Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen traded with Mu En for the Dragon Core, then betrayed him and joined the Body Sect elders in a deadly ambush. The blast killed Mu En, while Lu Chen vanished and a lump of flesh stirred among the crowd below.

• Du Busi backed Lu Chen’s demand for compensation, and Mu En surrendered the Dragon Core to save Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek captives.
• Lu Chen accepted the Dragon Core and handed it to Du Busi, while Mu En asked him to accompany him back to Shrek.
• Lu Chen stabbed Mu En and revealed that he had twisted his promise, while the Body Sect elders unleashed their attacks on them both.
• The combined strikes killed Mu En and engulfed Lu Chen, leaving the crowd unsure whether the Young Sect Master had survived.
• A lump of flesh and blood began wriggling in an inconspicuous corner among the crowd below.

Lu Chen reappeared after Mu En’s death, claiming he had escaped through a substitute and arguing that its death fulfilled his oath. As Du Busi prepared to kill the surviving Shrek elders, Lu Chen urged him to spare them for the continent’s sake, winning public praise while privately signaling something to Du Busi.

• Lu Chen regenerated in crimson armor and told the crowd that a substitute had died in his place during the attack on Mu En.
• Yan Shaozhe condemned Lu Chen for breaking his oath, but Lu Chen argued that the substitute’s death had paid the promised life, and Du Busi silenced Yan Shaozhe and struck him down.
• Du Busi defended the Body Sect’s actions and prepared to kill Yan Shaozhe and Song Lao, while the injured Shrek survivors seemed at risk of being wiped out.
• Lu Chen asked Du Busi to spare the Shrek elders, arguing that the continent needed them to fight the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The crowd praised Lu Chen’s apparent magnanimity, while Du Busi reacted strangely after receiving Lu Chen’s voice transmission.

After Mu En's death, Lu Chen persuaded Du Busi to spare Shrek's captured elders in exchange for a ransom, while concealing his Immortal Body and securing Mu En's remains. Luo Feng absorbed the Limit Douluo's negative energy, broke through to rank eighty, and raised his seventh Soul Ring to just short of one hundred thousand years.

• Lu Chen urged Du Busi to spare the Shrek elders and demand a ransom, and Du Busi had Mo Yuan seal their Soul Power and imprison them for three days.
• Lu Chen invited the stunned factions to a banquet, then returned to the courtyard with Luo Feng and the others.
• Meiying returned Lu Chen's Storage Soul Tool Ring, and Lu Chen revealed Mu En's remains and Soul Bones while explaining why he had hidden his Immortal Body.
• Lu Chen told Luo Feng that Mu En's negative energy could help him break through, and Luo Feng absorbed it through the Dark Night Divine Spear.
• Luo Feng's seventh Soul Ring grew from fifty thousand years to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred years as he reached rank eighty.

Lu Chen discovered that Mu En had hidden five Soul Bones inside his skeleton and was ambushed by Mu En's soul when he investigated. Lu Chen used his Immortal Body to defeat Mu En's possession attempt, leaving five Soul Bones behind.

• Tang Ya and the others realized Mu En's skeleton had not released any Soul Bones, and Lu Chen suspected they were sealed within his remains.
• Lu Chen touched the golden light in Mu En's skull with his spiritual power, triggering Mu En's soul to attack and attempt a Soul Exchange.
• Mu En dragged Lu Chen into a Void spiritual world and tried to take over his body, while Tang Ya and Long Aotian watched helplessly.
• Lu Chen revealed that his Immortal Body was Mu En's flaw and severed his own head, forcing Mu En's soul out of his body and destroying it.
• Mu En's skeleton cracked apart and revealed five Soul Bones, including three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones, as Lu Chen's body healed without a scar.

Lu Chen stopped Du Busi from retaliating against Shrek immediately and prepared to use Mu En’s Dragon Core to strengthen himself. As news of Mu En’s death reached Xuan Zi, Lu Chen successfully absorbed the Dragon Core and emerged with greatly enhanced physical strength.

• Lu Chen persuaded Du Busi to keep the captured Shrek elders as leverage and focus on growing the Body Sect rather than attacking Shrek at once.
• A Shrek teacher told Xuan Zi that Mu En had died, the other elders had been captured, and Du Busi demanded ransom; Jin Peng then left Xuan Zi to return to Shrek.
• Lu Chen endured Guan Yi’s eightyfold Gravity Domain while Du Busi fused the Dragon Core into his heart.
• The Dragon Core transformed Lu Chen’s body, Soul Power, and Ultimate Light, and he declared himself invincible below the Titled Douluo rank.

Xuan Zi brought Shrek's ransom to the Body Sect, but Lu Chen demanded seventy percent of Shrek City's tax revenue for ten years before releasing the captured elders. After Xuan Zi signed, Lu Chen and Du Busi planned to go to sea to hunt Soul Rings.

• Xuan Zi arrived at the Body Sect with Shrek teachers to ransom the captured elders.
• Xuan Zi offered Soul Bones, Immortal Spirit Herbs, and Gold Soul Coins, but Lu Chen demanded seventy percent of Shrek City's tax revenue for ten years.
• Du Busi threatened to destroy the captives' Soul Cores, and Xuan Zi signed Lu Chen's contract.
• Xuan Zi took the unconscious Yan Shaozhe and the other released elders back to Shrek.
• Lu Chen explained to Du Busi that the tax revenue would fund Soul Tool development and proposed they go to sea to hunt Soul Rings.

Du Busi led Lu Chen and the others into the North Sea to hunt Soul Beasts for their next Soul Rings. Meiying gained her third Soul Ring and broke through to level 36, while the group awaited the Soul Beasts the elders had found for the others.

• Du Busi shielded the group as they flew into the deep sea, where Elder Luo Wei and Twin Fists Douluo warned them about the dangers and rare Soul Beasts below.
• Du Busi found a three-thousand-year Nether Shadow Shark and chose it for Meiying’s third Soul Ring.
• Meiying killed the Nether Shadow Shark, absorbed its Soul Ring, and advanced to level 36.
• Meiying revealed that her new [Shadow Stealth] Soul Skill reduced her presence and let her make a short, teleport-like burst.
• Du Busi spotted Elder Luo Wei and Twin Fists Douluo returning with Soul Beasts for the others.

Luo Wei and Twin Fists Douluo returned with Soul Beasts suited to Bei Yuxuan and Shi Potian, who began absorbing their fourth Soul Rings. Shi Potian awakened with a powerful new skill, while Bei Yuxuan remained unconscious as a strange transformation gathered around him.

• Luo Wei presented Bei Yuxuan with a five-thousand-year Red-Gold Blood Dragon Carp, and Twin Fists Douluo gave Shi Potian an eight-thousand-year Deep-Sea Diamondgold Crab.
• Shi Potian and Bei Yuxuan began absorbing their fourth Soul Rings, while Tang Ya and Luo Feng used the Soul Beast corpses.
• Shi Potian completed his absorption at level 45 and gained the fourth Soul Skill Divine Elephant's Wrath, which more than doubled his defense and strength and gave his attacks a tearing effect.
• Lu Chen suggested searching for a Deep-Sea Diamondgold Crab nest if they could not find more suitable Soul Beasts.
• Bei Yuxuan continued absorbing his Soul Ring long after Shi Potian had awakened, and the growing Bloodline Power around him suggested an unusual transformation.

Bei Yuxuan gained a rare external Soul Bone called the Bone Sword and revealed his powerful fourth Soul Skill. After a day of searching the North Sea, the group found the deadly Netherworld Bloodvine Sea, where Lu Chen sensed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

• Bei Yuxuan emerged from his breakthrough with a spine-shaped External Soul Bone, which he named the Bone Sword, and demonstrated its sharpness and vitality-based abilities.
• Bei Yuxuan revealed his fourth Soul Skill, Blood Shadow Control, which let him manipulate vitality and interfere with the blood flow of nearby enemies.
• Lu Chen congratulated Bei Yuxuan, who had reached Soul Power Level forty-four, before Du Busi urged the group to continue searching for suitable Soul Beasts.
• After a day and night without finding another target, Xue Ling'er spotted black water below, and Du Busi identified it as the North Sea's forbidden Netherworld Bloodvine Sea.
• Luo Wei explained that the bloodthirsty vines drained living creatures, and Lu Chen sensed the aura of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast beneath them.

Tang Ya absorbed Netherworld Bloodvine Soul Rings and grew rapidly, reaching level 52 as a Soul King. The group recognized her potential, while Lu Chen noted that she still needed to control the evil energy her devouring ability produced.

• Du Busi injured the Netherworld Bloodvine Emperor and pulled a seven-thousand-year Netherworld Bloodvine from the seabed for Tang Ya to absorb.
• Du Busi explained that Tang Ya’s devouring abilities could make her powerful at range, though Lu Chen warned that absorbing negative energy could threaten her control.
• Tang Ya revealed that she had secretly absorbed some life force and Soul Power from unconscious Shrek Titled Douluo, which had helped raise her to level 49.
• Tang Ya broke through to level 50, obtained a right leg bone, and then absorbed a high-quality twenty-five-thousand-year Netherworld Bloodvine.
• An hour later, Tang Ya awakened at level 52 with five Soul Rings, astonishing Long Aotian, Vina, Xue Ling'er, and the others.

Tang Ya revealed her powerful new Soul Skills, and Du Busi taught the group about Combined Soul Skills as they traveled the North Sea. Du Busi then sensed two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts fighting nearby and rushed toward them.

• Tang Ya demonstrated her fourth Soul Skill, Corrosive Poison Spikes, and her fifth Soul Skill, Death Forest, to Lu Chen and the others.
• Lu Chen recognized that Tang Ya's Soul Skills could form a combination like Deep Forest Emergence, and Du Busi explained how Combined Soul Skills worked.
• The group traveled for two more days without finding suitable Soul Beasts for Long Aotian, Lu Chen, or Luo Feng.
• Du Busi sensed the Soul Power collisions of two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts ahead and flew toward them.

Lu Chen and his companions traveled toward a battle between two hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts, encountering countless Deep-Sea Flood Dragons along the way. They watched the Deep-Sea Dragon Jiao and Deep-Sea Horn Whale King clash while their species fought around them.

• Lu Chen explained that the snake-like creatures beneath the waves were Deep-Sea Flood Dragons and caught one to harvest its gallbladder and some meat.
• The group reached the battle, and Du Busi shattered a towering wave before them.
• Du Busi identified the combatants as a roughly 120,000-year-old Deep-Sea Horn Whale King and a roughly 110,000-year-old Deep-Sea Dragon Jiao.
• Lu Chen and Meiying watched the two beasts trade powerful physical and mental attacks.
• Luo Wei explained that the beasts were fighting for survival, advancement, and territory as their kind slaughtered one another around them.

Du Busi and Luo Wei subdued the Deep-Sea Horn Whale King and Deep-Sea Dragon, killing both Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Tang Ya began feeding on their remains, while Lu Chen started absorbing the Horn Whale King's Soul Ring.

• Du Busi judged the Deep-Sea Dragon suitable for Luo Feng and the Deep-Sea Horn Whale King suitable for Lu Chen.
• The Deep-Sea Horn Whale King attacked Du Busi while the Deep-Sea Dragon tried to flee, but Luo Wei trapped and struck the dragon with her Soul Skills.
• Du Busi shattered the Horn Whale King's horn, causing its enormous body and power to shrink drastically.
• Luo Wei cut the Deep-Sea Dragon in half, stopped it from escaping, and knocked it unconscious when it threatened to self-destruct.
• Du Busi and Luo Wei killed both beasts, Tang Ya began feeding on their remains, and Lu Chen sat on the Horn Whale King's corpse to absorb its Soul Ring.

Lu Chen and Luo Feng absorbed the blood-red Soul Rings of the Deep-Sea Horn Whale King and Deep-Sea Dragon after their clans’ kings died. Luo Feng completed his breakthrough and revealed his powerful eighth-ring presence, while Lu Chen’s aura surged even more dramatically, leaving the others stunned.

• After the Deep-Sea Flood Dragon and Deep-Sea Horned Whale clans retreated, Lu Chen gave Luo Feng the Deep-Sea Dragon’s Soul Bone and began absorbing the Deep-Sea Horn Whale King’s Soul Ring.
• Lu Chen resisted the whale king’s lingering will and endured its immense Soul Power, while his companions worried that the force might tear his body apart.
• Luo Feng absorbed the Deep-Sea Dragon’s Soul Ring, and Lu Chen’s Soul Power broke through to level fifty as the whale king’s energy fused a Torso Bone into him.
• Luo Feng completed his absorption, displayed eight Soul Rings, and summoned his black spear as his murderous aura overwhelmed the group.
• An even more terrifying presence erupted from Lu Chen, blasting a hole through the crimson clouds and beginning an unforgettable spectacle.

Lu Chen revealed his fourth Soul Ring’s Heaven-Earth Manifestation and defeated Luo Feng’s strongest attack with overwhelming physical power. He explained that the skill doubled his combat power for every ten feet of growth, leaving everyone stunned by its unknown potential.

• Lu Chen grew into a fifty-foot golden giant using Heaven-Earth Manifestation, while Luo Feng challenged him with his Godslaying Spear.
• Lu Chen activated his second awakening and other buffs, then shattered Luo Feng’s spear attack with his Heartburst Liberation Fist.
• Lu Chen returned to normal as Luo Wei rescued the exhausted Luo Feng, and the group questioned Lu Chen about his new Soul Skill.
• Lu Chen explained that Heaven-Earth Manifestation required burning Soul Power and life force and currently allowed him to grow fifty feet for a fivefold combat-power increase.

Lu Chen gained a hundred-thousand-year Torso Bone from the Deep-Sea Horn Whale King but decided not to seek another Soul Ring yet, while Long Aotian chose to pursue a Deep-Sea Diamondgold Crab. After they left, the Demon Empress identified Lu Chen as a possible path into the God Realm and decided to investigate his connection to the Body Sect.

• Lu Chen revealed the Torso Bone’s Narwhal King’s Armor and Whale King’s Wrath abilities, then considered replacing his Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Lu Chen declined to search for another Soul Ring, and Long Aotian chose the Deep-Sea Diamondgold Crab as his next target.
• Du Busi carried the group away, unaware that the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi had watched them from a deep-sea trench.
• The Demon Empress recognized Lu Chen’s extraordinary talent and held back from attacking because she feared attracting Sea God Island and Tang San’s attention.
• The Demon Empress considered using Lu Chen’s body as a soul avatar to reach the God Realm and decided to investigate his background in the Body Sect.

Long Aotian absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and reached Rank 47, then chose to wait before pursuing another Soul Ring. Du Busi brought the group to the Far North, where they learned about its dangerous Soul Beasts and rulers.

• Luo Wei captured a roughly twenty-eight-thousand-year Deep-Sea Diamondgold Crab, and Long Aotian killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Long Aotian gained the fourth Soul Skill Mad God's Wrath, which increased his strength and defense by 250% and gave his attacks a tearing effect.
• Long Aotian considered absorbing another Deep-Sea Diamondgold Crab for its Soul Bone, but Lu Chen advised him to seek broader enhancements, so he decided to wait.
• Du Busi flew the group to the Far North, where he warned them that its Soul Beasts were especially fierce and that the Three Heavenly Kings ruled the region.
• Lu Chen questioned Long Aotian about skipping lessons, while Shi Potian revealed that he had recorded classes and watched them during physical training.

After Vina and Xue Ling'er absorbed their new Soul Rings in the Far North, the group began their return journey toward Heaven Dou City. Vina invited Lu Chen and the others to the imperial palace on behalf of her father, and Du Busi asked whether Lu Chen wanted to become emperor.

• Lu Chen considered seeking the Titan Snow Demon King's sacrifice but decided the risks involving the Snow Empress outweighed the likely gains.
• Luo Wei brought Vina a three-thousand-year Ice Crystal Snowvine, while Twin Fists brought Xue Ling'er a nine-thousand-year Snow Bat King; both women absorbed their Soul Rings safely.
• Vina reached level thirty-five and Xue Ling'er reached level forty-four, and Du Busi then led the group away from the Far North.
• Bei Yuxuan described how his External Soul Bone and control over Blood Qi had changed his cultivation ambitions, while Lu Chen cautioned that mastering Blood Qi would take time.
• Vina invited Lu Chen and the others to visit the imperial palace so the Heavenly Soul Emperor could thank them for the Immortal Herbs.
• Du Busi said he wanted to build the world's number one sect, then asked whether Lu Chen wanted to become emperor.

Lu Chen explained to Du Busi that he sought to unite Douluo Continent under the Body Sect while pursuing godhood, then accepted Vina’s invitation to Heaven Dou City. There, Emperor Wei En gave him the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, whose dangerous curse Lu Chen recognized as the key to solving his Immortal Body’s endurance problem.

• Lu Chen told Du Busi that he wanted one voice ruling Douluo Continent, with the Body Sect at its head, and Du Busi warmly approved of his ambition.
• Lu Chen agreed to visit the Heaven Dou Emperor at Vina’s invitation, and the group arrived at the imperial palace, where Wei En greeted them.
• Wei En noticed that Luo Feng had advanced from Soul Saint to Soul Douluo and regretted allowing such a talent to join the Body Sect.
• After the others left to tour the palace, Wei En asked Lu Chen to appraise a carving knife he had bought from the Star Luo Royal Auction House.
• Lu Chen recognized the knife as the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and realized its life force could resolve his Immortal Body’s endurance problem.
• When Lu Chen asked whether Wei En knew the knife’s history, Wei En admitted he had not investigated it and asked if something was wrong with it.

Lu Chen rejected Wei En’s attempt to bind the Body Sect to the Heaven Dou Empire through marriage, then killed a guard who challenged him. He left the palace with Du Busi, while Wei En suppressed his anger and ordered the incident covered up.

• Lu Chen identified Wei En’s carving knife as the cursed Soul-Devouring blade, but kept it and accepted the favor without asking for another gift.
• Wei En proposed that Lu Chen marry Vina and offered him the throne, but Lu Chen refused to let marriage or the empire dictate his will.
• A guard attacked Lu Chen verbally and drew his spear, so Lu Chen sent a Yaksha into the man’s forehead and killed him.
• Lu Chen warned Wei En to replace his guards, then left the palace and discussed the confrontation with Du Busi.
• Wei En decided not to confront the Body Sect and ordered the dead guard removed, telling Baron Mingchen that his son had died after offending Lu Chen.