Chapter Summaries

Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan lost their matches against Qian Yuan, but Xu Sanshi defeated him in the third match after awakening the Black Tortoise bloodline. Xu Sanshi then fought Han Ling'er in the fourth match, draining much of her soul power before he was defeated.

• Bei Bei wounded Qian Yuan with his Light-Thunder Dragon Claw, but the referee stopped Qian Yuan from retaliating and declared Bei Bei the loser.
• Jiang Nannan used Instant Teleportation and Gravity Control to attack Qian Yuan, but his Damage Reflection sent her crashing into the arena shield, giving Dou Ling Royal Academy the win.
• Xu Sanshi awakened the Black Tortoise bloodline and overwhelmed the exhausted, injured Qian Yuan to win Shrek Academy's third match.
• Xu Sanshi fought Han Ling'er in the fourth match and drained more than half her soul power before she defeated him.

Chen Tianyuan defeated Han Ling'er and Lone Bamboo Sword to secure Shrek Academy’s victory over the Dou Ling Royal Academy, then helped eliminate Zhengtian Academy and advance Shrek to the final four. The teams prepared for a three-day rest before the semifinals, while Lang Ya returned to the Body Sect.

• Chen Tianyuan used ultimate lightning to defeat the exhausted Han Ling'er, leaving the Dou Ling Royal Academy needing to win its next match to stay in the tournament.
• Chen Tianyuan broke through Lone Bamboo Sword’s Imperial Purple Bamboo Sea and Sword Formation, then knocked him out of the arena to win the match for Shrek Academy.
• Chen Tianyuan defeated three Zhengtian Academy opponents in succession, ending their tournament run in the quarterfinals.
• Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Royal Academy, Di'ao Academy, and the Sun Moon Royal Academy advanced to the final four and received three days to prepare for the semifinals.
• Lang Ya returned to the Body Sect after traveling day and night.

Chen Tianyuan and Shrek Academy drew Star Luo Royal Academy in the semifinals, then faced the stronger team as the match began. The Star Luo team seized the advantage, while Chen Tianyuan was intercepted by Wang Shiying and Yi Chen.

• Xu Jiawei announced that Huang Jinxu would oversee the remaining matches, and Wang Yan explained the Heavenly Fiend Douluo's feared reputation.
• Chen Tianyuan drew lot number one, pairing Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy in the semifinals.
• Wang Yan explained that the semifinals required two victories to advance, with a deciding two-two-three match if the teams split their wins.
• Xu Jiujiu led Star Luo Royal Academy's seven Soul Kings against Shrek Academy, and Huang Jinxu started the match.
• Xu Jiujiu used her Third Soul Skill, Star Radiance Technique, boosting her team and suppressing Shrek Academy despite Gongyang Mo's enhancement.
• Chen Tianyuan used his second soul skill to reach the arena's side, but Wang Shiying and Yi Chen trapped him with wind-and-fire tornadoes.

Shrek Academy struggled against Star Luo Royal Academy as Xu Jiujiu divided the arena and Huang Heyun used a soul tool to overpower Shrek’s fighters. After Shrek’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed to turn the match around, Chen Tianyuan emerged from the Absolute Defensive Soul Tool and unleashed Snow Girl’s icy mist, while a Body Sect elder ordered his people to act as soon as the match ended.

• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Shock briefly distracted Chen Xiaojie, but Sheng Yi shielded him and sent Jiang Nannan flying when she attacked.
• Chen Tianyuan charged at Dugu Shangshan, but Xu Jiujiu trapped him in an Absolute Defensive Soul Tool and divided the arena with her starlight dome.
• Dugu Shangshan, Yi Chen, and Wang Shiying used the Nine-Turn Soul Transformer to empower Huang Heyun, who struck Xu Sanshi and left Shrek’s fighters trapped inside the dome.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong performed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, shattering Xu Jiujiu’s dome, but Shrek’s remaining fighters were exhausted and Huang Heyun remained unscathed.
• After the Absolute Defensive Soul Tool expired, Chen Tianyuan evaded the Star Luo Team’s combined assault and unleashed Snow Girl’s icy mist across the arena.
• A Body Sect elder celebrated Chen Tianyuan’s power and ordered his companions to act as soon as the match ended.

Chen Tianyuan turned the Star Luo Royal Academy’s apparent victory into a defeat, but Du Busi and the Body Sect seized him, claiming he belonged to them. Xuan Zi challenged Du Busi above Star Luo City, and their clash left the city’s fate uncertain.

• Chen Tianyuan used Snow Girl's Sigh to freeze the Star Luo Royal Academy team, and Xu Jiujiu conceded the match and forfeited the next day’s Individual Elimination Tournament.
• Du Busi and more than a dozen Body Sect experts arrived, sealed Chen Tianyuan’s Martial Soul and Soul Power, and took him into the sky.
• Xuan Zi confronted Du Busi and demanded that he release Chen Tianyuan, while Du Busi insisted Chen Tianyuan was a member of the Body Sect.
• Jinpeng caught Chen Tianyuan as Du Busi and Xuan Zi transformed and fought above Star Luo City.
• Du Busi overpowered Xuan Zi in their contest of strength, but Xuan Zi refused to back down and threatened to take Du Busi and the Body Sect down with him.

The Body Sect abducted Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan from the Soul Master Tournament and brought them to its headquarters. Shrek Academy debated how to respond, while Chen Tianyuan woke to find himself trapped with Zhang Lexuan and her martial soul sealed.

• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to take Chen Tianyuan, then added Zhang Lexuan after she tried to stop them.
• Xu Jiawei dismissed the court to consider the political consequences of the Body Sect’s abduction.
• At Shrek Academy, Mu En decided to visit the Body Sect himself in a few days to retrieve the students.
• Du Busi brought Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan to the Body Sect’s headquarters, where Chen Tianyuan fainted during the flight.
• Chen Tianyuan woke in an unfamiliar room, and Zhang Lexuan told him their building was sealed and her martial soul was blocked.

Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan woke in the Body Sect after Du Busi abducted them, and he tried to persuade Chen to become his disciple and the sect’s next master. Du Busi offered to let Chen return to Shrek Academy if he had a child with Zhang Lexuan who inherited his body martial soul.

• Long Aotian introduced himself and his fiancée Vina to Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan, then explained the Body Sect’s focus on physical training and keeping soul skills secret until decisive moments.
• Long Aotian brought Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan to Du Busi, who offered Chen an ice silkworm silk mattress after hearing that the bed had been too hard.
• Du Busi urged Chen to settle in and inherit the Body Sect, promising that the sect could give him everything Shrek Academy could and equip him with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhang Lexuan reminded Du Busi that the Body Sect had once sworn not to hunt Hundred Thousand Year soul beasts after causing a beast tide, but Du Busi dismissed the oath.
• Chen Tianyuan refused to betray Shrek Academy for personal gain, and Du Busi said he could return only if he had a child with Zhang Lexuan who inherited his body martial soul.

Mu En arrived at the Body Sect and negotiated with Du Busi over Chen Tianyuan, proposing that they cooperate to nurture a god. Chen Tianyuan swore upon his Martial Souls to strengthen the Body Sect and preserve its independence, and a thunderbolt answered his oath.

• Mu En entered the Body Sect after Du Busi opened its protective formation, then spoke privately with him behind a Soul Power barrier.
• Mu En revealed that a Dragon Core’s malignant energy had crippled him and proposed working with Du Busi to nurture a god.
• Mu En explained Chen Tianyuan’s potential and offered cooperation, while Du Busi demanded that Chen Tianyuan become his disciple and preserve the Body Sect’s independence.
• Du Busi agreed to provide Chen Tianyuan the inheritance seed and the Secret of the Body, ensure his body Martial Soul gained Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and secure Shrek Academy’s aid in danger.
• Chen Tianyuan swore upon his Martial Souls to strengthen the Body Sect and preserve its independence, and a thundercloud formed and struck with lightning.

Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan remained in the Body Sect after Mu En arranged a three-year cultivation stay, and Chen Tianyuan soon reached level 50. As Du Busi took Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan to the Sunset Forest to seek a fifth soul ring, he shared how he had devoted his life to the Body Sect.

• Chen Tianyuan accepted Du Busi as his master, and Mu En formed an alliance between Shrek Academy and the Body Sect, lifting Zhang Lexuan's seals.
• Mu En ordered Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan to cultivate in the Body Sect for three years, then returned to Shrek Academy and ordered a search for hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.
• A month later, Chen Tianyuan reached level 50, and Du Busi chose the Sunset Forest as the place to find his fifth soul ring.
• Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan traveled with Du Busi through the Sunset Forest but found no suitable soul beast during their first day of searching.
• By the campfire, Du Busi told Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan that he had never had a lover and hoped Chen Tianyuan would lead the Body Sect to greater heights.
• A sudden storm drove Du Busi, Chen Tianyuan, and Zhang Lexuan into a hollow dead tree for shelter.

Chen Tianyuan hunted a fifty-two-thousand-year Rouge Dragon in the Sunset Forest and absorbed its soul ring, gaining a powerful annihilation domain and reaching soul power level 53. Zhang Lexuan found a Rouge Dragon arm bone, which Chen Tianyuan began fusing as the chapter ended.

• Du Busi found a fifty-two-thousand-year Rouge Dragon and led Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan to it.
• Du Busi wounded the Rouge Dragon, and Chen Tianyuan killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Chen Tianyuan endured the fusion and reached level 53, gaining the Annihilation Thunderlight Domain.
• Zhang Lexuan found a crystalline arm bone inside the Rouge Dragon, and Du Busi gave it to Chen Tianyuan.
• Chen Tianyuan began fusing the Rouge Dragon's Right Arm Soul Bone as it reshaped his arm.

After Chen Tianyuan fused with the Rouge Dragon Soul Bone, he and Du Busi and Zhang Lexuan traced the poisonous miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They entered its guarded valley, where the passage ahead remained unexplored.

• Chen Tianyuan woke with his Soul Power raised to rank 54 and gained the Annihilation Ray Soul Skill from the Rouge Dragon Soul Bone.
• Chen Tianyuan identified the gathering miasma as a clue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Du Busi confirmed it shrouded a valley in the Sunset Forest.
• Du Busi led Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan through the seven-colored miasma toward the valley entrance.
• Du Busi and Zhang Lexuan raised Soul Power shields, while Snow Girl froze the jade phosphorus poison cloud with Emperor's Cold Heaven-Xue Wu Radiant Sun.
• Du Busi carried Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan through the narrow, vine-lined passage and rushed deeper into the valley.

Chen Tianyuan, Zhang Lexuan, and Du Busi reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and met Youyou, a hundred-thousand-year plant-type Soul Beast who set Chen a trial. Chen began consuming a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, and its energy surged through his body as he started absorbing it.

• Chen Tianyuan, Zhang Lexuan, and Du Busi blasted through the attacking vines and emerged into the basin surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The immortal herbs awakened and were drawn to Chen Tianyuan’s life force, while Youyou revealed herself as a hundred-thousand-year plant-type Soul Beast.
• Youyou told the three that they could count as the destined visitors if they passed her trial, and Chen Tianyuan agreed to take it.
• Youyou selected a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum for Chen Tianyuan and instructed him to eat its stamens and petals while returning its roots and stem.
• Chen Tianyuan consumed the herb, then sat cross-legged to absorb the powerful energy coursing through his body.

Chen Tianyuan absorbed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, reaching soul power level 57 and gaining an indestructible diamond body. After Youyou revealed his second trial, he faced an ice-spring figure near the Extreme-Cold Ice Spring.

• Chen Tianyuan absorbed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and achieved a pale-gold body martial soul awakening that increased his combat power by about 150 percent.
• Du Busi recognized Chen Tianyuan’s improved awakening, and Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan thanked Youyou for the herb.
• Youyou announced that Chen Tianyuan had to pass a second trial against the hundred-thousand-year Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass summoned a Soul King-level figure from the Extreme-Cold Ice Spring and told Chen Tianyuan to defeat it within the assigned area without approaching the Scorching Yang Spring.
• Chen Tianyuan realized the ice-spring figure could draw on the spring’s seemingly endless energy and might be stronger than an ordinary Soul King.

Chen Tianyuan struggled against a second Ice Humanoid at the Extreme-Cold Ice Spring until he combined his abilities and created the Radiant Thunder Evil-Slaying Domain. He defeated the Ice Humanoid with a powerful holy sword, ending the trial battle with almost no soul power left.

• The Ice Spring Humanoid dissolved after Chen Tianyuan struck it with his Emperor Sword-Peerless Ice Extreme, but an ice bead created a stronger Ice Humanoid.
• The Ice Humanoid overwhelmed Chen Tianyuan in close combat, while Zhang Lexuan questioned the fairness of the trial and Youyou defended its difficulty.
• Chen Tianyuan retreated toward the Scorching Yang Spring and realized he might use ultimate light and lightning to create a fire-like attack.
• Chen Tianyuan activated the Annihilation Thunderlight Domain and comprehended his own Sovereign's Descent, forming the Radiant Thunder Evil-Slaying Domain.
• Chen Tianyuan's combined domains and soul skills raised his power to Soul Saint level, and he formed a golden holy sword that destroyed the Ice Humanoid.

After passing the trial at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chen Tianyuan selected five immortal herbs and distributed them among his companions. His own spiritual power advanced, while Zhang Lexuan’s martial soul began to evolve after taking two herbs.

• Youyou explained the immortal herbs, and Chen Tianyuan chose the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, narcissus jade muscle bone, nine-grade dragon ganoderma, eight-petal immortal orchid, and aromatic silk beauty.
• Chen Tianyuan gave the narcissus jade muscle bone to Zhang Lexuan, the eight-petal immortal orchid to Du Busi, and planned to keep the aromatic silk beauty; he reserved the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew for himself and the nine-grade dragon ganoderma for Bei Bei.
• Chen Tianyuan consumed the dew and raised his spiritual power to the tangible yet formless realm.
• Zhang Lexuan took the narcissus jade muscle bone and reached rank eighty-eight, while Du Busi decided to save the eight-petal immortal orchid for Long Aotian.
• Chen Tianyuan gave Zhang Lexuan the aromatic silk beauty, and after she absorbed it, her Silver Moon Phantom gained stardust and radiant light as her martial soul began to improve.

Zhang Lexuan gained a Star Moon martial soul and was chosen to inherit Yue Shen’s divine position, while the gods also made plans for Chen Tianyuan. Back at the Body Sect, Du Busi offered Long Aotian an immortal herb that Chen Tianyuan had obtained.

• Zhang Lexuan reached rank 89 after absorbing the immortal herbs, and her Moon martial soul evolved into Star Moon.
• Yue Shen appeared before Zhang Lexuan, offered her the divine inheritance, and bestowed the first of three trials: condense a soul core and reach rank 90 within a year.
• Yue Shen told the God of Destruction that she had chosen Zhang Lexuan, while the God of Destruction and Sea God Tang San revealed their competing plans for Chen Tianyuan’s divine trials.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to Chen Tianyuan and embraced him excitedly, then declined to choose more immortal herbs until a later visit.
• Du Busi gave Long Aotian the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, explaining that Chen Tianyuan had obtained it and already consumed an immortal herb himself.

Zhang Lexuan told Chen Tianyuan that two God Realm Enforcers were watching him, while he advanced at the Body Sect and returned to Shrek Academy. There, he found Bei Bei grieving over Tang Ya and gave him an immortal herb to help strengthen his bloodline before leaving for three years.

• Zhang Lexuan revealed that she had received Yue Shen's divine inheritance and warned Chen Tianyuan that two God Realm Enforcers had taken an interest in him.
• After another month at the Body Sect, Chen Tianyuan reached rank 58, while Zhang Lexuan entered seclusion to condense a soul core.
• Chen Tianyuan asked Du Busi to take him to Shrek Academy, where Shi Xing recognized him and escorted them to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Chen Tianyuan learned that Bei Bei was by Sea God Lake, then gave him a nine-grade dragon ganoderma to strengthen his body and Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Chen Tianyuan reassured Bei Bei that Tang Ya was with the Holy Spirit Cult and urged him to train before leaving for the Body Sect, saying they would meet again in three years.

Mu En and Du Busi discussed their old feud, their sects’ cooperation, and the threat posed by the Sun Moon Empire. Mu En shared his ultimate-realm insights with Du Busi, who resolved to rely on the Body Sect’s own cultivation rather than fortune.

• Mu En told Du Busi he had never intended to kill Du Busi’s elder brother, but Du Busi insisted the death had left their grudge intact.
• Mu En warned Du Busi that the Tang Sect had several promising members, including Huo Yuhao, and said Huo Yuhao would not join the Body Sect.
• Mu En gave Du Busi his lifetime cultivation insights and asked him to pass them to Tianyuan when Tianyuan became a Soul Saint.
• Mu En explained that reaching the ultimate realm depended on understanding and merging with the world, and suggested Du Busi study the Body Sect’s Unity of Heaven and Man technique.
• Mu En warned that the Sun Moon Empire’s soul weapons threatened even him and predicted war would soon engulf the continent.
• Du Busi rejected the idea that he needed great fortune to reach the ultimate realm and declared that the Body Sect’s effort and secret arts could rewrite its destiny.

Chen Tianyuan fought Long Aotian at the Body Sect training grounds, overpowering the stronger-cultivated senior with his extraordinary strength and lightning. The sect elder stopped the battle after Chen Tianyuan's lightning left Long Aotian badly injured, making the result clear.

• Zhang Lexuan's secluded cultivation gathered into a dense vortex, signaling that she was nearing a breakthrough to Titled Douluo.
• Long Aotian challenged Chen Tianyuan to test himself after an immortal herb raised his cultivation to rank sixty, while Chen Tianyuan stood at rank fifty-eight.
• Long Aotian's attacks met Chen Tianyuan's dragon-transformed arms, but Chen Tianyuan's strength forced him backward until Long Aotian used his third soul skill, Dark Gold Power.
• Vina told Gu Tong that Long Aotian would struggle to win, citing Chen Tianyuan's Soul Fighting Tournament victories over Zhengtian Academy.
• Long Aotian used Mad God Slash, but Chen Tianyuan's Purple-Gold Heavenly Thunder Flash split the attack and engulfed Long Aotian in ultimate lightning.
• The sect elder stopped the fight after Long Aotian remained standing but was badly injured, leaving Chen Tianyuan the evident victor.

As Chen Tianyuan trained with the Body Sect’s younger disciples, Du Busi sent people to search the Star Dou Great Forest for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Zhang Lexuan emerged from seclusion after her breakthrough and announced that her title was Yue Shen.

• Jinpeng told Du Busi that searches of the Sunset Forest had found no Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Du Busi ordered a search of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Tianyuan practiced the Body Sect’s Eight Extremes Fist while sparring with Gu Tong, Jiang Yixi, Wang Yanfeng, and Chen Yu.
• Chen Tianyuan used lightning to stimulate his opponents’ cultivation, earning the nickname Thunder and Lightning Dharma King.
• A celestial phenomenon spread across the sky as the world’s primal energy surged toward the vortex above the mountain.
• Zhang Lexuan emerged from seclusion with nine soul rings and declared that her title was Yue Shen.