Chapter Summaries

Xu Jiujiu learned that Dai Youheng was safe and received his promise to return within three months, while Ling Ya explained his Martial Soul’s evolution and the cause of Shrek’s accusation. Xu Jiawei used the news to plan a public confrontation with Shrek after three months, when Dai Youheng could prove whether he was an Evil Soul Master.

• Xu Jiawei rejected handing Dai Youheng over and ordered the empire to stall Shrek while secretly searching for him.
• Ling Ya returned, and Xu Jiujiu rushed to meet him and learned that Dai Youheng was unharmed and hiding to cultivate.
• Xu Jiujiu read Dai Youheng’s letter, which reassured her and promised he would return within three months.
• Ling Ya told Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu that Dai Youheng had absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, evolved his Martial Soul into the Abyssal Demon Tiger, and was mistaken for an Evil Soul Master because of its aura.
• Ling Ya assured Xu Jiawei that Dai Youheng could control the aura within two or three months, and Xu Jiawei ordered Xu Jiujiu to invite Shrek representatives to the imperial city in three months for a public reckoning.

Zhu Shu planned to hunt Dai Youheng, while Xu Jiujiu worked to protect his hiding place and Dai Youheng prepared to lure his pursuers into a trap. As Zhu Shu and Shrek’s search party closed in, Dai Youheng paused his plan to return home for Bai Wanning’s grilled fish.

• Zhu Shu decided to find and kill Dai Youheng before the imperial family could reach him, hoping to avenge Dai Huabin and clear the way for Dai Yueheng.
• Xu Jiujiu suppressed her wish to visit Dai Youheng and vowed to give him the three months he had requested by stabilizing the situation and misleading his enemies.
• Dai Youheng practiced controlling his evil aura and admitted he was using his claimed recovery period to spend time with Bai Wanning and lure his enemies into the open.
• Nana told Dai Youheng that Zhu Shu had followed the clues she planted and was searching near Shrek’s party; she suggested he appear and flee to draw Zhu Shu away alone.
• Dai Youheng agreed to act, but Dai Luoli called him back for lunch, so he and Nana returned to eat Bai Wanning’s grilled fish first.

Dai Youheng lured Zhu Shu and two Zhu Family Soul Saints away from town, then revealed his power and Nana ambushed Zhu Shu. As Zhu Shu unleashed her strongest attack, Dai Youheng hinted that she had become the prey.

• Dai Youheng staged a chance encounter with Zhu Shu in the Small Town and fled, drawing her and two Soul Saints into pursuit.
• Dai Youheng revealed his Ice-Fire Wings, and Zhu Shu decided to kill him for revenge and the chance to obtain his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Dai Youheng revealed his unusual Soul Ring configuration and Abyssal Demon Tiger, declaring that he would show why Shrek branded him an Evil Soul Master.
• Nana ambushed Zhu Shu and wounded her, while Dai Youheng used ice and fire to keep the two Soul Saints from helping.
• Dai Youheng warned Zhu Shu that prey sometimes mistook itself for the hunter, but Zhu Shu unleashed her Eighth Soul Skill, Netherworld Space-Breaking Kill.

Dai Youheng and Nana revealed their strength against Zhu Shu and her companions, forcing the enemy into a desperate battle. Nana fought Zhu Shu while Dai Youheng faced the Hou brothers’ Mountain-Shaking Vajra, whose overwhelming strength drove him to change tactics.

• Nana revealed her nine soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and used her Illusory Domain to suppress Zhu Shu.
• Zhu Shu transformed with her Spirit Cat Avatar and fought Nana while ordering Hou Ling and Hou Jia to kill Dai Youheng.
• Hou Ling and Hou Jia fused their martial souls into the Mountain-Shaking Vajra, whose power reached the level of a peak Soul Saint or entry-level Soul Douluo.
• Dai Youheng met the Mountain-Shaking Vajra’s punch with his Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger claw, but the impact sent him flying backward.
• Dai Youheng used his Ice-Fire Wings to evade the Vajra’s grappling attacks and targeted its joints and other weak points.

Dai Youheng unleashed stacked enhancements and the Ice and Fire Body Tempering Pill, gaining overwhelming power and destroying Hou Ling and Hou Jia’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He turned toward Zhu Shu, who remained pinned down by Nana.

• Dai Youheng combined three soul skills with the Ice and Fire Body Tempering Pill to raise his attributes to eight times their normal level.
• Dai Youheng shattered the Mountain-Shaking Vajra’s armor and gravely wounded Hou Ling and Hou Jia with a punch.
• Dai Youheng pursued the defeated fusion skill and attacked it with his blade and abyssal claws while Nana kept Zhu Shu occupied.
• Dai Youheng used Ice Prison Shackles and Abyssal Demon Shadow Kill to destroy the Mountain-Shaking Vajra and kill Hou Ling and Hou Jia.
• Dai Youheng turned toward Zhu Shu as she watched in terror, still unable to break free of Nana’s assault.

Nana defeated Zhu Shu in a fierce battle, and Dai Youheng killed the fallen Zhu Family head. Dai Youheng criticized Nana’s inexperience but reassured her before they prepared to loot Zhu Shu’s belongings.

• Dai Youheng held back while Nana fought Zhu Shu, watching her movements and blocking her escape routes.
• Nana used her soul skills, soul tools, and domain to restrain and wound Zhu Shu, then knocked her from the sky with Soul Liberation.
• Dai Youheng confronted the helpless Zhu Shu and killed her despite her pleas and threats from the Zhu Family.
• Dai Youheng told Nana she had fought too slowly, but explained that she could gain experience as a novice Titled Douluo.
• Dai Youheng and Nana prepared to loot Zhu Shu’s belongings and claim her soul bone.

After killing Zhu Shu, Dai Youheng gave her two heirloom soul bones to Nana and returned with her to the village, where she began absorbing them. He searched Zhu Shu’s storage necklace and found a pile of love letters to Dai Hao, but the last pages appeared to contain useful information.

• Nana recovered Zhu Shu’s storage necklace and two soul bones, which Dai Youheng identified as the Netherworld Gale Right Leg Bone and the Phantom Shadow Veil Right Arm Bone.
• Dai Youheng gave both soul bones to Nana and ordered her to absorb them so she could become stronger and defeat powerful enemies faster.
• Dai Youheng and Nana destroyed the bodies and traces of the battle, then returned to their village without disturbing Bai Wanning.
• Nana began absorbing the soul bones while Dai Youheng searched Zhu Shu’s necklace and found a Gold Soul Coin card and a stack of papers.
• Dai Youheng discovered that the papers were love letters Zhu Shu had written to Dai Hao, and he found potentially useful information near the end of the stack.

Dai Youheng uncovered the Zhu Family’s secret force roster and assigned Nana to act against its members when he called on her. After more than three months of training in Small Mountain Village, he left for Star Luo City, promising to bring Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli somewhere better once he had dealt with matters there.

• Dai Youheng found the roster of the Zhu Family’s secretly cultivated forces and planned to use it to eliminate the resources Zhu Shu had left for Dai Yueheng.
• Nana finished absorbing her soul bones, and Dai Youheng gave her the roster and ordered her to visit its listed members when needed.
• Dai Youheng spent more than three months training in Small Mountain Village and concealed the Abyssal Demon Tiger’s aura within himself.
• Dai Youheng told Bai Wanning he was returning to Star Luo City, and she packed his belongings and called Dai Luoli to say goodbye.
• Dai Youheng promised Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli he would bring them somewhere better, then left the village with Nana.

Dai Youheng returned to Star Luo City and went to the imperial palace, where Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu awaited him. Though he privately viewed Xu Jiujiu as a political asset, he greeted her with intense affection, leaving their reunion poised to continue.

• Dai Youheng returned to Star Luo City with Ling Ya while Nana remained concealed nearby as his hidden support.
• Ling Ya escorted Dai Youheng through the city to the imperial palace, where Xu Jiawei and the anxious Xu Jiujiu waited.
• Xu Jiawei teased Xu Jiujiu about her nervous anticipation, and she insisted she was concerned only about Dai Youheng's mission and its political consequences.
• Xu Jiujiu eagerly ordered Dai Youheng and Ling Ya admitted when an attendant announced their arrival.
• Dai Youheng bowed to Xu Jiawei, then told Xu Jiujiu that he had thought of her throughout their nearly two hundred days apart.

Dai Youheng returned to the imperial palace and proved that he had mastered his powerful Abyssal Demon Tiger Martial Soul without being corrupted by it. Emperor Xu Jiawei arranged a hearing with Shrek Academy for three days later, and Xu Jiujiu urged Dai Youheng to stay at her Princess's Mansion.

• Xu Jiujiu saw Dai Youheng's changed presence and greeted him with unconcealed affection before Xu Jiawei interrupted them.
• Dai Youheng revealed his Abyssal Demon Tiger Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, to Xu Jiawei.
• Two light-attribute Soul Saints examined Dai Youheng and confirmed his Martial Soul was evil-attribute but showed no corruption or brutality, so it was not an Evil Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiawei ordered that Shrek Academy be summoned to an imperial hearing in three days to judge the accusations against Dai Youheng.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Dai Youheng to stay at her Princess's Mansion so ill-intentioned people could not target him again.

Xu Jiujiu persuaded Dai Youheng to move into the Princess’s Mansion for protection while he awaited his imperial hearing, and he agreed. News of the hearing drew Shrek Academy and Dai Hao toward Star Luo City, where the accusations against Dai Youheng would soon be tested.

• Xu Jiujiu urged Dai Youheng to stay at the Princess’s Mansion and promised to marry him if he cleared his name and rose to power.
• Dai Youheng accepted Xu Jiujiu’s offer and thanked her for her protection.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er learned that Dai Youheng would face an imperial hearing in three days and decided to attend.
• Dai Hao learned that Dai Youheng had returned and ordered an immediate trip to Star Luo City.

Dai Youheng faced a public trial in the Star Luo Imperial Palace after Shrek Academy accused him of becoming an Evil Soul Master. He denied the charge and explained that his overwhelming evil aura had come from a newly absorbed 100,000-year soul ring, while Zhu Man attended in hopes of learning what had happened to her missing sister.

• Zhu Man learned that Dai Youheng had returned while Zhu Shu remained missing, and she forced herself to attend his trial to demand answers.
• Xu Jiawei convened the court with Shrek Academy's Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er, Dai Hao, and the gravely ill Zhu Man present.
• Ling Ya brought Dai Youheng into the hall, where Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er were surprised that they could no longer sense an evil aura around him.
• Dai Youheng denied being an Evil Soul Master and said his Abyssal Demon Tiger martial soul required no harm to others.
• Dai Youheng attributed his earlier evil aura to his recently absorbed 100,000-year soul ring from an Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger, and Cai Mei'er said the explanation was plausible.

Dai Youheng demanded compensation from Shrek Academy if Yan Shaozhe’s examination proved him innocent, including a rare Soul Bone and protection from future accountability. Yan Shaozhe found no trace of evil energy in him and admitted Shrek had wronged him, agreeing to restore his reputation and honor the promises.

• Ling Ya testified that Dai Youheng had absorbed the Abyssal Ice Prison Tiger’s Soul Ring without producing evil energy of his own.
• Dai Youheng agreed to Yan Shaozhe’s examination but demanded compensation for the accusation and Yan’s earlier attempt on his life if he was cleared.
• After a brief vision changed his plans, Dai Youheng demanded Shrek’s oldest Secret Art Soul Bone and an exemption from future accountability unless he killed a Shrek student.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to the demands and examined Dai Youheng with his Bright Phoenix’s light soul power.
• Yan Shaozhe found Dai Youheng’s soul power pure, admitted he had judged him too hastily, and promised that Shrek would restore his reputation and honor its agreements.

Dai Youheng cleared his name at the public trial after revealing that Zhu Shu had attacked him and that he killed her in self-defense, then demonstrated how he could defeat a Soul Douluo despite being a Soul Emperor. The emperor ruled in his favor, and days later Dai Youheng used the fallout to damage Shrek’s reputation and received the Secret Art Soul Bone he wanted for a future divine trial.

• Zhu Man accused Dai Youheng of killing Zhu Shu, and Dai Youheng revealed Zhu Shu’s severed head and explained that he had killed her in self-defense after she attacked him.
• Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei declared Dai Youheng’s actions justified, while Dai Youheng demonstrated his strength and argued that his advantages allowed him to defeat Zhu Shu.
• Xu Jiawei ended the trial in Dai Youheng’s favor, and Dai Hao left with Zhu Man and Zhu Shu’s head as Shrek’s representatives accepted the verdict.
• Dai Youheng and Nana spread rumors that Shrek had framed him to help Dai Yueheng inherit the Duke’s Mansion, further damaging Shrek’s reputation.
• Shrek delivered Dai Youheng a Secret Art Soul Bone with effects equivalent to a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, which he intended to use for a future divine trial.

After rejecting both the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and the Princess’s Mansion, Dai Youheng chose to leave Star Luo City and cultivate in seclusion so he could become worthy of marrying Xu Jiujiu. He promised to return within two years, then disappeared from the guards pursuing him with help from Nana’s Darkness Domain.

• Dai Hao considered expelling Dai Youheng but decided that his talent and political value made doing so too dangerous.
• Dai Youheng told Xu Jiujiu he would cultivate in seclusion until he reached the Soul Douluo realm and could marry her without criticism.
• Dai Youheng promised to return within two years, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to wait for him.
• Xu Jiujiu sent two Soul Saint guards to follow Dai Youheng and protect him in secret.
• Nana used her Darkness Domain to make Dai Youheng vanish from the guards’ sight before they had traveled ten li from the city.
• Xu Jiujiu accepted that Dai Youheng wanted to be left alone and resolved to wait for his promised return.

Xu Jiawei summoned Xu Jiujiu and argued that Dai Youheng’s growing power threatened the Star Luo Empire unless he was bound by the star crown pact. Torn between her love for Dai Youheng and her duty to the Xu Family, Xu Jiujiu accepted her brother’s plan.

• Xu Jiujiu arrived at the Star-Gazing Platform after Xu Jiawei summoned her urgently from the palace.
• Xu Jiawei warned Xu Jiujiu that Dai Youheng’s rapid growth could make him a threat to the Star Luo Empire and proposed using the star crown pact to control him.
• Xu Jiawei explained that the pact would enhance Dai Youheng’s martial soul while giving its bearer the power to inflict pain or kill him.
• Xu Jiujiu protested that the pact would violate Dai Youheng’s dignity and destroy the trust between them, but Xu Jiawei insisted imperial power came before private affection.
• Xu Jiawei persuaded Xu Jiujiu that the pact could be a benefit if Dai Youheng was sincere and loyal, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to proceed.

Dai Youheng began a two-year cultivation in a dream using a mysterious method from the Golden Vajra Evil-Repelling Body, aiming to reach the Soul Saint realm and complete the God of Sloth's trial. Nana guarded him as he sank into perpetual deep meditation.

• Dai Youheng explained to the Snow Empress that he would cultivate by sleeping for two years using a dream-based method.
• Dai Youheng recited the obscure formula, and he and the Snow Empress wondered whether it had been created by powerful Evil-Repelling Beasts and Demon Charms.
• Dai Youheng began the method, entering perpetual deep meditation as his soul power and physical condition improved through the fate-reversing heavenly demon pill martial soul.
• Dai Youheng believed two years of dream cultivation could bring him from Soul Emperor to Soul Saint and fulfill the God of Sloth's trial.
• Nana checked Dai Youheng and silently guarded him as the trial began.

Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress explored a dream domain created by their intertwined dreams and registered their marriage there. After Manager Bei appeared and spoke about the nature of dreams, Dai Youheng realized the mysterious man was more than a figure he had imagined, while the Snow Empress remained unaware of the encounter.

• Dai Youheng explained that their beach and the places they visited were part of a dream domain formed by their consciousnesses.
• Dai Youheng showed the Snow Empress his former world's city, where she suggested they register their marriage.
• Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress received marriage certificates from the handsome registrar, Manager Bei.
• Manager Bei warned that dreams should reveal desires rather than replace reality, then left to handle another couple's dispute.
• Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress appeared outside the bureau with their certificates, and Dai Youheng glimpsed Manager Bei watching them as the Snow Empress led him onward.

Huo Yuhao learned of Dai Youheng’s bloody rise and resolved to find and help him when he returned to the Douluo Continent. Meanwhile, the Lan sisters graduated from Shrek Academy to seek a second awakening from the Body Sect, and Princess Vina revealed that a friend had asked her to assist them.

• Dai Youheng failed to find Manager Bei in his dream and realized the man might have been the one who sent him through the Heavenly Rift.
• Wang Dong visited Huo Yuhao during his holiday and told him that Dai Youheng had killed Dai Huabin and Zhu Shu, while accusations that he was an Evil Soul Master remained controversial.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Xu Jiujiu had intercepted and destroyed letters from Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan, then resolved to find Dai Youheng and try to bring him back to Shrek Academy.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo broke through to rank forty, graduated from Shrek Academy, and traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire to seek the Body Sect.
• Princess Vina met the Lan sisters and told them that a friend had asked her to offer them help.

Vina brought Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to the Body Sect after revealing that Dai Youheng had arranged for her to help them. Du Busi welcomed the sisters and affirmed that their hair martial souls made them members of the Body Sect’s family.

• Vina told Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo that Dai Youheng had asked her to guide them to the Body Sect, and she reassured them that he was safe and cultivating in seclusion.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo accepted Vina’s help, and she led them through a dangerous mountain route to the Body Sect’s hidden valley.
• Vina showed the sisters the grand Body Sect estate and its towering Body Tower, explaining that the sect offered children with body martial souls a bright, welcoming home.
• Du Busi came out to greet Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, welcomed them as family despite their hair martial souls, and apologized for overlooking them during his previous visit to Shrek.