Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping absorbed the Scarlet King's Soul Spirit, then took Youyou into Qiankun Asking Love Valley to question her about Tang San. He promised to spare her if she told him everything, while the merging of his two demiplanes remained underway.

• The Snow Empress told the Scarlet King that the Divine Realm forbade Soul Beasts from becoming gods and said they might have the best chance of reaching godhood together as Chen Ping's Soul Spirits.
• Chen Ping allowed the Scarlet King to tell Di Tian about the ban, and the Scarlet King reappeared beside him in a smaller form, delighting the Auspicious Beast.
• Chen Ping's cultivation rose from Level 60 to Level 64 after he absorbed the Scarlet King's Soul Spirit.
• Chen Ping seized the Aromatic Silk Beauty and led her through the Gate of the Undead into Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where the Undead Demiplane hung overhead as the two demiplanes began merging.
• Chen Ping told Youyou to recount everything Tang San had ever said to her and promised to spare her if she told the truth.

Chen Ping questioned the aromatic silk beauty about Tang San’s arrangements and learned that Sea God Island priests had planted the Poison Formation around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After Chen Ping spared her, the Scarlet King killed her and took her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and left leg bone.

• The aromatic silk beauty told Chen Ping that a group led by the Second Sacred Pillar had planted Ten Absolute and jade phosphorus flower seeds at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Yan was living to suppress her poison.
• The aromatic silk beauty revealed that Da Ming and Er Ming had visited ten years earlier on Tang San’s behalf and left her a book and instructions to prepare trials.
• Chen Ping inferred that the first group had been led by Sea Dragon Douluo and realized Tang San could command the Sea God Family, increasing his concern about Tang San’s hidden forces.
• Chen Ping accepted the aromatic silk beauty’s intelligence and let her leave the Undead Demiplane.
• The Scarlet King attacked the aromatic silk beauty as she emerged, and a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and left leg bone fell to the ground.

Di Tian confronted Chen Ping after killing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but Chen Ping argued that Artificial Soul Rings could end the need for humans to hunt soul beasts and that Tang San posed a greater threat to the Star Dou Forest. Di Tian released Chen Ping, leaving their uneasy alliance intact against the danger Tang San represented.

• Di Tian killed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and took her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and Left Leg Bone.
• Chen Ping faced Di Tian without resisting when Di Tian seized him in a dragon claw.
• Di Tian said he wanted to kill Chen Ping because Chen Ping had endangered the Auspicious Beast and might threaten her again.
• Chen Ping warned that Artificial Soul Rings could free humans from hunting soul beasts, but would also make humanity stronger and intensify the danger to soul beasts.
• Chen Ping argued that Tang San's schemes threatened the Star Dou Forest and that only fighting into the Divine Realm to defeat Tang San could bring lasting peace.
• Di Tian considered Chen Ping's warning and set him down, recognizing that the soul beasts could not guard against Tang San indefinitely.

Chen Ping explained to Di Tian how Tang San had repeatedly schemed against the Auspicious Beast, prompting Di Tian to threaten the immortal herbs and take her away. As they flew toward the Star Dou Forest, Di Tian reflected on the Auspicious Beast’s fate and asked her to tell him more about Chen Ping and the human world.

• Chen Ping shared memories showing that Tang San had tried to overwrite the Auspicious Beast’s memories and later staged another scheme after his first plan failed.
• Di Tian thanked Chen Ping’s teacher, acknowledged Chen Ping’s role in saving the Auspicious Beast, and warned the immortal herbs against helping Tang San.
• Di Tian took the Auspicious Beast and departed through a tear in space, remarking that they still had to settle the score with Tang San.
• While flying toward the Star Dou Forest, Di Tian explained that an Auspicious Beast’s encounter with danger could signal a destined calamity or a fate-related bottleneck.
• Di Tian asked the Auspicious Beast to tell him about Chen Ping and describe the changes in the human world.

Chen Ping collected the aromatic silk beauty’s Soul Bone and Soul Ring, then prepared to temper his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After eating the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and the aromatic silk beauty’s core pearl, he faced the springs, determined to withstand them and retrieve the Dragon Kings’ remains before Di Tian could discover them.

• Chen Ping stored the aromatic silk beauty’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone and Soul Ring, then replanted its remains and seed.
• Chen Ping tested the cold and hot springs from above and found that even his Ultimate Ice Soul Power could not shield him from their extremes.
• Chen Ping ate the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and used its medicinal power to resist the springs’ heat and cold.
• Chen Ping resolved to withstand the waters so he could retrieve the two Dragon Kings’ Soul Bones and remains before Di Tian found them.
• Chen Ping swallowed the aromatic silk beauty’s core pearl, which reduced the danger posed by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Chen Ping endured three days of brutal cultivation in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reforging his body into a Vajra Indestructible Body and elevating the Scarlet King's Hellfire into Purgatory Demon Flame. He then plunged into the Yang Spring to search for the two fallen Dragon Kings' Soul Bones.

• Chen Ping cultivated at the junction of the springs, using the Living Being Carving Knife's healing power to rapidly rebuild his body as it suffered ice and fire damage.
• After three days, Chen Ping completed his Golden Body and found that fire energy could no longer harm him.
• Chen Ping absorbed enough fire element to transform the Scarlet King's Hellfire into the ultimate-attribute Purgatory Demon Flame.
• Chen Ping stored the Jade Phosphorus Ten-Absolute Flower's pollen, then dived into the Yang Spring to search for the Dragon Kings' Soul Bones.

Chen Ping descended to the bottom of the Yang Spring in search of the Dragon Kings’ remains and Soul Bones. He found the Fire Dragon King’s enormous skeleton but had not yet located its Soul Bones.

• Chen Ping descended through the Yang Spring, enduring its intense heat and using the Eye of Truth to guide him.
• The Eye of Truth identified the Fire Dragon King’s skeleton, and Chen Ping followed the marker deeper into the spring.
• Chen Ping used the Snow Empress’s power to withstand the heat and divine might as he approached the remains.
• Chen Ping discovered that the massive bone he had followed was a rib over two hundred meters long, and realized the Fire Dragon King’s skeleton stretched roughly two thousand meters.
• Chen Ping abandoned his idea of turning the Dragon Kings’ remains into undead creatures and refocused on finding the Soul Bones.

Chen Ping descended into the Fire Dragon King's skull and found its complete, god-level Trunk Bone surrounded by nearly solid fire element. He sent the soul bone and the other dragon king's soul bone into the Undead Demiplane, then escaped the Cold Spring.

• Chen Ping endured the heat and pressure as he descended along the Fire Dragon King's spine into its skull.
• Chen Ping sensed the nearly solid fire element and learned how its slow circulation sustained the vortex inside the skull.
• Chen Ping found the Fire Dragon King's Trunk Bone, protected by armor formed from dense flame energy.
• Chen Ping opened a Gate of the Undead and sent the Trunk Bone and the surrounding fire element into the Undead Demiplane.
• Chen Ping sent the other dragon king's soul bone into the demiplane and climbed out of the Cold Spring.

Chen Ping returned to Shrek with two Lovesick Heartbreak Reds and told Mu En that Tang San was still manipulating events in the human world. After Chen Ping revealed what he had learned about Tang San and the Divine Realm, Mu En was left fearing that Tang San’s influence over Shrek might serve his own interests.

• Chen Ping picked both Lovesick Heartbreak Reds at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and returned to Shrek Academy, planning to use one to heal Mu En and plant the other in Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Chen Ping told Mu En that he had encountered Tang San’s divine sense and believed Tang San had never relinquished his grip on the human world.
• Mu En isolated the room with spatial power and explained that Chen Ping’s habit of calling Tang San by name convinced him the warning was genuine.
• Chen Ping recounted both encounters with Tang San’s divine sense and shared what he had learned about the God of Love, the Nine-Colored Goddess, and Tang Wutong.
• Mu En reacted with shock to Chen Ping’s account and wondered whether the Golden Ancient Tree, Sea God Lake, and Sea God Island had been created for Tang San’s selfish purposes.

Mu En resolved to investigate the Golden Ancient Tree after recovering from his injuries, while Chen Ping’s return gave the Sea God Pavilion hope of restoring him. Xuan Zi then assigned Chen Ping a covert mission to rescue hostages held by the Sun Moon Empire in Rising Sun City.

• Mu En suspected that the Golden Ancient Tree held the accumulated power of past Sea God Pavilion Masters and resolved to uncover the truth after healing.
• Chen Ping’s Food God’s Crystal Caterpillar Sausage and Lovesick Heartbreak Red revived Mu En, who entered seclusion to purge the remaining Dragon Core Baleful Qi.
• Xuan Zi reported that the Sun Moon Empire had abducted tournament participants and used mutilated hostages to pressure the Three Great Empires.
• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek and the Three Great Empires would launch Soul Douluo-led operations while avoiding intervention by combatants above that rank.
• Xuan Zi tasked Chen Ping with infiltrating Rising Sun City and rescuing the hostages so the Three Great Empires could act freely and pressure the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers.

Chen Ping accepted command of a hostage-rescue mission in Rising Sun City and assembled his former tournament teammates as the core of the team. He revealed that an Immortal Herb had raised his cultivation to rank sixty-eight, leaving his friends stunned.

• Xuan Zi assigned Chen Ping to lead a hostage-rescue mission in Rising Sun City, with other teams set to distract the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Ping asked for Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and requested that his former tournament teammates join him, planning to leave five days before the mission.
• Chen Ping explained the mission to He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and the others, then revealed that he had reached rank sixty-eight.
• Chen Ping said an Immortal Herb had boosted his cultivation and improved his aptitude, shocking Wu Feng and the rest of the group.

Chen Ping revealed that he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and brought immortal herbs for his companions. He gave Huo Yuhao remedies for Ma Xiaotao and a possible soul spirit, then presented Wu Feng with the Fire Dragon Grass.

• Chen Ping explained that his eight-level soul power increase came partly from his sixth soul ring and revealed that he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, promising everyone a share of its immortal herbs.
• Chen Ping gave Huo Yuhao the essence of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, explaining that the crimson gel could help Ma Xiaotao and the Heartchill Pearl might let Huo Yuhao form a soul spirit.
• Huo Yuhao hurried to take the crimson gel to Ma Xiaotao and kept the Heartchill Pearl for a possible soul spirit.
• Chen Ping told Wu Feng that he had found an immortal herb better suited to her than the crimson gel, which Wu Feng agreed should go to Ma Xiaotao.
• Chen Ping gave Wu Feng the Fire Dragon Grass and instructed her to eat its thorns, leaves, and stamens while leaving its roots and stem for him to replant.

Chen Ping distributed immortal herbs to his companions, then gave Ning Tian the Aromatic Silk Beauty she needed to restore the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. After sharing an intimate moment, he prepared to use Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to improve his spiritual power.

• Chen Ping handed Wu Feng the Fire Dragon Grass and gave suitable immortal herbs to He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and the others.
• Chen Ping considered how the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had opened most of his meridians and improved his cultivation aptitude.
• Chen Ping revealed the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ning Tian after she confronted him for pretending he had not found her an immortal herb.
• Ning Tian embraced Chen Ping, relieved that the herb could help the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect regain its Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and then kissed him before hurrying away.
• Chen Ping took out Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, intending to use it to further improve his spiritual power.

Chen Ping consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which greatly enhanced his eyesight and expanded his Sea of Consciousness. Ten days later, he led a team of Soul Masters out of Shrek City on a hostage-rescue mission, while Xiao Xiao and Jing Ziyan stayed behind.

• Chen Ping drank the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and felt its effects nourish his three eyes and expand his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ten days later, Chen Ping left Xiao Xiao and Jing Ziyan in Shrek City while taking Nana and other teammates on the mission.
• Chen Ping's team departed with level-seven Flying Soul Tools crafted by Qian Duoduo.
• Ji Juechen flew standing on his oversized flying-sword Soul Tool, letting the cold wind and rain hit his face because he believed it suited a swordsman.

Chen Ping led his companions on a covert, circuitous journey across the Star Luo Empire to reach its South Sea Coast. He explained that they would enter the Sun Moon Empire by sea to avoid detection and rescue the captives, then prepared everyone to rest on the shore.

• Chen Ping guided the group around the Star Dou Great Forest and across the Star Luo Empire, avoiding cities to reduce the risk of encountering spies.
• After flying all day, Chen Ping and his companions reached the South Sea Coast and watched the sun set over the sea.
• Chen Ping told the group they would cross the sea into the Sun Moon Empire while Xuan Zi and the Academy's powerhouses drew attention as an overt force.
• Chen Ping explained that the group would secretly rescue the captives, who were capable fighters, while the enemy focused on Xuan Zi's team.
• Chen Ping headed to the water to catch fish, and Wang Dong eagerly followed with her Clear Sky Hammer.

Chen Ping showed Wang Dong how the Heart of the Ocean could shield them from seawater, letting them travel along the seabed instead of risking a boat or flying over the sea. After gathering a huge haul of seafood, he explained the tool’s abilities and automatic recharging, and the group prepared to use it for the journey ahead.

• Chen Ping rejected traveling by Soul Tool Shuttle Boat or flying, then revealed the Heart of the Ocean and said they would take the Seabed Expressway.
• Chen Ping and Wang Dong walked into the sea inside the Heart of the Ocean’s protective field, and Wang Dong was startled by an octopus clinging to her foot.
• Chen Ping gathered lobsters and other seafood from the seabed while Wang Dong helped collect a large haul for the group.
• Huo Yuhao prepared the seafood as Wang Dong described the experience, and Chen Ping explained the Heart of the Ocean’s abilities and automatic underwater recharging.
• The group enjoyed a seafood feast, then rested around the campfire and took turns keeping watch.

Chen Ping led his companions underwater to Haiyue City, where they entered the Sun Moon Empire unnoticed and settled in a hotel. Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao attacked the empire’s border defenses, destroying its High-Altitude Detectors as the diversionary force began its assault.

• Chen Ping used the Heart of the Ocean and a Level 8 All-Terrain Soul Tool to guide his companions beneath the sea and around the Sun Moon Empire’s coastal navy.
• Chen Ping navigated to Haiyue City, approached through a cliff instead of Sun Moon Port, and changed the group into Sun Moon Empire clothing.
• Chen Ping and his companions entered Haiyue City without trouble, checked into a hotel, and planned to travel to Rising Sun City the next day.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao flew toward the Sun Moon Empire’s border and drew the attention of its High-Altitude Detectors.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonlight Shockwave to make the High-Altitude Detectors within ten li explode, while Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Ultimate Fire Phoenix to burn Soul Tool components.

Shrek and the allied empires launched a devastating nighttime bombardment against the Sun Moon Empire, exposing the advantage of their long-range cannons and new flying Soul Tools. After hearing of the losses, Xu Tianran blamed his political rivals for blocking defensive technology and lamented that his influence was being steadily undermined.

• The Star Luo Empire's concealed Level 4 Soul Tool Cannons bombarded Sun Moon Empire positions from beyond visual range while Ma Xiaotao killed a rank-ninety-one Soul Engineer Corps Commander.
• Shrek's surprise teams disabled High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools across the border, allowing allied forces to bombard six Soul Engineer Corps through the night.
• The bombardment killed or wounded nearly a thousand Soul Engineers and destroyed many Soul Cannon positions and ammunition depots.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that new flying Soul Tools and long-range Level 4 cannons had enabled the attack, and that the army might have fared better if it had adopted Professor Mo Fang's Linked Defensive Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianran accused his younger brothers and the Emperor of conspiring against him, then struck a pillar and regretted not poisoning the Emperor more decisively.

Ju Zi realized Xu Tianran had poisoned the old emperor and was ordered to begin deploying linked Soul Tools in the army. Meanwhile, Chen Ping’s group investigated Rising Sun City’s formidable defenses, and Huo Yuhao revealed strange devices buried beneath the ground.

• Ju Zi connected Xu Tianran’s poisoning of Xu Shiliu to the Evil Soul Masters and the Soul-Extinguishing Powder.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to trial the Linked Defense Soul Tool Technology in the army and expand it if successful.
• Chen Ping’s group hid among a merchant caravan and used Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection to survey Rising Sun City’s defenses.
• The group discovered that a thousand Soul Engineers and extensive detection Soul Tools guarded the city, making ordinary entry nearly impossible.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a series of strange metal vessels buried underground, and Wang Dong asked what they were.

Chen Ping found that the Sun Moon Empire had sealed off underground infiltration with newly deployed seismoscopes, so he sent his companions into the Other Shore Small World and devised a way to enter Rising Sun City alone. He passed the city’s soul power inspection by secretly disabling its alert speakers and using the Mirage Dragon Shell to disguise the result, leaving him inside the city undetected.

• Chen Ping explained how the Sun Moon Empire’s buried seismoscopes could expose anyone tunneling toward the city.
• Ji Juechen proposed drawing the Soul Engineer Corps away while the others charged in, but Wu Feng warned that they faced two corps.
• Chen Ping sent his six companions through the Gate of the Other Shore into the Other Shore Small World.
• Chen Ping shaved steel nails into fine needles and used them to temporarily block the detection instruments’ speakers as he joined the line into Rising Sun City.
• Chen Ping projected a false ordinary-person result over the detection instrument with the Mirage Dragon Shell and passed the inspection without alerting the soldiers.