Chapter Summaries

Qin Xiao demanded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, but Du Busi refused, hoping to reserve it for a twin-martial-soul prodigy of the Body Sect. Qin Xiao warned that anyone without ultimate ice would die if they touched it, then revealed that he possessed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul.

• Du Busi offered Qin Xiao resources worth a hundred million gold soul coins instead of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, but Qin Xiao insisted on the embryo.
• Du Busi explained that he wanted the embryo for a Body Sect prodigy whose snow lotus martial soul might evolve, helping usher in the sect’s golden age.
• Qin Xiao warned Du Busi that anyone without an ultimate ice martial soul who touched the embryo would die, including the prodigy he had in mind.
• Du Busi questioned how Qin Xiao knew about the danger, and Qin Xiao revealed that he also possessed the ultimate ice Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul.

Qin Xiao revealed his ultimate ice martial soul to Du Busi and agreed to join the Body Sect in exchange for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. In Mingdu, Ye Xishui opposed immediately attacking the Body Sect, and Xu Tianran deferred the decision.

• Qin Xiao manifested the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, convincing Du Busi that he possessed an ultimate ice martial soul.
• Du Busi offered Qin Xiao the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo if he joined the Body Sect, and Qin Xiao agreed.
• Du Busi refused to let Qin Xiao leave and took him toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• In the Imperial Palace, Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming urged the empire to pursue the Body Sect and rescue Qin Xiao.
• Ye Xishui argued that the empire should focus on preparing to attack the Three Great Empires instead of striking the Body Sect first.
• Xu Tianran sent the ministers away and said the emperor needed time to consider the matter.

Wang Dong learned that Qin Xiao was missing after the attack on the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and vowed to destroy the Body Sect to avenge him. Three days later, Qin Xiao realized Du Busi had taken him along the empires’ border, and Du Busi revealed they were going to kill Xuan Zi.

• Jing Hongchen urged the Sun Moon Empire’s rulers to act over Qin Xiao, but Ye Xishui told him to leave and await their decision.
• Wang Dong found Tai Tan in an alley and told him that Qin Xiao had helped her before disappearing in the attack on the academy.
• Tai Tan encouraged Wang Dong to avenge Qin Xiao by becoming strong enough to wipe out the Body Sect, and she agreed to return to the sect and train.
• Three days later, Qin Xiao questioned Du Busi about their route and learned they were heading to where the Three Great Empires met to kill Xuan Zi.

Qin Xiao rejected Du Busi’s invitation to join the Body Sect, while Xuan Zi slaughtered a crowd seeking vengeance for the civilians he had killed. Zhang Peng invited the battered Xuan Zi to the Holy Cult, but Xuan Zi attacked him as soon as he came close.

• Du Busi told Qin Xiao the Body Sect would support Shrek Academy when a greater cause demanded it, but otherwise its members had a duty to seek chances to destroy the academy, and he urged Qin Xiao to join.
• Qin Xiao refused Du Busi’s offer to become a disciple of the Body Sect.
• Xuan Zi killed a young Soul Elder and massacred the people who had come to avenge their families at the mountain summit.
• Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger, introduced himself and invited Xuan Zi to return with him to the Holy Cult.
• Xuan Zi pretended he could barely move and asked Zhang Peng for help, then struck him with a powerful punch that sent him flying and made him vomit blood.

Xuan Zi rejected Zhang Peng’s attempt to recruit him and fought the Scorpion Tiger Douluo to the death. After Xuan Zi overwhelmed him and knocked him from the sky, Zhang Peng threatened to take Xuan Zi down with him.

• Zhang Peng tried to persuade Xuan Zi to join the evil soul masters, but Xuan Zi declared that they were his enemies and vowed to kill him.
• Zhang Peng turned to leave, but Xuan Zi attacked, activating avatar possession so he could fight at close range and keep Zhang Peng from escaping.
• Zhang Peng transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar, a giant black tiger, and sent shadowy soul beasts against Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi shattered the summoned beasts with ripples of spatial force, then fought Zhang Peng and crushed him after three exchanges.
• After crashing into the mountain forest, Zhang Peng announced that he would take Xuan Zi with him, making Xuan Zi suspect he intended to self-detonate.

Xuan Zi killed Zhang Peng, then met Du Busi and Qin Xiao as they emerged from hiding. At Shrek Academy, He Caitou told Yan Shaozhe and the others that Fan Yu and the students had been captured after someone tipped off Qin Xiao about Fan Yu’s plan.

• Xuan Zi beat Zhang Peng until his limbs were broken, then crushed his chest and killed him.
• Xuan Zi sensed two people nearby, and Du Busi and Qin Xiao came out of the woods to meet him.
• He Caitou collapsed outside Shrek City and was brought into Shrek Academy by the guards.
• After waking, He Caitou told Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er that Fan Yu had tried to kill Qin Xiao, but someone tipped them off and Fan Yu and the other students were captured.
• Yan Shaozhe admitted he had not replied to Fan Yu's messages because he feared the news would affect them.

Shrek Academy learned that Wang Dong had betrayed Fan Yu’s plan, while Xuan Zi was beaten to death by Du Busi. Du Busi brought Qin Xiao to the Body Sect and tried to entice him with the prospect of becoming Young Sect Master, but Qin Xiao remained unmoved.

• He Caitou revealed that Wang Dong had warned the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy about Fan Yu’s plan, and Xian Lin’er urged Shrek Academy to rescue the prisoners and punish Wang Dong.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Shrek Academy lacked the strength to mount a safe rescue, and Xian Lin’er rebuked Qian Duoduo for agreeing with him.
• Du Busi overpowered Xuan Zi and killed him, then insisted that Qin Xiao come with him to the Body Sect.
• Long Aotian heard that a talented newcomer might threaten his position as Young Sect Master, but remained confident in his Silver Rank second awakening.
• Du Busi introduced Qin Xiao to the Body Sect’s gathered elders and disciples, then tried to win him over by pointing out that the Young Sect Master could become engaged to Vina, a princess and heir of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qin Xiao showed no interest in Vina or the promised position, while Du Busi mistakenly assumed he was captivated by her.

Du Busi brought Qin Xiao to the Body Sect and arranged for Vina to show him around, while privately considering Qin Xiao as the sect’s future leader. Long Aotian challenged Qin Xiao over his refusal to identify as a Body Sect disciple, and their fight began at the Martial Arts Arena.

• Du Busi welcomed Qin Xiao to the Body Sect and told Vina to guide him around and arrange his stay, while Qin Xiao insisted he had not joined willingly.
• Du Busi told Jin Peng that Qin Xiao’s Gold Rank awakening and potential made him a stronger choice to lead the sect than Long Aotian.
• Long Aotian confronted Qin Xiao and objected to Vina showing an outsider around the sect, then challenged him when Qin Xiao tried to leave.
• Qin Xiao accepted the challenge, and the Body Sect disciples gathered to watch and wager on the fight.
• Qin Xiao revealed four soul rings as a Soul Ancestor, while Long Aotian revealed five rings as a Soul King and activated Demon Ape Transformation.

Qin Xiao defeated Long Aotian by piercing his shoulder with the Third Eye’s attack, proving that Long’s defenses could not stop him. After the disciples reacted to the fight, Du Busi reaffirmed his plan to make Qin Xiao Young Sect Master, while Jin Peng worried that Qin Xiao had not yet earned the sect’s allegiance.

• Long Aotian activated Dark Gold Power and challenged Qin Xiao, who opened his Third Eye and warned that his Soul Skills did not enhance his physical strength.
• Qin Xiao fired a golden ray that pierced Long Aotian’s shoulder, deliberately redirecting the attack away from his heart.
• Long Aotian admitted defeat and said he would avoid Qin Xiao in the sect, prompting the disciples to marvel at Qin Xiao’s strength.
• Qin Xiao returned to Vina and suggested they continue exploring the sect.
• Jin Peng questioned whether Du Busi should appoint Qin Xiao Young Sect Master so soon, but Du Busi said Qin Xiao’s strength would soon make everyone submit to him.

Du Busi revealed that Qin Xiao possessed twin ultimate martial souls and planned to offer him the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo to win his goodwill toward the Body Sect. In the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran persuaded Ju Zi to join the military and build support for his rule, while Zhongli Wu reacted furiously to news of the Scorpion Tiger Douluo’s death.

• Du Busi told Jin Peng that Qin Xiao had a golden second-awakening Spirit Eyes martial soul and an ultimate ice martial soul, and explained that he meant to give Qin Xiao the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• Xu Tianran acknowledged Ju Zi’s resentment over her Martial Uncle and explained why he had supported the decision concerning Qin Xiao and the Body Sect.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi to command the empire’s armies and become a celebrated female general, promising to negotiate Qin Xiao’s return if she helped secure his hold on the throne.
• Ju Zi accepted Xu Tianran’s request and asked what she should do, and he told her to withdraw from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the next day.
• Zhongli Wu smashed a wineglass after learning that Xuan Zi had rejected the Holy Spirit Cult’s goodwill and killed the Scorpion Tiger Douluo.

Zhongli Wu learned that Du Busi had apparently defeated Xuan Zi, then summoned the Holy Spirit Cult’s senior leaders. He announced that the cult would soon reveal itself to the Douluo Continent by attacking Shrek Academy.

• Zhongli Wu raged over Zhang Peng’s death and prepared to confront Xuan Zi, but a black-robed Evil Soul Master told him that Du Busi had fought Xuan Zi and that Xuan Zi had disappeared afterward.
• Zhongli Wu concluded that Du Busi had killed Xuan Zi and set aside his plans to deal with him.
• Zhongli Wu summoned the Holy Spirit Cult’s Elders, Consecrated Douluo, and Feng Ling to the Main Hall.
• Zhongli Wu told the assembled leaders that the Holy Spirit Cult would soon make its name known across the Douluo Continent.
• Zhongli Wu announced that he had decided to gather the cult’s forces and attack Shrek Academy.

Zhongli Wu learned that Xuan Zi had died and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to prepare an attack on Shrek Academy before it could reconnect with the Three Great Empires. At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe learned Xuan Zi had been killed by Du Busi and recognized the threat the Evil Soul Masters posed to the weakened academy.

• Zhongli Wu told Nangong Wan that Xuan Zi was dead and argued that Shrek Academy no longer had the strength to resist the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the elders and Consecrated Douluos to prepare to depart once they were ready.
• Du Weilun told Yan Shaozhe that eyewitnesses had reported Xuan Zi's death at the hands of a Heaven-Tall Green Giant.
• Yan Shaozhe identified the giant as Du Busi of the Body Sect, but said he would not rush into revenge.
• Yan Shaozhe warned Du Weilun that Xuan Zi's death could embolden the Evil Soul Masters to exploit Shrek Academy's weakness and turn the Three Great Empires against one another.

Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun searched for allies to protect Shrek Academy from a possible Evil Soul Master attack, and Yan Shaozhe set off to contact the Clear Sky Sect. At Clear Sky Castle, Wang Dong'er returned to Niu Tian and Tai Tan with gifts, then warned Tai Tan not to press the red switch on her redesigned Soul Guidance Lamp.

• Yan Shaozhe worried that powerful Evil Soul Masters might attack Shrek Academy and admitted that neither the Three Great Empires nor the Body Sect seemed like reliable allies.
• Du Weilun suggested seeking help from the Clear Sky Sect because of its historical ties to Shrek Academy through Tang San.
• Yan Shaozhe approved the idea and hurried off to find a way to contact the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Dong'er returned to Clear Sky Castle and greeted Niu Tian and Tai Tan, who welcomed her with affection.
• Wang Dong'er gave Niu Tian and Tai Tan matching redesigned Soul Guidance Lamps and explained their cooling and mosquito-repelling switches.
• Wang Dong'er warned Tai Tan not to press the lamp's red switch.

Wang Dong'er told Niu Tian and Tai Tan that she had become a Soul Engineer and asked them to rescue Qin Xiao from the Body Sect. After overhearing their private conversation, she learned that her biological father had placed the restriction that kept her from using Soul Tools, and she was overcome with anger at him.

• Tai Tan was shocked when Wang Dong'er's gift desk lamp struck him with its anti-theft function, and she explained how it worked.
• Wang Dong'er revealed that she could now use and make Soul Tools, while Niu Tian and Tai Tan worried that she had strayed from the Tang Sect's plans for her.
• Wang Dong'er asked Niu Tian and Tai Tan to rescue Qin Xiao, whom the Body Sect had captured, and Niu Tian promised to look for a way.
• After Wang Dong'er returned to eavesdrop, Niu Tian and Tai Tan admitted they did not intend to rescue Qin Xiao and hoped Tang San would undo Wang Dong'er's Soul Tool abilities.
• Wang Dong'er overheard that her biological father had imposed the restriction on her and concluded that he had caused her suffering.

Wang Dong'er learned that Niu Tian and Tai Tan had concealed the truth about her parents and left them to be alone. Yan Shaozhe sought the Clear Sky Sect’s aid for Shrek Academy, and Niu Tian agreed to send several elders and Tai Tan.

• Wang Dong'er confronted Niu Tian and Tai Tan after overhearing them admit they knew her father, and learned that her father was surnamed Tang and her mother Xiao.
• Wang Dong'er accused the two Sect Masters of treating her as a task and walked away, while Niu Tian persuaded Tai Tan to let her calm down.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple reported that Yan Shaozhe had arrived, and Niu Tian and Tai Tan went to meet the Shrek Academy principal.
• Yan Shaozhe asked the Clear Sky Sect to send powerful experts to help Shrek Academy through its crisis, offering one hundred million Gold Soul Coins a year.
• Niu Tian agreed to send five Titled Douluo elders and Tai Tan back to Shrek Academy with Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe negotiated with the Clear Sky Sect, while Wang Dong'er left the sect again and Niu Tian ordered elders to protect her in secret. At the Body Sect, Du Busi tried to persuade Qin Xiao to learn combat techniques, but Qin Xiao refused, leaving Du Busi scrambling to win him over.

• Tai Tan revealed his seven black and two red soul rings, impressing Yan Shaozhe, who paid the Clear Sky Sect's fee.
• Yan Shaozhe asked about Wang Dong, but Tai Tan defended her and Niu Tian sent Yan Shaozhe to rest before departing with the Five Elders.
• A disciple told Niu Tian that Wang Dong'er had left the sect and given him a letter saying she wanted to sever ties; Niu Tian ordered two elders to follow and protect her.
• Qin Xiao defeated Long Aotian's sneak attack, and Long Aotian called him Dad before leaving, as their agreement required.
• Du Busi arrived and urged Qin Xiao to train in combat techniques, but Qin Xiao said he would rather study Soul Tools.
• Du Busi promised he could teach Qin Xiao the basics in ten days, while Vina silently wondered why the Sect Master was being so humble.

After accepting Du Busi’s resources, Qin Xiao trained in the Body Sect’s unity of heaven and man combat art and quickly demonstrated extraordinary control over the elements. He confronted a ten-thousand-year Twin Cyclops while Du Busi watched, and the chapter ended as Qin Xiao summoned a powerful bolt of lightning.

• Qin Xiao agreed to train with Du Busi after accepting his medicines and soul-engineering materials, and Du Busi explained unity of heaven and man to him and Vina.
• Du Busi brought a ten-thousand-year Twin Cyclops to test Qin Xiao, and Qin Xiao stepped forward to protect Vina.
• Qin Xiao formed an earthen shield with earth elements to block the Twin Cyclops’s opening attack, astonishing Vina and revealing that he had comprehended unity of heaven and man.
• Du Busi watched from a distant tree and realized Qin Xiao had mastered the combat art in half a day, deepening his determination to make Qin Xiao the Body Sect’s successor.
• Qin Xiao summoned a massive bolt of lightning as the Twin Cyclops prepared to attack again, leaving Du Busi stunned by his control over the elements.

Qin Xiao defeated the Twin Cyclops and encountered the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Suanni, whose power rivaled a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Du Busi captured her and proposed that Qin Xiao draw upon her auspicious aura, leaving Vina overlooked despite sharing the needed mental attribute.

• Qin Xiao struck the Twin Cyclops with lightning, then explained his supposed Unity of Heaven and Man technique to Vina.
• A Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared, and Qin Xiao told Vina she was the Emperor Auspicious Beast and explained her influence on soul beasts.
• The Three-Eyed Suanni attacked Qin Xiao after finding that his lightning had ruined the Twin Cyclops's brains, but Du Busi emerged and subdued her.
• Du Busi sealed the Three-Eyed Suanni's powers and suggested that Qin Xiao draw upon her auspicious aura because their attributes matched.
• Du Busi admitted he was choosing Qin Xiao despite Vina also having a mental attribute.

Qin Xiao absorbed the Three-Eyed Suanni’s power of fate while Du Busi kept her guardian, the Scarlet King, at bay. The Three-Eyed Suanni awoke disoriented, and the Scarlet King accused Qin Xiao of mistreating her.

• Du Busi offered Vina the position of Holy Maiden of the Body Sect, then urged Qin Xiao to absorb the Three-Eyed Suanni’s power of fate.
• Qin Xiao touched foreheads with the immobilized Three-Eyed Suanni as strange light and life energy surrounded them, and he absorbed her power of fate into his pupil of destruction.
• The Scarlet King arrived to protect the Three-Eyed Suanni, but Du Busi defeated him with a single strike and persuaded him not to interfere.
• Qin Xiao emerged from the light and nodded to Du Busi, while the Three-Eyed Suanni awoke with her Third Eye briefly turning black.
• The Scarlet King shielded the unsteady Three-Eyed Suanni and accused Qin Xiao of leaving her legs weak.

The Three-Eyed Suanni discovered through Qin Xiao’s soul fragment that a great Suanni had sacrificed himself to ensure her birth, and concluded that Qin Xiao was her father’s reincarnation. After Di Tian led her back into the Star Dou Great Forest, she secretly decided to find her father in the human world, while Qin Xiao stopped Du Busi and Vina from leaving so he could obtain a Soul Ring.

• Qin Xiao dismissed most of the Three-Eyed Suanni’s memories, while she explored a soul fragment hidden among the memories he had shared.
• The Three-Eyed Suanni witnessed a great Suanni die after a thunder tribulation and learned that he had sacrificed himself so she could be born from a golden egg.
• The Three-Eyed Suanni recognized the great Suanni as her father and suspected that Qin Xiao was his reincarnation.
• Di Tian arrived, heard the Scarlet King’s account, and accepted the Three-Eyed Suanni’s claim that she was unharmed before leading her back into the forest.
• The Three-Eyed Suanni decided to leave the forest later and find her father, while the Scarlet King threatened the humans who had departed.
• Outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Qin Xiao told Du Busi and Vina he could not leave until he obtained a Soul Ring.