Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai told Flender that he and Zhu Zhuqing would leave Shrek Academy to prepare for the Star Luo Empire’s Throne Succession War. After learning Dai Mubai would soon be gone, Yu Xiaogang was secretly pleased, believing the prince would be defeated.

• Ning Rongrong asked Dai Mubai to teach her Dual Cultivation, but he refused and walked away.
• Dai Mubai told Flender that he and Zhu Zhuqing planned to leave Shrek Academy for half a year to gain experience.
• Dai Mubai explained that his family required him to grow stronger for the Throne Succession War in two years, and Flender reluctantly accepted his departure.
• After Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left, Flender mourned their departure while trying to repair his broken chair.
• Yu Xiaogang complained to Flender about Dai Mubai, then learned he was leaving and privately took pleasure in the prince’s supposed impending defeat.

Dai Mubai met his childhood guard Su Xiong, a level 79 Soul Saint, and set out with him to find the Breaking Clan. Flender’s students worried that a Soul Saint could not protect Dai Mubai from the royal succession struggle, and Zhao Wuji later delivered Flender’s gift of thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Dai Mubai reunited with Su Xiong, learned he had reached level 43, and asked him to help find the Breaking Clan.
• Flender watched Dai Mubai leave, then reassured the students that Su Xiong would protect him.
• Ning Rongrong warned that a Soul Saint might be powerless against the forces involved in the royal succession struggle, while Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to resume training.
• As Dai Mubai and Su Xiong left Suotuo City, Su Xiong sensed someone approaching and released his Martial Soul before recognizing Zhao Wuji as Dai Mubai’s teacher.
• Zhao Wuji gave Su Xiong thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins from Flender, and Dai Mubai was surprised by Flender’s generosity.

Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Xiong stopped in a Star Luo Empire city to rest, where Dai Mubai entered a Great Soul Arena Death Match. He faced Level 49 Soul Ancestor Niu Dali, who said he needed to win to save someone but promised to hold back.

• Dai Mubai decided the exhausted group would rest in the new city instead of continuing their journey to find Yang Wudi.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing registered for fights at the Great Soul Arena, with Dai Mubai choosing a Death Match despite Su Xiong's warnings.
• The arena manager ordered staff to keep an eye on Dai Mubai and his companions after learning that Dai Mubai had a powerful attendant.
• Dai Mubai entered the Duel Stage under the alias Hand of Asura and was matched against Level 49 Soul Ancestor Niu Dali.
• Niu Dali introduced himself, explained he had entered the Death Match to save someone, and promised to hold back against Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai defeated Niu Dali after the Blood Shadow Leopard Soul Master used his exceptional speed to launch a surprise attack. After Dai Mubai killed him, a familiar orb of light dropped from the corpse, leaving Dai Mubai stunned.

• Niu Dali revealed his Blood Shadow Leopard Martial Soul and rushed at Dai Mubai with overwhelming speed.
• Dai Mubai vanished from Niu Dali’s attack and struck him from behind, breaking several of his vertebrae.
• The crowd cheered Dai Mubai, while Su Xiong and the arena manager reacted with relief and shock.
• Niu Dali begged for his life, but Dai Mubai drove his Soul Power through Niu Dali’s heart.
• A dazzling orb of light dropped from Niu Dali’s corpse, and Dai Mubai froze at the familiar sight.

Dai Mubai defeated Niu Dali in the Deathmatch Arena and obtained a Blood Shadow Leopard Martial Soul, a five-thousand-year Soul Bone, and a coin that unlocked the Random Shop. He left the arena with Zhu Zhuqing and Su Xiong, deciding to give Su Xiong the Martial Soul and save his coin for a possible Compendium of Medicinal Herbs.

• Dai Mubai killed Niu Dali, opened the Blue Orb he dropped, and obtained a Blood Shadow Leopard Martial Soul, a five-thousand-year Soul Bone, and a coin.
• Dai Mubai used the coin to unlock the Random Shop, inspected its five items, and chose not to buy anything.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Dai Mubai after his victory, and Su Xiong became convinced that Dai Mubai would win the Throne Succession War.
• Dai Mubai decided to give the Blood Shadow Leopard Martial Soul to Su Xiong, whose own Martial Soul was only Mid-Grade.
• Zhu Zhuqing won her match, and Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Xiong left the Great Soul Arena with Dai Mubai's match reward money.

Dai Mubai restored Su Xiong’s potential by replacing his Martial Soul with the Blood Shadow Leopard, bringing him to level 80 and preparing him to become a Soul Douluo. Su Xiong absorbed a Soul Bone that granted him brief flight, improving the group’s chances of surviving their journey through the Star Dou Forest.

• Dai Mubai thanked Su Xiong for years of loyalty and learned that medicines had exhausted Su Xiong’s potential, leaving him unable to advance beyond Soul Saint.
• Dai Mubai replaced Su Xiong’s Martial Soul with the Blood Shadow Leopard, restoring his potential and raising his Soul Power to level 80.
• Dai Mubai promised to find a Soul Beast for Su Xiong’s Soul Ring the next morning and explained that becoming a Soul Douluo would help them travel through the Star Dou Forest.
• Dai Mubai gave Su Xiong a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, and Su Xiong absorbed it while Dai Mubai stood guard.
• Su Xiong gained Blood Shadow Wings, a Soul Skill that allowed brief flight and could carry others, delighting Dai Mubai and surprising Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai used the Compendium of Soul Beasts to guide their journey through the Star Dou Forest and gained a free-purchase effect from the Daily Shop. As he, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Xiong entered the Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast zone, a huge creature burst from underground, forcing them to flee.

• Dai Weisi heard that Su Xiong had been missing from the Imperial Capital and ordered an investigation, though he dismissed the possibility that Dai Mubai posed a threat.
• Dai Mubai used his Compendium of Soul Beasts to identify a Twin Leaf Horned Cat and reflected on the few rewards he had received from killing Soul Beasts.
• Su Xiong suggested they camp before entering the Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast activity zone, and Dai Mubai later bought a staff effect that made his next purchase free.
• Dai Mubai and Su Xiong continued through the forest while avoiding a direct fight with any Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Su Xiong noticed that they had encountered no Soul Beasts, then the earth shook and a massive creature emerged from underground.
• Su Xiong shouted for Dai Mubai to run, and Dai Mubai fled with Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Xiong escaped an Earth Dragon Beast before a wounded spider ambushed them. Dai Mubai identified the spider as something other than a Cave Demon Spider, leaving them to discover what it really was.

• Su Xiong carried Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing away from a rampaging Earth Dragon Beast, which did not pursue them.
• After they traveled twenty li from the beast, a spiderweb shot toward Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai blocked it with Zhonya's Paradox.
• Su Xiong recognized the attacker as a badly wounded Ten-Thousand Year Cave Demon Spider and shielded Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Su Xiong inferred that the Earth Dragon Beast had injured the spider while taking its territory, and considered using the Thirty-Thousand Year Soul Beast as his Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai said the creature was not a Cave Demon Spider and showed excitement.

Dai Mubai killed the wounded Cave Poison Spider and absorbed its thirty-thousand-year External Soul Bone, gaining a poison-sting ability and reaching Level 45. He then set out with Zhu Zhuqing and Su Xiong to check whether the Earth Dragon Beast had succumbed to the poison.

• Dai Mubai identified the Cave Poison Spider's broken stinger as the source of the poison in the Earth Dragon Beast and persuaded Su Xiong to investigate.
• Dai Mubai killed the crippled Cave Poison Spider and found a High-Grade Martial Soul, a thirty-thousand-year External Soul Bone, and two gold coins in its Blue Orb.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the External Soul Bone while Su Xiong stood guard, gaining the Poison Sting skill and increasing his Soul Power to Level 44.
• Dai Mubai triggered Level Up and reached Level 45, then demonstrated his Bone Spike Tail by smashing trees with its extended bone chain.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Xiong headed back toward the Earth Dragon Beast, staying alert as they crossed its territory.

Dai Mubai, Su Xiong, and Zhu Zhuqing waited for a venom-weakened Earth Dragon Beast to die, then Su Xiong absorbed its Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Su Xiong reached rank 82, giving Dai Mubai a powerful ally for his plans, while a group approached through the forest.

• Dai Mubai, Su Xiong, and Zhu Zhuqing watched from a distance as the Cave Poison Spider’s venom tormented the Earth Dragon Beast for three days.
• Dai Mubai told Su Xiong to kill the weakened beast, and Su Xiong absorbed its forty-thousand-year Soul Ring, advancing to rank 81 and becoming a Soul Douluo.
• Dai Mubai gave Su Xiong the Soul Bone that had dropped from the Earth Dragon Beast, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his decision to strengthen Su Xiong first.
• After absorbing the Soul Bone, Su Xiong advanced to rank 82, and Dai Mubai considered whether he could support his plans against powerful opponents.
• A group of people approached from deep within the distant forest.

Feng Yao and the Gale Mercenary Group attacked Dai Mubai and his companions to seize the Earth Dragon Beast’s Soul Bone, unaware that Su Xiong was a Soul Douluo. Su Xiong killed them all, and Feng Yao realized too late that he had attacked a Prince.

• Feng Yao led the Gale Mercenary Group to the Star Dou Forest, where they found a dead Earth Dragon Beast and concluded its Torso Bone had been taken.
• Feng Yao offered Dai Mubai six million Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bone, but Dai Mubai refused because Su Xiong had already absorbed it.
• Feng Yao ordered his mercenaries to attack Dai Mubai and his companions and take the Soul Bone by force.
• Su Xiong revealed his eight Soul Rings and used Earth Dragon Roar to wipe out the mercenary group, leaving Feng Yao gravely injured.
• Su Xiong killed Feng Yao, who realized Dai Mubai was a Prince as he died.

After reaching Longxing City, Dai Mubai failed to find the Defense Clan’s leaders and took Zhu Zhuqing and Su Xiong to the Spirit Arena. Dai Mubai entered an ordinary match against the Defense Clan’s Rhino King of Strength, while the crowd complained about the matchup.

• Dai Mubai arrived in Longxing City with Zhu Zhuqing and Su Xiong, but the Defense Clan’s Clan Leader and young clan leader were both away.
• Dai Mubai decided they would return to the Niu Family the next day and took the others to the Spirit Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing registered for a Soul Elder duel after absorbing a nine-thousand-year Cat Demon Right Leg Bone, reaching level 32.
• Su Xiong persuaded Dai Mubai to change his planned Soul King Death Match to an ordinary match.
• Dai Mubai faced Rhino King of Strength, whose Plated Giant Rhinoceros Martial Soul and repeated arena appearances angered the audience.

Dai Mubai faced the defense-focused Rhino King of Strength in the spirit arena and shattered his defenses with Shadow Walker’s Claw, stunning the spectators. The Rhino King stacked all five defensive Soul Skills, and Dai Mubai activated Trinity Force before vanishing to launch another attack.

• The Rhino King of Strength invited Dai Mubai to strike him, confident that his defenses could withstand a Soul Ancestor.
• Dai Mubai used his ten-thousand-year Shadow Walker’s Claw to hit the Rhino King of Strength and break through his defenses, sending him staggering and spitting blood.
• The Rhino King of Strength recovered, activated all his Soul Skills, and raised his defenses to their maximum.
• Dai Mubai summoned two violet Soul Rings, activated Trinity Force, and boosted his attributes to 240 percent of their original level.
• The Rhino King of Strength stacked five layers of defense, and Dai Mubai vanished as he prepared to attack again.

Dai Mubai defeated the Rhino King of Strength, proving he could unleash Soul Emperor-level attacks, then used the Daily Shop to obtain a 7,350-year Hurricane Vulture Soul Ring. He added its age to his Third Soul Skill, Shadow Walker's Claw, raising it to 20,568 years, though his Soul Power did not level up.

• Dai Mubai shattered the Rhino King of Strength's defenses with Shadow Walker's Claw and knocked Niu Ben unconscious, earning cheers from the crowd.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried with relief and happiness, and Dai Mubai comforted her before they found an inn for the night.
• Dai Mubai opened the refreshed Daily Shop and bought a staff for two Gold Coins, which produced a 7,350-year Hurricane Vulture Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai chose to add the Soul Ring's age to his Third Soul Skill, raising Shadow Walker's Claw to 20,568 years without increasing his Soul Power.

Dai Mubai visited the Defense Clan with Zhu Zhuqing and Su Xiong to ask where the Breaking Clan was, hoping to have Yang Wudi identify a medicinal herb. Tension eased after Niu Ben explained their purpose to Niu Gao, who still asked Dai Mubai who he was.

• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Xiong arrived at the Defense Clan, where the guards grew hostile after recognizing Dai Mubai as the one who had injured Niu Ben.
• Su Xiong revealed his eight Soul Rings, prompting the guards to escort the group inside and summon Niu Ben.
• Dai Mubai told Niu Ben he wanted Yang Wudi to identify a medicinal herb and ask about the Breaking Clan's location.
• Su Xiong pressured Niu Ben when he questioned Dai Mubai's identity, and Niu Gao arrived to confront him.
• Niu Ben explained their purpose to Niu Gao, who lowered his aura but continued to ask who Dai Mubai was.

Dai Mubai revealed that he was a Star Luo prince and used his age and level to persuade Niu Gao to ally the Defense Clan with him. Niu Gao agreed to disclose the Breaking Clan’s location but hesitated over joining the succession struggle, and Dai Mubai ended by revealing that Tang Hao had become a Super Douluo.

• Dai Mubai showed Niu Gao and Niu Ben his imperial token, then criticized the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning the Defense Clan.
• Dai Mubai claimed he was fifteen and Level 46, and said he intended to claim the throne before his elder brother Dai Weisi could stop him.
• Su Xiong warned Dai Mubai not to trust Niu Gao, prompting Niu Gao to fear that the prince might silence him.
• Dai Mubai told Niu Gao he wanted the Defense Clan’s help against Dai Weisi, but Niu Gao hesitated to join the succession struggle.
• Niu Gao praised Dai Mubai’s potential and compared him favorably to Tang Hao, so Dai Mubai revealed that Tang Hao had become a Super Douluo.

Dai Mubai won Niu Gao’s allegiance by promising to help him reach Titled Douluo, and asked him to recruit Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan. The Defense Clan’s elders accepted the alliance, while Dai Mubai prepared to pursue Yang Wudi and acquired two medical texts from the Daily Shop.

• Dai Mubai revealed that Tang Hao had become a Super Douluo, deepening Niu Gao and Niu Ben’s resentment toward him.
• Dai Mubai offered Niu Gao a chance to become a Titled Douluo, and Niu Gao pledged the Defense Clan’s allegiance and agreed to approach Yang Wudi.
• Dai Mubai promised to help Yang Wudi break through to Titled Douluo if the Breaking Clan joined, and Niu Gao confidently agreed to persuade him.
• Su Xiong praised Dai Mubai’s recruitment, and Dai Mubai decided to visit Yang Wudi despite obtaining a Compendium of Medicinal Herbs and the Ye Clan Medical Classic from the Daily Shop.
• Niu Gao told the Defense Clan’s elders about the alliance, and they supported his decision to invest in Dai Mubai.

Dai Weisi ordered General Divine Eagle to intercept and kill Dai Mubai, while Dai Mubai won Yang Wudi’s allegiance at the Breaking Clan. General Divine Eagle’s force attacked the clan, and Su Xiong’s clash with Zhou Chuanming was halted by another Soul Douluo.

• Dai Weisi learned Dai Mubai was traveling toward Longxing City and sent General Divine Eagle to kill him.
• The Minister of Finance and his allies organized spies to protect Dai Mubai and help him reach the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Wudi pledged his lifelong service to Dai Mubai after hearing about the immortal herbs.
• Niu Ben arrived badly injured and warned that Dai Weisi’s men had attacked the Breaking Clan and that a Soul Douluo was among them.
• General Divine Eagle confronted Dai Mubai’s group, and Niu Gao attacked him but failed to land a blow.
• Su Xiong attacked Zhou Chuanming after the Soul Saint insulted Dai Mubai, but another Soul Douluo blocked Su Xiong’s strike.

Su Xiong arrived with the Longxing City Lord and the White Tiger Legion to reinforce Dai Mubai and the Defense Clan against the Third Prince’s forces. As the Soul Douluos clashed and Yang Wudi and the Yang Family held off their attackers, Dai Mubai slaughtered enemy Soul Kings and Soul Emperors, leaving Zhou Chuanming and the commanders stunned by his strength.

• Niu Gao recognized the Longxing City Lord, while Zhou Chuanming revealed that the White Tiger Legion had arrived to support the Third Prince.
• The Longxing City Lord attacked Niu Gao to tie him down, while Su Xiong used his Soul Bone and Blood Shadow Flash to wound General Divine Eagle in their aerial clash.
• Yang Wudi held off four Soul Saints as the Yang Family fought the White Tiger Legion, leaving Dai Mubai free to attack the enemy ranks.
• Dai Mubai used Shadow Walker's Claw to kill a Soul King and absorb his Soul Power, then struck down Soul Emperors and Soul Kings throughout the battle.
• Zhou Chuanming, the Longxing City Lord, and General Divine Eagle were shocked by Dai Mubai's overwhelming combat strength.

Dai Mubai and his allies turned the battle against the White Tiger Legion, while General Divine Eagle fled and the Longxing City Lord ordered the legion to kill Dai Mubai. The legion’s officer refused to abandon military orders, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• General Divine Eagle ordered Dai Mubai killed, but Su Xiong wounded him while Yang Wudi killed Zhou Chuanming and Dai Mubai claimed his rewards, replacing a Soul Ring and advancing to level 48.
• Yang Wudi shattered General Divine Eagle’s Protective Soul Power, and Divine Eagle fled as Su Xiong pursued him.
• The Longxing City Lord ordered the White Tiger Legion to kill Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai appealed to the soldiers to stop fighting and reminded them he was a prince of the Star Luo Empire.
• After the Longxing City Lord displayed the Military Order Token, the legion’s officer recalled an old veteran’s warning about dying meaninglessly in a civil war.
• The officer apologized to Dai Mubai and declared that the White Tiger Legion obeyed military orders only.