Chapter Summaries

Yuwen Tuo and his companions entered Dongyang City, where they discovered that its military presence was unusually sparse and met the city lord, Kai Ya. When Kai Ya questioned their concealed identities, the group began giving their real names, and Yuwen Tuo ended by introducing himself as Chen Jingchou.

• Xiao Xiao, Qiu'er, and Ling Luochen sensed a Titled Douluo watching them, and Yuwen Tuo concluded that the observer had no evil aura.
• Yuwen Tuo noticed Dongyang City had very few military forces, and the group agreed to meet its Titled Douluo.
• A guard escorted the four to the City Lord's Mansion, where Kai Ya introduced himself as a Level Ninety-Two Titled Douluo and Level Eight Soul Tool Master.
• Kai Ya guessed that the four were at least Soul Douluo-level experts because he could not see through their cultivation.
• After Qiu'er jokingly called herself Ningke's little sister, Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochen, and Qiu'er gave their real names, and Yuwen Tuo introduced himself as Chen Jingchou.

Yuwen Tuo posed as an Illustrious Virtue Hall messenger to learn why Dongyang City’s troops had disappeared, and Kai Ya trusted him after seeing Jing Hongchen’s personal Soul Tool. Kai Ya began explaining how Evil Soul Masters had used an Imperial Decree to force him to help hunt soul beasts in the Ice Sea.

• Yuwen Tuo claimed he had come to Dongyang City on Jing Hongchen’s orders and asked Kai Ya about the vanished troops.
• Kai Ya said he had resisted helping the villains despite an Imperial Decree and asked Yuwen Tuo to verify his identity.
• Yuwen Tuo showed Kai Ya Hongchen’s Blessing, convincing him that the messenger was genuine.
• Yuwen Tuo said Jing Hongchen wanted to learn the truth and help resolve the incident.
• Kai Ya explained that Evil Soul Masters had grown active again after Yuwen Tuo disappeared, then said two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo and several mysterious people had ordered him to send a Soul Engineer Legion to hunt soul beasts in the Ice Sea.

Yuwen Tuo learned that Evil Soul Masters had set out to hunt the Sea Princess clan and hurried toward the Ice Sea with Xiao Xiao and two other companions. Kai Ya joined them to protect Dongyang City, and the five entered the frigid waters searching for the attackers.

• Kai Ya told Yuwen Tuo that the Evil Soul Masters had left four or five days earlier and that a powerful, unfamiliar force was with them.
• Yuwen Tuo and his companions set out for the Ice Sea, suspecting that a third power might be involved in the attack on the Sea Princess clan.
• Kai Ya flew after them and explained that he would help stop the hunt and protect Dongyang City from the Sea Soul Beasts' retaliation.
• Yuwen Tuo warned Kai Ya that Evil Soul Masters felt no pain and should be fought without mercy.
• Kai Ya led Yuwen Tuo, Xiao Xiao, and their companions into the Ice Sea, where Yuwen Tuo scanned the waters for signs of the attackers.

Yuwen Tuo and his companions approached the Sea Princess clan’s territory and discovered a massive Sea Soul Beast migration, while the wounded Sea Princess and her daughters faced an assault by Evil Soul Masters. The Sea Princess recalled how the humans had turned her own tidal attack against her, leaving her clan trapped behind the Heart of the Ocean.

• Snow Empress warned Yuwen Tuo that they were entering the Sea Princess’s territory, and Kai Ya led the group toward the clan’s lands.
• Xiao Xiao spotted a huge migration of Sea Soul Beasts, and Kai Ya suspected the Evil Soul Masters were behind it.
• Yuwen Tuo promised Kai Ya he would help protect Dongyang City, while still concealing his real name.
• The Sea Princess and more than a hundred mermaids endured their attackers’ assault behind the Heart of the Ocean, as Lijing insisted that she would rescue her captured sister Liya.
• The Sea Princess recalled how the humans had provoked her clan into attacking, then used blue light to turn her waves against the mermaids.

The Sea Princess recounted how the Holy Spirit Cult and Clear Sky Sect attacked her clan using Sea God's Power and the Land of Isolation, leaving her trapped in the Ice Sea with survivors. The story revealed that Yan Shaozhe had secretly joined forces with the Holy Spirit Cult and Clear Sky Sect to destroy Yuwen Tuo, trading Shrek's help against the Sea Princess clan for the Holy Spirit Cult's support in taking control of the Heaven Dou court.

• The evil soul masters used the Land of Isolation and Sea God's Power to restrain the Sea Princess while they slaughtered her clan and captured Liya.
• The Sea Princess broke free with the Heart of the Ocean, escaped with Lijing and the surviving clansmen, and raised a barrier in the Ice Sea palace.
• The Sea Princess believed the Sea God had abandoned her clan, though Tang San had not ordered or knowingly supported the attack.
• Yan Shaozhe secretly allied with Zhongli Wu and brought the Clear Sky Sect into a plan to ruin and eliminate Yuwen Tuo.
• Da Ming dispatched Clear Sky Sect experts to assist Shrek, while Ye Xishui supported her grandson Yan Shaozhe.
• The Holy Spirit Cult agreed to help Shrek control the Heaven Dou imperial court, and Shrek agreed to help the cult hunt the Sea Princess clan.

The Lich Douluo and other attackers threatened the Sea Princess by torturing Liya, hoping to draw the Sea Princess out and claim her power. As the Heart of the Ocean weakened, the Sea Princess finally intervened, and Lijing caught Liya after the Lich Douluo’s attack was interrupted.

• The Lich Douluo’s forces threatened the Sea Princess and held Liya hostage above the Ice Sea.
• Lijing tried to rescue Liya, but the Sea Princess warned that the attackers’ Sea God’s Power and Soul Tools weakened them outside the ocean’s protection.
• The Sea Princess and Lijing realized the Heart of the Ocean could only hold out for another hour or two.
• The Lich Douluo revealed his Lich Martial Soul and explained that he wanted to devour the Sea Princess’s soul to advance to Level Ninety-Seven.
• The Lich Douluo began pulling Liya’s soul from her body, forcing the Sea Princess to attack with her Mental Power.
• The Lich Douluo dodged the attack, Liya’s soul returned to her body, and Lijing caught her as she fell.

The Sea Princess and her clan fought the combined forces of the Holy Spirit Cult and Clear Sky Sect after Tang San’s imitation Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud suppressed her power. The Sea Princess was left gravely wounded as Lich Douluo and Heaven Severing Douluo overwhelmed her.

• The Sea Princess emerged to protect Liya, but Lich Douluo ordered the Soul Engineer Legion to isolate the merfolk and declared his intent to absorb them.
• The Sea Princess used Voice of the Tide and Princess Lijing hurled her silver spear, but the imitation Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud suppressed the Sea Princess’s cultivation and Evil Shield Douluo blocked her attack.
• A Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo caught Princess Lijing’s spear, and he identified himself as Second Elder Heaven Severing Douluo Tang Jue while Seventh Elder Heaven Shaking Douluo Tang Zhen taunted the Sea Princess.
• Lich Douluo and Heaven Severing Douluo attacked the Sea Princess as the forces clashed; her Deep Sea Lament stalemated Lich Douluo’s mental assault until Tang Jue struck her abdomen with Shock Character Absolute and sent her flying as she spat blood.

The Sea Princess used Sorrow of All Things to weaken the Evil Soul Masters, but the aging it caused left her near death as Lich Douluo attacked the fleeing Sea Princess Clan. An unknown ally restored the Sea Princess with Water Element power and a life-giving melody, leaving her strong enough to overwhelm Death Withering as the attackers demanded to know who had interfered.

• The Sea Princess unleashed Sorrow of All Things, draining the Mental Power and Soul Power of the Soul Masters and Soul Engineers around her.
• Tang Zhen and Lich Douluo realized that using her ultimate move was rapidly consuming the Sea Princess's life, while she urged Liya and Lijing to lead their clansmen away.
• Lijing ordered the Sea Princess Clan to retreat, but Lich Douluo used Death Withering to trap them in darkness and drain their strength.
• An unknown ally used Azure Wave Shadow and a life-giving melody to replenish the Sea Princess's Water Element power and life force.
• The Sea Princess's Sorrow of All Things overcame Lich Douluo's Death Withering, and the Evil Soul Masters demanded that the hidden ally reveal themself.

Yuwen Tuo and his allies arrived as the Sea Princess recovered with help from Ling Luochen’s Water God’s Scepter, exposing Yuwen Tuo’s identity to Kai Ya and the Evil Soul Masters. Yuwen Tuo recognized the Lich Douluo as one of the men tied to his village’s massacre and moved to kill him.

• Yuwen Tuo arrived with Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, Qiu'er, and Kai Ya, who mourned the Soul Engineers killed after being used as cannon fodder.
• The Sea Princess recognized the Water God’s power in Ling Luochen’s scepter, and Ling Luochen revealed herself as the Water God’s inheritor.
• The Lich Douluo identified Yuwen Tuo, while Kai Ya learned that the man he had called Brother Chen was Yuwen Tuo.
• Kai Ya agreed to help Yuwen Tuo defeat the Evil Soul Masters, and Ling Luochen went to heal the Sea Princess and her daughters.
• Yuwen Tuo realized the Lich Douluo had not devoured his family’s souls and advanced to kill him.

Yuwen Tuo, Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect and Holy Spirit Cult elders in their battles. As their allies tried to intervene, Kai Ya unleashed his Thunder Roaring Lion’s power against them.

• Yuwen Tuo struck Tang Jue and trapped Tang Jue, Xuanyuan Douluo, Heaven Severing Douluo, and Lich Douluo in a sea of flames, then used the Fire God Sword to suppress Tang Jue’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qiu'er attacked Evil Shield Douluo and cracked his shield with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xiao Xiao outmatched Tang Zhen with her Three Lives Soul-Quelling Cauldron, then weakened him with her Weapon Soul True Body and Cauldron's Seal until he could barely lift his Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Holy Spirit Cult and Clear Sky Sect fighters moved to help their losing elders, but Kai Ya activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Thunderbolt Plasma against them.

Kai Ya, Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao fought the Soul Masters aiding the Evil Soul Masters, with Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao defeating their opponents. Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao finished their battles, while Kai Ya continued battling the surrounding enemies.

• Kai Ya used his Level Eight Soul Tool, Lion's Fang, to overwhelm dozens of Soul Saints and several Soul Douluos with a barrage of punches.
• Qiu'er activated Golden Dragon Bloodthirst and Golden Dragon True Body, then pierced Evil Shield Douluo's shield and killed him with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xiao Xiao told Qiu'er she did not need help and used her Soul Suppressing Domain and Cauldron's Seal to restrict Tang Zhen.
• Xiao Xiao lifted the Three Lives Soul-Quelling Cauldron and attacked Tang Zhen with her Dragon Slaying Eighteen Swings technique.
• Xiao Xiao's Heavenly Punishment Executing Evil Swing shattered Tang Zhen's Clear Sky Hammer and crushed him beneath the cauldron.

Ling Luochen joined the battle and annihilated the remaining Soul Saints and Soul Douluos while Yuwen Tuo’s doppelganger fought Tang Jue and the Lich Douluo. Yuwen Tuo’s true body prepared a decisive strike as Tang Jue unleashed Kill Character Absolute.

• Ling Luochen summoned and froze a wave with her Ultimate Ice, then used Ice Explosion to kill the allied Evil Soul Masters and Clear Sky Sect fighters.
• Kai Ya asked whether they should help Yuwen Tuo, but Ling Luochen said he could handle the two Level Ninety-Six Titled Douluos.
• Yuwen Tuo’s Flame Emperor doppelganger held off Tang Jue and the Lich Douluo while his true body gathered flames for a powerful attack.
• Tang Jue’s lightning attacks failed against Yuwen Tuo’s Flame Emperor Domain, while the Lich Douluo’s curse halo was burned away and suppressed.
• The Lich Douluo maintained his curse halo at great cost, giving Tang Jue an opening to unleash Kill Character Absolute.

Yuwen Tuo used Electrolux’s control over the Lich Douluo’s curse to immobilize the Lich Douluo and Heaven Severing Douluo, then unleashed a Limit Douluo-level Flame Inferno. After the two enemies died and five soul bones were recovered, the Sea Princess marveled that the young group had defeated forces her clan could not overcome.

• Electrolux took control of the Lich Douluo’s Dark Curse halo through the Evil Eye, weakening Heaven Severing Douluo and disrupting the Lich Douluo’s soul skill.
• Yuwen Tuo trapped both enemies with Brahma Subduing Demons and empowered his attacks with Bodhi Brahma.
• Yuwen Tuo combined the power of all nine soul rings into Flame Inferno, unleashing a giant fire dragon with strength comparable to a Limit Douluo.
• Heaven Severing Douluo died quickly, while Yuwen Tuo burned the Lich Douluo’s body and soul to ash.
• Yuwen Tuo collected five soul bones, and the recovered group left the Sea Princess astonished by their victory.

After the battle, Kai Ya sought the Sea Princess’s forgiveness and promised to protect her clan from Dongyang City’s Sea Soul Masters. Once she agreed to avert further conflict, Yuwen Tuo bade Kai Ya farewell and revealed the group’s divine inheritances, prompting the Sea Princess to ask why they had come.

• Princess Lijing blamed Kai Ya’s Soul Engineers for the deaths of more than a hundred members of the Sea Princess Clan, while the Sea Princess stopped Princess Liya from attacking him.
• Kai Ya accepted responsibility for Dongyang City’s role in the clan’s suffering and asked the Sea Princess not to unleash a Beast Tide on the city.
• Ling Luochen and Miss Xiao Xiao urged the Sea Princess to spare the innocent, and Kai Ya promised to restrain his city’s Sea Soul Masters from hunting her clan.
• The Sea Princess agreed to let the matter rest as long as Kai Ya kept his promise, warning that she would summon the Ice Sea’s Sea Soul Beasts if humans threatened her clan again.
• Yuwen Tuo introduced himself to Kai Ya as Xuanyuan Douluo, and the two parted as friends despite the possibility of meeting on opposite sides in a future war.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed that he and Ling Luochen were inheritors of the Fire God and Water God, and that Qiu'er was the Emperor Rui Beast; the Sea Princess asked them to state their purpose.

Yuwen Tuo asked the Sea Princess’s family to provide a soul spirit for Xiao Xiao’s second martial soul, and Qiu’er explained the Soul Spirit Method and Xiao Xiao’s ambitious path to godhood. The Sea Princess chose to become Xiao Xiao’s soul spirit herself to stop her daughters from fighting over the opportunity.

• Yuwen Tuo told the Sea Princess that his girlfriend needed eight soul rings for her second martial soul, and Princess Lijing accused him of seeking to slaughter their kin.
• Qiu’er presented the Silver Dragon King’s scale and explained the Soul Spirit Method, which could let soul beasts become soul spirits and pursue godhood alongside humans.
• Yuwen Tuo described his plans for Xiao Xiao to become Plane Master of the Great God Circle, persuading the Sea Princess that the opportunity could be worth the risk.
• Princess Lijing volunteered to become Xiao Xiao’s soul spirit, but Princess Liya pretended her soul was damaged so she could claim the chance instead.
• The Sea Princess forbade both daughters from becoming Xiao Xiao’s soul spirit and declared that she would take the role herself.

The Sea Princess became Xiao Xiao’s soul spirit, giving her a ferocious-beast-level soul ring set and the Mermaid Race’s Seven Songs of the Mermaid. After the sacrifice, an unknown power pulled Xiao Xiao’s consciousness away to a beautiful valley, while Yuwen Tuo recognized the presence and chose not to interfere.

• The Sea Princess handed clan leadership to Lijing, told Liya to assist her, and prepared to become Xiao Xiao’s soul spirit.
• Xiao Xiao used Spirit Containment as the Sea Princess sacrificed herself, granting Xiao Xiao orange soul rings and a sea-blue Torso Bone.
• Xiao Xiao reached the peak of Level Ninety-Six and gained seven melodies that embodied the seven emotions, though her skills for anger, hatred, and disgust remained weaker.
• A force pulled Xiao Xiao’s Mental Power from her body, and Yuwen Tuo recognized who was responsible but let it happen.
• Xiao Xiao awoke in a flower-filled valley beneath towering trees and dazzling clouds.

Xiao Xiao entered a mysterious valley and met Rong Nianbing, the God of Emotion, whose cooking revealed her dream of a happy family with Yuwen Tuo. Impressed by her response and interested in her potential, Rong Nianbing offered to teach her and test her as a possible inheritor of his divine position.

• Xiao Xiao followed the aroma of food to a wooden courtyard, where Feng Nü and Lan Chen welcomed her to join them.
• Rong Nianbing served Xiao Xiao Phoenix Blood Juice, and the soup showed her a vision of a joyful family life with Yuwen Tuo and their child.
• Xiao Xiao praised Rong Nianbing's cooking but said Yuwen Tuo's skill was comparable, prompting Rong Nianbing to explain how emotions could be infused into cooking and music.
• Xiao Xiao asked Rong Nianbing to teach her, and he offered instruction in exchange for her accepting a test to inherit his divine position.
• Xiao Xiao eagerly agreed to take Rong Nianbing's test, seeing the opportunity to gain strength and enter the Divine Realm.

Xiao Xiao became Rong Nianbing’s successor and received the God of Emotion divine mark and a powerful spell. Yuwen Tuo then led the group to the Mingdou Mountain Range to consolidate their cultivation and monitor the coming war.

• Rong Nianbing named Xiao Xiao his successor and explained how she could inherit the God of Emotion godhood by mastering her seven emotional soul rings and ascending to the Divine Realm.
• Rong Nianbing gave Xiao Xiao his divine mark and taught her the spell Annihilation: Awakening of the Seven Luminaries before sending her back to the sea.
• Rong Nianbing defended his decision to pass on his godhood despite Tang San’s hostility toward Yuwen Tuo and his companions.
• Yuwen Tuo congratulated Xiao Xiao, while Princess Lijing resented her mother, the Sea Princess, for taking the chance to become Xiao Xiao’s soul spirit.
• Yuwen Tuo thanked Princess Lijing and Princess Liya for their help, then led the group away from the Ice Sea.
• The group traveled to the Mingdou Mountain Range to strengthen their cultivation and gather information about the continental war.

Wei Na assembled Dragon City’s forces and allied with Xuan Ziwen, while the Body Sect reported its greatly increased strength. With Evil Soul Masters eliminated and the Sun Moon Empire expected to move soon, Wei Na prepared to meet the coming conflict.

• Wei Na gathered the Dragon City Garrison, the Jiang Family Eastern Legion, and the Soul Master Legion under her command and equipped the Soul Master Legion with captured Soul Tools.
• Xuan Ziwen joined Wei Na after rejecting Yan Shaozhe’s collaboration with the Holy Spirit Cult, bringing Soul Tool insights and revealing Level 9 Soul Cannons from Xu Tianyuan’s Soul Guidance Ring.
• Ye Guyi reported that she and her companions had eliminated the Evil Soul Masters across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yun Yi reported that the Body Sect had grown stronger, with multiple elders reaching Super Douluo and new Titled Douluo joining its ranks.
• Wei Na declared that her forces were assembled and prepared to face the Sun Moon Empire when it made its move.

Zhongli Wu warned Emperor Xu Guozhong that Ghost Valley and Yuwen Tuo threatened the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting Ju Zi to propose a surprise war against the Heaven Dou Empire. Xu Guozhong gave Ju Zi command of the army, while the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire prepared to kill Yuwen Tuo.

• Feng Ling reported that Ghost Valley had returned, purged Evil Soul Masters in the Heaven Dou Empire, and deployed a ruthless woman with the Sacred Angel martial soul.
• Zhongli Wu decided the Holy Spirit Cult had to attack before Yuwen Tuo grew stronger and urged Xu Guozhong to launch a war.
• Ju Zi entered the Imperial Study and proposed feinting toward the Star Luo Empire through the Mingdou Mountain Range while the main force struck the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhongli Wu offered to have the Death God Douluo guard the Mingdou Mountain Range, and Xu Guozhong appointed Ju Zi commander with the Silver Moon Soul Engineer Legion.
• Ju Zi accepted the order, intending to eliminate Yuwen Tuo before pursuing revenge against the Star Luo Empire, while the Holy Spirit Cult, Sun Moon Empire, and Shrek aligned against him.