Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping searched Rising Sun City for the water prison and found a hidden torture hall occupied by a powerful spiritual-type Evil Soul Master. He remained concealed after she sensed a faint disturbance and turned to investigate.

• Chen Ping entered Rising Sun City in disguise and spent hours memorizing its streets while searching for a brothel linked to Feng Ling's torturer.
• Chen Ping located a dark, dilapidated building and sensed a powerful spiritual-type Evil Soul Master inside.
• After hearing a victim scream, Chen Ping used the Rainbow-Scaled Mystic Light Mirage Dragon to conceal himself and entered the building.
• Chen Ping saw a black-robed female Evil Soul Master torturing a captive amid the remains of her victims, and killing intent briefly stirred in him.
• The Evil Soul Master sensed a slight ripple in Chen Ping's Spiritual Power, turned around, and hesitated when she found no one.

Chen Ping fought the eight-ring Evil Soul Master, shrugging off her Thorn Whip and overpowering her with punches. After she invoked her Soul of Vengeance to escape death and attack him again, Chen Ping unleashed Crimson Fiend-Thunderlight to finish the fight.

• The Evil Soul Master struck Chen Ping with her Thorn Whip, but his strengthened body and Spiritual Power let him withstand it.
• Chen Ping punched the Evil Soul Master through a wall and shattered her skull with Heaven-Piercing Pain Fist, interrupting her sound-based attack.
• The injured Evil Soul Master dispersed into black silhouettes and revealed that her Soul of Vengeance had awakened from hatred.
• The Evil Soul Master blamed others for failing to protect her and lunged at Chen Ping, who condemned her for torturing ordinary people.
• Chen Ping activated his Sixth Soul Ring and attacked the Evil Soul Master with Crimson Fiend-Thunderlight.

Chen Ping killed a female Evil Soul Master in Rising Sun City, disguised himself as her to evade suspicion, and uncovered how the Sun Moon Empire's officials tolerated Evil Soul Masters. He left the city after sleeping peacefully, while the people around him remained unaware of his role in the incident.

• Chen Ping used the Scarlet King's Crimson Fiend Thunderlight to kill the female Soul Douluo, then disguised himself as her and made it appear she had survived.
• Soldiers investigating the battle found dozens of gruesome corpses in the tower, but the general ordered them to keep quiet and reported the matter to his superiors.
• Nearby residents concluded that officials in the Sun Moon Empire were allowing Evil Soul Masters to act freely in major cities.
• Chen Ping removed his disguise, checked into a hotel, and slept with his companions after bringing them out of hiding.
• The next morning, Chen Ping's companions heard about the previous night's violence and were stunned by how casually he had stayed at the hotel.

Chen Ping used intelligence obtained from the dead Evil Soul Master Wu Yun to locate hundreds of poisoned hostages beneath Rising Sun City and began planning their rescue. He assigned Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Ji Juechen to create a diversion in three days, while revealing that the prison’s former guard, Feng Ling, had recently been transferred away.

• Chen Ping explained that he had obtained Wu Yun’s memories by searching her soul, and Snake delivered the Liches’ detailed intelligence to him.
• Huo Yuhao and the others learned that the hostages were held in a water prison beneath Rising Sun City’s southern wall, entered through a troop shelter.
• Wang Dong read that the prisoners had been weakened by Soul-Extinguishing Powder and deprived of food and water, making their rescue difficult.
• Chen Ping rejected Ji Juechen’s suggestion to storm the prison, noting that hundreds of nearly powerless captives would need to be carried out.
• Chen Ping assigned Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Ji Juechen to cause a diversion outside the city in three days and revealed that Feng Ling, the former guard, had recently been transferred away.

Chen Ping disguised himself as the dead Evil Soul Master Wu Yun and scouted the water prison beneath Rising Sun City, where tournament competitors were being held. After confirming the prison’s layout and guards, he headed toward the southern gate’s troop shelter to continue his plan.

• Chen Ping explained the rescue plan: he would enter the water prison disguised as Wu Yun, while Yuhao would set off fireworks after three days.
• Chen Ping transformed his appearance and voice into Wu Yun’s, using information Snake had gathered from her soul.
• Chen Ping ate at Wu Yun’s regular restaurant and observed the heavy defenses around the southern city wall.
• Chen Ping used his spiritual power to locate the water prison and found tournament competitors from academies and clans locked in submerged cages.
• Chen Ping assessed the Evil Soul Master guards and, finding none stronger than Wu Yun had been, went to the troop shelter by the southern city gate.

Chen Ping disguised himself as the deranged Wu Yun while the Third and Fourth Elders inspected the Water Prison, narrowly avoiding exposure. The Elders confirmed the prisoners were being kept weak but alive as leverage against the Three Great Empires.

• Chen Ping pretended to be Wu Yun, then stopped himself from responding when Nangong Wan called to her.
• Nether Thunder Douluo and Nangong Wan discussed Wu Yun’s unstable behavior and urged Huang Zheng and Mo Ke to advance as Soul Engineers.
• Nangong Wan told Huang Zheng and Mo Ke to become Level 7 Soul Engineers and avenge the Holy Spirit Cult’s fallen members by killing Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping recognized the Elders and their companions as enemies he had deceived before, and worried that his disguise might fail.
• The Elders entered the Water Prison and learned that Soul-Extinguishing Powder and starvation kept the prisoners weak, while healers treated injured captives so they would remain alive.

Chen Ping impersonated Wu Yun to take control of the Water Prison and test the Evil Soul Masters guarding it. After forcing them to eat Soul-Extinguishing Powder, he confronted the supervisor about currying favor with the elders, leaving the man terrified.

• Chen Ping learned that Wu Yun's subordinates feared and resented her, and used their behavior to plan his approach.
• Chen Ping kicked the Water Prison supervisor and blamed the guards for failing to administer Soul-Extinguishing Powder.
• Chen Ping claimed the powder might have lost its potency and ordered the guards to eat it to test its effects.
• Chen Ping struck the supervisor again when he tried to avoid the test, then revealed he knew the man had been courting the two elders.

Chen Ping used Soul-Extinguishing Powder to disable the Evil Soul Masters guarding the water prison, then had Wu Feng and Wang Dong kill them. He revealed himself to the prisoners as part of a Shrek rescue team and told them to prepare for an escape in three days, while noticing something unusual about a Heavenly Dragon Sect elder.

• Chen Ping forced the Evil Soul Masters to eat Soul-Extinguishing Powder until they could no longer gather Soul Power.
• Chen Ping signaled Wu Feng and Wang Dong to attack, and they killed ten Evil Soul Masters with Ning Tian's amplification.
• Chen Ping removed his disguise and told the imprisoned Soul Masters that Shrek had come to rescue them and that they must stay quiet until the planned breakout in three days.
• A gray-haired prisoner introduced himself as the Vice Sect Master of the Heavenly Dragon Sect and offered help with the escape.
• Chen Ping recognized the sect's connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and noticed something amiss as he examined the elder and the differing conditions inside the cells.

Chen Ping and his companions secretly rescued and treated the prisoners in the Water Prison while preserving their escape plan. Their actions earned Chen Ping an outpouring of faith, but Nether Thunder Douluo noticed signs of bloodshed when he returned to investigate.

• Chen Ping found the Heavenly Dragon Sect's Vice Sect Master and other senior captives enduring cramped, waist-deep Water Prisons, but they urged him not to move them and warned him about the two Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters.
• The prisoners advised Chen Ping to stick to the plan and avoid arousing suspicion while scattering Soul-Extinguishing Powder over the next three days.
• Chen Ping used his vitality to treat hundreds of prisoners, while Ning Tian and the others distributed food and water; the captives responded with gratitude that brought Chen Ping a great deal of pure faith.
• After Chen Ping resumed Wu Yun's appearance and his companions donned Holy Spirit Cult robes, Nether Thunder Douluo entered with Huang Zheng and Mo Ke and questioned Wu Yun about the missing workers.
• Nether Thunder Douluo smelled a faint trace of fresh blood and pressed Wu Yun to explain where everyone else had gone.

Chen Ping used the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s Pill Pearl to neutralize the Soul-Extinguishing Powder in the Water Prison while keeping Nether Thunder Douluo convinced it was genuine, allowing the hostages to recover. When the appointed time arrived, Chen Ping began the planned attack on Rising Sun City, triggering explosions that threw the city and the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses into chaos.

• Nether Thunder Douluo inspected the Soul-Extinguishing Powder in the Water Prison, accepted Chen Ping’s explanations, and left with Mo Ke and Huang Zheng.
• Chen Ping revealed that the Pill Pearl’s aura neutralized the powder in the water, letting the hostages gradually regain their strength and Soul Power.
• Three days later, Chen Ping and two companions waited outside Rising Sun City, keeping beyond the reach of its detection Soul Tools.
• At the appointed time, Chen Ping fired his High-Energy Heavy Soul Tool Concentrated-Energy Cannon at Level 7 Fixed-Installation Bunker-Buster Shells, setting off violent blasts beneath the city.
• The explosions temporarily disabled the high-altitude Soul Tools’ targeting function, and the Soul Engineer Corps deputy commander ordered the defenses activated.
• Further explosions erupted at multiple points inside and outside Rising Sun City, with the blasts heard faintly in Mingdu.

Huo Yuhao and his companions launched a coordinated series of explosions and artillery strikes against Rising Sun City’s walls and the Soul Engineer Corps positions outside them. The city’s defenders were left disoriented, while Mo Ke’s threat to a prisoner raised the danger inside the Water Prison.

• He Caitou’s concentrated artillery destroyed the High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools and bombarded the eastern and western Soul Engineer Corps positions, but their protective shield held.
• A Level 8 Fixed-Installation Underground Gliding Shell detonated beneath the northern encampment, engulfing it in a golden explosion and leaving fewer than ten people able to escape.
• Fixed Soul Cannon Shells shattered the defenses atop the eastern and western walls, destroying detection equipment and more than a third of the walls.
• He Caitou returned to the Hidden Troop Cave beneath the South City Wall and met Ning Tian and the others, while the Third Elder and Fourth Elder flew toward North City.
• The Water Prison prisoners prepared to act after three days of rest, and Mo Ke threatened the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s Vice Sect Master with a carving knife.

Huo Yuhao and Ji Juechen drew the Soul Engineer Corps away from Rising Sun City while allies freed the prisoners from the Water Prison. Ji Juechen devastated the pursuing battalion, and the prisoners broke through the prison bars and charged into the city.

• The disguised old man revealed his eight soul rings, and the Heavenly Dragon Sect's vice sect master defeated Mo Ke after the evil soul masters killed Huang Zheng.
• Ji Juechen used his Qinggang Sword to slaughter more than thirty Soul Engineers and defeat their close-combat battalion commander.
• Huo Yuhao signaled Ji Juechen to withdraw north, while Nether Thunder Douluo and Nangong Wan found the battalion's scattered remains and headed back to check the Water Prison.
• An explosion destroyed the bars linking the southern moat to the Water Prison, and the prisoners surged toward freedom.
• The prisoners charged into the nearby Soul Engineer encampment, where their strength far exceeded that of the two- and three-ring Soul Engineers.

Chen Ping and the freed hostages fought their way out of the Water Prison as reinforcements approached Rising Sun City. After Sky Centipede Douluo exposed Chen Ping’s identity and attacked him with poison, Chen Ping proved immune and split the fight so the others could confront Nether Thunder Douluo.

• A signal flare from the northern city wall warned Chen Ping and the others that reinforcements from Mingdu were nearing Rising Sun City.
• Sky Centipede Douluo recognized Chen Ping and attacked him with poisonous mist while Nether Thunder Douluo held off the hostages’ Soul Douluo elders.
• Chen Ping inhaled Sky Centipede Douluo’s poison without harm, then spat it onto the pursuing Evil Soul Masters, poisoning them.
• Chen Ping told Yu Gangfeng to help the Proud Sword Sect elder fight Nether Thunder Douluo while he faced Sky Centipede Douluo.
• Nether Thunder Douluo unleashed Demon Skull Seven Stars, Hell Thunderclap against Yu Gangfeng and the Proud Sword Sect elder.

Ning Tian enhanced Chen Ping and two Soul Douluos, allowing Chen Ping to transform into a three-headed, six-armed form and overwhelm Sky Centipede Douluo. After Chen Ping blasted the Titled Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar away, Sky Centipede Douluo feared he might die before reinforcements arrived.

• Ning Tian used the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to greatly boost Chen Ping, Yu Gangfeng, and Wu Liao.
• Chen Ping used his Flying Soul Tool to slam into Nangong Wan, who transformed into his Venomous Demon Centipede Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Ping revealed his three-headed, six-armed form and blocked Sky Centipede Douluo’s centipede legs with his weapons.
• Chen Ping wounded Sky Centipede Douluo with Crimson Fiend Thunderlight and planted poison seals on his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Ping detonated the Cold Binding Seal and struck Sky Centipede Douluo with his fully charged Star Nodule Club, sending him flying.
• Sky Centipede Douluo recognized Chen Ping as an extraordinary threat and feared he would be killed before reinforcements arrived.

Chen Ping killed Sky Centipede Douluo Nangong Wan with a poison-laced palm strike, then urged his allies to retreat as the Beast King Soul Engineer Corps approached Rising Sun City. Exhausted but recovering Soul Power from two Milk Bottles, he opened a pitch-black gate as the enemy force swept toward them.

• Nangong Wan sprayed a vast cloud of poisonous mist and tried to escape, but Chen Ping used Snow Drifting to reach him and struck him with Poison Palm: Jade Phosphorus Ten-Absolute.
• Chen Ping's freezing energy and Jade Phosphorus Ten-Absolute poison entered Nangong Wan's head, and Chen Ping crushed it with his clubs, killing Sky Centipede Douluo.
• Nether Thunder Douluo fled after Nangong Wan's death, and Chen Ping stopped Yu Gangfeng and Wu Liao from pursuing him.
• Chen Ping warned his allies to kill the remaining Evil Soul Masters and withdraw, then used two Milk Bottles to recover from his drained Soul Power.
• As the Beast King Soul Engineer Corps rushed toward the group outside the South City Wall, Chen Ping ended his Three Heads and Six Arms state and opened a pitch-black gate.

Chen Ping led the hostages’ escape from Rising Sun City with a decoy Portal and a second Portal opened by Huo Yuhao, allowing them to evade the Beast King Soul Engineer Corps. After reaching safety, Chen Ping reflected on his rise to Level 69 and his goal of reaching the Titled Douluo realm before turning twenty.

• Chen Ping sent the prisoners through the Dark Portal as the Beast King Soul Engineer Corps arrived and opened fire too late to stop their escape.
• At the north city wall, Ji Juechen and Huo Yuhao handed the fleeing Soul Masters maps and Flying Soul Tools as they emerged from the second Portal.
• Chen Ping’s feint drew the Beast King Soul Engineer Corps away from the escape route, and the hostages used faster Flying Soul Tools to flee.
• Yu Gangfeng and Wu Liao praised Chen Ping for killing the Sky Centipede Douluo, and Chen Ping revealed that his Soul Power had reached Level 69.
• Yu Gangfeng invited Chen Ping to visit the Heavenly Dragon Sect before he and Wu Liao departed, while Chen Ping resolved to reach Level 70 and eventually challenge Tang San’s hidden pawns.
• Wu Feng took Chen Ping’s hand to help him recover while flying, and Ning Tian teased her for wanting to take advantage of him.

Nether Thunder Douluo was intercepted by the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps after the hostages escaped Rising Sun City, and he explained that Sky Centipede Douluo had died during the escape. Xu Tianran and Ju Zi then learned that every hostage had gotten away and summoned the Imperial Preceptor to discuss the failure.

• The Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps surrounded Nether Thunder Douluo, but he identified himself as an ally and presented his token to Commander Wang Yiheng.
• Nether Thunder Douluo explained that Sky Centipede Douluo had died and blamed a Soul Emperor for the defeat, while Wang Yiheng admitted that the same junior had mastered space.
• Xu Tianran angrily questioned the commanders of the Soul Engineer Corps after learning that all the hostages had escaped.
• The commanders reported how the escape had happened, and Xu Tianran ordered the Imperial Preceptor to join the discussion.

Xu Tianran learned that Chen Ping had rescued the hostages from Rising Sun City, and the clues pointed to a coordinated operation involving Shrek Academy and the other empires. Zhongli Wu accepted Xu Tianran’s demand for an accounting and punished Nether Thunder for the Holy Spirit Cult’s failure.

• Wang Yiheng reported that Chen Ping had killed Sky Centipede Douluo, rescued the hostages, and escaped through a Space Gate.
• Xu Tianran recognized Chen Ping as the Shrek Team captain who had won the tournament and survived the Western Mountain valley.
• Nether Thunder Douluo showed Xu Tianran moat water in which the Soul-Extinguishing Powder remained effective, suggesting someone had neutralized the poison in the hostages.
• Xu Tianran received news that powerful experts from Shrek Academy and three other empires had disappeared, and concluded they had gone to receive the rescued hostages.
• Zhongli Wu promised Xu Tianran an accounting, then rebuked Nether Thunder and ordered him to tear off his right big toe.

Zhongli Wu killed two Soul Engineers before Xu Tianran and left as war with the Three Great Empires loomed. A month later, Chen Ping learned that popular worship and imperial politics had turned him into a joint royal mascot, earning him a king's title from the Three Kingdoms.

• Zhongli Wu executed two Level 8 Soul Engineers, warned Xu Tianran that war was unavoidable, and departed with Nether Thunder Douluo.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to summon Mingdu's Legion Commanders for a military deliberation and considered using war to consolidate power and exploit the Holy Spirit Cult.
• A month later, Chen Ping and Xuan Zi watched students fight in Shrek Academy's Outer Court arena while discussing Mu En.
• Chen Ping heard that exaggerated stories about his feats had inspired sects and academies to build Living Shrines to him.
• The Three Great Empires supported Chen Ping's worship for political reasons and jointly bestowed a king's title upon him.

Chen Ping reflected on the political meaning of his new title, King Wu'an, and the strange prayers that came with it. Electrolux proposed that Chen Ping could turn his many epithets into distinct divine domains within a single God Position, potentially leading toward God King status.

• The Three Great Empires bestowed on Chen Ping the title of King Wu'an, balancing his public image while presenting him as a future defender against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xuan Zi told Chen Ping that Mu En remained stable in seclusion while slowly using the supreme treasure to wear away the Dragon Core Baleful Qi.
• Chen Ping dismissed his title as a political mascot role, though he privately felt the continuous flow of faith from the people and imperial families.
• Chen Ping received increasingly varied prayers, including requests for beauty, children, cures, and larger homes, and asked Electrolux whether they could affect his path to godhood.
• Electrolux explained that gods could hold multiple domains of authority and advised Chen Ping to develop one God Position containing many domains, a possible route toward becoming a God King.
• Chen Ping lamented the Divine Realm’s irresponsible gods and their wager over whether the power of love was infinite.