Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress and Ice Empress returned to the Star Dou Forest with Lu Yuan and Bi Ji, where Lu Yuan arranged for Ice Empress to strengthen herself with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After absorbing Octagonal’s sacrifice, Lu Yuan considered attempting to condense an ice-attributed Soul Core under Snow Empress’s guidance.

• Snow Empress appointed the Titan Snow Demon King and the Ice Bear King to manage the Extreme North while she and Ice Empress were away, and Ice Empress settled her tribe’s affairs.
• Lu Yuan, Bi Ji, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress returned to the Star Dou Forest, where Gu Yuena welcomed Ice Empress and Di Tian challenged her presence.
• Lu Yuan proposed that Ice Empress consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to advance toward five hundred thousand years, and Gu Yuena agreed the plan might work over several years.
• Octagonal sacrificed itself to Lu Yuan, granting him a Soul Ring and Soul Bone, while Ice Empress ate its remaining body and began refining its medicinal power.
• Lu Yuan asked Snow Empress to guide him in condensing an ice-attributed Soul Core, and she considered whether his strength and her experience would make the attempt possible.

Lu Yuan and Snow Empress prepared to condense an Ice-Attribute Soul Core, with Snow Empress correcting Lu Yuan’s dangerous misunderstanding of the process. With her guidance and help, Lu Yuan successfully created a Black-Hole Soul Core and fused it into his dantian, leaving Snow Empress wondering how many Soul Cores he might eventually form.

• Snow Empress stopped Lu Yuan from forming a Soul Power Vortex inside his Mental Sea and explained that the Soul Core had to take shape outside his body first.
• Lu Yuan returned to his body and told Gu Yuena he wanted to condense a Soul Core; after Di Tian explained the process, Gu Yuena agreed to let him try with Snow Empress assisting.
• At the Lake of Life, Lu Yuan compressed his Soul Power, drew in ice element, and formed a vortex as Snow Empress guided its rotation and compression.
• Lu Yuan and Snow Empress compressed the vortex until space collapsed at its center, creating a black-hole Soul Core etched with icy snowflake patterns.
• Snow Empress helped Lu Yuan draw the Soul Core into his dantian, where it stabilized and began absorbing ambient Soul Power.
• After the fusion succeeded, Snow Empress wondered whether Lu Yuan would form more Soul Cores as he advanced and might ultimately become a god.

After the Ice Empress left to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lu Yuan began plotting how to retaliate against Shrek Academy for its wanted notice. He traveled with Xiao Xiao and Bi Ji to Wutan City to find a newspaper office, where the Xiao Family guard was surprised to see Xiao Xiao return so soon.

• Di Tian sent the Ice Empress through a spatial rift to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for three years, promising that Snow Empress would join her afterward.
• Lu Yuan suggested that he and Gu Yuena seize a God King's daughter to help them obtain the Golden Dragon Spear and unite with the other God Kings, but Xiao Xiao returned before he explained further.
• Xiao Xiao told Lu Yuan that Shrek Academy had issued a wanted notice for him and that her family had secretly destroyed the notices in Gama Province.
• Lu Yuan decided to expose Shrek Academy's connection to Evil Soul Masters and set off with Xiao Xiao to find a newspaper office in Wutan City.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Xiao brought Bi Ji with them, and the Xiao Family gate guard was startled to see Xiao Xiao return only two days after leaving.

Lu Yuan asked the Xiao Family Head to help him publish damaging information about Shrek, then spent the night in Bi Ji’s room, leaving Gu Yuena furious when she found them together. The next day, Lu Yuan met newspaper and publishing-house editors and told them his information concerned Shrek.

• Xiao Xiao returned home with Lu Yuan and Bi Ji, whom Lu Yuan introduced as the Emerald Douluo.
• Lu Yuan asked the Xiao Family Head to connect him with newspapers so he could expose Shrek’s secrets, and the Xiao Family Head agreed to arrange a meeting.
• Lu Yuan went to Bi Ji’s room, said he was afraid of strangers, and got into bed beside her.
• Gu Yuena searched for Lu Yuan and found him sleeping with Bi Ji, then vowed to teach him a lesson.
• The Xiao Family Head gathered editors from major newspapers and publishing houses, and Lu Yuan warned them that publishing his information about Shrek could put them in danger.

Lu Yuan paid newspaper editors to publish his allegations that Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi were Evil Soul Master spies embedded in Shrek Academy. The reports spread across the continent, leaving Shrek’s reputation under immediate public attack.

• Lu Yuan claimed Yan Shaozhe was secretly a descendant of Ye Xishui and an Evil Soul Master agent placed inside Shrek Academy.
• Lu Yuan accused Xuan Zi of serving the same organization and said the pair were poised to take control of Shrek after Mu En’s death.
• Lu Yuan persuaded Adolf and the other editors to publish the allegations, funded their publicity, and told them to credit the Abyss Cult.
• The newspapers printed sensational stories about Yan Shaozhe and Shrek’s leadership, and the news spread rapidly across the Douluo Continent.

Rumors that Shrek Academy had been infiltrated by Evil Soul Masters threw Shrek City and the academy into panic, especially after reports claimed that the supposedly dead Ma Xiaotao had returned and was killing Soul Masters. Yan Shaozhe publicly denied the accusations, and the students began to rally behind him.

• Distorted reports spread across the continent, prompting frightened residents and students to question whether Shrek Academy had become a nest of Evil Soul Masters.
• Inner Court disciples gathered outside Sea God's Pavilion and demanded an explanation, but its gates remained shut.
• Witnesses reported that Ma Xiaotao had appeared near Star Dou Forest in blackish-purple mist and had killed Soul Masters, reigniting accusations against Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi.
• Cai Mei'er told Yan Shaozhe that public opinion had spiraled out of control and urged him to clarify the rumors in person.
• Yan Shaozhe addressed the gathered students, denied that he, Xuan Zi, or Sea God's Pavilion were Evil Soul Masters, and received their cheers and renewed expressions of trust.

Yan Shaozhe tried to restore Shrek Academy’s reputation by publicly denying the rumors, but blackish-purple corruption spread through his Light Phoenix Martial Soul and reignited suspicion. Lu Yuan watched the fallout from the Xiao Family and prepared to keep undermining Shrek.

• Yan Shaozhe promised Shrek Academy would investigate the rumors and punish those behind them, then addressed the residents of Shrek City.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed his Light Phoenix Martial Soul to prove he was not an Evil Soul Master, but a young Soul Master noticed blackish-purple feathers on its tail.
• The crowd questioned Yan Shaozhe, whose anger caused the blackish-purple feathers and Abyss aura to spread across the phoenix.
• Yan Shaozhe withdrew his Martial Soul, promised Sea God's Pavilion would explain what happened, and flew back there as the crowd retreated.
• Lu Yuan told Bi Ji that the rumors were partly true and that he intended to ruin Shrek’s reputation, then planned to have Ma Xiaotao watch for Huo Yuhao and the others entering the Star Dou Forest.

Yan Shaozhe faced growing suspicion at Shrek Academy after his Light Phoenix developed blackish-purple feathers, intensifying rumors that he was an Evil Soul Master. At the Sea God's Pavilion meeting, Mu En and the elders saw the corrupted Martial Soul, and Mu En could no longer confidently vouch for his disciple.

• Yan Shaozhe returned to Sea God's Pavilion and confirmed that blackish-purple feathers had appeared on his Light Phoenix.
• Cai Mei'er told Yan Shaozhe that public opinion was worsening and that Mu En had called an emergency Sea God's Pavilion meeting.
• The elders debated how to address the rumors, and Lin Lao reported that citizens had seen Yan Shaozhe's blackish-purple feathers.
• Mu En asked Yan Shaozhe to summon his Martial Soul, and the elders saw its corrupted feathers and aura.
• Yan Shaozhe pleaded with Mu En to believe he was not an Evil Soul Master, but Mu En remained silent, troubled by the evidence and rumors about Yan Shaozhe's origins.

Mu En suspended Yan Shaozhe while Shrek Academy investigated the rumors and the Abyss Cult. At the Lake of Life, Lu Yuan proposed a scheme to Gu Yuena and the Beast Kings that could transfer a God King's daughter's soul and the Golden Dragon Spear into a Shrek student's mind.

• Mu En temporarily removed Yan Shaozhe as dean, assigned Mei'er to handle academy affairs, and tasked Lin Lao with controlling public opinion.
• The elders suspected Lu Yuan and the Abyss Cult but agreed to investigate before condemning them, while Yan Shaozhe privately raged over his suspension and recent losses.
• Gu Yuena confronted Lu Yuan for standing her up, accidentally discovered what was poking him, and fled in embarrassment.
• That night, Lu Yuan asked Gu Yuena to summon Di Tian and Myriad Demon King, then outlined a plan to lure Shrek Soul Masters into mistaking a Soul Beast for an Auspicious Beast.
• Lu Yuan claimed that Attribute Guidance could transfer a God King's daughter's soul and the Golden Dragon Spear from one person into another, shocking Gu Yuena and Di Tian.

Lu Yuan proposed using the Golden Hawksbill Turtle that had stolen the Life Gold to impersonate the Auspicious Beast, and urged Gu Yuena to consider negotiating with the Divine Realm over her injuries. Di Tian brought the turtle to Gu Yuena, who forced it to spit out the Life Gold and returned the metal to the Lake of Life.

• Di Tian suggested that a Hawksbill Turtle could impersonate the Auspicious Beast, and Lu Yuan identified a Golden Hawksbill Turtle that had stolen the Life Gold.
• Lu Yuan explained that the turtle's stolen Life Gold was draining its life force and proposed capturing it to recover the metal and have it impersonate the Auspicious Beast.
• Lu Yuan told Gu Yuena that her injuries might be addressed through a deal with the Divine Realm, and argued that the God Kings already knew she was on Douluo Star.
• Di Tian returned with the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, which admitted it could not remove the Life Gold from its body.
• Gu Yuena struck the turtle's shell until it spat out the Life Gold, then kicked the metal back into the Lake of Life.

Lu Yuan and Di Tian arranged for the Golden Hawksbill Turtle to impersonate the Imperial Auspicious Beast and lure Huo Yuhao during his search for a Soul Ring. After Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe entered the Star Dou Forest, the staged encounter began, and Yan Shaozhe recognized the disguised turtle as the legendary beast.

• Di Tian ordered the Golden Hawksbill Turtle to pretend to be the Auspicious Beast and cooperate with a human, while Lu Yuan began plotting to use it for his own purpose.
• Lu Yuan told Ma Xiaotao to watch Shrek's routes into the forest and report when Huo Yuhao appeared.
• At Shrek, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei emerged from secluded cultivation and declared they wanted to join the Tang Sect; Mu En sent Bei Bei to see Xiaoya and promised Huo Yuhao help obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Du Busi came to Shrek demanding the Body Sect's people, but Mu En forced him to compromise and leave, then took Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong as disciples.
• Mu En assigned Yan Shaozhe to take Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Forest for his third Soul Ring, and Ma Xiaotao spotted them and alerted Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan had Myriad Demon King cloud Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe's perceptions, then sent the Golden Hawksbill Turtle toward them; both humans saw it as the Imperial Auspicious Beast.

Yan Shaozhe convinced Huo Yuhao that the Golden Hawksbill Turtle was an Imperial Auspicious Beast and guided him through a ritual with it. Di Tian arrived after the ritual, struck them down, and Yan Shaozhe fled with Huo Yuhao.

• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao the Golden Hawksbill Turtle was likely an Imperial Auspicious Beast and urged him to perform Attribute Guidance.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, who hid in his shell and pretended to be defeated.
• Huo Yuhao pressed his forehead against the turtle’s head, and a wisp of soul and golden light left his body and entered the turtle’s Mental Sea.
• The Golden Hawksbill Turtle pretended to collapse after the ritual, while Yan Shaozhe reassured Huo Yuhao and prepared to leave for his third Soul Ring.
• Di Tian confronted Yan Shaozhe and Huo Yuhao, then struck them into trees; Yan Shaozhe recovered and fled with Huo Yuhao.

After Di Tian brought the Golden Hawksbill Turtle to the Lake of Life, Lu Yuan and Gu Yuena recovered the Golden Dragon Spear and decided to give it to Gu Qiu'er. Lu Yuan presented it to her and used his three promised requests for kisses and intimate teasing, leaving Gu Qiu'er to bargain over the last one.

• Di Tian carried the Golden Hawksbill Turtle and Lu Yuan back to the Lake of Life while Yan Shaozhe flew the unconscious Huo Yuhao toward Shrek Academy.
• Lu Yuan and Gu Yuena had the Golden Hawksbill Turtle draw the Golden Dragon Spear from his Sea of Consciousness, and they left the hidden soul undisturbed.
• Gu Yuena gave the Golden Dragon Spear to Lu Yuan, who decided it suited Gu Qiu'er because of her Golden Dragon Bloodline.
• Lu Yuan presented the spear to Gu Qiu'er, who happily accepted it and promised him three requests in return.
• Lu Yuan kissed and embraced Gu Qiu'er, and they argued over how many requests he had used before he asked for nine explorations of the dragon cave.

Lu Yuan planned to search for Dragon Valley and considered entering the next Soul Master Tournament while Shrek Academy dealt with Huo Yuhao’s injuries and Mu En’s worsening condition. The next morning, Xiao Xiao teased Lu Yuan about his night with Gu Qiu’er, and Bi Ji caught him and scolded him.

• The Golden Dragon and the Lord of Eroded Primal Fire fought fiercely, with the Lord gaining the upper hand before the Golden Dragon pinned its head between its treasure mountains.
• Lu Yuan wondered about the meaning of life, planned to trace the Death Echoes to find Dragon Valley, and considered entering the second Soul Master Tournament with Gu Qiu’er and Xiao Xiao.
• Yan Shaozhe brought an injured Huo Yuhao to Sea God’s Pavilion, where Zhuang Yusen healed him and judged his injuries not serious.
• Qian Duoduo asked about Mu En, and Zhuang Yusen solemnly indicated that Mu En’s condition had worsened after confronting Du Busi and the Body Sect.
• The next morning, Xiao Xiao asked Lu Yuan to clear her acupoints after teasing him about his night with Gu Qiu’er, and Bi Ji grabbed his ear and scolded him for leading Xiao Xiao astray.

Lu Yuan searched the continent’s Earth Veins for Dragon Valley and learned to preview information fragments before opening them fully. He finally found a point filled with sorrowful dragon cries, but its image showed only barren land, leaving him unsure what lay inside.

• Bi Ji broke up Lu Yuan and Xiao Xiao’s teasing and sent them to eat before cultivating.
• Lu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, Snow Empress, and Gu Qiu'er meditated around Life Gold while Bi Ji prepared dinner.
• After the others left to eat, Lu Yuan connected his consciousness to the continent’s Earth Veins and searched its recorded information for Dragon Valley.
• Erosion helped Lu Yuan filter Earth Vein information using Void Realm Power previews, making his search faster.
• Lu Yuan found a fragment filled with mournful dragon cries, but its image showed only desolate land, so he wondered whether Dragon Valley itself was hidden from view.

Lu Yuan traced the Earth Veins to a barren wasteland that might contain Dragon Valley’s entrance and left Dark Anglers there as markers. He told Gu Yuena he could lead her to the site, and they agreed to go together in a couple of days.

• Lu Yuan followed the Earth Veins to a remote, starless wasteland and released several squads of Dark Anglers to patrol it and mark its location.
• Lu Yuan returned to Star Dou Forest, where Gu Yuena teased him for sitting outside all day without eating.
• Lu Yuan told Gu Yuena that he had found a place that might be Dragon Valley’s entrance, though he did not know its exact coordinates.
• Lu Yuan explained that he could sense the direction through the markers he had left, and Gu Yuena agreed to travel there with him in a couple of days.
• Lu Yuan and Gu Yuena flirted and lay together by the lakeside beneath the stars.

Lu Yuan and Di Tian made the Golden Hawksbill Turtle transform into a young woman so she could infiltrate Shrek Academy and trouble Huo Yuhao. Now named Wang Chun'er, she set off with a recommendation letter and a scale that concealed her Soul Beast aura.

• Lu Yuan explained that the God King's plan might target the Auspicious Beast's fortune, and Di Tian realized the danger to the Soul Beasts.
• Lu Yuan ordered the Golden Hawksbill Turtle to take human form and get close to Huo Yuhao, but Di Tian beat him until he agreed.
• The Golden Hawksbill Turtle transformed into an eighteen-year-old woman named Wang Chun'er, whose Martial Soul became a level fifty-seven Radiant Hawksbill Butterfly.
• Lu Yuan gave Wang Chun'er a recommendation letter for Shrek Academy, while Di Tian attached a scale to conceal her Soul Beast aura and promised he could protect her.
• Lu Yuan told Wang Chun'er to infiltrate Huo Yuhao's side, hide her identity, build strength, and create trouble without exposing herself.

Wang Chun'er entered Shrek Academy under a false identity, impressing Zhang Lexuan with her strength and unusual Martial Soul. As Zhang Lexuan escorted her to meet the dean, Wang Chun'er recognized the Golden Tree on Sea God Island from her distant past.

• Wang Chun'er arrived at Shrek Academy’s admissions line and gave her age and name to the registration teacher.
• After hearing she was fourteen, the teacher offered to make an exception when she revealed she was a Level 57 Soul King.
• Wang Chun'er displayed her Radiant Hawksbill Butterfly Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, prompting Zhang Lexuan to accept her directly into the Inner Court.
• Zhang Lexuan noticed Wang Chun’er’s recommendation letter was made out to Liu Ruyan and dated two years earlier, but accepted her despite her suspicions.
• Zhang Lexuan escorted Wang Chun’er across Sea God's Lake to Sea God Island, where Wang Chun'er recognized the Golden Tree.

Wang Chun'er joined Shrek Academy as an inner academy disciple and was assigned to accompany Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan and his companions entered the Dragon Clan Burial Grounds, where they discovered that Soul Power could not be used.

• Cai Mei'er enrolled Wang Chun'er as an inner academy disciple after she passed Zhang Lexuan's assessment.
• Wang Chun'er met Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, praised Huo Yuhao, and was assigned to join his team as a Soul King.
• Zhang Lexuan left to report to Mu En while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Wang Chun'er headed to the classroom.
• Lu Yuan, Gu Yuena, Di Tian, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao said goodbye to Bi Ji and traveled to a desolate mountain range on another continent.
• Gu Yuena opened a gateway to the Dragon Clan Burial Grounds, and the group entered the world of scattered dragon bones and wandering dragon souls.
• Di Tian discovered that they could not use Soul Power there, though Gu Yuena could still use her divine power, and a Nine-Colored Dragon Soul awakened inside a crystal prism.

Gu Yuena, Di Tian, Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao explored Dragon Valley, where they found Dragon Bones and discovered that Dragon Souls could strengthen the body and Soul Power. After learning how the valley’s energy worked, the group split up to search for more Dragon Bones and treasures left by the Dragon God and Dragon Kings.

• The group crossed Dragon Valley’s barren landscape, where Gu Yuena and the others saw countless exposed dragon skeletons.
• Xiao Xiao uncovered a Dragon Bone, and Gu Yuena told Xiao Xiao, Lu Yuan, and Gu Qiu'er to take any Dragon Bones suited to them.
• A Dragon Soul attacked the group, but Lu Yuan destroyed it with his Abyss-Eroding Profound Blade and absorbed its pure energy.
• Di Tian explained that Dragon Valley’s origin force strengthened the body, while Dragon Souls could also increase Soul Power.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian split up to search for divine artifacts and treasures, while Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao explored another direction together.