Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zi gained the upper hand against the Scarlet King by unleashing his Taotie True Body and suppressing the beast with gravity. When the Emperor Auspicious Beast joined the fight, her golden flames and strength drove Xuan Zi back, revealing that she wielded ultimate fire.

• Xuan Zi transformed into his Godly Taotie Bull form and used Gravity Control to overpower the Scarlet King.
• Huo Yuhao learned from the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, whose safety affected the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Scarlet King kept Xuan Zi occupied while waiting for Di Tian and the others to arrive.
• The Emperor Auspicious Beast charged into battle and struck Xuan Zi with a golden-flamed dragon head.
• Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull was knocked back, and Xuan Zi realized the Emperor Auspicious Beast possessed ultimate fire and tremendous strength.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the Scarlet King pressed Xuan Zi into a disadvantage, and Huo Yuhao and his companions fled to avoid burdening him as the fight drew other beasts. The Auspicious Beast noticed them escaping and told the Scarlet King not to let them get away easily.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion struck Xuan Zi with her Crossed Double Golden Dragon Flame Fist, then joined the Scarlet King in attacking him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao that other powerful soul beasts, including Di Tian, might arrive if the battle continued.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao decided to flee the Star Dou Great Forest so Xuan Zi would not have to protect them.
• The Auspicious Beast spotted the students running and told the Scarlet King that the human who wanted to use her as a soul ring might be among them.
• The Scarlet King assured the Auspicious Beast that the fleeing students would not get far without Xuan Zi's protection.

Zeng Tian arrived as Xuan Zi tried to escape with Ring Devouring, and knocked him into a crater with a single claw. After confirming the Auspicious Beast was safe, Zeng Tian faced the injured Xuan Zi, who feared the unknown soul beast.

• Xuan Zi used Ring Devouring to swallow the Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King's attacks and open a path through the Red Domain.
• Xuan Zi unleashed a Meteor Shower, forcing the Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King to evade while he sped toward Huo Yuhao and the others.
• Zeng Tian arrived, destroyed the meteors with a Blazing Storm, and struck Xuan Zi into a deep crater with an Azure Flame claw.
• Zeng Tian told the Auspicious Beast that he had succeeded in mastering his new form, and she confirmed Xuan Zi had threatened to capture her for a Soul Ring.
• Xuan Zi climbed out of the crater injured and asked Zeng Tian who he was, but Zeng Tian replied that he did not answer a dead man's doubts.

Zeng Tian overwhelmed Xuan Zi with a combined fire attack and broke through his Mending Heaven defense. After the Scarlet King warned that Xuan Zi might still have a trick left, Zeng Tian sent him to pursue Huo Yuhao and the other fleeing students.

• Zeng Tian redirected Fire Blast toward Xuan Zi, who shielded himself with Mending Heaven.
• Zeng Tian struck Xuan Zi's barrier with Double Flame Slash and shattered it, sending Xuan Zi crashing into a boulder.
• The Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King joined Zeng Tian, and the Scarlet King warned him that Xuan Zi might still have something up his sleeve.
• Zeng Tian asked where Xuan Zi's students had gone, then ordered the Scarlet King to pursue them.

Zeng Tian sent the Scarlet King after Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, and Xiao Xiao, while he stayed behind to fight Xuan Zi. The Scarlet King caught up with the three students and fired his strongest flames at them, leaving Huo Yuhao ready to use a desperate move.

• Zeng Tian persuaded the Scarlet King that Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, and Xiao Xiao were future threats, and the Scarlet King set off after them.
• Xuan Zi tried to pursue the Scarlet King, but Zeng Tian blocked him and attacked him.
• Zeng Tian overwhelmed Xuan Zi with his attacks and unleashed Heat Wave Storm against him.
• The Scarlet King caught up with Huo Yuhao and his companions, then fired his three-in-one flames at them.
• Huo Yuhao said he had no choice but to use a certain move.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spent nearly all of his spiritual origin to teleport Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao away from the Scarlet King, leaving Huo Yuhao unconscious and himself exhausted. Meanwhile, the Scarlet King failed to find them, and Zeng Tian’s Heat Wave Storm shattered Xuan Zi’s defenses and left him badly injured but alive.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his spiritual origin to teleport Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao hundreds of li away from the Scarlet King, causing Huo Yuhao to collapse unconscious.
• The Ice Empress warned the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the energy he had used could harm Huo Yuhao, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell into a deep sleep.
• Wang Dong carried Huo Yuhao into a nearby town, where he and Xiao Xiao arranged treatment and used the Clear Sky Sect’s influence to secure fast transport to Shrek.
• The Scarlet King searched the area but found no trace of Huo Yuhao and his companions, then wondered how they had escaped beyond his reach.
• Zeng Tian’s Heat Wave Storm shattered Xuan Zi’s Mending Heaven Shield and destroyed his Chicken Drumstick Weapon, sending him crashing to the ground severely wounded but alive.

Di Tian crippled Xuan Zi and left the Star Dou Great Forest in Zeng Tian’s care before arriving at Shrek Academy with Xuan Zi. His sudden appearance shocked the academy, and Mu En recognized him as Di Tian.

• Zeng Tian let the Auspicious Beast punish Xuan Zi, and she struck him repeatedly before preparing to kill him.
• Di Tian stopped the Auspicious Beast, crippled Xuan Zi by destroying his dantian, martial soul, and soul core, and extracted his Taotie bloodline aura.
• Di Tian asked Zeng Tian to protect the Auspicious Beast and the Lake of Life, then carried Xuan Zi through a Spatial Vortex toward Shrek Academy.
• A black rift appeared over Shrek Academy, and Mu En recognized Di Tian as he emerged and threw Xuan Zi toward him.

Di Tian attacked Shrek Academy after Xuan Zi injured the Emperor Auspicious Beast, crippling Xuan Zi and overwhelming the academy’s defenders with his Pressure. Mu En dispelled the Pressure and confronted Di Tian, while Shrek’s elders realized Xuan Zi’s actions had provoked a grave crisis with the Soul Beast Clan.

• Xuan Zi fell from the sky, and Mu En caught him before Zhuang Yusen treated his injuries and found his meridians, dantian, and Soul Core destroyed.
• More than twenty Shrek experts confronted Di Tian, who unleashed his Pressure and forced the defenders, teachers, and students to the ground.
• Mu En used the Sea God Pavilion’s remaining Sea God’s Light to drive away Di Tian’s Pressure and clouds, then demanded to know whether the Soul Beasts planned to wage war.
• Mu En identified Di Tian as the Beast God, shocking Yan Shaozhe and the Sea God Pavilion Elders with the danger he posed.
• Di Tian accused Xuan Zi of trying to kill the Emperor Auspicious Beast and turn her into a Soul Ring, prompting Shrek’s elders to recognize the threat Xuan Zi had brought upon them.

Di Tian forced Shrek to accept his demands and surrender its stockpiles after Xuan Zi’s attack on the Auspicious Beast. After Di Tian left, Mu En confronted Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe asked where Yuhao and the others were.

• Di Tian rejected Mu En’s request to let the matter rest and demanded that Shrek stay out of the Star Dou Great Forest and hand over its treasures, soul bones, and pills.
• Di Tian destroyed a landmark building to demonstrate his power, and Mu En agreed to his demands to prevent a massacre.
• Yan Shaozhe and others called for Shrek to fight, but Mu En forced them to obey and sent Di Tian the academy’s stockpiles.
• Di Tian left, and the exhausted members of Shrek collapsed while Xuan Zi recovered under Zhuang Yusen’s care.
• Mu En demanded that Xuan Zi explain what he had done, and Xuan Zi recounted the incident.
• Yan Shaozhe asked where Yuhao and the others were, leaving everyone worried that something had happened to them.

Xuan Zi confessed that he had mistaken the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for an ordinary soul beast and failed to protect Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao from the Scarlet King. As he described the fight to Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders, he revealed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's ferocious-beast-level strength, and Mu En asked whether Di Tian had arrived next.

• Xuan Zi told Mu En that Huo Yuhao and the others had been pursued by the Scarlet King and were likely dead.
• Xuan Zi recounted finding the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and a Twin Cyclops, then trying to capture the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as Huo Yuhao's soul ring.
• Mu En scolded Xuan Zi for failing to recognize the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xuan Zi said the Scarlet King ambushed him, fought with exceptional speed, and forced him to use his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xuan Zi revealed that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion joined the fight and possessed ferocious-beast-level strength despite having no more than twenty thousand years of cultivation.
• Mu En asked Xuan Zi whether Di Tian arrived after the two soul beasts had tied him down.

Xuan Zi described the unknown fire dragon Zeng Tian that had defeated him, leading Mu En to forbid Shrek Academy from hunting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended with the Scarlet King returning after failing to catch three human Soul Elders.

• Xuan Zi told Mu En and the others that an unknown black dragon with deep-blue flames had overwhelmed him and possessed strength comparable to a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
• Xuan Zi described the dragon's many flame-based attacks, combat techniques, and domain, leaving everyone stunned by its abilities.
• Mu En ordered Shrek Academy to stop taking students to the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Hunting because they could not risk provoking Di Tian and the other beasts.
• The Scarlet King returned dejected, and the Auspicious Beast realized that he had let the three human Soul Elders escape.

Zeng Tian reassured the Scarlet King after his failed hunt, then pursued and defeated a ten-thousand-year Mutant Chasing Wind Eagle with Seismic Toss. He considered how to strengthen the move by adding his flames.

• Zeng Tian told the apologetic Scarlet King that failing to capture Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao was not a serious setback.
• Miss Auspicious Beast lamented losing the Twin Cyclops, whose brain marrow she had wanted to share with Zeng Tian.
• The Scarlet King mentioned a light-type Mutant Chasing Wind Eagle, and Zeng Tian asked where its nest was.
• Zeng Tian chased the ten-thousand-year Mutant Chasing Wind Eagle, then slammed it into the ground with Seismic Toss and knocked it unconscious.
• Zeng Tian reflected on Seismic Toss's ability to bypass defenses and decided to develop a stronger Flame Seismic Toss.

Zeng Tian explained how his stacked bonuses made Flame Seismic Toss devastating, then hunted a Mutant Chasing Wind Eagle with the Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King. Di Tian returned from Shrek with storage rings and cultivation treasures for the Auspicious Beast and Zeng Tian.

• Zeng Tian explained that his Seismic Toss could deal nine times its original damage when its Fire-type bonuses and Deep Crimson Blaze combined.
• The young Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King arrived, and Zeng Tian offered to teach them Seismic Toss once he perfected it.
• Zeng Tian gave the Mutant Chasing Wind Eagle's head to the Auspicious Beast and packed the rest of the carcass into his Storage Soul Tool.
• Zeng Tian said he planned to visit the human world to find opportunities and grow stronger.
• Di Tian arrived with storage rings and treasures from Shrek, giving one ring to the Auspicious Beast and another to Zeng Tian.

Huo Yuhao and his companions returned to Shrek Academy after escaping the Scarlet King, only to discover the academy was holding a memorial service for them. At the Square, Huo Yuhao learned that Xuan Zi had survived but had been crippled by Di Tian, and blamed himself for Xuan Zi’s condition.

• Zeng Tian received Di Tian’s Soul Tool ring, full of treasures and medicinal pills, and planned to absorb the resources before setting out.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek Academy, where students believed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er had died in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A student told Huo Yuhao that the academy was holding a memorial service for them and that Di Tian had brought Xuan Zi back alive.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions rushed to the Square, where Mu En and others were mourning before their memorial portraits.
• Huo Yuhao saw that Xuan Zi had been crippled and blamed himself, but Xuan Zi told him the Soul Beasts were responsible and grew furious at them.

Huo Yuhao learned that Di Tian and Zeng Tian had crippled Xuan Zi and vowed to surpass them, while Shrek canceled the memorial service after discovering that Huo Yuhao and his companions were alive. In the Divine Realm, Tang San noticed an unforeseen variable on the Douluo Continent and became enraged when he saw Zeng Tian overpower Xuan Zi.

• Huo Yuhao learned that Zeng Tian had severely injured Xuan Zi and Di Tian had crippled him, then vowed to kill them and the other Soul Beasts responsible.
• The Ice Empress encouraged Huo Yuhao to grow stronger, and Huo Yuhao thanked her and Tian Meng as he resolved to become a god.
• Mu En urged Huo Yuhao to focus on raising his rank, while Zhuang Yusen treated him, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao.
• Yan Shaozhe canceled the memorial service, and staff removed the portraits of Huo Yuhao and the other two students.
• Tang San inspected the Douluo Continent and noticed that the child of fortune's fortune had diminished, suggesting an unforeseen variable had appeared.
• Tang San watched the Star Dou Great Forest through his mirror, saw Zeng Tian overpower Xuan Zi, and angrily demanded to know where the fire dragon had come from.

Tang San seethed over Zeng Tian’s unexpected appearance but decided to wait for a chance to eliminate him. At the Body Sect, Du Busi learned that Di Tian had crippled Xuan Zi and that Zeng Tian, a fire dragon with at least six hundred thousand years of cultivation, had entered fourth place in the Top Ten Ferocious Beasts Ranking.

• Tang San considered Zeng Tian an unpredictable threat but restrained himself while the God of Destruction watched him.
• A messenger rushed to the Body Sect and told Du Busi that Di Tian had crippled Xuan Zi and that a new ferocious beast had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The messenger confirmed that Xuan Zi’s soul core had shattered and that Shrek was seeking help from the Medicine Immortal Douluo.
• The messenger explained that Xuan Zi had encountered the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while accompanying students on a soul hunt.
• Du Busi learned that Zeng Tian had overwhelmed Xuan Zi, possessed at least six hundred thousand years of cultivation, and ranked fourth among the Top Ten Ferocious Beasts.

News of Xuan Zi’s defeat and Zeng Tian’s emergence as a powerful Ferocious Beast reached major factions across the continent. After spending half a year absorbing resources in Blazing Flame Valley, Zeng Tian left to seek opportunities beyond the Star Dou Great Forest and told Di Tian of his plans.

• Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei learned that Xuan Zi had been crippled and worried about Shrek’s weakened defenses against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tianran saw Shrek’s loss of strength and prestige as an opportunity for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Xishui learned about Zeng Tian and considered whether the crippled Xuan Zi could be useful to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zeng Tian finished absorbing the resources from Di Tian’s storage ring, reaching level 67, and decided to leave the Star Dou Great Forest to seek opportunities.
• Zeng Tian visited the Lake of Life and told Di Tian that he planned to travel across the Douluo Continent.

Di Tian gave Zeng Tian a trace of Taotie's blood to strengthen his bloodline, and Zeng Tian began refining it under Di Tian's protection. Zi JI arrived hoping to claim the blood for herself, but Di Tian argued that Zeng Tian had a greater chance of using it to transform and eventually ascend to godhood.

• Zeng Tian acknowledged Di Tian's strength, and Di Tian reached into a spatial vortex to retrieve a bottle containing Taotie's blood.
• Di Tian explained that the blood could raise Zeng Tian's bloodline to the level of Xiong Jun's or the Auspicious Beast's, then suppressed its devouring power with his soul power.
• Zi JI sensed Taotie's blood at the Lake of Life and flew there from the Hell Demon Dragon clan's gathering grounds.
• Di Tian gave Zeng Tian the blood, and Zeng Tian swallowed it and began refining it.
• Zi JI challenged Di Tian's decision, but he argued that the blood could help Zeng Tian complete a bloodline transformation and perhaps survive the tribulation of godhood; Zi JI fell silent.

Zeng Tian refined Taotie's blood while purifying the vast energy it devoured, then used Mega Evolution to overcome its final surge. He absorbed the blood completely, grew stronger, and gained the new Ability Devouring Flame.

• Di Tian told Zi JI that he believed Zeng Tian could one day become a god, and Zi JI agreed to watch his progress.
• Zeng Tian's body drew in energy from several li, but he realized the mixed energy could damage his foundation and began burning away its impurities.
• Zeng Tian refined most of Taotie's blood, growing stronger in both level and physique.
• When Taotie's blood surged and overwhelmed his flames, Zeng Tian used Mega Evolution to become Mega Charizard X and purified the incoming energy with his Dragon Flame.
• Zeng Tian absorbed Taotie's blood completely, rose from Level 67 to Level 69, and gained the Ability Devouring Flame.

After refining Taotie blood, Zeng Tian gained two levels and a new Ability, devouring flame, which let him absorb external energy and strengthen his Special Moves. Di Tian and Zi JI witnessed his transformation, and Zeng Tian concluded that his strength could now rival or surpass Xiong Jun’s defenses.

• Zeng Tian refined the Taotie blood, gained two levels, and discovered the devouring flame Ability on his status panel.
• Zeng Tian realized devouring flame could replenish his energy and greatly amplify his attacks in energy-rich environments.
• Zeng Tian opened his eyes and found Di Tian and Zi JI waiting nearby, then thanked Di Tian for giving him the Taotie blood.
• Di Tian sensed that Zeng Tian had surpassed ordinary Level 99 Limit Douluos, while Zi JI marveled at how much stronger the ten-year-old had become.
• Zeng Tian said that even a casual swipe of his claws could now break through Xiong Jun’s defenses and declared that he did not fear humanity’s forces.