Recaps

After opening one of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, Chen Ping felt stronger and gathered food before Qian Duoduo summoned him to a Sea God Pavilion Meeting. The meeting began with the Elders teasing him about his late-night barbecue and turned toward his Thousand Refinement Battle Armor and Dai Huabin’s Martial Soul Avatar.

• Chen Ping completed his cultivation, felt newly vigorous, and leapt more than a dozen meters.
• Chen Ping collected food from the Inner Court dining hall and ran into Qian Duoduo, who told him Xuan Zi had called a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Chen Ping reminded Ning Tian and Wu Feng to eat, then hurried to the meeting after washing up.
• Xuan Zi and the Sea God Pavilion Elders teased Chen Ping about his late-night barbecue and his relationship with Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Xuan Zi said the Elders wanted Chen Ping to explain his Thousand Refinement Battle Armor and Dai Huabin’s Martial Soul Avatar.

Chen Ping negotiated the Academy’s purchase of his stock of Fixed-Installation Cannon Shells and made a new Outer Court dormitory building a condition of the discounted price. He silenced the Elders’ objections by challenging them to share the students’ harsh living conditions and pointing out the embarrassment during exchanges with Sun Moon Empire students.

• Yan Shaozhe outlined the meeting’s agenda, and the Elders settled several Academy matters before turning to Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping offered to sell the Academy around fifty thousand Fixed-Installation Cannon Shells at eighty percent of market price in exchange for repaying the rare-metal costs and earning a manufacturing fee.
• Chen Ping required Shrek to begin building an Outer Court dormitory with private bathrooms, cafeteria serving windows, and standard Level Zero Soul Tools within a month.
• Elder Gong objected that hardship was part of Shrek’s educational tradition, and several Elders agreed with him.
• Chen Ping challenged the Elders to live under the same conditions as students and warned that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students had heard about the Outer Court dormitories.
• Chen Ping’s arguments silenced Elder Gong and the other Elders who opposed the new dormitory.

Chen Ping secured unanimous approval for luxurious new Shrek dormitories and offered the Academy his Spirit Forging and Melt Forging techniques. His generosity won over the Sea God Pavilion Elders, who seemed ready to support an unspecified proposal Mu En had discussed with them, leaving Chen Ping confused about what his teacher had said.

• Xuan Zi called for a vote, and the Elders unanimously approved Chen Ping's dormitory proposal with a budget of three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Ping explained Battle Armor and Spirit-Forged Metal, then offered to give the Academy his Spirit Forging and Melt Forging techniques.
• Xuan Zi warned that Chen Ping's techniques were priceless, but Chen Ping said he wanted the Academy to keep them from reaching the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Elders' reservations about Chen Ping faded as they considered his concern for students, his contributions, and his strength.
• Mu En asked whether the Elders still objected to what he had proposed the previous night, and Chen Ping wondered what his teacher had discussed with them.

At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Mu En accepted Chen Ping’s research on behalf of Shrek Academy and named him the Queue-Jumping Sea God Pavilion Master. The Elders unanimously approved, making Chen Ping the designated successor once he reached Soul Power Level 90.

• Mu En told the Elders that Chen Ping’s contributions far exceeded the resources the Academy had given him and argued that his research should not be accepted for nothing.
• Mu En accepted all the technologies Chen Ping had offered, while ensuring Chen Ping’s name would remain attached to the research in the Sea God Pavilion library.
• Mu En designated Chen Ping the Queue-Jumping Sea God Pavilion Master, with the position passing to him once his Soul Power reached Level 90.
• Xuan Zi explained that Chen Ping would succeed whoever held the position at that time, while Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao would be trained as later reserve successors.
• All the Sea God Pavilion members except Chen Ping raised their hands in favor, unanimously approving his appointment.

Chen Ping handed over his forging research to be sealed in the Sea God Pavilion Collection Library, while Mu En saw him as Shrek’s future successor. Exhausted from his work, Chen Ping finally relaxed as Ning Tian cared for him and reminded him to rest.

• Xuan Zi arranged for Chen Ping’s Spirit-Forged and Melt-Forged Metal research to be sealed as red-level confidential documents, and the Elders agreed.
• Mu En considered Shrek’s many gifted students and concluded that Chen Ping was the clear choice to succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Chen Ping gave Xuan Zi his written forging methods and a Recording, and the original manuscript was sealed in the collection library.
• Chen Ping returned to his room and fell asleep from exhaustion; Ning Tian and Wu Feng moved him to a bed, and Wu Feng went to fetch food.
• Ning Tian urged Chen Ping to stop pushing himself and rest, and Chen Ping relaxed with his head on her lap.

Chen Ping kissed Ning Tian, and the surge of emotion helped her break through to level sixty. Wu Feng arrived, misunderstood what had happened, and then asked Chen Ping to help her level up too.

• Ning Tian teased Chen Ping for thanking her and putting distance between them, so he apologized and pulled her close.
• Chen Ping kissed Ning Tian, and the sudden surge of soul power pushed her through her bottleneck to level sixty.
• Wu Feng returned with dinner, saw Ning Tian in Chen Ping's arms, and mistakenly thought they had gone further.
• Ning Tian revealed her new level to Wu Feng, who asked Chen Ping to help her level up as well.
• Chen Ping warned Wu Feng that his method did not guarantee a breakthrough.

Ning Tian told Chen Ping about the upcoming Soul Hunting Operation in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he decided to join the expedition. Cai Mei'er expanded the team’s leadership to protect him, and Chen Ping spent a few days relaxing at the Academy before the trip.

• Chen Ping kissed Wu Feng several times while trying to help her level up, but she did not advance and was upset to learn that kissing was the method.
• Ning Tian explained that she had broken through in time to join Cai Mei’er’s Soul Hunting Operation and told Chen Ping that Wu Feng could not participate because she had not reached a bottleneck.
• Chen Ping recalled the operation’s possible dangers and said he would accompany Ning Tian, offering to guide the team using the Auspicious Beast’s memories of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Cai Mei'er agreed to Chen Ping’s request but added Zhang Lexuan as captain and Han Ruoruo to strengthen the expedition’s leadership.
• Chen Ping submitted his application and spent several days relaxing at the Academy, though he did not go fishing in Sea God Lake.

Chen Ping asked Elf about the power of faith and learned how it could extend lifespans and help create a Divine Spark. Elf explained that gods and martial souls originated from the power of the dragon, leaving Chen Ping to blame the Dragon God for Douluo Star’s transformation.

• Chen Ping summoned Elf and learned that Elf had been draining its power to stop Tang San from monitoring the continent.
• Elf explained that faith could extend a person's allotted lifespan and help condense a Divine Spark, but it could not restore a body close to decay.
• Chen Ping realized Mu En would not live long enough to benefit from the Goddess of Life's Blessing, which he expected to become available when Tang Wulin appeared.
• Elf said a Divine Spark was the power of the dragon and explained that Douluo Star's soul beasts, soul masters, and martial souls arose after exposure to it.
• Chen Ping concluded that the Dragon God was responsible for the origins of Douluo Star's supernatural power.

Chen Ping discussed the origins of soul beasts, soul masters, and divine power with the Elf, then joined an Inner Court team preparing to hunt for soul rings in Star Dou Great Forest. After Zhang Lexuan assigned the group’s formation, they entered the forest at full speed, with Chen Ping enjoying how easily the senior students cleared their way.

• Chen Ping and the Elf discussed how divine blood and accumulated energy had shaped soul beasts, soul masters, and the paths to godhood.
• Chen Ping trained with Bei Bei and the others before Cai Mei'er gathered the Inner Court students for a trip to Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Ping met Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, Li Yongyue, and Mo Xuan, and explained that he could help locate suitable soul beasts.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned the team’s formation, placing Chen Ping on the right flank and Ning Tian and Mo Xuan in the center.
• The group entered Star Dou Great Forest at full speed, and Zhang Lexuan’s aura and attacks cleared a path through the forest.

Chen Ping guided the Shrek group through the Star Dou Great Forest using a hidden route and helped Mo Xuan find a suitable Soul Beast. After discovering an enormous pink halo enhancing his body, Chen Ping recognized it as the Bloodthirsty Berserk Halo.

• Zhang Lexuan had Chen Ping cook water-boiled fish for the group before they entered the forest.
• Chen Ping mapped an efficient route through the Star Dou Great Forest and led the group to a suitable Blood-Red Baboon for Mo Xuan.
• The group killed the Blood-Red Baboon, and Mo Xuan began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Li Yongyue asked Chen Ping to find him a powerful Agility Attack System Soul Beast for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping sensed his bodily functions being enhanced and saw an enormous pink halo beneath his feet, which he identified as the Bloodthirsty Berserk Halo.

Chen Ping persuaded Zhang Lexuan and Ning Tian to inspect Shrek’s mining area, hoping to use the Undead Army to mine rare metals. As they hurried there, the injured Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared before them.

• Chen Ping considered the Bloodthirsty Halo’s morale-boosting effects and how Mo Xuan’s Halo Martial Soul resonated with energy in the air.
• Chen Ping asked Zhang Lexuan to take him and Ning Tian to Shrek’s nearby mining area so Ning Tian could sense valuable rare metals.
• Ning Tian guessed that Chen Ping intended to use the Undead Army to mine, and he confirmed that the undead could work without rest.
• Zhang Lexuan arranged for Ruo Ruo to lead the others in setting up camp, then left with Chen Ping and Ning Tian for the mines.
• A powerful roar and shock wave flattened part of the forest, and the injured Three-Eyed Golden Lion landed before Chen Ping and Ning Tian.

Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan fought a Soul Beast that looked like a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Chen Ping detected an identical one miles behind them. After Zhang Lexuan and Chen Ping’s attacks failed to stop the creature, it transformed into a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, leaving them facing a powerful beast believed to be extinct.

• Chen Ping sensed a second, apparently identical Three-Eyed Golden Lion behind the one charging them and warned Zhang Lexuan that something was wrong.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned her eight Soul Rings and attacked the charging beast with moonlight, but her strikes barely affected it.
• Chen Ping used his Cold Binding Seal to stall the beast briefly, giving Zhang Lexuan time to blast it back with Silver Moon Piercing Deathlight.
• The beast’s counterattack shattered Zhang Lexuan’s Level Eight Defensive Soul Tool and sent her flying, though she survived with minor injuries.
• The creature shed its Three-Eyed Golden Lion appearance and revealed itself as a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, which Chen Ping identified as a supposedly extinct Soul Beast.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Zhang Lexuan fought a ten-thousand-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff whose roars, strength, and Domination Domain overwhelmed them. Chen Ping was sent flying as the beast launched another attack, and he realized it had previously transformed into a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff unleashed its Lion Mastiff Roar, cracking Chen Ping’s Invincible Shield and devastating the surrounding forest.
• Chen Ping blocked the beast’s pounce with his Jade Scorpion Staff but was knocked back, giving Ning Tian time to fly up and enhance Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan used Ning Tian’s Piercing Light-enhanced attack to wound the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, but it continued its assault without reacting to the injury.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff activated its Domination Domain and slammed its paws into the ground, sending Chen Ping flying before sweeping at him in midair.
• Chen Ping recognized that the domain made the beast stronger and immune to pain, and recalled seeing it transform into a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

A troop of Blood-Red Baboons attacked Han Ruoruo and the others after Mo Xuan’s wide-ranging aura triggered their aggression, while Cai Mei’er confronted their powerful king. The chapter ended with Chen Ping helpless in midair as the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s lethal claw came down on him.

• Han Ruoruo realized Mo Xuan’s aura had invigorated the Blood-Red Baboons and ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• The Blood-Red Baboon King empowered its troop with a pale golden light as the baboons charged the group.
• Cai Mei’er attacked the fifty-thousand-year Baboon King and sent Han Ruoruo to deal with the other powerful baboons.
• Cai Mei’er heard a rumble from the direction Chen Ping had gone and urgently tried to kill the Baboon King quickly.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff launched Chen Ping into the air, and he could only watch as its claw struck toward him.

Chen Ping survived a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s powerful strike thanks to Red Dust Protection, and Zhang Lexuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion fought back. Ning Tian’s speed boost helped the Auspicious Beast evade the Mastiff’s bite, leaving the battle ongoing.

• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff struck Chen Ping and sent him crashing through trees, but Red Dust Protection shielded him from serious injury.
• Zhang Lexuan activated her Silver Moon Avatar and knocked the Mastiff off balance with a beam of moonlight.
• Zhang Lexuan noticed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion approaching and hesitated when Chen Ping told her the newcomer was an ally.
• Zhang Lexuan unleashed her Eighth Soul Skill, Blood Moon Erosion, bathing the Mastiff in bloody light.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion attacked with Auspicious Beast Golden Flame, but the Mastiff lunged for her neck despite the flames.
• Ning Tian boosted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s speed, allowing her to evade the bite as the Mastiff snapped at empty air.

Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan battled the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff while the Auspicious Beast revealed that a Mirage Dragon had stolen her pearl and attacked the Scarlet King in disguise. After the Mastiff unleashed a devastating roar that blasted Zhang Lexuan away, she used her sixth soul skill to slow it, urging Chen Ping to flee and find Dean Cai.

• The Auspicious Beast told Chen Ping that a Mirage Dragon had stolen her Mirage Dragon Pearl, disguised itself as her, and bitten the Scarlet King's leg.
• Zhang Lexuan's Blood Moon Erosion continued damaging the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff while it fought the Auspicious Beast and failed to notice its injuries.
• Chen Ping warned Zhang Lexuan when the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff prepared to roar, then retreated from its attack.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's powerful roar shattered Zhang Lexuan's Invincible Shield and blasted her backward, leaving her badly injured.
• Zhang Lexuan activated Silver Moon Piercing Kill Light to slow the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and told Chen Ping to find Dean Cai.

Chen Ping and the Auspicious Beast fought the badly wounded Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff while Ning Tian summoned reinforcements. Chen Ping injected Dragon Girl’s Lament, unleashed the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device, and struck the beast hard, but it counterattacked by looming over him.

• Chen Ping ordered Ning Tian to find Dean Cai while he and the Auspicious Beast held off the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, but Ning Tian fired a distress signal and boosted his speed instead.
• Chen Ping persuaded the Auspicious Beast to attack the weakened beast with him, asking her to leave it one breath so he could obtain its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping injected Dragon Girl’s Lament into his heart, resetting his Soul Skill cooldowns, then activated the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device.
• Chen Ping extended his Jade Scorpion Staff to a hundred meters and used Piercing Light to break the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s rib and pierce its organs.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff roared and appeared above Chen Ping, bringing its huge body down toward him.

Chen Ping used Class Seven Milk Bottles and the Dragon Girl’s Lament Injection to fight the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff alongside the Auspicious Beast. After the beast tried to flee and used a Mirage Dragon ability to create a duplicate of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Chen Ping identified the real one and prepared to attack the fake together.

• Chen Ping loaded the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device with five Class Seven Milk Bottles and struck the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff with his Star Nodule Club.
• Chen Ping dodged the beast’s attacks, built up his staff momentum, and landed a heavy blow that injured its head.
• Chen Ping switched between his Beast Staff and Insect Glaive forms, striking the beast with staff attacks and venom before it fled.
• The Auspicious Beast stopped the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff from escaping and resumed fighting it.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff used a patterned shell and white mist to create a duplicate of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion exposed the beast’s trick and warned Chen Ping that it healed quickly, so Chen Ping proposed attacking the real Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff together.

Chen Ping exposed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's hidden true body, allowing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to strike it with Light of Destiny Stripping. Chen Ping charged in to attack, but the mastiff's Domination Domain began suppressing him.

• Chen Ping detonated his layered marks to reveal and immobilize the real Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff among its illusions.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion unleashed Light of Destiny Stripping, blasting the wounded mastiff into rocks and collapsing from exhaustion.
• Chen Ping rushed the stunned mastiff and struck it with the Star Nodule Club, knocking out teeth and sending its Seven-Colored Clam Shell flying.
• Chen Ping realized the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's Domination Domain enhanced its abilities while suppressing and intimidating its opponents.

Chen Ping defeated the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff despite its domination domain and plundered the domain for himself, then collapsed under the strain. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion explained that he would recover, and Chen Ping woke as Ning Tian and Cai Mei'er assessed the aftermath and searched for Zhang Lexuan.

• Chen Ping exhausted his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, then threw the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff to the ground and punched it until its domination domain vanished.
• Golden-black demonic markings spread over Chen Ping, and he collapsed as Ning Tian rushed to catch him.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Ning Tian not to use purification and explained that Chen Ping had plundered the mastiff's domination domain by defeating it through his fear.
• The Scarlet King and Cai Mei'er arrived, and Cai Mei'er asked about Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan.
• Ning Tian recounted what had happened, and Chen Ping woke as the markings melted into his body.

After activating his complete Martial Soul Avatar, Chen Ping realized its weakness and power revealed a change in how Martial Soul Avatars worked across eras, and considered how this had affected the balance between humans and Soul Beasts. He healed Zhang Lexuan, the Auspicious Beast, and the Scarlet King, then watched a wisp of smoke emerge from a Mirage Dragon Shell and enter the Auspicious Beast's tail.

• Chen Ping woke up weak after his Tool Soul True Body ended and received a notification that the points needed to unlock the mystery of Zhao Wuji's statue had been reduced.
• Chen Ping inferred that Martial Soul Avatars in the Douluo II era had lost the potent abilities they possessed in the Douluo I era, which had weakened human Soul Masters relative to Soul Beasts.
• Ning Tian joked that Chen Ping should flip the chessboard and start again when he wondered how to play against someone who had already made dozens of moves.
• Cai Mei'er returned with the unconscious Zhang Lexuan and explained that sound waves had knocked her out; Chen Ping healed her.
• Chen Ping healed the Auspicious Beast and the Scarlet King, and the Auspicious Beast thanked him for another favor.
• The Auspicious Beast produced a Mirage Dragon Shell, from which a wisp of white smoke emerged and burrowed into her tail.

Chen Ping killed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff so Ning Tian could obtain its Soul Ring, then discovered that the Auspicious Beast had transferred the beast’s Domination Domain to him. He could activate the domain only briefly, and the Auspicious Beast explained that its true strength depended on his will and fighting spirit.

• The Scarlet King explained that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had chased the Auspicious Beast to steal a Rainbow-Scaled Mystic Light Mirage Dragon Young hidden inside its shell, then allowed Chen Ping to kill the mastiff for its Soul Ring.
• Ning Tian killed the weakened Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff with her battle saber, but the Auspicious Beast confirmed that it had no Soul Bone.
• Chen Ping asked what the Auspicious Beast meant by saying he had taken the mastiff’s most precious possession besides its Soul Ring, and the Auspicious Beast activated gold-and-black patterns across his body.
• Chen Ping followed the Auspicious Beast’s instructions and released a Domination Domain, surprising Cai Mei’er, before his remaining Soul Power ran out and the domain vanished.
• The Auspicious Beast told Chen Ping that the Domination Domain grew stronger with his confidence, perseverance, and determination, and explained that it could also help his Martial Soul accumulate Staff Momentum.

After the Scarlet King agreed to guard the students, Chen Ping prepared a feast while Ning Tian got ready to absorb her sixth soul ring. Chen Ping then asked the Auspicious Beast for the Mirage Dragon Shell that had enclosed the Rainbow-Scaled Mystic Light Mirage Dragon egg.

• Cai Mei'er arrived and praised Chen Ping for surviving the Blood-Red Baboon King encounter, then explained why she had been delayed.
• The Scarlet King prepared to return the Auspicious Beast to the Great Ferocious Land, but Chen Ping asked him to stay and guard the students while Ning Tian absorbed her soul ring.
• Chen Ping brought out a giant iron griddle and a frozen fifty-thousand-year Thunder Evil Tyrant, prompting the Auspicious Beast and the others to eagerly anticipate the meal.
• Cai Mei'er left to bring the other students, while Chen Ping and the Auspicious Beast discussed the Rainbow-Scaled Mystic Light Mirage Dragon cub hidden in her tail.
• The Auspicious Beast questioned Chen Ping's motives, and he asked her to give him the Mirage Dragon Shell that had enclosed the cub's egg.

Chen Ping acquired the Mirage Dragon Shell and cooked a Thunder Evil Tyrant tentacle, whose unusual lightning flavor he described as “sharp.” The Auspicious Beast tried it and was delighted by the taste.

• The Auspicious Beast gave Chen Ping the Mirage Dragon Shell after the Mystic Light Mirage Dragon hatchling had hatched.
• The hatchling emerged from the Auspicious Beast's tail, devoured the pearl shell's powder, and darted away when Chen Ping tried to touch it.
• Chen Ping put away the shell and grilled a Thunder Evil Tyrant tentacle, seasoning it with his secret sauce and cumin.
• Chen Ping tasted the tentacle and explained that its lightning tingle made the flavor seem sharp.
• The Auspicious Beast demanded a skewer, tasted it, and enjoyed the crackling lightning flavor.

After a feast of lightning-charged Soul Beast meat replenished Chen Ping and strengthened his Soul Power, Ning Tian revealed her sixth Soul Skill, Light of the Savage Beast. The skill boosted attack and defense by seventy percent at once, and the group recognized how unusual her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda abilities had become.

• Ning Tian, Li Yongyue, and Mo Xuan struggled to eat the electrified skewers, while Cai Mei'er, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo enjoyed Chen Ping's cooking.
• Chen Ping ate the entire barbecue feast, replenished his blood and vital energy, and felt the meal might help him reach level fifty.
• Chen Ping asked Ning Tian about her sixth Soul Skill, and she used Light of the Savage Beast on him.
• Chen Ping discovered that Ning Tian's skill boosted both attack and defense by seventy percent, though it consumed twice the Soul Power of her other skills.
• Cai Mei'er explained that Ning Tian's unusual abilities made her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul stronger than ordinary versions, and Ning Tian linked her rare Soul Skills to encountering powerful Soul Beasts with Chen Ping.