Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen approached a dying Golden Hawksbill Turtle as Bi Ji explained its condition, while Yu Xiaogang condemned his choice of a thirty-thousand-year soul spirit. Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing his theories, and Long Yeyue confronted him after he demanded Shrek Academy’s future leaders explain why they no longer used them.

• Ye Chen approached the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, and Bi Ji said its life force was failing despite her treatments.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Ye Chen for choosing the thirty-thousand-year turtle and boasted that his theories could have made better use of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of copying Spirit Hall’s books, and soul masters from the Dragon King Era joined in mocking him.
• Yu Xiaogang cited Shrek Academy’s earlier use of his theories and demanded to know why the academy of the future had abandoned them.
• Long Yeyue called Yu Xiaogang’s theories outdated and challenged his authority, while Yu Xiaogang demanded that Shrek Academy expel her.
• Long Yeyue declared that no one across the Douluo Continent dared lay a hand on her.

Ye Chen began turning the Golden Hawksbill Turtle into a soul spirit, while Electrolux recognized the familiar ritual and discovered gold of life inside the turtle. Qian Renxue refused to begin the Angel God Trial until she had grown stronger, and Electrolux agreed to conceal the gold of life.

• Yu Xiaogang vowed that Tang San would become a god and help destroy Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue challenged him and vowed not to lose.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would wait until she had eight rings and a soul core before starting the Angel God Trial, and planned to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Ye Chen began the Soul Spirit Ritual with the hesitant Golden Hawksbill Turtle, and Electrolux woke up after recognizing the technique as his own spell.
• Ye Chen warned the Golden Hawksbill Turtle that he knew it had stolen gold of life from the Lake of Life, then persuaded it to cooperate by explaining that the soul spirit contract would let it live.
• As Ye Chen reshaped the turtle's spiritual origin and power, Electrolux recognized the gold of life and asked to safeguard it; Ye Chen agreed on the condition that nobody else discover it.

Ye Chen completed a Soul Spirit contract with the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, and Electrolux used its gold of life to strengthen Ye Chen before entering seclusion. When Di Tian tried to keep Ye Chen at the Lake of Life, Ye Chen challenged him to reconsider why Soul Beasts could not become gods, citing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's fate; elsewhere, the Shrek Seven Monsters sailed toward Sea God Island as their captain plotted revenge.

• Electrolux helped Ye Chen complete a Soul Spirit contract with the Golden Hawksbill Turtle and concealed the resulting Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as a black ring.
• Electrolux extracted the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's gold of life and merged it into Ye Chen, then entered seclusion to recover his strength.
• Di Tian urged Ye Chen to remain at the Lake of Life, but Bibi Dong refused and prepared to fight the Ferocious Beasts surrounding them.
• Ye Chen asked whether Soul Beasts were barred from godhood by the Divine Realm and cited the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's impending million-year breakthrough and death at Tang San's hands.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King heard Ye Chen's account and furiously vowed not to let Tang San escape if they met.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters boarded a ship for Sea God Island, while Captain Haider secretly vowed to avenge his son by killing them.

Ye Chen proposed that the Ferocious Beasts become Soul Spirits for Di Qiu'er and help her challenge the Divine Realm’s ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods. After revealing the Creator God Deity’s Power and drawing Gu Yuena out of the Lake of Life, he faced her demand that he belong to her.

• Ye Chen argued that Soul Spirit Technology could not change the Soul Beasts’ fate while the Divine Realm barred them from becoming gods.
• Ye Chen proposed that the Ferocious Beasts become Di Qiu'er's Soul Spirits so she could lead them against the Divine Realm, and he explained that faith could help her attain a divine seat.
• Gu Yuena confirmed to Di Tian that faith could lead to godhood and told him to hear Ye Chen out.
• Ye Chen released the Creator God Deity’s Power, astonishing the Ferocious Beasts and drawing Gu Yuena from the Lake of Life as the power began healing her injuries.
• Gu Yuena appeared before Ye Chen, asked his name, and declared that he belonged to her from then on.

Tang Wulin and Yun Ming learned that Na'er was the Silver Dragon King, while Na'er left Shrek Academy after her identity was exposed. In the Sky Screen, Ye Chen confronted Gu Yuena and used his Creator God Deity Position to overpower her, leaving her unable to determine who he was.

• Tang Wulin, Yun Ming, and Ya Li recognized Na'er as the Silver Dragon King and feared she had infiltrated Shrek Academy to revive the Soul Beasts.
• Na'er left a letter for Yun Ming and Ya Li and departed before they could speak with her.
• Ye Chen challenged the Silver Dragon King, identified her as Gu Yuena, and warned that her injuries and limited strength made fighting dangerous.
• Ye Chen revealed his complete Creator God Deity Position, suppressing Gu Yuena's aura and leaving her unable to discern his identity.

Ye Chen negotiated with Gu Yuena for Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits and helped Bibi Dong contract Zi JI as her Soul Spirit. Gu Yuena chose to travel with Ye Chen, while he prepared to help Di Qiu'er next; outside the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang was spotted by a scar-faced man.

• Gu Yuena agreed to make Zi JI Bibi Dong's Soul Spirit and the Scarlet King Di Qiu'er's, in exchange for Ye Chen helping her recover, but Ye Chen refused to stay at the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yuena decided to accompany Ye Chen to the human world and left Di Tian in charge of the Star Dou Forest, explaining that Zi JI could be reborn if her Soul Spirit contract ended.
• Ye Chen performed the Soul Spirit Ritual, and Zi JI became Bibi Dong's Soul Spirit with an orange Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong gave Zi JI's physical body and Soul Bone to Ye Chen, who left to help Qiu'er contract a Soul Spirit.
• Outside the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang wandered the street grieving over Bibi Dong before a scar-faced man recognized him.

Zhang Lexuan told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that the academy had judged Ye Chen an Evil Soul Master, then offered them upgraded Soul Bone rewards to keep them at Shrek Academy. They rejected the rewards and affirmed their faith in Ye Chen, while Xiao Xiao pressed Wang Dong about her feelings for him and got her to admit that she liked him a little.

• Zhang Lexuan gave Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and explained that the academy had chosen them for core training.
• Wang Dong asked what the academy was doing about Ye Chen’s disappearance and said they should not accept rewards he had earned.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that the academy had declared Ye Chen an Evil Soul Master because of his Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul and his killing of Dai Huabin.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao returned the Soul Bones, said they believed Ye Chen was not an Evil Soul Master, and left the teaching building.
• Xiao Xiao caught up with Wang Dong and questioned her about her relationship with Ye Chen until Wang Dong admitted that she liked him a little.

Wang Dong accidentally revealed to Xiao Xiao that she and Ye Chen slept in each other’s arms, then struggled to explain the truth about her identity. Meanwhile, Ye Chen decided to head to the Sun Moon Empire for Soul Guidance Technology, while Gu Yuena and the Sky Screen viewers learned about the destructive power of advanced fixed soul weapons.

• Wang Dong admitted to Xiao Xiao that she and Ye Chen held each other while they slept, then tried to explain that she was actually a girl.
• Di Qiu'er absorbed the Scarlet King's Soul Spirit and began absorbing the Soul Bone he left behind.
• Ye Chen told Gu Yuena he planned to go to the Sun Moon Empire to study technology for Soul Spirits and Battle Armor.
• Ye Chen explained that Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells could threaten even powerful Soul Masters, and Gu Yuena fell silent.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy and shut himself away, hurting Liu Erlong.
• Ye Chen told Gu Yuena that humans would develop three Level 12 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, prompting questions from viewers in the Dragon King Era.

Ye Chen described the devastation caused by the Level 12 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool Shells but left their targets undisclosed, then prepared to travel with Gu Yuena and the others to the Sun Moon Empire. In the Dragon King Era, news that Huo Yuhao had detonated sixteen Level 9 shells in Mingdu sparked outrage and implicated Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda, while Qiangu Dongfeng struggled to obtain the Level 12 weapons.

• Di Tian reported that Mu En had entered the Star Dou Forest, and Ye Chen advised Gu Yuena to send him away rather than risk a deadly fight.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to block Mu En's path while she, Ye Chen, Di Qiu'er, and Bibi Dong prepared to leave for the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Dragon King Era's observers demanded to know where the Level 12 shells had landed, but Qian Renxue instead prompted them to recall Ye Chen's revelation about Huo Yuhao detonating sixteen Level 9 shells in Mingdu.
• The Federation speaker reviewed the Mingdu Explosion records, blamed Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, and ordered his secretary to reject moving the two Level 12 shells in storage.
• A forum post condemned Huo Yuhao and implicated the Spirit Pagoda, while Qiangu Dongfeng angrily asked someone how he could obtain the Level 12 shells now that everyone knew about them.

Ghost Emperor urged Qiangu Dongfeng to destroy Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while Mu En confronted Di Tian in the Star Dou Forest and negotiated for Bi Ji to heal two Shrek members. Ye Chen spotted Ju Zi with a group surveying the forest and saw an opportunity to approach the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

• Ghost Emperor encouraged Qiangu Dongfeng to wipe out Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, but Qiangu Dongfeng ended their call without agreeing.
• Mu En entered the Star Dou Forest’s Core Zone and asked Di Tian for gold of life to help heal Xuan Zi.
• Di Tian refused to give Mu En gold of life, and Mu En threatened to fight the Ferocious Beasts before requesting Bi Ji’s help instead.
• Di Tian agreed to let Bi Ji treat two people from Shrek Academy, provided he accompanied her.
• Ye Chen spotted Ju Zi and her group surveying the Star Dou Forest and suggested joining them as a way to approach the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

Di Tian killed Xuan Zi after pretending to offer healing, then attacked Shrek Academy and overwhelmed Mu En despite the Golden Tree’s power. He revealed that he had come to take the Golden Tree, and Mu En prepared to burn all his power to stop him.

• Mu En brought Di Tian and Bi Ji to Xuan Zi, and Bi Ji agreed that Xuan Zi’s injuries could be healed.
• Di Tian attacked and killed Xuan Zi, then declared that he would end the conflict between Soul Beasts and Shrek.
• Mu En transformed into the Light Sacred Dragon and fought Di Tian, but Di Tian shattered his shield and badly injured him.
• Di Tian explained that he wanted the Golden Tree, which had helped Shrek City withstand Beast Tides, and Mu En realized the city would be vulnerable without it.
• Mu En set himself ablaze with golden flames and vowed to burn all his Soul Power and spiritual power to stop Di Tian, who answered with Dragon God Claw.

Ye Chen and Gu Yuena watched a group led by Ju Zi struggle against a pack of Pink Ladies and Pink Matriarchs before stepping in to save her. Ju Zi's companion revealed himself as Xu Tianhe, prompting Ye Chen to form a plan involving the Sun Moon Empire's throne.

• Di Qiu'er sensed something was wrong, but Ye Chen reassured her until Bibi Dong reported that Ju Zi's group had been attacked by Pink Ladies and Pink Matriarchs.
• Ye Chen held Di Qiu'er back while a mysterious Soul Sage joined the fight, then let her charge into the soul beast army.
• Ye Chen manifested his Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul, shielded Ju Zi from an attack, and burned several Pink Matriarchs to ashes.
• Ju Zi thanked Ye Chen, then noticed his extraordinary soul ring configuration as he helped her up.
• Xu Tianhe rushed over to check on Ju Zi, and Ye Chen recognized him as Prince Tianhe and began plotting to claim power in the Sun Moon Empire.

Ye Chen and Gu Yuena helped Xu Tianhe, Ju Zi, and their group escape the Soul Beasts’ encirclement, while Xu Tianhe showed interest in Gu Yuena and Di Qiu'er and tried to befriend Ye Chen. In the Sky Screen chat, Tang San argued with Zhenhua over Hidden Weapons and Soul Tools, prompting Zhenhua to cut off the Tang Sect’s access to the Blacksmith Association.

• Xu Tianhe ordered his Soul Sage and other fighters to use Soul Tools to open a path through the Soul Beasts, and Ye Chen led Gu Yuena, Ju Zi, and Xu Tianhe through it.
• Tang San claimed Hidden Weapons were superior in large-scale warfare, but Zhenhua argued that mass-produced Soul Guidance Shells made them obsolete.
• Zhenhua declared that he would no longer make Battle Armor for the Tang Sect and that the Blacksmith Association would stop accepting its orders.
• After the group escaped, Ju Zi urged Xu Tianhe to send reinforcements for the fighters left behind, but he refused and dismissed their lives as their own responsibility.
• Xu Tianhe tried to get close to Ye Chen after learning he and his companions had left Shrek Academy and were from the Heaven Dou Empire.

Ye Chen claimed Shrek Academy had expelled him and eagerly accepted Xu Tianhe’s invitation to join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Meanwhile, Di Tian defeated Mu En, seized the Golden Tree, and gave Shrek City’s residents three days to evacuate; as Shrek Academy prepared to flee, Song Yunzhi learned that Tang Ya and Yan Shaozhe were missing.

• Ye Chen told Xu Tianhe that Shrek Academy had treated him unfairly and declared his hatred for it, prompting Xu Tianhe to invite him to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Di Tian used Dragon God Claw against Mu En, whose Martial Soul abandoned him, and killed him despite his desperate resistance.
• Song Yunzhi ordered Qian Duoduo to evacuate Shrek Academy’s students, and Qian Duoduo agreed after she reminded him of his duty to protect them.
• Di Tian uprooted the Golden Tree and told Bi Ji to take it to the Lake of Life, then threatened to destroy Shrek City before Bi Ji persuaded him to give its residents three days to leave.
• Song Yunzhi decided to lead Shrek Academy to the Star Luo Empire, and Du Weilun reported that most students were accounted for but Tang Ya and Yan Shaozhe were missing.

Ye Chen explained the Sun-Moon Empire’s future rise and the Tang Sect’s role in preventing its unification. His claims sparked accusations of Tang Sect treason, forcing Zang Xin to deny that the Tang Sect had sold Soul Guidance Technology to rival nations.

• Xu Tianhe heard Ye Chen’s theories about Battle Armor and Mecha and promised to recommend him to Dean Jing Hongchen at the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ju Zi thanked Ye Chen for saving her, while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed whether killing Ju Zi could prevent the Sun Moon Empire from unifying the continent.
• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had prevented the Sun-Moon Federation from unifying the Douluo Plane, and that the Tang Sect had supplied Soul Guidance Technology to Star Luo and Dou Ling.
• Viewers and Sun-Moon Federation forum users condemned the Tang Sect as traitors after hearing Ye Chen’s claims.
• Zang Xin denied that the Tang Sect had sold Soul Guidance Technology to Star Luo or Dou Ling and invited the Federation to inspect its headquarters.

Zang Xin tried to restore the Tang Sect’s reputation while Ye Chen cooperated with Ju Zi to gain access to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and pursue his plans against Xu Tianran. In the Dragon King Era, revelations about the Sun Moon Empire’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult stirred public outrage, and a conspiracy theorist returned to speak.

• Zang Xin arranged livestream tours and blogger visits to the Tang Sect headquarters, prompting Qiangu Dongfeng to suspect the sect was hiding something.
• Ju Zi deduced that Ye Chen wanted to enter the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and offered recommendation letters and inner-circle access in exchange for his future help.
• Ye Chen asked whether Ju Zi was acting for herself or Xu Tianran, then agreed to cooperate with her.
• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong he intended to use Ju Zi to reach Kong Deming and build a force capable of confronting Xu Tianran, while exploiting Xu Tianhe’s succession struggle as a pretext.
• Residents in the Dragon King Era condemned the Sun-Moon Federation after learning of its past ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, and a conspiracy theory expert reappeared to address the public.

Qiangu Dongfeng read a conspiracy theorist’s posts accusing the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy of undermining the Sun-Moon Federation, then decided to investigate the Tang Sect’s Heaven Dou City branch. The theorist continued posting claims about the Holy Spirit Cult’s past alliance with the Sun Moon Empire before logging off, while Qiangu Dongfeng prepared to coordinate with Ghost Emperor and the others.

• A conspiracy theorist argued online that the Tang Sect had traded Soul Guidance Technology with other continents while secretly restricting what it sold, and accused Shrek Academy of obstructing the Sun-Moon Federation.
• Qiangu Dongfeng read the posts and told his subordinate not to stop the theorist, reasoning that the Tang Sect might keep its technology at a branch in Heaven Dou City.
• After learning the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy were also pursuing the theorist, Qiangu Dongfeng ordered his people to delay them so the posts could continue.
• Qiangu Dongfeng decided to gamble on attacking the Tang Sect branch in Heaven Dou City and planned to discuss splitting forces with Ghost Emperor and the others.
• The theorist claimed that the Sun Moon Empire had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult to oppose Shrek Academy, then logged off while promising to analyze more information later.

After learning that Di Tian had attacked Shrek Academy, Ye Chen sent Bibi Dong to look for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao while Ju Zi warned Xu Tianhe not to underestimate Shrek’s survivors. On the road back to the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianhe revealed his plan to kill Ye Chen, but four Evil Soul Master Soul Sages surrounded them and Elder Yi offered to help.

• Xu Tianhe celebrated the attack on Shrek Academy, but Ju Zi cautioned that the report did not say whether the academy’s people had been killed.
• Ye Chen asked Bibi Dong to search for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, and she flew toward the Star Luo Empire while Ye Chen remained with Xu Tianhe’s group.
• As they traveled, Xu Tianhe complained about Ju Zi and admitted that he had arranged for his companions to be drawn away before confronting Ye Chen.
• Xu Tianhe revealed that he planned to kill Ye Chen and claim Gu Yuena and Di Qiu’er, then ordered his black-robed guards to attack.
• The four guards revealed themselves as Evil Soul Masters and released seven Soul Rings each, prompting Ye Chen to ask Elder Yi for help.

Electrolux took control of Ye Chen and used deathly holy flames to defeat four Evil Soul Masters, then sent their skeletons into a sacred Gate of the Undead. The Underworld Emperor realized that adding a sacred attribute to his own Gate might be possible and decided he wanted to capture Holy Spirit Douluo for his experiment.

• Electrolux took control of Ye Chen, whose deathly and sacred powers suppressed the four Soul Sage Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tianhe tried to placate Electrolux by revealing his connection to Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult, but Electrolux burned the four Evil Soul Masters to skeletons.
• Electrolux placed the skeletons inside the Gate of the Undead, where they gained a sacred presence and joined its undead army.
• The Underworld Emperor explained to the Ghost Emperor that Ye Chen's Gate of the Undead carried sacred power rather than releasing Death Qi.
• The Underworld Emperor concluded that adding a sacred attribute to the Gate of the Undead was the right approach and said he wanted to capture Holy Spirit Douluo.

Ye Chen had Electrolux alter Xu Tianhe’s consciousness, leaving him alive and unaware of the intervention. Gu Yuena identified Electrolux as a human with immense divine consciousness and connected him to Tang Chen, whose death during Tang San’s destruction of Slaughter City shattered the Clear Sky Sect’s hopes.

• Ghost Emperor told Underworld Emperor that they were investigating whether the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City was its real headquarters before proceeding with their plan.
• Electrolux used his Undead Staff to adjust Xu Tianhe’s consciousness, and Xu Tianhe awoke acting as though nothing had happened.
• Ju Zi arrived, saw Xu Tianhe and Ye Chen behaving closely, and decided to wait until they returned to the Sun Moon Empire before acting.
• Gu Yuena asked about the powerful presence inside Ye Chen, and Ye Chen explained that Electrolux had been a human who could have become a god but chose not to.
• Gu Yuena connected Electrolux’s deathly aura to Tang Chen, prompting reactions from Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders hoped Tang San had saved Tang Chen, but Ye Chen said Tang Chen had died when Tang San destroyed Slaughter City.