiawei to prevent Yuwen Tuo from joining the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Yueran ordered her to offer him twice what Sun Moon could provide.
• Xu Jiawei summoned the Star Shattering Douluo and Cheng Gang to escort Xu Jiujiu to the Heaven Dou Empire and assigned them a secret task if the mission failed.

Jing Hongchen learned that Star Luo Empire had joined the contest over Yuwen Tuo, and Heaven Dou Empire invited both rival powers to discuss his destination. Yuwen Tuo arrived at the palace with Xiao Xiao and two Body Sect elders, where Wei Na welcomed them before the negotiations began.

• Jing Hongchen learned that Star Luo Empire had persuaded Heaven Dou's princes and ministers to change their support, and he agreed to attend the palace meeting.
• Yuwen Tuo accepted Wei Na's invitation, and Xiao Xiao, Miao Xin, and Yun Yi decided to accompany him while Jin Peng remained to guard Du Busi.
• Yuwen Tuo and his companions flew from the Body Sect toward Heaven Dou City, passing Seven Treasures Mountain on the way.
• Wei Na greeted Yuwen Tuo, Xiao Xiao, Yun Yi, and Miao Xin outside the palace and led them inside.

Yuwen Tuo and Wei Na arrived at the imperial court with Miao Xin, where Yuwen Tuo reunited with Jiang Peng and watched him fall for Miao Xin at first sight. Jiang Yuan questioned the rumors about the Body Sect’s treatment of Yuwen Tuo, and Miao Xin promised the Sect’s support would become clear at court.

• Wei Na explained that the ruined pillars and gate in the palace commemorated the rescue of the Tian Dou ancestors from Qian Renxue.
• Jiang Peng ignored Yuwen Tuo’s greeting and courted Miao Xin, introducing himself as a Level 66 Soul Emperor and declaring his feelings.
• Jiang Peng learned that Miao Xin was a Titled Douluo and a Body Sect elder, but insisted he was not afraid and would become one himself.
• Jiang Yuan greeted Yun Yi and Miao Xin, then said their presence suggested the continent had misjudged the Body Sect’s regard for Yuwen Tuo.
• Miao Xin told Jiang Yuan that the Body Sect had never abandoned a disciple and said its position would be clear at court.

Yuwen Tuo and the others attended an audience with the Snow Heart Emperor, where Miao Xin revealed herself as a young Titled Douluo after a prince challenged them. The emperor welcomed Yuwen Tuo, and Xu Jiujiu asked permission to take him back to see his mother, angering Jing Hongchen.

• Jiang Peng remained determined to pursue Miao Xin, who found his sincere thoughts interesting.
• Yuwen Tuo entered the palace with the group and saw Xu Jiujiu, Jing Hongchen, and the Snow Heart Emperor gathered with their attendants.
• A prince accused Yuwen Tuo and his companions of refusing to kneel, so Miao Xin revealed her nine soul rings and silenced him with her pressure.
• The Snow Heart Emperor rebuked his son and warmly examined Yuwen Tuo, commenting on his resemblance to his mother.
• Xu Jiujiu asked the Snow Heart Emperor to let her take Yuwen Tuo to see his mother, and Jing Hongchen grew angry at the emperor's support for the Star Luo Empire.

Jing Hongchen and Xu Jiujiu fought to take Yuwen Tuo to their respective empires, while the Snow Heart Emperor maneuvered to secure Wei Na’s claim to the throne. The emperor asked both sides to give Yuwen Tuo time to choose, leaving his destination undecided.

• Jing Hongchen and the Star Shattering Douluo argued over Yuwen Tuo’s Martial Soul and nearly fought until the Snow Heart Emperor calmed them.
• Wei Na secretly told Yuwen Tuo that she and her father had reached an agreement, then recalled how she had demanded to become a candidate for the throne.
• The Snow Heart Emperor had cleared the succession list for Wei Na after she agreed to vie for the throne.
• Xu Jiujiu admitted Star Luo had neglected Yuwen Tuo and urged him to return, while Jing Hongchen argued that Sun Moon had searched for him all along.
• The Snow Heart Emperor asked Jing Hongchen and Xu Jiujiu to give Yuwen Tuo time to decide between his gravely ill father and his mother.

Yuwen Tuo persuaded Xu Jiujiu and Jing Hongchen to give him time to choose between Star Luo and the Sun Moon Empire, then left the Snow Heart Emperor’s hall with Xiao Xiao. Outside, he revealed that he understood the emperor was planning a ruthless game and chose to take part in it.

• Yuwen Tuo expressed sympathy for Xu Yueran’s reasons for abandoning him, then pointed out that the Sun Moon Emperor had searched for him for thirteen years.
• Yuwen Tuo accused Xu Jiujiu and Jing Hongchen of ignoring his feelings, prompting both to promise not to force him and to let him decide.
• The Snow Heart Emperor let Yuwen Tuo stay in the palace, and Wei Na followed him out of the hall.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Wei Na when the Snow Heart Emperor accepted the Sun Moon Empire’s Level 9 Soul Tool and concluded that the emperor was planning a ruthless game.
• Miao Xin revealed that the Snow Heart Emperor’s plan would be bloody, but Yuwen Tuo insisted on participating because it would benefit him.
• Yuwen Tuo told Wei Na not to get involved and said she might understand her father’s actions in the future.

Yuwen Tuo was summoned at midnight to meet Emperor Snow Heart and the Empress, bringing Xiao Xiao with him rather than keeping the meeting secret from her. Snow Heart deduced that Yuwen Tuo had a Body Martial Soul and questioned why he did not intend to compete with Long Aotian for leadership of the Body Sect.

• Wei Na brought Xiao Xiao and Yuwen Tuo to the palace guest quarters, where Yuwen Tuo waited with Xiao Xiao until midnight.
• Jiang Yuan summoned Yuwen Tuo to meet the emperor and Empress, and Yuwen Tuo insisted that Xiao Xiao accompany him.
• Heaven Shaking Douluo led them through the palace to the Back Garden while using his Soul Power to check for anyone following them.
• The Empress welcomed Xiao Xiao and shared pastries with her while Snow Heart spoke privately with Yuwen Tuo.
• Snow Heart praised Yuwen Tuo's rapid growth and inferred that he had a Body Martial Soul because Du Busi had accepted him into the sect.
• Yuwen Tuo admitted Snow Heart's guess was correct, and Snow Heart asked why he would not compete with Long Aotian to become the Body Sect's sect master.

Yuwen Tuo agreed to help Snow Heart carry out a plan to stabilize the Heaven Dou Empire and eliminate its enemies, while arranging to spend up to a year in the Sun Moon Empire first. After accepting intelligence on Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and seeing Xiao Xiao in her new Soul Tool outfit, he left Snow Heart to consider whether Yuwen Tuo could be trusted.

• Yuwen Tuo rejected the Body Sect leadership and the chance to become an imperial son-in-law, explaining that his goals centered on strength, revenge, and saving those he cared about.
• Snow Heart revealed that he had planned to have Yuwen Tuo killed on his journey back, but changed course after learning of Yuwen Tuo's connection to the sect master and his support for Wei Na's bid for the throne.
• Yuwen Tuo agreed to help Snow Heart's plan, accepted a map of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast locations, and asked for one year before traveling to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yuwen Tuo promised to return within half a year to a year and told Snow Heart he had his own way back.
• The Empress presented Xiao Xiao with a Soul Tool outfit, and Yuwen Tuo praised it before leaving with her.
• After Yuwen Tuo left, Snow Heart told Lao Ning and another visitor that he believed Yuwen Tuo could be trusted, and Lao Ning agreed to help restore his sect's former prestige.

Yuwen Tuo returned to the Body Sect and used the conflict between the Sun Moon and Star Luo Empires to avoid choosing between them. He began cultivating the Secret of the Body with Xiao Xiao, preparing for the Second Awakening of his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul.

• Yuwen Tuo refused to meet Jing Hongchen or Xu Jiujiu, leaving the emperor to decide his fate while Jing Hongchen relied on the emperor's promise and accepted Soul Tool.
• Wei Na told Xu Jiujiu that the emperor could delay Yuwen Tuo's departure for about a year and advised Star Luo to offer treasures to compete with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu left to consult the Star Luo Emperor, while Wei Na privately judged that the delay would help Yuwen Tuo and the Body Sect.
• Yuwen Tuo began cultivating in isolation with Xiao Xiao, focusing on the Secret of the Body and his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul's Second Awakening.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed how the Xuanyuan Sword Soul was transforming Yuwen Tuo's body and could eventually sever his connection to his parents.