Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao defeated Meng Hongchen, helping the trio complete another sweep of the Soul Duel Arena. The arena owner paid their winnings and asked them to fight less often, and the chapter ended as the defeated Hongchen siblings waited outside to speak with Lu Yuan.

• Xiao Xiao used Cauldron Seal to stop Meng Hongchen and knocked her out of the arena, winning the match for Abyssal Bard.
• The Great Soul Arena owner, unable to stop the trio or risk provoking them, offered compensation in exchange for them fighting less often.
• Lu Yuan accepted the owner's proposal, and the trio collected their winnings before leaving the arena.
• Lu Yuan suggested getting late-night food with Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao, but the three found Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen waiting outside.
• Meng Hongchen said Xiao Hongchen wanted to speak with Lu Yuan, and Xiao Hongchen arrogantly declared that Lu Yuan had earned the right to talk to him.

Lu Yuan and his companions accepted Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen’s invitation to eat, and Lu Yuan spun an elaborate story about the powerful, hidden Abyss Cult. The group headed for a barbecue stall as Xiao Hongchen grew intrigued and skeptical, then asked why the cult had taken in Xiao Xiao.

• Xiao Hongchen praised Lu Yuan and the others’ strength after their Soul Duel, and Meng Hongchen invited them to become friends over a late-night meal.
• Meng Hongchen chose a well-reviewed barbecue stall from her restaurant notebook, while the girls chatted ahead and Lu Yuan and Xiao Hongchen followed behind.
• Lu Yuan told Xiao Hongchen that the Abyss Cult had powerful Titled Douluo and Limit Douluo, and that its members had gone into seclusion because the mundane world bored them.
• Lu Yuan claimed an ancient prophecy warned that a great calamity would strike within twenty or thirty years, so the cult had sent him and the others out to gain experience.
• Xiao Hongchen questioned whether the cult’s powerful figures were real, then asked why it had taken in Xiao Xiao.

After Lu Yuan told Xiao Hongchen a mysterious story about his order, news of the group's victories reached Xu Tianran and Feng Ling, who both ordered their subordinates to investigate them. Feng Ling became especially interested in recruiting Gosoythoth as a successor.

• Lu Yuan claimed that he was a Calamity Responder and that his order secretly trained gifted children, and Xiao Hongchen agreed to believe him for the time being.
• Meng Hongchen called Lu Yuan and Xiao Hongchen over to join the others at the barbecue stall.
• A spy told Xu Tianran that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had lost to the Golden Dragon Princess and the Abyssal Bard, and that the girls were around twelve with five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Xu Tianran ordered the spy to monitor the group and investigate their backgrounds in Douluo Continent.
• A subordinate told Feng Ling that the Golden Dragon Princess and the Abyssal Bard had entirely Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and described Gosoythoth's fire- and darkness-attributed swords.
• Feng Ling decided Gosoythoth could be a suitable successor and ordered her subordinate to keep watching the group and seek a chance to recruit him.

After more than a year living in Mingdu, Lu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, and Gu Qiu'er agreed to join the Royal Soul Engineer Academy as specially recruited players in the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. They accepted the offer for a fee and a chance to face Shrek Academy, while Gu Qiu'er mocked the Hongchen siblings over their academy’s long losing streak.

• Lu Yuan's group settled in Mingdu, where they trained, fought at the Soul Duel Arena, and grew close with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen invited Lu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, and Gu Qiu'er to compete for the Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the upcoming tournament.
• Lu Yuan learned that the Regent and Xiao Hongchen's grandfather hoped the newcomers would help the academy defeat Shrek Academy, and he eagerly agreed to face them.
• Lu Yuan negotiated appearance fees for his group, and Meng Hongchen promised regular-player pay plus an additional reward if they defeated Shrek Academy.
• Meng Hongchen revealed that the academy had not won a single match against Shrek Academy in nearly three thousand years, prompting Gu Qiu'er to laugh and tease Xiao Hongchen.

Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao joined the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy as specially recruited students so they could compete in the tournament. Xiao Hongchen introduced them to the Sun Moon Team, whose members already knew them from the Soul Duel Arena.

• Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao agreed with Jing Hongchen to join the academy for the tournament while keeping their own cultivation methods and training schedules.
• Jing Hongchen arranged for the three to register as specially recruited students and stay in the academy's guest building.
• Xiao Hongchen brought Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao to the training hall and introduced them as new main team members.
• Xiao Hongchen introduced captain Ma Rulong, the other main team members, and the reserves.
• The Sun Moon Team members welcomed the newcomers, though Gu Qiu'er warned them not to assume being teammates would stop her from beating them.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament opened in Star Luo City, where Shrek Academy faced Tianling Academy in the first elimination match. Huo Yuanyu startled the crowd by displaying six simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Shrek won as Lu Yuan greeted him afterward.

• Xu Jiawei opened the tournament, and the first elimination matchup was announced as Tianling Academy versus Shrek Academy.
• Lu Yuan recognized Ning Tian as Shrek's replacement support member after Xiao Xiao had joined the Sun Moon Team.
• Huo Yuanyu activated his Second Soul Skill and used the intimidating appearance of six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to break Tianling Academy's will to fight.
• Shrek Academy defeated Tianling Academy, shocking the audience and the Sun Moon Team.
• Lu Yuan greeted Huo Yuanyu as Shrek passed the Sun Moon Team's waiting area, while Xiao Xiao wondered why Lu Yuan approached him.

Huo Yuhao recognized Lu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, and Gu Qiu'er as the people who had taken the opportunities he believed should have been his, but he suppressed his anger and left. As the tournament began, Lu Yuan learned about the Starry Sky Auction and eagerly decided to attend, intending to claim its valuable items for himself.

• Huo Yuhao saw Lu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, and Gu Qiu'er, grew furious over the opportunities he thought they had stolen, and forced himself to leave without confronting them.
• Lu Yuan explained that Huo Yuhao's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings were simulated, and Old Ma arranged the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy's lineup for its match.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy easily defeated its first opponent, then Lu Yuan explored Star Luo City with Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao while Xiao Hongchen went to mock Huo Yuhao.
• When the round-robin stage began, Lu Yuan learned that his team did not need to compete that day and received an invitation to the Starry Sky Auction from Star Luo's royal family.
• Lu Yuan remembered the valuable items expected at the auction and told Old Ma that he wanted to attend.

Lu Yuan took Xiao Xiao and Gu Qiu'er to the Starlight Auction Hall, where they joined Meng Hongchen, Old Ma, and the others to watch the auction. When Wang Yan bid on a Milk Bottle for Shrek Academy, Lu Yuan repeatedly outbid him by the minimum amount, leaving Xu Sanshi accusing him of malicious bidding.

• Lu Yuan brought Xiao Xiao and Gu Qiu'er to the Starlight Auction Hall and joined Meng Hongchen, Old Ma, Xiao Hongchen, and the others in Auction Hall Number Twelve.
• Wang Yan bid twenty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins for a Level-Four Milk Bottle after other bidders drove up its price.
• Lu Yuan outbid Wang Yan by one hundred Gold Soul Coins, then raised his bid by the same minimum amount again.
• Xu Sanshi stood up and accused Lu Yuan of maliciously driving up the price.
• Lu Yuan said he was conservatively following the auction rules, leaving Xu Sanshi speechless.

At the auction, Lu Yuan outbid Huo Yuhao for the cursed Soul-Eating Engraving Knife, which he recognized as a fragment of Life Gold. After returning to the hotel, he showed it to Electrolux, who recognized it as another piece of Life Gold.

• Wang Yan won the charging Soul Tool for Huo Yuhao at thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Huo Yuhao felt grateful to Shrek Academy.
• Qing Ya presented the Soul-Eating Engraving Knife as the auction’s final item, and Huo Yuhao felt drawn to it despite its danger.
• Lu Yuan bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the knife, while Meng Hongchen warned him against buying it and Xiao Hongchen grew jealous of their exchange.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Yan to bid for the knife, but Lu Yuan raised the price to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and won it after Huo Yuhao accused him of malicious bidding.
• Lu Yuan collected the knife, returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, and showed it to Electrolux, who identified it as another piece of Life Gold.

Lu Yuan enlisted Electrolux to help guide construction of a tower in the Void Realm and explore a living contract between humans and Soul Beasts. Electrolux purified the Soul-Eating Engraving Knife, revealing nearly pure Life Gold.

• Electrolux recognized the Life Gold in the Soul-Eating Engraving Knife and agreed to accept it after Lu Yuan asked for his help with three matters.
• Lu Yuan asked Electrolux to guide the Void Realm’s inhabitants in building a tower, and Electrolux agreed.
• Lu Yuan described Douluo Continent’s cultivation system and proposed a contract that would let Soul Beasts lend power to Soul Masters without being killed.
• Electrolux identified the idea as a form of Soul Symbiosis and agreed to help develop it as another path for humans and Soul Beasts.
• Lu Yuan said his third request would come in a few days and would require Electrolux to display his full power.
• Electrolux purified the Soul-Eating Engraving Knife, removing its curse and revealing Life Gold that Lu Yuan judged to be ninety-nine percent pure.

Lu Yuan attended a top-tier auction with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and bid aggressively on an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone. The auction was still underway as he and Xiao Hongchen competed to buy it.

• Lu Yuan kept a small piece of Life Gold and sent the purified Soul-Eating Engraving Knife into the Void Realm with Electrolux.
• After Xiao Xiao and Gu Qiu'er revealed their five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, Lu Yuan dyed his remaining four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings red in preparation for the knockout round.
• Lu Yuan joined Gu Qiu'er, Xiao Xiao, and the others at the Starlight Auction Hall's top-tier auction and collected their Gold Soul Coin cards to fund his bids.
• Xu Jiujiu presented an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Lu Yuan opened the bidding at twenty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Yan and Xiao Hongchen raised the bid, and Lu Yuan pushed it to twenty-five million, prompting other VIP rooms to wonder whether Room No. 2 was driving up its own price.

Lu Yuan outbid the auction hall for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, then prepared to bid on the final item: a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo. Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao urged him to buy it, while Huo Yuhao questioned Tian Meng about the embryo.

• Lu Yuan raised the bid for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, forcing Xiao Hongchen to withdraw and leaving Shrek Academy unable to compete.
• Lu Yuan paid for the Soul Bone and received it in a jade box.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed the auction’s final item, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo held within the Ninth-Level Soul Tool called the Sealing God Platform.
• Gu Qiu'er reacted with anger at the embryo’s imprisonment, and Xiao Xiao urged her and Lu Yuan to buy it.
• Lu Yuan agreed to pursue the embryo, while Huo Yuhao asked Tian Meng what he thought and was reminded that he already had a Second Martial Soul.

Lu Yuan won the Sealing God Platform after outbidding Xiao Hongchen, then brought the Snow Empress into the Void Realm. He trapped her with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's molt and tried to persuade her to become his second Martial Soul, ending by revealing his power and asking her to join his Abyss.

• Xiao Hongchen borrowed money and raised the Sealing God Platform's bid, but Lu Yuan ultimately won it for one hundred and eighty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Back at the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, Lu Yuan decided to absorb the Snow Empress rather than risk continuing her interrupted transformation, and Gu Qiu'er reluctantly agreed.
• Lu Yuan entered the Void Realm with the Sealing God Platform and Xiao Xiao's silkworm molt, and Electrolux agreed to ask the Snow Empress whether she would merge with him.
• Lu Yuan released the Snow Empress, trapped her with the molt, and offered to preserve her soul as his second Martial Soul.
• The Snow Empress rejected his offer until Lu Yuan revealed his Lord of Eroded Primal Fire Martial Soul and six blood-red Soul Rings, then asked her to join his Abyss.

Lu Yuan persuaded Snow Empress to become his Martial Soul by promising to preserve her soul and help her ascend to godhood, while threatening the Extreme North if she refused. Their fusion gave Lu Yuan a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and a Soul Bone, but Electrolux’s experimental magic went wrong, leaving the outcome unclear as Lu Yuan awoke.

• Lu Yuan revealed that the Silver Dragon King was his sister and offered Snow Empress a chance to become a God through their fusion, with Electrolux promising to preserve her soul.
• Lu Yuan threatened to destroy the Extreme North’s Soul Beasts, including Ice Empress and Xiao Bai, if Snow Empress refused to cooperate.
• Snow Empress agreed after Lu Yuan swore an oath to ensure her survival and ascension, then began fusing her origin power with him.
• Snow Empress’s power formed Lu Yuan’s second Martial Soul, a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and a Heavenly Snow Woman Left Leg Bone.
• Electrolux’s experimental magic caused trouble during the final stage of the fusion, and Lu Yuan later opened his eyes feeling full of power.

Electrolux completed Snow Empress’s fusion with Lu Yuan’s Second Martial Soul, leaving her in the form of a tiny, childlike Snow Empress with four orange-gold Soul Rings. Lu Yuan returned to the hotel, reunited with Xiao Xiao and Gu Qiu'er, and prepared to eat before the semifinals.

• Electrolux told Lu Yuan that the contract had succeeded, and Lu Yuan found Snow Empress transformed into a Little Snow Girl with four orange-gold Soul Rings.
• Lu Yuan left the Void Realm with the Little Snow Empress and introduced her to Xiao Xiao as his Second Martial Soul.
• Gu Qiu'er arrived, mistook the Little Snow Empress for Lu Yuan’s daughter, and learned that she was Snow Empress.
• Gu Qiu'er told Lu Yuan that the semifinals were the next day and that she and Xiao Xiao had won their matches while he was away.
• Lu Yuan said he would compete in the final stage, then took the Little Snow Empress to eat, surprising Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao.

Lu Yuan spent the evening with Xiao Xiao, Gu Qiu'er, and the Hongchen siblings, defending Little Snow Empress as his intelligent Martial Soul and best partner. He and Little Snow Empress fell asleep together, and she transformed into a beautiful young girl in the middle of the night.

• Lu Yuan and his companions met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at a barbecue stall, where Little Snow Empress charmed them by eating grilled meat.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Little Snow Empress, who retaliated by forming a snowball and smashing it into his face.
• Lu Yuan told Xiao Hongchen to treat Little Snow Empress as a living person and called her his best partner.
• Little Snow Empress became moved by Lu Yuan's defense, while Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Hongchen for protesting too much about not being jealous.
• After returning to the hotel, Lu Yuan and Little Snow Empress went to sleep together, and she transformed into a beautiful young girl during the night.

After Snow Empress regained her memories, Lu Yuan soothed her embarrassment and brought her to the Soul Fighting Tournament semifinals. He volunteered to take on both matches for Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, then stunned the arena by revealing six genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, leaving Tian Meng furious that Lu Yuan had taken his Spiritual Origin.

• Snow Empress woke with her memories restored, kicked Lu Yuan out of bed, and demanded an explanation for losing her memories and becoming a child after their Martial Soul fusion.
• Lu Yuan reassured Snow Empress that they were bound partners, and she decided to excuse her childhood self’s intimacy by treating Lu Yuan like a child she had raised.
• Snow Empress shrank back into Little Snow Girl, and Lu Yuan joined Xiao Xiao and the others at the tournament venue, where Ma Rulong explained that the semifinals consisted of a team battle and an individual elimination round.
• Lu Yuan offered to compete first in both semifinal matches, and Old Ma agreed to let him lead the team against Dio Academy.
• Lu Yuan entered the arena alone and revealed six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, astonishing the audience, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, and Shrek Academy.
• Tian Meng recognized that Lu Yuan had absorbed his Spiritual Origin and raged over the Soul Rings he believed had belonged to him.

Lu Yuan defeated Dio Academy’s team with a single sword strike, revealing that his six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings were real. After Dio Academy conceded the semifinal and forfeited the next day’s individual matches, Huo Yuhao learned that Lu Yuan had used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin to raise the age of all his Soul Rings.

• Dio Academy’s members mistook Lu Yuan’s six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for a simulation and launched a full-team assault.
• Lu Yuan struck once with his twin swords and sent Jiang Peng and the other six team members crashing into the arena barrier.
• Xu Jiawei and Shrek Academy’s team realized Lu Yuan’s Soul Rings were genuine, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained to Huo Yuhao that Lu Yuan had used his origin to raise their ages to one hundred thousand years.
• Jiang Peng conceded the match after Lu Yuan’s strike left Dio Academy unable to continue fighting.
• Jiang Peng told the Heavenly Fiend Douluo that Dio Academy would forfeit all of its individual matches the next day.

After Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy defeated Dio Academy, Shrek's team rallied for the upcoming finals against Lu Yuan, but Jiang Peng's taunts shook their confidence. Watching from the shadows, Xuan Zi recalled the disastrous expedition to Star Dou Forest and ordered Cheng Gang to investigate Lu Yuan, who suspected Lu Yuan might be a transformed Soul Beast with valuable Soul Bones.

• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy won the semifinal, prompting Ma Xiaotao to rally Shrek's team for the finals against Lu Yuan.
• Jiang Peng mocked Shrek's confidence, warning that Lu Yuan would overwhelm them, and left with the Dio Academy team.
• Wang Yan reminded Shrek's team that the final would be decided across three battle formats and led them back to the hotel to plan tactics.
• Xuan Zi watched Lu Yuan leave and remembered the Star Dou Forest expedition in which eleven of twelve Shrek students died and Zhang Lexuan was severely injured.
• Xuan Zi ordered Cheng Gang to investigate Lu Yuan, and Cheng Gang became eager to learn whether Lu Yuan was a transformed Soul Beast and to seize his potential Soul Bones.

Lu Yuan trapped Cheng Gang in the Void Realm Gate after the Star Luo Empire guardian Douluo broke into his hotel room to seize his supposed Soul Bones. Cheng Gang fought his way through the Abyss’s first eight floors, but the endless battles left him exhausted and corrupted by Abyssal Power.

• Cheng Gang broke into Lu Yuan’s room and accused him of being a transformed Soul Beast with six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones.
• Lu Yuan denied the accusation, then opened the Void Realm Gate and sent Cheng Gang into the Abyss.
• Cheng Gang entered the Abyssal Space and stepped through an ancient stone door into a combat chamber filled with Abyss creatures.
• Cheng Gang slaughtered the creatures on the first floor and descended through increasingly difficult floors.
• Cheng Gang cleared the eighth floor after hours of fighting, using over half his Soul Power and suffering Abyssal corruption.