Chapter Summaries

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.

After the Soul Hunting Operation ended successfully, Chen Ping reported his Domination Domain to Mu En and discussed the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. Mu En named Chen Ping captain of the Shrek Team, leaving Chen Ping stunned as he wondered what would happen to Older Brother Bei Bei and the others.

• Cai Mei'er led Chen Ping and Ning Tian to inspect the mining area, and Chen Ping suggested safety improvements.
• The group subdued three Wolf Apes, Li Yongyue gained a Soul Ring, and Cai Mei'er collected the three Wolf Ape Soul Bones for the Academy.
• Cai Mei'er brought the group back safely, and Chen Ping, Ning Tian, Mo Xuan, and Li Yongyue returned with their gains from the operation.
• Chen Ping told Mu En about his Domination Domain, and Mu En advised him to develop it through repeated battles.
• Mu En discussed the coming tournament with Chen Ping and appointed him captain of the Shrek Team, prompting Chen Ping to ask about Older Brother Bei Bei and the others.

Mu En told Chen Ping that the next tournament would take place in the Sun Moon Empire under a new format that favored powerful sects, and encouraged him to treat the competition as a chance to grow. Chen Ping agreed to lead Shrek’s main team, while Mu En urged him to recruit promising Outer Court students and prepare for the Tang Sect to compete independently.

• Mu En explained that Bei Bei had formed the Tang Sect with Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya, and that its independent entry offered Shrek extra insurance.
• Mu En praised Chen Ping’s influence on the academy’s shift toward Soul Tools and revealed that the next tournament would be held in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En encouraged Chen Ping to compete despite the risks, citing the Mirage Dragon Shell and the strong opponents drawn by the expanded tournament format.
• Chen Ping privately recalled that the Sun Moon Empire would interrupt the tournament before awarding its promised Soul Tools, but said nothing to Mu En.
• Mu En told Chen Ping to recruit promising Outer Court students for Shrek’s main team and said the Tang Sect would have to fill its own remaining places.

Chen Ping recruited fourteen students from Shrek Academy’s Outer Court for two Reserve Teams in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and arranged the Tang Sect Team’s lineup. Huo Yuhao volunteered to face Dai Huabin after learning Dai had joined the Tang Sect Team.

• Chen Ping quickly obtained student records from Du Weilun and chose likely candidates for both Reserve Teams.
• Chen Ping reunited with Mu Jin, who gathered top students from several grades so he could recruit them.
• Chen Ping held Soul Fighting matches, selected the reserve members, divided them into two teams, and sent some to the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei recruited Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Xie Huanyue as temporary Tang Sect members, bringing its roster to four Soul Emperors and three Soul Kings.
• Huo Yuhao learned Dai Huabin had joined the Tang Sect Team and volunteered to intercept him in the tournament.

Chen Ping prepared to absorb a God-Given Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fifth ring at rank fifty, while Mu En and Xuan Zi stood guard. The bead shattered and golden mist engulfed him, beginning the unprecedented attempt.

• Chen Ping showed Mu En and Xuan Zi the preserved God-Given Soul Ring, and they agreed to guard him as he attempted to absorb it.
• Chen Ping relied on his Soul Douluo-level physical strength and stable foundation to attempt the hundred-thousand-year ring at rank fifty.
• Chen Ping drew his Soul Power back into himself and released the Domination Domain as he prepared to face the ring’s trial.
• The golden bead shattered, golden mist spread around Chen Ping, and his four existing Soul Rings emerged as the absorption began.

Chen Ping endured the God-Given Soul Ring’s trial as he attempted to obtain a hundred-thousand-year fifth soul ring while advancing from Soul Ancestor to Soul King. As his body began bleeding under the pressure, Xuan Zi feared that Chen Ping would be torn apart, but Chen Ping remained determined to protect the people he cherished.

• Chen Ping drew the golden Pearl’s power into his body, and golden threads appeared as he began absorbing the God-Given Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping unleashed the power in his bones, soul rings, domain, and Gold of Life to withstand the trial’s pressure.
• After an hour, the golden threads formed nine rings of light that repeatedly struck Chen Ping, making him convulse and bleed.
• Chen Ping endured the pain by focusing on the people he wanted to protect and recalling the hardships he had already survived.
• Xuan Zi considered interrupting the absorption, fearing Chen Ping would be torn apart by the hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Chen Ping endured the ordeal of absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and reached Soul King Level 53, while Mu En and Xuan Zi watched in alarm. After the successful breakthrough, Mu En considered Chen Ping’s future Soul Bone absorption and the Golden Ancient Tree’s strange ability to devour nutrients.

• Chen Ping endured severe pain as the Golden Ancient Tree absorbed the blood dripping from his body, puzzling Mu En.
• Xuan Zi watched Chen Ping repeatedly teeter on the brink of collapse as his Soul Rings, domain, bones, and the gold of life helped sustain him.
• Chen Ping’s nine golden light rings merged into a blood-red ring, and a burst of bloody mist made Xuan Zi fear he had exploded.
• Mu En dispersed the mist and confirmed Chen Ping had survived, reaching Level 53 and becoming a Soul King with five Soul Rings, including a red one.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi speculated about Chen Ping devouring the Hell Frenzy Dragon Skull and gaining a new Martial Soul, while Mu En wondered whether the Golden Ancient Tree had devoured the bloody mist.

Chen Ping remained in meditation for months after absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, reaching Level 54 while his preparations continued without him. The Pill Pavilion began selling advanced Fixed-Installation Soul-Guided Cannons, drawing representatives from several empires to negotiate.

• Chen Ping sat motionless for ninety days as he subdued the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring's power, and he advanced to Level 54.
• The Pill Pavilion opened beside the One-Stop Bathing Center and sold Level 4 Fixed-Installation Shells, launch equipment, and Might Pills.
• Chen Ping used Thousand Refinement technology to make stronger cannon barrels and developed Fixed-Installation Soul-Guided Cannons with a starting range of fifteen kilometers.
• After receiving cannon samples, Xu Jiujiu and Dai Yueheng flew over, the Heaven Dou Empire sent Weina, and the Dou Ling Empire sent a prince to negotiate.

The Pill Pavilion sold the Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Dou Ling Empires long-range Level 4 Soul Tool Cannons and soldier-enhancement supplies, expanding its arms business through Chen Ping’s Thousand Refinement Metal monopoly. After nearly four months in seclusion, Chen Ping appeared to stir in the Sea God Pavilion as Xuan Zi watched.

• The Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires each bought two thousand cannons and twenty thousand shells, while the Dou Ling Empire bought half as many; all three also purchased soldier supplies.
• The Pill Pavilion recruited Shrek Soul Tool Department graduates and expanded its production and sales using deposits from the empires.
• The buyers learned that Chen Ping owned the Pill Pavilion and marveled at his cannon technology, which was difficult to imitate without Thousand Refinement Metal.
• Nana and the Pill Pavilion employees grew the business more than a hundredfold and made it a leading employer for Shrek Soul Tool Department graduates.
• Chen Ping’s body seemed to tremble after almost four months in seclusion, and Xuan Zi wondered whether he had really moved.

Chen Ping emerged from a hundred-day meditation with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and reached rank fifty-four and a half. Half a month later, he gathered with the Shrek Team at the academy gates to leave for the tournament, where Tang Ya’s Tang Sect team was also preparing to compete.

• Chen Ping awakened with five Soul Rings, including a new red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and gained the Poison Devil Dance and Earth Devil Split Soul Skills.
• Xuan Zi told Chen Ping that he had meditated for over a hundred days and nearly missed the tournament, while his allies had kept his affairs running smoothly.
• Chen Ping learned that absorbing the God-Given Soul Ring had raised his cultivation to rank fifty-four and a half, and postponed visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until after the tournament.
• Half a month later, Chen Ping and the Shrek Team gathered at Shrek Academy to depart for the tournament in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Tang Ya and the Tang Sect team, including Bei Bei, Zhu Lu, and Dai Huabin, gathered alongside Shrek’s team, and Chen Ping judged his own lineup stronger despite its lower average ranks.

The teams traveled to Mingdu for a tournament expanded to include sects, while Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the emperor’s failing health, their military position, and plans to capture Chen Ping. Ju Zi left to watch Chen Ping’s situation as Xu Tianran waited for his chance to take the throne.

• The teams set out for Mingdu as the tournament’s new rules brought the number of participants to 167.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that the emperor was frequently losing consciousness and that their faction controlled or could expect the loyalty of most of the military.
• Xu Tianran warned Ju Zi not to move against their opponents until he ascended the throne, recalling the disastrous unauthorized deployment that had led to her demotion and her subordinates’ imprisonment.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi to watch for Chen Ping and said they must seize him if an opportunity arose, especially to obtain the Thousand Refinement Technique.
• Ju Zi left to keep watch on Chen Ping while Xu Tianran remained in the imperial garden.