Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hai faced Wang Qiu'er in a strength-only duel before the watching elders and Saintess. Wang Qiu'er’s Golden Dragon Spear and Jiang Hai’s World-Suppressing Bronze Coffin kept them evenly matched as the battlefield collapsed beneath them.

• The Fourth Elder cleared a battlefield and ordered Wang Qiu'er and Jiang Hai to fight while he refereed.
• Wang Qiu'er charged Jiang Hai with a precisely controlled thrust from her Golden Dragon Spear, and Jiang Hai caught the weapon with both hands.
• Jiang Hai’s World-Suppressing Bronze Coffin resisted the spear’s draconic pressure and blood-draining effect, though Wang Qiu'er pulled the weapon free.
• Wang Qiu'er and Jiang Hai traded more than a hundred blows using only their physical strength, sinking the battlefield into a huge pit.
• Night Rakshasa and Zhang Peng wondered at Jiang Hai’s strength, and the Fourth Elder attributed it to his martial soul and corpse refinement.

Wang Qiu'er and Jiang Hai escalated their close-combat duel, revealing the Eye of Destiny and Jiang Hai’s powerful soul skills. The White Sea Eagle joined the fight by diving at Jiang Hai as Wang Qiu'er’s gaze met its golden eyes.

• Wang Qiu'er abandoned her Golden Dragon Spear advantage and challenged Jiang Hai with her martial soul, while Jiang Hai revealed four black soul rings and one red ring.
• Jiang Hai used Azure Light Flight and the Bronze Coffin to attack, but Wang Qiu'er countered with her Golden Dragon soul skills.
• Jiang Hai used Nine-Lives Cicada Molt to shed the impact of Wang Qiu'er's strike and attacked her with Iceflame Diamond Transformation.
• Wang Qiu'er opened her Eye of Destiny, suppressing Jiang Hai’s ultimate ice and fire, then unleashed Golden Dragon Head.
• The White Sea Eagle answered Wang Qiu'er's gaze with a piercing cry and transformed into golden light as it dived toward Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai defeated Wang Qiu'er in an aerial battle and asked her to release her control over the White Sea Eagle. He then defended humanity’s right to hunt soul beasts, declaring that the world had entered the age of humanity.

• Jiang Hai used Magnetic Field and Ten Thousand Thunders Heavenly Prison to trap Wang Qiu'er and the White Sea Eagle, then caught up with them in the sky.
• Jiang Hai resisted the White Sea Eagle’s cry and fought Wang Qiu'er at close quarters on the eagle’s back, gradually gaining the advantage.
• After Wang Qiu'er lost focus, Jiang Hai stopped a golden fist at her throat, and she admitted defeat.
• Jiang Hai asked Wang Qiu'er to release the White Sea Eagle, but she first questioned why he had joined the Holy Spirit Cult and sought a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Jiang Hai argued that humanity could defeat the soul beasts if necessary and said humans could survive even if soul beasts became extinct.

Jiang Hai told Wang Qiu'er that soul beasts might one day escape humans by migrating to another living world, then showed her the soul-tool technology he had embedded in his arm. After Wang Qiu'er agreed to nurture Xiao Bai's golden bloodline, the Scarlet King arrived seeking the Auspicious Beast and was attacked by the three Evil Soul Masters.

• Jiang Hai explained that soul beasts could seek a future among the stars, though humans could not yet travel there and the journey would be dangerous.
• Jiang Hai revealed his soul-tool-enhanced left arm, and Wang Qiu'er agreed to help nurture the golden bloodline within Xiao Bai in exchange for seeing a powerful soul tool.
• Zhang Peng, the Fourth Elder, Night Rakshasa, and Tang Ya sensed a threat and prepared for battle as the Scarlet King charged toward them.
• Zhang Peng identified the Scarlet King as the eighth-ranked ferocious beast and considered taking his blood, soul ring, and soul bone.
• The Scarlet King demanded that they hand over the Auspicious Beast, then realized they were not responsible for her disappearance and offered to spare them.
• Night Rakshasa mocked the Scarlet King, and the Fourth Elder attacked with his Netherworld Sword and Netherworld Domain as the Scarlet King ignited his Red-Stripe Flame.

Jiang Hai forced Wang Qiu'er to send Di Tian a warning while the Fourth Elder and the other Soul Masters fought the Scarlet King. The warning brought the forest’s ferocious beasts rushing toward the battle, and the Fourth Elder struck off one of the Scarlet King’s heads as he prepared to meet his counterattack.

• Jiang Hai recognized the Fourth Elder’s powerful domain and realized the Scarlet King was being surrounded below.
• Wang Qiu'er saw the Scarlet King losing to the Fourth Elder, Night Rakshasa, Zhang Peng, and Tang Ya, while Jiang Hai revealed his weapons and warned her not to interfere.
• Jiang Hai demanded to know how quickly Di Tian could arrive, and Wang Qiu'er sent a golden signal warning him that the Scarlet King was under attack.
• The golden pillar stirred the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts, and the Fourth Elder ordered Night Rakshasa and Zhang Peng to finish the Scarlet King quickly.
• Tang Ya used her Blue Silver Soul-Seizing Eyes to immobilize one of the Scarlet King’s heads, and the Fourth Elder severed it with his Netherworld Sword.
• The Scarlet King counterattacked with hellhounds and demonic flames, and the Fourth Elder unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill to swallow the charging hellhounds.

The Fourth Elder, Night Rakshasa, and Zhang Peng fought the Scarlet King, who survived their attacks by detonating one of his heads and nearly killed Night Rakshasa in the resulting blast. As Zi JI arrived to defend the Star Dou Great Forest, the Fourth Elder and Zhang Peng held her off so Night Rakshasa and Tang Ya could retreat to the Sun Moon Empire.

• The Fourth Elder and Night Rakshasa wounded the Scarlet King with their weapons while Zhang Peng pressed him in close combat.
• Zhang Peng detonated all his collected beast souls, badly injuring the Scarlet King but leaving him alive.
• Night Rakshasa used Rakshasa God Arrival to attack, and the Scarlet King detonated one of his heads, destroying the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and injuring everyone nearby.
• Zi JI arrived with other powerful soul beasts as the Scarlet King survived with one head remaining.
• The Fourth Elder ordered Night Rakshasa and Tang Ya to retreat to the Sun Moon Empire while he and Zhang Peng moved to hold Zi JI off.

Jiang Hai killed the Scarlet King with the Purple Lightning Coffin, took his remains, and fled with Wang Qiu'er toward Shrek City as the Star Dou Great Forest's rulers mobilized. He reached Shrek City under a level-one red alert, while Zi JI reported the attack to Di Tian and revealed that the Auspicious Beast had been with Jiang Hai.

• Jiang Hai crushed the Scarlet King with the Purple Lightning Coffin, then cut off his final head and absorbed his remains into the Azure Jade Coffin.
• Jiang Hai escaped west on the White Sea Eagle with Wang Qiu'er, while the Fourth Elder and Zhang Peng fled by separate routes.
• Wang Qiu'er accused Jiang Hai of killing the Scarlet King for his Soul Ring, and Jiang Hai refused to explain how he planned to absorb it.
• The White Sea Eagle carried Jiang Hai and Wang Qiu'er to Shrek City, where the Sea God Pavilion elders ordered a level-one red alert.
• Zi JI returned to Di Tian and reported that Jiang Hai had killed the Scarlet King, that the Auspicious Beast had been aboard the White Sea Eagle, and that Xiong Jun was pursuing the blood-drinking attacker.

After the Scarlet King’s death and the failure to capture his killers, Di Tian led the Star Dou Great Forest’s monarchs to confront Shrek Academy. The standoff ended with Xuan Zi offering Di Tian one year to seek revenge, but Di Tian turned his attention to the Golden Ancient Tree, alarming Shrek’s experts.

• Xiong Jun returned and told Di Tian’s group that a rank-ninety-nine Soul Master had helped the wounded human tiger escape.
• Di Tian identified the rescuer as Long Xiaoyao and said human Evil Soul Masters had likely killed the Scarlet King.
• Di Tian led the Star Dou Great Forest’s monarchs to Shrek Academy and demanded the killers, the Scarlet King’s remains, a hundred-year ban on entering the forest, and mourning sackcloth.
• Xuan Zi denied Shrek’s involvement, accepted the hundred-year ban on entering the forest, and rejected the other demands.
• Bi Ji named Long Xiaoyao as the Scarlet King’s killer, and Xuan Zi refused to hand him over but offered to let Di Tian leave the forest for one year to seek revenge.
• Di Tian ignored the others and looked toward the Golden Ancient Tree, prompting Xuan Zi and the other Shrek experts to warn him not to go further.

Mu En and Long Xiaoyao confronted Di Tian over the Scarlet King's death, averting a war with Shrek Academy as Long Xiaoyao drew Di Tian away. Three months later, Jiang Hai emerged from seclusion after fusing with the Scarlet King's Soul Ring, while Ning Qingdeng and Gong Ruxian discussed his growing strength and possible bond with Ning Tian.

• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao faced Di Tian, and Long Xiaoyao claimed responsibility for killing the Scarlet King to keep Shrek Academy out of the dispute.
• Long Xiaoyao attacked Zi JI, then lured Di Tian west, where their battle moved out of sight; Bi Ji led the others back to Star Dou Great Forest.
• Mu En praised Xuan Zi and warned Shrek’s Titled Douluos to avoid venturing deep into Star Dou Great Forest until Yuhao matured.
• Jiang Hai spent three months in the Eight Treasures Tower enduring the Scarlet King's Soul Ring fusion while the Bronze Coffin refined the Scarlet King's remains and Skull Bone.
• Ning Qingdeng and Gong Ruxian watched the tower and discussed Jiang Hai’s rising power and Ning Tian’s possible interest in him; Jiang Hai came downstairs and asked who was oblivious.

Jiang Hai reunited with Ning Qingdeng and revealed that he had fused with the Scarlet King's soul ring, becoming a six-ring Soul Emperor with two extraordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. After learning about the Holy Spirit Cult's strength and the Civilization Research Institute's progress, he agreed to stay in Shrek City and visit the Inner Court event.

• Ning Qingdeng restored Jiang Hai's strength, and Jiang Hai drank several wineskins before revealing his six soul rings.
• Jiang Hai confirmed that he had obtained the Scarlet King's soul ring, stunning Ning Qingdeng and Gong Ruxian.
• Jiang Hai described the Holy Spirit Cult's powerful ranks and forces, while Ning Qingdeng worried about the danger of Jiang Hai's position there.
• Ning Qingdeng told Jiang Hai that the Civilization Research Institute and its academy had been completed, and that Xue Linglong's soul tool techniques had advanced.
• Jiang Hai and Ning Qingdeng agreed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would skip the Soul Fighting Tournament, while Jiang Hai would help protect Little Tian and Little Feng.
• Ning Qingdeng invited Jiang Hai to stay in Shrek City for an Inner Court event, and Jiang Hai agreed.

After completing his breakthrough, Jiang Hai returned to Shrek City to investigate his Martial Soul’s nine-coffin limit and reconnect with old friends. He visited the Tang Sect, where Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi welcomed him, and began explaining why he had come.

• Jiang Hai absorbed the Scarlet King's Soul Ring, reached level 64, liquefied his Soul Power, and condensed his seventh coffin.
• Jiang Hai realized his Martial Soul might be limited to nine coffins, potentially preventing him from advancing beyond level 90, and decided Shrek Academy’s research could help him find a solution.
• Jiang Hai wandered through Shrek City and entered the Tang Sect, asking to see Bei Bei.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi recognized Jiang Hai and brought him into the assembly hall, where He Caitou also appeared.
• Jiang Hai told Bei Bei that he was only passing through and had come to visit and discuss a few things, while Xu Sanshi urged him to ask Shrek Academy for help.

Jiang Hai reunited with the Tang Sect and revealed that Tang Ya had become a Holy Spirit Cult Soul Douluo but had lost her memory. He said she would appear at the Soul Fighting Tournament in a little over two months, giving Bei Bei and the others a chance to plan her rescue.

• Jiang Hai declined Xu Sanshi's invitation to join Shrek Academy and confirmed he planned to enter the Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Jiang Hai told Bei Bei that Tang Ya was the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Maiden and an Acting Elder, but that she had lost her memory and was likely being controlled with drugs.
• Jiang Hai warned the group not to attack the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters and said Tang Ya would appear at the tournament in a little over two months.
• Jiang Hai admitted that he was working to bring down the Holy Spirit Cult, then left the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao arrived and learned that Jiang Hai had visited to bring news of Tang Ya; he also revealed that Jiang Hai had once taught He Caitou as Teacher Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Hai returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Chen Yong, who had been waiting for him and refusing to enter the Inner Court without him. Jiang Hai urged Chen Yong to pass the Inner Court assessment, promising they could fight together again in the upcoming tournament.

• Jiang Hai crossed Shrek Academy’s wall and skimmed across Sea God Lake toward the secluded lakeshore where he used to cultivate.
• Wu Feng and Yang Shanshan watched Jiang Hai cross the lake and discussed why he remained in the Outer Court.
• Jiang Hai approached Chen Yong as he practiced, and Chen Yong attacked before recognizing his old boss.
• Jiang Hai and Chen Yong embraced as Chen Yong tearfully apologized for failing to protect him.
• Jiang Hai learned Chen Yong had refused to enter the Inner Court and ordered him to take the assessment, saying he would compete in the upcoming tournament with Chen Yong and Cloud Sea.

Jiang Hai persuaded Chen Yong to pursue admission to Shrek Academy’s Inner Court so he could attend the Sea God’s Fate gathering, then accompanied him to begin the assessment. The chapter ended with Chen Yong preparing to face an Inner Court disciple beside Sea God Lake.

• Jiang Hai told Chen Yong that the Soul Fighting Tournament rules might change and urged him to enter the Inner Court, and Chen Yong agreed.
• Jiang Hai revealed his soul power had reached level sixty-four and told Chen Yong about the Sea God’s Fate gathering the next night.
• Jiang Hai brought Chen Yong to see Mu Jin, who arranged for him to take the Inner Court assessment that evening.
• Mu Jin took Chen Yong and Jiang Hai to Teacher Zhang, who set Chen Yong’s assessment as lasting fifteen minutes against an Inner Court disciple.
• Teacher Zhang led them toward Sea God Lake, where the assessment would take place.

Jiang Hai brought Chen Yong to the Sea God's Fate gathering for his Inner Court assessment, where Wu Ming tested him while Wu Feng watched anxiously. Chen Yong held his ground against Wu Ming's fire-enhanced attacks, and Wu Feng began following Ning Tian's advice to help him.

• Jiang Hai explained that the Sea God's Fate gathering would let Chen Yong show his strength to Inner Court students, while Chen Yong teased him about Xiaotao and Ning Tian.
• Han Ruoruo restrained Chen Yong with her Shaking Gold Rope, and Ma Xiaotao intervened before Zhang Wen clarified that Chen Yong had come for his assessment.
• Wu Ming agreed to assess Chen Yong, setting the condition that he endure her attacks for one stick of incense with her soul power suppressed to level 60.
• Wu Feng blushed when the others teased her about Chen Yong, while Ning Tian advised her to use the assessment rules to help him.
• Chen Yong met Wu Ming's attacks with precise defenses, using Immovable as a Mountain and Earth Contract to draw power from the earth as Wu Feng approached the incense.

Jiang Hai reunited with Zhang Lexuan at Shrek Academy and explained why he had returned, then went with her to visit Yan Shaozhe. Meanwhile, Chen Yong passed his Inner Court assessment, and the chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe greeting Jiang Hai.

• Jiang Hai spoke with Zhang Lexuan about concealing his identity, the Holy Spirit Cult, and his plans to pursue soul engineering.
• Wu Ming and Chen Yong fought until the incense burned out, and Wu Ming judged that Chen Yong met the Inner Court's standards.
• Zhang Lexuan approved Chen Yong's acceptance into the Inner Court, and Zhang Wen took him to complete the transfer procedures.
• Ma Xiaotao left after Zhang Lexuan told her to rest before the Sea God's Fate gathering, while Jiang Hai emerged from hiding.
• Zhang Lexuan led Jiang Hai to the Sea God Pavilion, where Yan Shaozhe recognized him and welcomed him back.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Jiang Hai reunited with Yan Shaozhe and explained his experiences, including the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength. He revealed that his Sevenfold Heavenly Coffin might limit his cultivation to level 90, and Yan Shaozhe urged him to seek a way beyond that limit within himself.

• Yan Shaozhe welcomed Jiang Hai back, and Jiang Hai finally agreed to call him Teacher.
• Jiang Hai recounted his five years at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and what he had learned about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang Hai revealed the seven coffins of his martial soul and worried that its limit might prevent him from reaching Titled Douluo.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed researching ancient texts, seeking immortal herbs or a god’s inheritance, and ultimately surpassing the limit through Jiang Hai’s own strength.
• Jiang Hai accepted Yan Shaozhe’s advice, renewed his confidence, and thanked him as Yan Shaozhe offered to seek permission for him to enter the Library Pavilion.

After Yan Shaozhe explained that Jiang Hai had reached his Martial Soul’s limit, Jiang Hai stayed at Zhang Lexuan’s home and considered how to grow stronger. The next evening, he headed to the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Gathering in a Ghost-Face Mask, where Yan Shaozhe vouched for him as a returning disciple.

• Yan Shaozhe reflected on Jiang Hai’s Martial Soul limit after Jiang Hai left, while Zhang Lexuan invited Jiang Hai to stay at her residence.
• Jiang Hai cultivated with the Holy Emperor Secret Art as Zhang Lexuan rested, and the next morning he made breakfast and fed Xiao Bai a Dragon Carp.
• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Hai about the evening’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Gathering, and he stayed at her home to cultivate while waiting for it.
• Jiang Hai wore a Ghost-Face Mask to the gathering and sold another mask to Ye Liu, who joined him on the way to Sea God Lake.
• Xuan Zi and the other academy leaders noticed Jiang Hai and Ye Liu among the male students, and Yan Shaozhe explained that Jiang Hai was a returning disciple.

At the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Gathering, Jiang Hai used the White Sea Eagle to reach the lake's water lilies ahead of the other male students and foiled Xu Sanshi's attempt to displace him. After Jiang Hai took Xu Sanshi's money, the first round's participants held their positions as the gathering began.

• Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan welcomed the students and explained that male students had to land on one of the illuminated water lilies to secure a place in the first round.
• As the students raced across Sea God Lake, Jiang Hai rode the White Sea Eagle, which revealed its powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast form and carried him to a water lily first.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement on Jiang Hai, but Jiang Hai's Nine-Lives Cicada Molt left behind a clone, allowing him to keep his place and kick Xu Sanshi away.
• Xu Sanshi landed in fourth place, while Ye Liu and Zhao Feiying also secured positions near Jiang Hai.
• Xu Sanshi offered Jiang Hai one thousand in exchange for not competing for Nannan, and Jiang Hai accepted the money.

At the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Gathering, Jiang Hai impressed the crowd by crossing the lake and using his Glazed Heart Mirror to reveal Han Ruoruo's face, while avoiding a direct attempt to uncover Nannan. After Zhao Feiying and Ye Liu took their turns, Xu Sanshi charged toward Nannan as the first stage continued.

• Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei explained the gathering's rules and began the Mutual Appreciation stage.
• Jiang Hai walked across the water, used his Glazed Heart Mirror to reveal Han Ruoruo's face, and returned without unveiling Nannan.
• Jiang Hai declined to expose more Sea God Fairies, then advised Ye Liu to avoid making a mistake.
• Zhao Feiying flew out and removed Ning Tian's veil, while Ye Liu failed to lift anyone's veil and returned safely.
• Xu Sanshi charged toward Nannan, calling her his darling.