Chapter Summaries

Elder Cheng revealed the giant Mecha he had developed, and Xu Cheng used his expanded spiritual power to pilot it. Meanwhile, Jiang Nannan traveled with her sick mother toward the Sun Moon Empire, unaware that their driver intended to take them to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Elder Cheng explained that his giant Mecha could match a Super Douluo in combat but required immense spiritual power to operate.
• Xu Cheng demonstrated his Spiritual Sharing skill and revealed that his fifth Soul Ring came from a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Elder Cheng let Xu Cheng enter the Mecha, and Xu Cheng linked with its controls and activated it.
• Jiang Nannan thanked the driver for helping her and her mother evade the Mystic Yin Sect's search.
• The driver learned that Jiang Nannan attended Shrek Academy and said he was taking them to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xu Cheng tested Elder Cheng’s giant growth-type mecha and learned that it could eventually reach Limit Douluo-level strength, though its immense spiritual power requirements made it difficult to pilot. After Elder Cheng promised to finish optimizing it before the Continental Soul Engineer Tournament, Xu Cheng confronted him about his approaching death, and Elder Cheng revealed the old injuries behind his condition.

• Xu Cheng piloted the giant mecha for an hour and discussed its spiritual power demands and limited pool of potential pilots with Elder Cheng.
• Xu Cheng learned that the mecha’s materials could withstand Limit Douluo-level power and that Elder Cheng would finish optimizing it before the Continental Soul Engineer Tournament.
• Elder Cheng explained that he planned to develop smaller mechas for mass production and support Xu Cheng’s ambitions to unite the world.
• Xu Cheng asked whether Elder Cheng was helping him through his final stretch of life, and Elder Cheng admitted he had hidden his condition.
• Elder Cheng revealed that a soul beast had gravely injured him when he was young, leaving hidden wounds that damaged his brain and sometimes caused mental instability.

Xu Cheng resolved to find a way to heal Elder Cheng’s hidden injury and agreed to travel to the Far North with Tian Meng to recruit powerful soul beasts for their god-making plan. At a festival gathering, he learned the Sun Moon Royal Academy’s provisional tournament roster and was offered a place on the main team.

• Xu Cheng decided he would obtain the life-gold carving knife at the upcoming tournament auction to save Elder Cheng, despite Tian Meng’s doubts about healing the injury.
• Tian Meng proposed traveling to the Far North to enlist his powerful soul-beast acquaintances in Xu Cheng’s god-making plan, and Xu Cheng agreed.
• Xu Cheng joined Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Tang Ya, Ju Zi, Shi Xing, Nana, Ji Juechen, and Huo Yuhao at a festival, where he sampled Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish.
• Xu Cheng asked Ji Juechen about the Sword of Judgment, and Ji said he was getting along with it.
• Xiao Hongchen explained that he and the others were provisionally assigned to the reserve team, offered Xu Cheng a place on the main team, and said Xu Cheng could choose the reserve team’s remaining two members.

Xu Cheng launched four paper boats with wishes for safety, health, and survival, then received a report about a Shrek student’s sick mother. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong struggled through Zhou Yi’s training and became nauseated while trying Soul Tools, while Tang San inspected the lower realm and realized Huo Yuhao’s companions did not match his expectations.

• Xu Cheng assigned the final travel spots to Huo Yuhao and Shi Xing after revealing that a Holy Spirit Cult elder had infiltrated Shrek Academy.
• Nana, Meng Hongchen, Tang Ya, and Ju Zi each gave Xu Cheng a paper boat, and he launched them with wishes for his safety, his teacher’s health, and his own survival.
• Xu Cheng received a report that Jiang Nannan’s seriously ill mother had arrived in Mingdu after being harmed by the Mystic Yin Sect.
• Wang Dong endured Zhou Yi’s punishing classes, then went to Shrek City with Xiao Xiao and repeatedly became nauseated while testing storage Soul Tools.
• Tang San watched Wang Dong try Soul Tools, then saw Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish with Tang Ya, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen, causing his smile to freeze.

Tang San discovered that his chosen child of destiny had ended up at the Sun Moon Empire’s academy and tried to interfere, but the God Kings Goodness and Evil stopped him. They ordered him to detach his father’s fate pattern from Douluo Star within a day, leaving Tang San furious but pretending to Xiao Wu that nothing was wrong.

• Tang San saw that Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect disciples were at the Sun Moon Empire’s academy and feared the empire would win the coming war.
• Tang San tried to use divine power to intervene, but Goodness and Evil appeared and accused him of meddling in the lower planes and letting his father devour Douluo Star’s Plane Spirit.
• Evil gave Tang San one day to detach his father’s fate pattern from Douluo Star, warning him not to expect further indulgence.
• Tang San agreed inwardly, deciding his family’s grand plan mattered more than his father’s life, and Goodness and Evil said they would watch him.
• Xiao Wu came out of the palace, and Tang San hid his anger by claiming he was worried about Xiao Qi.

The God Realm Committee decided to support a mortal genius as a future check on Tang San, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek after Wang Dong reacted painfully to Soul Tools. At a duel between Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, Xu Sanshi made a remark that emotionally devastated Bei Bei, and Wang Dong’s laughter ended her gloom but angered the crowd.

• Evil proposed supporting a mortal successor to keep Tang San in check, and Kindness identified a genius for Destruction to sponsor.
• Wang Dong suffered painful reactions while testing more than a hundred Soul Tools, then Xiao Xiao persuaded her to watch Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi duel.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi entered the Soul Fighting Arena as the crowd cheered for Bei Bei.
• Xu Sanshi told Bei Bei, "She never loved you," and Bei Bei collapsed in tears.
• Wang Dong laughed at Bei Bei’s reaction, then Xiao Xiao hurriedly took her out as the referee canceled the match and offered refunds.

Xu Cheng accepted Ju Zi’s hairpin and helped her with her hair before a mysterious purple-robed figure appeared on the academy path. Xu Cheng recognized the visitor as Destruction, who demanded that Xu Cheng bow before him.

• Xu Cheng met Ju Zi outside Mingde Hall and learned she had joined Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory with Keke.
• Ju Zi gave Xu Cheng an old-fashioned hairpin and asked him to help arrange her hair while Keke secretly watched nearby.
• Xu Cheng reflected on Xuan Ziwen, Huo Yuhao, and the danger of God King Tang as he walked with Ju Zi.
• The academy path fell silent, Ju Zi disappeared, and a purple-robed man appeared before Xu Cheng.
• Xu Cheng identified the visitor as a god associated with destruction, and Destruction demanded that he bow.
• Xu Cheng told Destruction that the Divine Realm must not interfere with the mortal world.

The God of Destruction offered Xu Cheng a trial after learning he had rejected Tang San’s offer, and Xu Cheng accepted. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong was challenged by Dai Huabin and learned that the Tang Sect’s heir had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, while Xu Cheng read Elder Cheng’s plans for a Soul Master-style blitzkrieg.

• The God of Destruction questioned Xu Cheng about Tang San’s trial, then offered him his own trial, which Xu Cheng tentatively accepted.
• Xiao Xiao brought Wang Dong breakfast and eagerly pressed her attention on her, leaving Wang Dong uncomfortable.
• Dai Huabin challenged Wang Dong to fight in the upcoming Soul Beast Arena assessment, and Wang Dong accepted.
• Wang Dong learned from a Clear Sky Sect subordinate that the Tang Sect’s surviving heir had joined the Holy Spirit Cult and been rescued after attacking a Shrek student.
• Tian Meng celebrated Xu Cheng’s progress toward their goal while Xu Cheng read Elder Cheng’s book outlining a blitzkrieg suited to the Douluo Continent.

Xu Cheng reviewed Cheng Baiqing’s blitzkrieg plans and learned that God King Tang’s restrictions on Douluo Star had likely lifted, then witnessed Electrolux awaken in his Sea of Consciousness. In the Far North, Xu Cheng and Tian Meng captured the Ice Empress and told her she was part of their God-Making Plan.

• Xu Cheng admired Cheng Baiqing’s military plans, which included strategies against the Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy, and said he intended to challenge the gods now that God King Tang’s restrictions had likely lifted.
• Electrolux awakened in Xu Cheng’s Sea of Consciousness and argued with Tian Meng before introducing himself to Xu Cheng.
• Electrolux praised Xu Cheng, suggested they shared a destined connection, and faded back into stillness.
• Xu Cheng flew to the Far North with Tian Meng and hid in the snow near its core.
• Tian Meng used his spiritual power to trap the Ice Empress, and Xu Cheng told her she was part of their God-Making Plan.

Xu Cheng persuaded the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself and help him become a god, offering an independent Martial Soul and Soul Bone. As they prepared to begin the painful fusion, Elder Cheng decided to travel to the Far North and considered bringing back a suitable Soul Beast.

• Xu Cheng revealed the god’s protective mark in his Sea of Consciousness and explained that he and Tian Meng would kill the Ice Empress if she refused his offer.
• The Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself and said she could provide an independent Martial Soul and a Soul Bone in a form Xu Cheng chose.
• Elder Cheng decided to travel to the Far North to find rare metal and considered bringing back a suitable Soul Beast.

Xu Cheng completed his fusion with the Ice Empress, gaining her scarlet Soul Ring and a Soul Beast Transformation Halo, while the Snow Empress prepared for the loneliness her choice would bring. Later, Xu Cheng promised Sun Moon Empire military leaders that war against the other three nations would begin within three years, and their enthusiastic support showed his growing influence.

• Xu Cheng completed his fusion with the Ice Empress, forming protective armor and gaining her four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng celebrated their bond, and the Ice Empress stung him in the backside.
• The Snow Empress recognized that Bing'er had chosen the fusion and began preparing for the loneliness ahead.
• Xu Cheng told Sun Moon Empire military leaders that war against the other three nations would begin within three years, prompting them to cheer.
• Xu Cheng left military headquarters with senior officers saluting him, then reflected on the military factions and their support for him.

Xu Cheng visited Elder Cheng’s laboratory, where he learned the mecha was nearing completion and revealed that a soul beast’s sacrifice had given him a new martial soul. The chapter ended when Elder Cheng showed him a captured, hundred-thousand-year soul beast in a testing chamber.

• Xu Cheng told Ju Zi he planned to send her to the Military Headquarters while he traveled to Shrek Academy as an exchange student.
• Xu Cheng and the Ice Empress reflected on humanity’s technological advances as they entered Mingde Hall’s underground laboratory.
• Elder Cheng demonstrated the First Unit mecha and explained that its latest improvements would let Xu Cheng wield Titled Douluo-level strength for about an hour.
• Xu Cheng revealed his new martial soul and crimson hundred-thousand-year soul ring, explaining that a dying soul beast had sacrificed itself to him.
• Elder Cheng showed Xu Cheng a captured soul beast that had been in the middle of taking human form and could provide him with another soul ring.

Xu Cheng learned that Elder Cheng had captured the Snow Empress and gave him the God-Sealing Platform holding her. After the Snow Empress met the Ice Empress and heard how Xu Cheng had gained her trust, Xu Cheng used his [Soul Beast Transformation] title to stabilize the Snow Empress’s origin power and improve her chances of transforming.

• Elder Cheng gave Xu Cheng the miniature God-Sealing Platform and left him to decide what to do with it.
• Xu Cheng opened the platform, and the Snow Empress entered his Sea of Consciousness, where she recognized the Ice Empress and met Tian Meng.
• The Snow Empress angrily rejected Xu Cheng’s offer to help until the Ice Empress explained how she had become his Martial Soul.
• Xu Cheng asked the Snow Empress about her chances of transforming and equipped the [Soul Beast Transformation] title, stabilizing her origin power and healing her spiritual consciousness.

Xu Cheng arranged for the transformed Snow Empress to stay at the Sun Moon Imperial Academy while he considered how to protect her identity. In the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu assessed the threat of war with the Sun Moon Empire and concluded that they would have to rely on Shrek Academy.

• The Snow Empress chose to remain with Xu Cheng and the others, and Xu Cheng recommended the Sun Moon Imperial Academy as a safer place for her than the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Cheng pinched the Snow Empress's cheek, then left to make arrangements as the Ice Empress and Tian Meng reacted with alarm.
• Xu Jiawei showed Xu Jiujiu a report and photograph revealing Xu Cheng's growing military support and his statement that war could begin within three years of his taking office.
• Xu Jiawei explained that the Star Luo Empire was likely to suffer a crushing defeat if war began, and Xu Jiujiu identified Shrek Academy as their only hope.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Shrek Academy’s flaws and agreed to pursue its support against the coming war. Meanwhile, Xu Cheng developed a way to record and project performances, then returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Academy to train with the tournament team.

• Xu Jiawei criticized Shrek Academy for wasting talented students and resisting change, while Xu Jiujiu explained how its reputation and need to win sustained the academy.
• Xu Jiawei decided to use the upcoming academy competition to discuss the Sun Moon Empire’s future war with Shrek Academy, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to help.
• Xu Cheng examined a projection device and realized he could add a recording function to make films.
• Xu Cheng had Sun Moon Empire Opera House performers act for a recording, then told Ju Zi to form a theater troupe and improve its filming and acting.
• Xu Cheng returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Academy, where Xiao Hongchen invited him to train with the team ahead of the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament.

Xu Cheng assessed the Sun Moon Empire’s tournament team and began training its main and reserve members, while Shrek Academy selected its reserve team and gathered its powerful main lineup. The chapter left Shrek’s Xuan Zi confident that his academy had the advantage.

• Xu Cheng heard the Sun Moon Empire’s main-team members introduce their martial souls and ranks, and recalled the deaths awaiting several of them in the original story.
• Xu Cheng decided to attract commoners to the Sun Moon Empire, noted that Jiang Nannan had joined its reserve team, and started group training with the team.
• Wang Yan announced Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as Shrek Academy’s reserve team members.
• Xuan Zi arrived and ordered Wang Yan to fetch Shrek’s main team so they could train in groups.
• Ma Xiaotao and the other main-team members arrived, revealing Shrek’s formidable lineup and prompting Xuan Zi to declare that they had the advantage.

After Xu Cheng’s team easily defeated the opposing reserves, he revealed that his mental sharing had let them see the arena without blind spots. He tested his finished mecha and arranged contingencies for the tournament finals, including a missile strike on Shrek Academy and a military attack on the Star Luo Empire if he sent the signal.

• Xu Cheng used his mental-type martial soul to share the arena with his teammates, and Ma Rulong realized the ability made their victory nearly certain.
• Xu Cheng invited the team to dinner and warned Ma Rulong not to count on winning before the tournament began.
• Xu Cheng tested the optimized mecha near Mingdu, demonstrating its blades and reviewing its extensive weapons and power supply with Elder Cheng.
• Xu Cheng asked Elder Cheng to fire a dud Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon missile at Shrek Academy if he sent a signal during the finals.
• Xu Cheng told Elder Cheng that Aunt Qing had been instructed to keep two battalions on guard and send the other six to attack the Star Luo Empire if the finals reached that point.

Xu Cheng discussed the danger of traveling without protection, while Shrek Academy's reserve team began its first Evil Soul Master mission in the Mingdou Mountain Range. The group reached the Star Luo border and prepared to enter a cave with scant intelligence, leaving Wang Dong worried about their reckless leadership.

• Elder Cheng warned Xu Cheng that his death could plunge the Sun Moon Empire into turmoil, and said Kong Deming wanted him alive.
• Xuan Zi introduced the Shrek Inspection Corps and assigned its first mission, while Wang Dong complained about the lack of resources and equipment.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that Evil Soul Masters were operating in the Mingdou Mountain Range and issued the students their corps gear.
• Wang Dong questioned Ma Xiaotao's leadership and the team's lack of defensive soul tools, but Xiao Xiao dragged her away before the argument escalated.
• The team reached the Star Luo border and approached the Evil Soul Masters' cave, while Xuan Zi stayed behind to drink and Wang Dong worried that they had too little intelligence.

Ma Xiaotao led Shrek Academy’s main team into the cave without Xuan Zi, where the Evil Soul Masters’ corpses exploded and devastated the team. Xuan Zi arrived furious and attacked the Death Messenger, who prepared to use Yao Haoxuan’s corpse and the dying Chen Zifeng to escape or fight back.

• Dai Hao learned that Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao had charged into the Mingdou Mountain Range, but decided they would be safe with Xuan Zi nearby.
• Ma Xiaotao dismissed Wang Yan’s concerns and led the main team into the cave, while Wang Yan followed with the reserve team.
• The Shrek students surprised the Evil Soul Masters and quickly killed many of them, but Gongyang Mo warned that the corpses were dangerous too late.
• The corpses exploded, killing Yao Haoxuan and leaving Chen Zifeng and the other main team members grievously injured.
• Xuan Zi arrived to find the team devastated, then used his soul power to pull the Death Messenger toward him.
• The Death Messenger spotted Yao Haoxuan’s corpse and the dying Chen Zifeng and devised a plan.

The Death Messenger crippled Shrek Academy’s tournament team, escaped Xuan Zi, and celebrated his victory as he fled through the Mingdou Mountain Range. Wu Yun, the Holy Spirit Cult’s Ninth Consecrator, intercepted and killed him, rejecting his claim that they were allies.

• The Death Messenger used Yao Haoxuan’s body as a corpse bomb to distract Xuan Zi, then escaped into a secret passage with the half-dead Chen Zifeng.
• Wang Yan and the others assessed the casualties: Yao Haoxuan was dead, several main team members were gravely injured, and Chen Zifeng was missing.
• The Death Messenger evaded Xuan Zi with explosions and corpse puppets, then fled deeper into the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan he would take the injured Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi back to the academy and accept responsibility for the failed operation.
• Wu Yun appeared before the Death Messenger, then severed his head when he claimed they were on the same side.