Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, Cao Kun heard Flender and Zhao Wuji's report on their successful Soul Ring expedition and approved Flender's plan to reform and expand Shrek Academy. The chapter ended as Cao Kun considered the substantial resources the reforms would require.

• Cao Kun returned to Buzhou Retreat with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Dazhuang, and they shared a hot pot dinner.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji reported that Ma Hongjun had gained a Soul Ring and Skill, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong had also made progress.
• Cao Kun told Flender to manage the academy's daily affairs and set principles emphasizing exceptional students, good character, and merit-based access to advanced resources.
• Flender outlined plans to publicize his Soul Douluo rank, keep Zhao Wuji's Titled Douluo status secret, establish Outer and Inner Courts, recruit teachers, and improve facilities and resources.
• Cao Kun considered Flender's reform plan and the significant funding it would require.

Cao Kun helped Shrek Academy gain official Advanced Soul Master Academy status and launch a major expansion after Flender became a Soul Douluo. As Shrek drew attention from across the continent, Zhi Shui broke through to Level 97 at Buzhou Retreat.

• Cao Kun agreed to fund Shrek Academy, help secure its status and expansion, and left Flender and Zhao Wuji in charge of its development.
• Flender broke through to Level 82, and Shrek Academy was certified as an Advanced Soul Master Academy with permission to recruit talented students across the continent.
• News of Shrek's rise spread, drawing applicants and the attention of major powers, while Liu Erlong set off to visit the academy.
• Mount Buzhou's help sped up Shrek's construction, and the expanded campus reached one-third completion ten days after Flender revealed his strength.
• Zhi Shui broke through from peak Level 96 to Level 97 at Buzhou Retreat, gaining combat strength comparable to a Level 98 Titled Douluo.

After Shrek Academy rose in prominence, Liu Erlong arrived seeking Yu Xiaogang and learned that he had left with Tang San. Worried that Spirit Hall might capture him, she merged Blue Tyrant Academy into Shrek and set out to find him herself.

• Three former Shrek disciples returned as Soul King junior instructors, strengthening the academy's growing staff.
• Liu Erlong visited Shrek and asked Flender where Yu Xiaogang was.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had left with his disciple Tang San, the son of Tang Hao.
• Liu Erlong feared Yu Xiaogang would be endangered because Spirit Hall was hunting Tang Hao.
• Liu Erlong decided to merge Blue Tyrant Academy into Shrek and search for Yu Xiaogang herself, despite Flender's warnings.

Cao Kun left Shrek Academy for Sunset Forest with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the Iron-Eating Beast to meet Dugu Bo. A check-in reward let him summon the Five Kage, all of whom appeared as powerful Titled Douluo.

• Shrek Academy completed its recruitment, taking in 120 talented students and finalizing its teaching staff, including four secret Mount Buzhou agents planted by Cao Kun.
• Cao Kun left Suotuo City with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the Iron-Eating Beast, intending to meet Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest.
• Cao Kun entered Sunset Forest and received a system reward: a Ninja World Five Kage Summoning Card.
• Cao Kun scouted ahead and summoned A, Tsunade, Gaara, Onoki, and Mei Terumi.
• The five Kage revealed their Titled Douluo cultivation, ranging from level ninety-two to A and Onoki at level ninety-five.

Cao Kun appointed the Five Kage as Mount Buzhou’s Five Great Elders and led his companions to the guarded Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, Dugu Bo welcomed Cao Kun with deep devotion, having risen to Level 96 under his patronage.

• Cao Kun appointed A, Tsunade, Gaara, Onoki, and Mei Terumi the Five Great Elders of Mount Buzhou and sent them into the divine artifact to adapt to the Douluo Continent.
• Cao Kun reunited with Dugu Yan and the others, then led them on Dazhuang the Iron-Eating Beast toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Cao Kun’s companions arrived at the secret realm, which was protected by his Supreme Sealing Formation and guarded by Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the Formation and bowed respectfully to Cao Kun, crediting him with curing his poison, transforming his Martial Soul, and helping him reach Level 96.

Cao Kun entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and learned that its Formation had cultivated fifty-three mature Immortal Herbs for Mount Buzhou. At the realm’s core, he received a drop of Dragon God’s Blood, which he believed could help him break through to the Demigod stage.

• Cao Kun entered the hidden realm with Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the Iron-Eating Beast, where Dugu Bo reported that all fifty-three Immortal Herbs had matured.
• Dugu Bo explained that the herbs were sorted into upper, middle, and lower grades and could benefit Mount Buzhou disciples across several cultivation levels.
• Cao Kun ordered Dugu Bo to settle Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu in quarters with rich spiritual energy, then went alone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s core.
• Cao Kun triggered an ultimate check-in at the well and received one drop of divine-level Dragon God’s Blood.
• Cao Kun examined the blood’s power and concluded that it could help him overcome his cultivation bottleneck and reach the Demigod stage.

Cao Kun harvested and distributed the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, greatly strengthening Mount Buzhou’s fighters. With seventeen disciples advancing and needing Soul Rings, he decided to send the elders out to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Cao Kun harvested all fifty-three mature Immortal Herbs, nourished the remaining shoots with Origin Spirit Liquid, and kept the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for himself.
• Cao Kun had Shisui Uchiha distribute the herbs according to each recipient’s needs, while he prepared to use his two herbs to refine Dragon God's Blood.
• After five days of cultivation, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Gaara, the Sun, Moon, and Star Guardians, and several other fighters advanced in strength.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu neared their next cultivation ranks, while Dazhuang’s cultivation age rose above ninety thousand years.
• Seventeen mid-tier disciples advanced, leaving Mount Buzhou short of Soul Rings for them.
• Cao Kun decided that Mount Buzhou’s elders would go out to hunt suitable Soul Beasts.

Cao Kun sent the elders and disciples out to train while keeping Kaido sealed, then began a carefully prepared breakthrough in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After refining two Immortal Herbs for five days, his body, Soul Power, and Divine Soul began transforming toward divinity, and divine pressure spread through the secret realm.

• Cao Kun released the elders, Five Kage, and Three Great Generals, then ordered Shisui Uchiha to organize teams to train across the continent and help seventeen newly advanced disciples find Soul Rings.
• Cao Kun kept Kaido sealed inside the Divine Artifact Space to prevent him from causing trouble.
• Five days later, Cao Kun entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and activated a Supreme Sealing Formation around his cultivation site.
• Cao Kun spent three days letting the Dual Polarity Origin refine his body, Soul Power, and Divine Soul before swallowing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Over the next five days, Cao Kun's Soul Power gained divine qualities, his Divine Soul strengthened, and his Spiritual Power brushed against the laws of heaven and earth.
• Divine pressure seeped through the formation and spread across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Cao Kun broke through the Quasi-Demigod bottleneck and reached the peak of the Demigod Realm after fifteen days of cultivation. He then swallowed Primordial Dragon God Blood to begin forging a Divine Body and pursuing the Quasi-God Realm.

• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu felt the overwhelming pressure of Cao Kun's transformation as they guarded the secret realm.
• After fifteen days of tempering by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Immortal Herbs, Cao Kun broke through to the peak of the Demigod Realm.
• Cao Kun assessed his flawless foundations and recognized that refining Dragon God's Blood was the next step toward the Quasi-God Realm.
• Cao Kun swallowed the Dragon God's Blood, which began transforming his flesh, meridians, bones, and Divine Soul.

Cao Kun refined the Dragon God's Blood, forged the Indestructible Divine Body, and broke through to the Quasi-God Realm. He remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to stabilize his new power and refine his foundation.

• Cao Kun spent a month refining the Dragon God's Blood with the aid of his martial souls, the Chaos Bell, the Dual Polarity Origin, and the Immortal Herbs.
• Cao Kun shattered his final restraints, forged the Indestructible Divine Body, and advanced from the Demigod peak to the Quasi-God Realm.
• Dugu Bo and the other three sensed Cao Kun's divine pressure outside the secret realm and realized a god had been born.
• Cao Kun checked his status panel and discovered that his Body Martial Soul had evolved and gained the Dragon God Indestructible Divine Body skill.
• Cao Kun chose to remain at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, circulating the Myriad Manifestations Primordial Scripture to stabilize his realm and temper his Soul Power and Divine Soul.

Cao Kun emerged from seclusion as a quasi-god and strengthened Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu through cultivation guidance. He took the three into Sunset Forest to find soul rings, while Dugu Bo faced a difficult matter at the Heaven Dou Empire’s Worship Hall.

• Cao Kun spent three days consolidating his quasi-god realm, then dissolved the formation sealing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo told Cao Kun that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had repeatedly requested his help, and Cao Kun sent him to attend to the matter.
• Cao Kun used a medicinal bath and his divine power to help Dugu Yan break through from level fifty-nine to the peak of level sixty.
• Cao Kun spent three days refining Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu’s techniques and cultivation foundations.
• Cao Kun took Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu into Sunset Forest to find soul rings, while Dugu Bo encountered a problem at the Worship Hall.

Cao Kun left the Sunset Forest for the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where he gained a powerful new ally through a special check-in. The chapter ends with Shisui Uchiha reporting that Evil Soul Masters had appeared near the empire’s border and that Tang San might be among them.

• Dugu Yan absorbed a forty-six-thousand-year Soul Beast’s ring, reached level sixty-four, and gained the Azure Sea Poison Dragon skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu absorbed fourth soul rings, reaching levels forty-two and forty-one respectively.
• Cao Kun left Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu in the Sunset Forest and secretly entered the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where he received a summoning card for Sengoku.
• Cao Kun summoned Sengoku, appointed him Western Divine General of Mount Buzhou, and sent him into the Divine Artifact Space.
• Shisui Uchiha reported traces of Evil Soul Masters near the Heaven Dou Empire’s border and suspected Tang San was among them.

Cao Kun learned that Tang San had joined the Evil Soul Masters and ordered Shisui Uchiha to investigate Tang Hao while secretly leaking clues to Spirit Hall. After Dugu Bo reported that an organized Evil Soul Master faction had a formidable Titled Douluo, Cao Kun summoned Sengoku to investigate and suppress them.

• Cao Kun ordered Shisui Uchiha to search for Tang Hao and spread intelligence about the Tang family and Evil Soul Masters to Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and reported that Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered civilians along the Heaven Dou Empire's borders.
• Dugu Bo said a peak-strength Evil Soul Master had defeated a Heaven Dou imperial patron and fought him with speed and power resembling the Evil Soul Master who rescued Tang Hao.
• Cao Kun concluded that a new, organized Evil Soul Master faction had emerged and decided to investigate it.
• Cao Kun summoned Sengoku and introduced him to Dugu Bo as Mount Buzhou's Level 99 Limit Douluo Western Divine General.

After learning about Mount Buzhou’s strength, Sengoku secured Heaven Dou’s approval to build and command a navy that secretly remained under Mount Buzhou’s control. He defeated a Level 96 Evil Soul Master at sea, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire and the wider continent stunned.

• Dugu Bo learned Sengoku was a Level 99 Limit Douluo and briefed him on Heaven Dou’s factions, defenses, and vulnerable coastline.
• Sengoku proposed a navy to protect the coast and expand Mount Buzhou’s influence at sea, and Cao Kun approved the plan.
• Dugu Bo introduced Sengoku to the Heaven Dou Emperor, who appointed him an imperial protector; after Sengoku killed a Level 87 Evil Soul Master, the emperor authorized him to establish the Heaven Dou Royal Navy.
• Sengoku recruited a thousand members and formed a navy whose command ranks included Mount Buzhou disciples, then became its marshal.
• A month later, Sengoku fought a Level 96 Evil Soul Master at sea and drove him off while concealing his Limit Douluo strength, shocking the empire and continent.

Cao Kun ordered Shisui Uchiha to expose the Asura Cult and Tang Hao, provoking continent-wide alarm and Spirit Hall’s preparations to destroy the cult. He then entered the Heaven Dou Imperial Royal Library, where a special check-in rewarded him with a Semi-Divine Artifact.

• Shisui Uchiha reported that the level ninety-six Evil Soul Master belonged to the Asura Cult and carried Tang Hao’s Soul Power Aura.
• Cao Kun concluded that the Asura Cult was tied to the Asura inheritance and ordered Shisui Uchiha to expose it and Tang Hao’s leadership role.
• Shisui Uchiha mobilized Mount Buzhou’s agents, and within three days news of the Asura Cult’s atrocities and strength spread across Douluo Continent.
• The two empires and major sects raised their defenses, while Spirit Hall began preparing a campaign against the Asura Cult after learning Tang Hao had joined it.
• Cao Kun entered the Heaven Dou Imperial Royal Library and received a Semi-Divine Artifact through a special check-in.

Cao Kun obtained the Myriad Ages Library Pavilion and confronted Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace’s Royal Library Pavilion. After revealing her secret identity and offering to free her from Bibi Dong’s control, he left Qian Renxue asking what he wanted, then prepared to demonstrate his power.

• Cao Kun received the Semi-Divine Artifact Myriad Ages Library Pavilion and began exploring its powers.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, confronted Cao Kun for trespassing and ordered the guards to seize him.
• Cao Kun froze the guards and sealed Qian Renxue’s cultivation, meridians, and divine soul with a touch.
• Cao Kun revealed that he knew Qian Renxue’s identity and offered to help her escape Bibi Dong’s control.
• Qian Renxue recognized Cao Kun from the Star Dou Great Forest and asked what he wanted.
• Cao Kun declined to explain and prepared to let his strength speak.

Cao Kun revealed his overwhelming power to Qian Renxue, subdued and sealed the two Titled Douluo protecting her, and persuaded her to join Mount Buzhou. Meanwhile, a Crusade Alliance formed to attack the Asura Cult in Slaughter City.

• Cao Kun summoned the Chaos Bell and displayed a divine aura and a Soul Ring configuration that shocked Qian Renxue.
• Two Titled Douluo rushed to protect Qian Renxue, but Cao Kun immobilized them with his domain and sealed their minds, making them his servants.
• Cao Kun explained why he had not sealed Qian Renxue, and she agreed to join Mount Buzhou to escape Bibi Dong's control and Spirit Hall's influence.
• Seven days after the Asura Cult was exposed, Mount Buzhou Spies helped unite Spirit Hall and other major powers into a Crusade Alliance.
• The Crusade Alliance assembled Titled Douluo and hundreds of high-ranking Soul Masters, then marched toward the Asura Cult's lair in Slaughter City.

The allied forces attacked Slaughter City, but Tang Chen appeared and repelled ten allied Titled Douluo with one blow. After Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen clashed, the allies withdrew, and news that the Clear Sky Sect backed the Asura Cult spread across the continent.

• The allied forces stormed the entrance to Slaughter City, and Shisui Uchiha silently killed a level 95 Evil Soul Master who was hindering their advance.
• The allies overwhelmed the Asura Cult's defenders and neared the city gates before Tang Chen appeared with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Chen's hammer blow sent ten allied Titled Douluo flying and revealed the Clear Sky Sect's connection to the Asura Cult.
• Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi arrived, and Tang Chen exchanged one powerful blow with Qian Daoliu before retreating into Slaughter City.
• The allied forces withdrew, and the continent learned that the Clear Sky Sect had supported the Asura Cult, prompting widespread condemnation.

Tang Hao became an Asura Evil Soul Master, reached the peak of Level 97, and slaughtered his way through Spirit Hall territory while Cao Kun ordered his forces to watch him. After traveling to the sea, Cao Kun summoned Hashirama Senju and appointed him Mount Buzhou’s Southern Divine General, leaving only the Northern Divine General unchosen.

• Tang Hao killed a Level 94 Spirit Hall Titled Douluo with two hammer strikes and destroyed three Spirit Hall branches, leaving more than ten thousand dead.
• Shisui Uchiha reported Tang Hao’s rise to the peak of Level 97, and Cao Kun ordered his forces to monitor Tang Hao and retaliate if he threatened Mount Buzhou.
• Cao Kun and his companions left Sunset Forest for the sea while Sengoku strengthened the Heaven Dou Royal Navy and secured the East Sea.
• Cao Kun checked in at the Sea God Palace and received a summoning card for Hashirama Senju.
• Cao Kun summoned Hashirama Senju and appointed him the Southern Divine General, titled Thousand Hands.

After discovering that the Asura Cult’s forces had vanished from Slaughter City under the Asura God’s influence, Cao Kun summoned Tian Kui and completed Mount Buzhou’s Four Divine Generals. He later reached the peak of Quasi-God and returned to Buzhou Retreat as the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament approached.

• Zhi Shui reported that nearly all of the Asura Cult’s Evil Soul Masters had disappeared from Slaughter City, and Cao Kun led his companions to investigate.
• At Slaughter City’s entrance, Cao Kun sensed the Asura God’s power and checked in at the inheritance site, earning a Character Summoning Card for Tian Kui.
• Cao Kun summoned Tian Kui at Mount Buzhou’s outpost and appointed him Northern Divine General, completing the Four Divine Generals.
• Over the next six months, Cao Kun traveled with Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, advancing from the peak of Demigod to the peak of Quasi-God.
• Cao Kun returned with his companions to Buzhou Retreat, where Zhi Shui reported that the continent’s powers had stabilized and the academy tournament was one month away.