Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen proposed a guided, multistage missile and an assembly-line system for producing Soul Tools, winning Qin Ming’s support for missile research. He left the workshop’s production bottleneck with a plan to expand output by dividing tasks among Soul Engineers and new recruits.

• Lu Chen explained how a shell could use onboard detection, staged propulsion, and guidance to strike targets at extreme range, and he named the weapon a missile.
• Qin Ming praised the design and asked to lead its research, while Lu Chen promised support and said he would handle the rare materials.
• Zhao Shen described the shortage of high-level Soul Engineers and the workshop’s low production, prompting Lu Chen to suggest assigning core-making and component-making to different workers.
• Qin Ming embraced Lu Chen’s assembly-line proposal, and Lu Chen suggested training new recruits through specialized tasks until they could make Soul Tool cores.

Lu Chen explained plans for assembly-line Soul Tool production, Battle Armor research, and training specialized blacksmiths before heading to the training rooms. There, he met Xiaoxiao, advised her on cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and reached the Soul Arena as Long Aotian and Shi Potian fought.

• Lu Chen outlined assembly-line production and urged the Soul Engineering Department to focus on Battle Armor, close-combat Soul Tools, research talent, and trained blacksmiths.
• Lu Chen toured the training rooms, then followed disciples toward the Soul Arena after hearing that Long Aotian and Shi Potian were fighting again.
• Lu Chen met Xiaoxiao and offered guidance on managing the Soul Power of her Twin Martial Souls.
• Lu Chen warned Xiaoxiao not to attach Soul Rings to her Second Martial Soul before reaching Soul Douluo.
• Lu Chen and Xiaoxiao arrived at the crowded Soul Arena, where Long Aotian and Shi Potian were colliding at extreme speed.

Shi Potian defeated Long Aotian in a fierce duel, tying their match at two wins each. Luo Feng then challenged Lu Chen, who accepted to test his strength without outside assistance.

• Shi Potian and Long Aotian fought with their powerful bodies and fist techniques, but their attacks failed to overcome each other's defenses.
• Shi Potian used his newly learned ability to read attack trajectories and struck through an opening, stopping his fist just short of Long Aotian's face to win.
• Shi Potian explained that he had learned to analyze weaknesses from the Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist, and Lu Chen praised his victory.
• Luo Feng challenged Lu Chen after reaching Soul Power Level seventy-six and cleansing the evil aura in his Sea of Spirit.
• Lu Chen accepted, eager to test his true combat strength without Elder Mo Yuan's aid or a full set of high-tier Soul Bones.

Lu Chen and Luo Feng faced off in the Soul Arena as sect disciples gathered to watch. Lu Chen revealed his fused Martial Soul and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Luo Feng answered with his Dark Night Divine Spear and a dark-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, setting the stage for their battle.

• Shi Potian announced that Lu Chen was going to fight Luo Feng, drawing disciples back to the arena.
• Luo Feng said his training at the border and under Jin Peng had strengthened more than his Soul Power, then leaped into the arena.
• Lu Chen used Flash Step to reach the arena in an instant and fused with his golden Martial Soul.
• Lu Chen revealed three Soul Rings—black, black, and red—shocking the spectators with his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Luo Feng summoned the Dark Night Divine Spear and displayed seven Soul Rings, including a dark-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• The stewards noted that Luo Feng's final Soul Ring seemed less oppressive than Lu Chen's, and Langya suggested its killing intent might have affected its purity.

Lu Chen and Luo Feng fought a sparring match on the arena, with Luo Feng unleashing his powerful spear skills and killing intent. After recovering from a spatial strike, Lu Chen formed a dark-gold spear and charged back at Luo Feng, beginning their spear duel.

• Luo Feng boosted his strength and speed, but Lu Chen caught his spear barehanded and blasted him back with a punch.
• Luo Feng activated Divine Spear True Body and used his spatial Demon Dragon Heart-Piercing Thrust to pierce Lu Chen's shoulder.
• Lu Chen purified the killing aura and healed his wound, then praised Luo Feng's attack.
• Lu Chen condensed a dark-gold spear and charged at Luo Feng to duel him with spears.

Lu Chen used his battle against Luo Feng to practice transforming his body with the Dark Gold Battle Body, overcoming Luo Feng’s speed advantage and reversing the fight. The elders realized that Lu Chen’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill could make his body a set of adaptable weapons.

• Luo Feng’s Martial Soul Avatar let him outpace Lu Chen and land a severe spear wound, but Lu Chen healed it within moments.
• Luo Feng urged Lu Chen to concede, while Lu Chen pointed out that Luo Feng’s Soul Power was running low and hinted that he could match his speed.
• Lu Chen transformed his right leg into a curved blade and struck Luo Feng hard enough to send him flying across the arena.
• Lu Chen turned his left foot into a spring and used the burst of speed to catch Luo Feng off guard and slam him into the barrier.
• The elders realized Lu Chen had been using Luo Feng to practice his Soul Skill and praised his control over the Dark Gold Dragon Vine’s transformations.

Lu Chen dominated his spar with Luo Feng using his transforming body and overwhelming stamina, but Luo Feng revealed a new killing-intent technique inspired by Mu En's Ruler Over All Under Heaven. The chapter ended with Lu Chen recognizing the threat and wondering who the protagonist was.

• Lu Chen battered Luo Feng with spring-like legs and a Clear Sky Hammer arm, then pierced through his spear-shadow defense with a transforming knee spike.
• Luo Feng struggled to maintain his Martial Soul Avatar as his Soul Power drained, while spectators praised Lu Chen's control and combat advantage.
• Luo Feng revealed that battlefield despair, rage, and killing intent had fused with his spiritual power and Soul Power into a force beyond ordinary Soul Skills.
• Jin Peng explained that Luo Feng had not achieved the Unity of Heaven and Man, but his technique resembled the process behind Mu En's Ruler Over All Under Heaven.
• Lu Chen recognized Luo Feng's growing killing intent as a technique akin to Ruler Over All Under Heaven and reacted with alarm.

Luo Feng unleashed his Godslaying Spear against Lu Chen in the Soul Arena, but Lu Chen pushed his Dark Gold Battle Body beyond its limits and met the attack head-on. As their spears clashed, Lu Chen resisted Luo Feng’s mental assault and struck back, leaving Luo Feng struggling to believe a Soul Elder had blocked his strongest move.

• Luo Feng named his killing-intent technique the Godslaying Spear and thrust it at Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen opened his meridians with the Dark Gold Battle Body, condensed a larger spear, and entered his Second Awakening state.
• Mo Yuan explained that the sect master had completed Soul Core fusion and would emerge from seclusion in about a month.
• Lu Chen met Luo Feng’s attack with Heartburst Annihilation Spear, while Mo Yuan raised a mental barrier to protect the spectators.
• Lu Chen crushed Luo Feng’s invading will and sent an illusory Yaksha counterattack at him as the two spears remained locked together.

After defeating Luo Feng, Lu Chen entered an Epiphany while contemplating how to fuse spiritual power with physical attacks. The others cleared the Soul Arena Hall and waited as he explored the beginnings of a new combat technique.

• Luo Feng relived Lu Chen’s past pain through a spiritual attack, but Lu Chen shattered his spear phantom and defeated him with a powerful strike.
• Lu Chen contemplated the fusion of spiritual power and physical attacks, then entered an Epiphany.
• Elder Jin Peng ordered the disciples to leave and sealed the hall so Lu Chen would not be disturbed.
• Luo Feng recovered with minor injuries, and Jin Peng praised his performance and promised to help him obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Lu Chen continued exploring how to fuse spiritual power with his boxing techniques while the elders kept watch.

Lu Chen forged his will into a new fist technique called Only I Am Supreme and tested it against Twin Fists Douluo in the Soul Arena. The strike sent the elder retreating but left Lu Chen gravely injured, and the witnesses realized his power could rival a Titled Douluo.

• Lu Chen fused his spiritual power, Heartburst Liberation Fist, and absolute will into the battle technique Only I Am Supreme.
• Lu Chen awakened from his epiphany and asked Seventh Elder, Twin Fists Douluo, to test his newly comprehended fist intent.
• Lu Chen used Flash Step and struck Twin Fists Douluo with Only I Am Supreme, destroying the Soul Arena and forcing the elder back three steps.
• Twin Fists Douluo explained that the blow carried both a defense-piercing vibrating force and an Annihilation Will that could crush the Sea of Spirit.
• Lu Chen’s right arm and shoulder were badly damaged by the strain, but he declared the technique successful as the witnesses marveled that his power rivaled a Titled Douluo.

Lu Chen perfected his decisive fist technique, reached level 40, and created the spiritual Soul Skill Infinite Hell Reincarnation during a month of secluded cultivation. When a powerful tide of Soul Power surged from the back mountain, he realized that his master had emerged from seclusion.

• Lu Chen explained that Only I Am Supreme could devastate weaker opponents but still strained his body, while Twin Fists Douluo praised the punch that had injured him.
• Lu Chen gave Luo Feng a Seventy-Thousand-Year Shadow Ghost Leopard Right Leg Bone, and Luo Feng accepted it after promising to give Lu Chen a future Soul Bone in return.
• Lu Chen reached level 40 after a night of reviewing his punch and refining his body and Soul Power.
• Over a month of seclusion, Lu Chen developed Infinite Hell Reincarnation, a spiritual attack that made enemies endure his pain at up to tenfold amplification.
• Lu Chen sensed a powerful surge of Soul Power from the back mountain and realized that his master had emerged from seclusion.

Du Busi broke through to level 99 and became a Limit Douluo, sending shockwaves across the continent. The Heaven Dou Emperor prepared to strengthen ties with the Body Sect, while Mu En and Xuan Zi headed toward it to confront the new development.

• Du Busi's breakthrough transformed Soul Power above the Body Sect into a jade-green vortex, and Li Yan recognized that the Sect Master had reached the Limit.
• Xie Zhixing told the Heavenly Soul Emperor that Du Busi had surpassed level 98 and entered level 99, prompting the emperor to send an 80,000-year Soul Bone as a congratulatory gift and summon Lu Chen and Vina to the palace.
• Shi Jingyue resolved to prepare his own gift and visit the Body Sect, pleased that his son was connected to Lu Chen and the Seventh Elder.
• Mu En sensed Du Busi's breakthrough at Shrek Academy, worried about the coming chaos, and vanished toward the Body Sect.
• Xuan Zi sensed the breakthrough, identified Du Busi as the new Limit Douluo, and rushed toward the Body Sect as other factions' experts also set out to observe.

Du Busi completed his breakthrough to Limit Douluo, renewing his body and increasing the ages of his first four Soul Rings. Mu En and Xuan Zi arrived with the Sea God Pavilion elder masters, and Du Busi confronted Mu En over his brother’s death as both sides gathered above the Body Sect.

• Du Busi emerged from the forbidden ground after his breakthrough, looking decades younger and bearing two purple, four black, and three red Soul Rings.
• Du Busi announced that he had entered the Limit realm, and the Body Sect elders and disciples celebrated his achievement.
• Du Busi greeted Lu Chen, then noticed a golden light approaching from the east.
• Mu En arrived and revealed that he, too, had reached Limit Douluo, prompting Du Busi to confront him over killing Du Busi’s brother, Du Bisi.
• Xuan Zi arrived with the Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul, followed by the Sea God Pavilion elder masters, while Lu Chen wondered whether they had come to start a war.

The Body Sect revealed that its elders had advanced to high ranks and gained Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings through Golden-Tier Second Awakenings, shocking Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion elders. The confrontation escalated when Qian Duoduo threatened to bombard the sect, and an enraged attacker launched a fist at him.

• Jin Peng revealed that he had reached Rank 98 and completed a Golden-Tier Second Awakening, while Mo Yuan and Luo Wei displayed their formidable ranks and awakened strength.
• Shen Xiu, White Bone, and the other Body Sect elders revealed red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning Shrek’s elders and the sect’s disciples.
• Bei Yuxuan and Vina suspected Lu Chen had provided the Immortal Herbs that enabled all twelve elders to awaken, and Lu Chen confirmed it.
• Song Lao warned that Shrek was outmatched, but Qian Duoduo summoned Soul Cannons and threatened to raze the Body Sect’s territory.
• Mu En tried to stop Qian Duoduo, but an enraged figure blasted a dark-green fist toward him, leaving Qian Duoduo unable to move.

Mu En’s first clash with the newly advanced Du Busi ended with Mu En driven back while protecting Qian Duoduo, revealing that Du Busi’s power exceeded his expectations. After Du Busi rejected Shrek’s excuses for invading the Body Sect, Mu En apologized and invited him to help oppose the Holy Spirit Cult, which had two Limit Douluo.

• Du Busi’s dark-green fist overwhelmed Mu En’s Radiant Holy Dragon, forcing Mu En to retreat with Qian Duoduo protected.
• Xuan Zi questioned how Du Busi could defeat Mu En, and Song Lao explained that Mu En was weakened and had been defending Qian Duoduo.
• Lu Chen judged Qian Duoduo’s Soul Tools a serious threat and considered eliminating him, while Vina and the others reacted with disbelief.
• Du Busi condemned Shrek for barging into the Body Sect and threatening its mountain gate with an Eighth-Level Soul Cannon.
• Mu En realized his plan to assess and intimidate Du Busi had failed, then apologized for Qian Duoduo and invited Du Busi to help resist the Holy Spirit Cult.

Lu Chen suspected Mu En might be using the Holy Spirit Cult to target Du Busi, but warned his master against wiping out Shrek and proposed killing only the chief aggressors. Du Busi declared Qian Duoduo would die for threatening the Body Sect's gate, then attacked Mu En, who answered with his strongest technique.

• Lu Chen privately warned Du Busi that Mu En might be plotting with the Holy Spirit Cult to assassinate him.
• Lu Chen urged Du Busi to avoid destroying Shrek and suggested killing Mu En and Qian Duoduo instead.
• Du Busi rejected Mu En's appeal to unite against the Holy Spirit Cult and condemned Shrek for threatening the Body Sect's mountain gate.
• Du Busi declared that Qian Duoduo would be executed, despite protests from Mu En and the Shrek elders.
• Du Busi charged at Mu En with his strongest Heartburst Liberation Fist, and Mu En met the attack with Ruler Over All Under Heaven.

Du Busi defeated Mu En in a clash of fist intent, while Lu Chen recognized that the Body Sect’s sudden rise had changed the balance of power. As the battle spread between the elders, Mu En identified Lu Chen as the likely cause of the Sect’s transformation and began devising a way to escape the deadlock.

• Du Busi’s Unity of Heaven and Man fist overwhelmed Mu En’s Ruler Over All Under Heaven, and Du Busi mocked Mu En’s fading conviction.
• Du Busi shattered Mu En’s golden fist and sent him flying, while Lu Chen urged Du Busi to finish him.
• Jin Peng blocked Xuan Zi with his ninth Soul Skill, Golden Demon Body, as Mo Yuan intercepted Song Lao and the Body Sect’s elders fought Shrek’s forces.
• Du Busi accused Mu En of provoking the conflict, then struck him again and sent him flying despite Mu En’s golden scales.
• Mu En realized the Body Sect’s elders had undergone extraordinary breakthroughs and suspected Lu Chen was responsible for their sudden rise.
• Lu Chen noticed Mu En investigating him, and Mu En conceived a way to break the deadlock.

The Body Sect elders used precise teamwork to overwhelm Shrek's Sea God Pavilion defenders, leaving Cai Meier gravely wounded and Zhuang Lao near death. Below, Xue Ling'er revealed that she had shared her vision with the elders, while Lu Chen supported her; he then told her to withdraw the Mental Domain.

• The Sea God Pavilion elders formed a defensive group, but Li Wujiu, White Bone Douluo, and Mo Yuan unleashed their awakened powers and mental attack.
• Luo Wei used Mo Yuan's Mental Imprisonment to strike at Cai Meier, while Li Wujiu blocked Yan Shaozhe and Shen Xiu trapped Lin Lao in a Vacuum Domain.
• Mo Yuan's ninth Soul Skill devastated Zhuang Lao's spirit, and White Bone Douluo's attack forced Song Lao to protect Xian Lin'er instead of reaching Cai Meier.
• Luo Wei struck Cai Meier with a thunderous kick, sending her flying with her life uncertain.
• Xue Ling'er told Lu Chen that she had shared her vision with the Body Sect elders, and Lu Chen praised her before ordering her to withdraw the Mental Domain.

Lu Chen and the Body Sect elders exploited Mu En’s concern for Cai Meier to distract him, while Du Busi and Guan Yi inflicted severe injuries on him. Desperate to save Shrek, Mu En seized Lu Chen and used him as a hostage, declaring the battle over.

• Lu Chen redirected the Body Sect elders’ strategy and used Cai Meier’s danger to distract Mu En, leaving him vulnerable to Du Busi’s attack.
• Mu En was knocked toward the Body Sect’s main peak, but Guan Yi intercepted him and fought him with his Martial Soul Avatar and Gravity Fist.
• Two spiritual attacks disrupted Mu En as Guan Yi and Du Busi struck him, breaking his defense and worsening his injuries.
• Seeing Shrek’s forces nearing defeat, Mu En decided to capture Lu Chen and force the Body Sect to stand down.
• Mu En sealed off the routes around Lu Chen, grabbed him by the throat, and ordered Du Busi and the elders to stop fighting.

Mu En held Lu Chen hostage to force the Body Sect to spare the Shrek elders, but Lu Chen used the threat of Du Busi’s retaliation to make Mu En negotiate. Lu Chen demanded compensation and Shrek’s peace for ten years, then offered to swear the Body Sect would leave Shrek alone in exchange for a light-attribute supreme treasure.

• Mu En threatened to break Lu Chen’s neck while Du Busi and the Body Sect elders surrounded him.
• Lu Chen pointed out that Mu En’s hand was shaking and warned that killing him would provoke Du Busi to destroy Shrek.
• Du Busi vowed to uproot Sea God Pavilion and level Shrek City if Mu En harmed Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen persuaded Mu En that Shrek’s elders could be spared only through compensation, including peace with the Body Sect for ten years.
• Lu Chen asked Mu En for a light-attribute supreme treasure and swore the Body Sect would not invade Shrek if he received it.