Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao fought the Gilded Sword Phoenix alone, strengthening her Soul-Quelling Cauldron and awakening Soul Bone Armor until she survived the Phoenix’s attack. The Gilded Sword Phoenix honored her promise through sacrifice, and Xiao Xiao gained a powerful soul ring and Right Arm Bone, reaching Soul Power level eighty-five.

• Xiao Xiao refused Yuwen Tuo’s help and used Supreme Cauldron to suppress the Gilded Sword Phoenix’s Thousand Blades Return to Silence.
• Xiao Xiao pushed her Soul-Quelling Cauldron beyond its limits, weakening the attack by forty percent and forming an incomplete Soul Bone Armor.
• Xiao Xiao survived the Gilded Sword Phoenix’s strike despite severe injuries, fulfilling the condition of blocking three moves.
• The Gilded Sword Phoenix opened the Sacrifice Array and willingly became Xiao Xiao’s soul ring through Perfect Subduing.
• A golden Right Arm Bone completed another section of Xiao Xiao’s armor, and her Soul Power rose to level eighty-five.

Xiao Xiao completed the Gilded Sword Phoenix’s sacrifice, advanced to Soul Douluo, and gained powerful suppression and metal-manipulation abilities. Meanwhile, Yuwen Tuo learned that the continent had turned against him for destroying Shrek, forcing the Body Sect and Heavenly Soul Imperial Family to publicly cast him out as the Snow Heart Emperor plotted to destroy Shrek.

• Xiao Xiao subdued the Gilded Sword Phoenix through sacrifice, gained a two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and right arm bone, and advanced her Three Lives Soul-Quelling Cauldron to eight rings.
• The Gilded Sword Phoenix granted Xiao Xiao the Cauldron Suppressing Eight Desolations domain skill and two soul bone skills, Sword Phoenix Slash and Ten Thousand Blades Facing the Phoenix.
• Xiao Xiao rejoined Yuwen Tuo, who said he planned to leave and cultivate in isolation after agreeing with Du Busi and the Snow Heart Emperor to let them publicly distance themselves from him.
• People across the continent demanded Yuwen Tuo’s execution for destroying Shrek Academy, and the Body Sect expelled him while the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family issued a warrant for his arrest.
• The Snow Heart Emperor vowed to join forces with the Body Crown and Yuwen Grand Tutor to uproot Shrek.

After the Heaven Dou Emperor issued a continent-wide warrant for Yuwen Tuo, civilians and his allies questioned the order while the emperor and Du Busi agreed to use the turmoil to weaken Shrek’s influence. Ling Luochen emerged from seclusion stronger than before and hurried to meet Yuwen Tuo, but was shocked by the person who opened the door.

• Civilians in Dragon City debated the warrant against Yuwen Tuo and recalled his past deeds and protection of ordinary people.
• Nan Qiuqiu urged Nan Shuishui to shelter Yuwen Tuo, but Nan Shuishui said the Earth Dragon Gate could not challenge the continent.
• Jiang Yuan stopped Wei Na from seeing the Snow Heart Emperor and ordered her to leave for Dragon City.
• The Snow Heart Emperor told Du Busi that he wanted Yuwen Tuo to endure infamy while the empire uprooted Shrek’s influence, and Du Busi pledged his support.
• Ling Luochen emerged from the Land of the Extreme North as a level eighty-two Soul Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Eighth Ring.
• Ling Luochen went to the agreed meeting place, opened the door, and cried out in shock at the person she saw.

Yuwen Tuo returned to Shiwa Village with Xiao Xiao and Qiu'er, only to find it beautifully rebuilt by the Heaven Dou Empire’s Empress. The Empress offered him a place in her heart as a son, but Yuwen Tuo explained that his master and mistress had already given him the parental love he needed, leaving Xiao Xiao to suspect the Empress had another reason for coming.

• Yuwen Tuo brought Xiao Xiao and Qiu'er back to Heaven Dou Empire and chose to avoid large towns while they lay low.
• Yuwen Tuo found Shiwa Village restored and learned from Ling Luochen that the Empress had arranged its rebuilding as an apology and gift from the Emperor.
• The Empress asked Yuwen Tuo whether he hated his mother, and he said he did not resent Xu Yueran for failing to raise him.
• The Empress offered to let Yuwen Tuo regard her as his mother, but he declined, explaining that his master and mistress had given him lasting parental love.
• Xiao Xiao held Yuwen Tuo's hand and suspected the Empress had come with another request.

The Empress asked Yuwen Tuo to save her husband's life in the future, and he promised to help if an opportunity arose. After Yuwen Tuo and the three girls settled in Shiwa Village to cultivate for three years, Long Aotian and the others arrived and disrupted his hopes for a quiet life.

• The Empress knelt before Yuwen Tuo and begged him to save her husband's life, and he said he would do his best if a chance arose.
• Xiao Xiao claimed a bedroom with Yuwen Tuo, and Ling Luochen told Qiu'er that Xiao Xiao was pregnant to persuade her to share the other room.
• Yuwen Tuo and the three girls settled into his former home in Shiwa Village, where they planned to spend three years breaking through to Titled Douluo.
• Long Aotian arrived with Cao Jinxuan, Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, Na Na, and other Ghost Valley Sect disciples, announcing that they would stay in the village.
• The newcomers claimed nearby houses and explained their plans to cultivate, train, or learn from Yuwen Tuo, ruining his hopes for a peaceful life with the three girls.

As the Ghost Valley Sect’s members grew stronger, the Sun Moon Empire recovered under Xu Guozhong while Shrek maneuvered to counter Yuwen Tuo. Yan Shaozhe decided that Shrek, the Clear Sky Sect, and another force should combine their strength to kill Yuwen Tuo.

• Yuwen Tuo trained through repeated sword duels with Ji Juechen, taught him Ghost Valley sword arts, and watched Ji Juechen advance toward Soul Douluo.
• Ye Guyi, Long Aotian, Cao Jinxuan, and Na Na also made major cultivation gains, aided in part by Ma Xiaotao’s power.
• Xu Guozhong defeated Xu Tianming in the Sun Moon Empire’s succession struggle after reorganizing the remnants of the Five Great Hands of the Nation into three armies and suppressing rebellions.
• Xu Guozhong followed his hidden adviser’s counsel to strengthen the nation and distribute the remaining Soul Guidance Cannons among the three legions.
• Yan Shaozhe weighed Shrek’s alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and other forces, then decided to seek a combined effort to kill Yuwen Tuo.

After two and a half years of cultivation, Yuwen Tuo’s companions had grown stronger and several had become Titled Douluo, while Yuwen Tuo remained in seclusion to strengthen his ninth soul ring. Wei Na and Jiang Peng arrived with news that Evil Soul Masters had returned to Heaven Dou territory and were investigating Ye Guyi, prompting the group to prepare for the Ghost Valley Sect’s return.

• Qiu'er became the Level 94 Fate Douluo, completed Yin Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores, and returned temporarily to the Star Dou Forest.
• Long Aotian became the Level 92 Profound Armor Douluo, Xiao Xiao became the Level 93 Xiao Cauldron Douluo, and Ling Luochen became the Level 92 Ice Snow Douluo.
• Cao Jinxuan and Na Na reached Soul Douluo ranks, Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi advanced to Levels 82 and 81, and Lian Yue reached Level 67.
• Wei Na arrived with Jiang Peng and reported that Evil Soul Masters had become rampant again and were investigating Ye Guyi in Heaven Dou territory.
• Ye Guyi welcomed the chance to hunt the Evil Soul Masters, and Ling Luochen said the Ghost Valley Sect’s return was near as Qiu'er was expected back and Yuwen Tuo neared the end of his seclusion.

Yuwen Tuo reached level 94, condensed his Xuanyuan Soul Core, and emerged from seclusion as Xuanyuan Douluo. After Qiu'er reported that Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King had approved testing the Soul Absorption Method with the Ghost Valley Sect, Yuwen Tuo sensed Evil Soul Masters approaching the village to attack Wei Na and Ye Guyi.

• Yuwen Tuo found that his God-given Soul Ring had reached its 500,000-year limit, then condensed a Xuanyuan Soul Core between his brows and strengthened his body and spiritual power.
• Yuwen Tuo emerged from seclusion as a level 94 Titled Douluo and announced his title, Xuanyuan Douluo.
• Qiu'er reported that Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King had agreed to let the Ghost Valley Sect begin testing the Soul Absorption Method.
• Yuwen Tuo sensed one Titled Douluo and two Soul Douluo from the Holy Spirit Cult approaching Shiwa Village, likely targeting Wei Na and Ye Guyi.
• The three Evil Soul Masters entered the village, but their spreading Yin Energy failed to disturb its peaceful atmosphere.

Three Holy Spirit Cult members followed Wei Na to Shiwa Village, where Yuwen Tuo revealed that Ghost Valley Sect had been hiding there. After the sect’s powerful members stopped the intruders from escaping, Yuwen Tuo assigned three of them to face the evil soul masters.

• Wei Na and Xiao Xiao appeared before the three pursuers, and Yuwen Tuo revealed the hidden village and identified himself.
• Long Aotian forced the three evil soul masters to the ground as Yuwen Tuo and the others showed their Titled Douluo strength.
• Divine Coffin Douluo identified himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Tenth Enshrinement and pleaded to leave, but Long Aotian refused to spare him.
• Yuwen Tuo told Long Aotian to stand aside and assigned Ye Guyi to fight Divine Coffin Douluo, Ji Juechen to confront Wu Yu, and Cao Jinxuan to face the last intruder.

Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, and Cao Jinxuan fought three Evil Soul Masters, and Ji Juechen and Cao Jinxuan quickly killed their opponents. Divine Coffin Douluo was left facing the remaining fighters after his two subordinates fell.

• Ye Guyi trapped Divine Coffin Douluo's sacred light inside his Nether Coffin while she gathered power within it.
• Wu Yu attacked Ji Juechen to avenge her sister, but his swordsmanship and Silence domain defeated her, and he killed her with one strike.
• Cao Jinxuan used Reverse Cause and Effect to establish his victory, then broke free of the Soul Binding Lock and killed his opponent with the Profound Yang Finger Technique.
• Divine Coffin Douluo watched his two subordinates die in less than half a minute and vowed to bury everyone beneath his coffin.

Ye Guyi used sacred power to destroy the Divine Coffin Douluo and his undead army, then Yuwen Tuo divided the group to purge Evil Soul Masters and resume their divine trials. The group split at Shiwa Village, with Ye Guyi’s party staying to help Jiang and Miao Xin while Yuwen Tuo’s party headed for Divine Fire Purgatory.

• The Divine Coffin Douluo unleashed his three strongest soul skills and summoned undead creatures, including the Netherworld Judge, against Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi broke free of the coffin, transformed into the Angel of Death, and purified the Divine Coffin Douluo and his undead army.
• Ye Guyi thanked Yuwen Tuo for teaching her to use sacred power, and he urged her to use the technique against every Evil Soul Master.
• Yuwen Tuo assigned Ye Guyi, Cao Jinxuan, Ji, and Lian Yue to help Jiang and Miao Xin purge Evil Soul Masters across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yuwen Tuo planned to return to Divine Fire Purgatory with the others so he, Ling Luochen, and Qiu'er could advance their divine trials and obtain soul spirits.
• After lunch in Shiwa Village, the group split into two parties and set out to pursue their separate goals.

Yuwen Tuo, Qiu'er, and Ling Luochen entered Divine Fire Purgatory to face the Seventh Trial and seek recognition from three divine tools. They began their trials, with Qiu'er already lifting the Prairie Fire Spear as the chapter ended.

• The Flame Lord led the three trial participants into the cave and warned Long Aotian and the others to wait outside.
• The Flame Lord removed the seal around the Prairie Fire Spear, Jade Pool Shadow Scepter, and Fire God's Sword, then told the three to take their positions.
• The divine tools revealed their grades and abilities: the Prairie Fire Spear was low-grade, the Jade Pool Shadow Scepter was mid-grade, and Fire God's Sword was high-grade.
• Qiu'er had to pull out the spear using physical strength alone, Ling Luochen had to earn the scepter's recognition through her water attribute, and Yuwen Tuo had to draw the sword while meeting both physical and fire-attribute requirements.
• Qiu'er activated Golden Dragon Martial Soul Possession and began raising the spear, while Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen started their own trials.

Ling Luochen overcame the Water God's Scepter trial by combining her Ultimate Ice, immortal herbs, and Soul Bone skills, while Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er drew their divine tools. All three passed their seventh trials, and Ling Luochen and Yuwen Tuo gained higher divine affinities.

• Ling Luochen used Double Ice Amplification to refine the effects of the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, bringing her Ultimate Ice close to the Snow Empress's level.
• Yuwen Tuo drew the Fire God Sword, unleashing fiery light across the skies above the Land of the Extreme North.
• Ling Luochen drew the Water God's Scepter after her Ultimate Ice gained the upper hand.
• Qiu'er pulled the Prairie Fire Spear from the boulder and felt it become light and easy to wield.
• Qiu'er passed her seventh trial, gained five thousand years on each soul ring, and rose to Level Ninety-Five.
• Yuwen Tuo passed his seventh trial and reached ninety-five percent Fire God affinity, while Ling Luochen passed hers and reached eighty percent Water God affinity.

Tang San sought a suitable Main God Godhood for Huo Yuhao, but Rong Nianbing refused to pass on the God of Emotion Godhood. Tang San then considered expanding the God Realm beyond its universe, while Yuwen Tuo, Qiu'er, and Ling Luochen returned from Divine Fire Purgatory with their new divine artifacts.

• Tang San asked Rong Nianbing to consider Huo Yuhao as a successor to the God of Emotion, but Rong Nianbing rejected him as unqualified.
• Rong Nianbing suggested Tang San seek a shattered or demoted godhood for Huo Yuhao, or settle for a Second Rank Godhood.
• Tang San resented Rong Nianbing's refusal and imagined expanding the God Realm beyond its universe to gain control over it.
• Yuwen Tuo, Qiu'er, and Ling Luochen emerged from Divine Fire Purgatory carrying their newly obtained divine artifacts.
• Qiu'er offered Long Aotian the Prairie Fire Spear, but Yuwen Tuo warned that its weight and divine power made it dangerous for him to take.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether the three had passed the Seventh Trial and what the Eighth Trial would be.

Yuwen Tuo and his companions left Divine Fire Purgatory after learning the requirements of their eighth divine trials, then Snow Empress summoned the soul beasts of the Extreme North with her Heavenly Snow Woman Dance. She greeted her adopted son Xiao Bai and the Titan Snow Demon King, leaving her reason for gathering them still to come.

• Ling Luochen, Yuwen Tuo, and Qiu'er learned that their eighth trials required them to gather soul bones and kill powerful opponents, with Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er forbidden from borrowing the others' strength.
• The Flame Lord warned Yuwen Tuo that Niu Tian might attack him, and Yuwen Tuo left Divine Fire Purgatory with his companions.
• Yuwen Tuo summoned Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Snow Empress performed her Heavenly Snow Woman Dance in the Land of the Extreme North.
• Thousands of Extreme North soul beasts gathered and bowed before Snow Empress, including the Titan Snow Demon King and her adopted son Xiao Bai.
• Snow Empress affectionately scolded Xiao Bai for getting fat and told A Tai to rise, while revealing that she had come because she valued his strength and management ability.

Snow Empress appointed A Tai as the new ruler of the Land of the Extreme North before entering seclusion with Ice Empress. A Tai recognized Ling Luochen as one of the humans present when his injured clanswoman was attacked, but the Titan Snow Demon defended Ling Luochen, leaving her apology to address the past.

• Snow Empress announced that she and Ice Empress would enter seclusion and named A Tai her successor.
• A Tai accepted the responsibility of guarding the Land of the Extreme North, while Snow Empress arranged for Xiao Bai to stay with her.
• A Tai recognized Ling Luochen and accused her of being involved in the attack that had gravely injured his clanswoman.
• Snow Empress examined the female Titan Snow Demon and found that her origin was nearly destroyed.
• The female Titan Snow Demon told A Tai that Ling Luochen had tried to stop the attackers, and Ling Luochen apologized for being unable to help.

The Snow Empress and A Tai agreed to use the Spirit Containment technique to save the gravely injured Titan Snow Demon by making her Wei Na’s soul spirit. Wei Na gained three hundred-thousand-year soul rings and a torso bone, then used an Evil Eye Tyrant skull bone to break through to Titled Douluo.

• Ling Luochen told A Tai that Yuwen Tuo and the Ice Empress had killed the Douluo who harmed the Titan Snow Demon clan.
• The Snow Empress explained the soul spirit method, and A Tai agreed to let the injured Titan Snow Demon choose whether to become one.
• The Titan Snow Demon agreed, and Wei Na stepped forward as a compatible partner for the soul spirit.
• A Tai opened the Sacrifice Array, and Wei Na used the Spirit Containment incantation to turn the Titan Snow Demon into three hundred-thousand-year soul rings and a torso bone.
• Wei Na absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant skull bone and broke through the bottleneck to become a Titled Douluo.

Wei Na completed her Black Level Six Trials, became a Titled Douluo, and joined the group as they left the Land of the Extreme North with Xiao Bai. Qiu'er led them to a hidden canyon to meet the Light Shadow Demon Spirit, a potential soul spirit for her Three-Eyed Golden Lion, where Xiao Xiao's careless comparison offended Gilded Sword Phoenix.

• Wei Na completed her trials, received a God-given Soul Ring, and became a ninety-second-rank Snow Lotus Douluo with nine soul rings on each martial soul.
• The group left the Land of the Extreme North with Xiao Bai, whom Qiu'er unsuccessfully tried to rename Tuantuan.
• Qiu'er led the group to a mist-shrouded canyon near the border of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire to find a soul spirit for her Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Qiu'er summoned the Light Shadow Demon Spirit, a beautiful humanoid soul beast with both light and dark powers.
• Xiao Xiao called the Light Shadow Demon Spirit prettier than Gilded Sword Phoenix, prompting Gilded Sword Phoenix to refuse to speak to her for three months.

Qiu'er sought the Light Shadow Demon Spirit’s help with the Soul Absorption Method and gained her as an ally through the Silver Dragon King’s authority. After the Light Shadow Demon Spirit sacrificed herself, Qiu'er reached Level Ninety-Six and gained the Light and Shadow Six Wings as an External Soul Bone.

• The Light Shadow Demon Spirit’s charm bewitched Xiao Xiao and briefly entranced Long Aotian, while Yuwen Tuo resisted with his Mental Power.
• Qiu'er showed the Light Shadow Demon Spirit a silver ball of the Silver Dragon King’s power, and the spirit knelt and pledged her service.
• Qiu'er explained the Soul Absorption Method and asked the Light Shadow Demon Spirit to help unite soul beasts; the spirit agreed without hesitation.
• Qiu'er performed the Soul Absorption Method as the Light Shadow Demon Spirit opened the Sacrifice Array and became a soul ring.
• Qiu'er gained three red soul rings and the Light and Shadow Six Wings as an External Soul Bone, raising her Cultivation Power to Level Ninety-Six.

After obtaining her External Soul Bone, Qiu'er named its spirit Galadriel, while Yuwen Tuo and his companions set out for Dongyang City so Xiao Xiao could seek her second Soul Spirit. They reached the northern Sun Moon Empire city in disguise, with the Sea Princess Clan as their destination.

• Qiu'er tested her External Soul Bone's Healing and Destruction Cube Arrays and named the combined skill Life and Death Intertwined.
• Qiu'er named the Light Shadow Demon Spirit Galadriel, while the large golden turtle resented still being called Squirtle.
• Yuwen Tuo parted from Long Aotian and Wei Na, sending Xiao Bai with Wei Na as she returned to the Heaven Dou Empire to build her strength and prepare her forces.
• Yuwen Tuo chose the Mermaid Princess of the Sea Princess Clan as Xiao Xiao's intended second Soul Spirit because her Duet skill complemented Xiao Xiao's Mental Attacks.
• Yuwen Tuo disguised himself in a Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy uniform and traveled with Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochen, and Qiu'er to Dongyang City.
• The four arrived at Dongyang City's gates near sunset, where the three women's beauty drew the attention of onlookers.