Chapter Summaries

Ye Xishui realized the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Masters had planned their assault despite her Death God Tower’s limits and her hidden injuries. When Xuanji Douluo’s group reached the tower, Ye Xishui confronted the twelve Titled Douluos and attacked Shattered Star Douluo.

• Ye Xishui recognized that the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Masters were deliberately evading Death God’s Light rather than fleeing, and suspected they knew about her injuries.
• Ye Xishui blamed the Mingdou Mountain Range’s defenders for failing to discover the tunnels, though Ju Zi’s inspection had taken place before Chen Ping’s tunnels were completed.
• Xuanji Douluo led the Titled Douluos through the defenses to the Death God Tower, where they saw Ye Xishui and her six black and three red Soul Rings.
• Ye Xishui challenged the twelve Titled Douluos and formed a gigantic bloody claw toward Shattered Star Douluo.
• Shattered Star Douluo hurled the power he had gathered with Shattered Star’s Light at the Death God Tower.

Shattered Star Douluo and the Star Luo Empire’s surviving Soul Masters attacked Ye Xishui, whose power was limited by injuries and the overloaded Death God Tower. Xuanji Douluo revealed their real objective and used the Sun Moon Divine Needle to lead a focused assault on the tower.

• Shattered Star Douluo hurled the absorbed Soul Guidance Rays at Ye Xishui, who intercepted the attack with her blood-colored claw.
• Ye Xishui scattered the Titled Douluos’ strongest strike and mocked the surviving Star Luo Empire Soul Masters.
• Xuanji Douluo deduced that Ye Xishui could wield only level 98 power because she was injured and the Death God Tower had overloaded.
• Ye Xishui killed a Titled Douluo with Death God’s Light and devoured his soul through the Blood Soul Demon Puppet.
• Xuanji Douluo announced that the Star Luo Empire forces intended to destroy the Death God Tower and summoned the Sun Moon Divine Needle Chen Ping had lent him.
• The Titled Douluos unleashed their strongest Soul Skills against the tower, while Ye Xishui’s protective barrier shielded it.

Ye Xishui fought off the Titled Douluos while they bought time for the Sun Moon Divine Needle to destroy the Death God Tower. As she prepared to retaliate, a corpse emerged from a Space Gate carrying a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.

• Ye Xishui killed a depleted Titled Douluo, then blasted away Soul Douluos who charged her to delay her.
• The Sun Moon Divine Needle pierced the Death God Tower's shield and smashed the tower beyond repair.
• Ye Xishui turned on the Titled Douluos, but noticed their strangely crazed gazes as she prepared to attack Giant Hammer Douluo.
• A Space Gate opened beside Ye Xishui, and a corpse puppet emerged carrying a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.
• The corpse shouted, "Sorry!", as the shell made Ye Xishui's sense of danger flare.

Ye Xishui fled when a Corpse Puppet carrying a Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell threatened her, while the Star Luo Empire’s powerhouses escaped through a gate. She was left furious after losing the Death God Tower and half the Soul Engineer Position in the Mingdou Mountain Range.

• A Corpse Puppet carrying a Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell charged at Ye Xishui, forcing her to retreat rather than risk taking the blast.
• Xuanji Douluo used his expanded Xuanji Umbrella to shield the Star Luo powerhouses as they pressed Ye Xishui with attacks.
• Ye Xishui took several Soul Skills, including a spiritual attack, and broke out of the Soul Engineers’ encirclement while fleeing toward the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• A seemingly ordinary, severely wounded Soul Douluo opened a gate and ushered the Star Luo Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos through it to safety.
• Ye Xishui realized the Star Luo powerhouses had feigned a desperate last stand to conceal their escape plan, and she raged over her losses.

Ye Xishui attacked Chen Ping after he provoked her, and her Limit Douluo pressure trapped them in the Mingdou Mountain Range. Chen Ping revealed a genuine Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell and activated a Level 9 Invincible Shield and Metal Storm, leaving their confrontation poised to escalate.

• Ye Xishui unleashed her full strength, destroying Chen Ping’s Space Gate and killing two nearby Soul Douluos.
• Chen Ping invoked Mu En’s name, but recognized Ye Xishui’s offer to spare him as a deception and called her out.
• Ye Xishui attacked Chen Ping, whose figure dispersed into snow mist before he reformed and continued taunting her.
• Ye Xishui dismissed the Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell as a fake, then drew it and the Corpse Puppet toward herself.
• Chen Ping revealed the genuine shell and activated his Level 9 Invincible Shield and Metal Storm.

Chen Ping unleashed Nangong Wan’s Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, Destruction Storm, against Ye Xishui in the metal-packed Mingdou Mountain Range and was knocked unconscious by the blast. As the resulting chain explosions engulfed the mountains, Xu Jiujiu spotted a golden point of light rising from the inferno.

• Chen Ping activated his Invincible Shield as Nangong Wan’s Destruction Storm erupted beside him, but Ye Xishui’s attack made his senses go unreal and the blast knocked him unconscious.
• Destruction Storm’s Metal Bombs spread across the metal-rich Mingdou Mountain Range, triggering secondary explosions throughout the Soul Tool emplacements.
• The explosions and metal storms tore through the Second Soul Engineer Corps’ encampment and set the entire mountain range ablaze.
• The Star Luo Empire’s experts feared for Chen Ping as fire, molten metal, and rocks filled the sky around the area where he and Ye Xishui had been.
• Xu Jiujiu spotted a golden point of light shooting out of the mountains and rising a thousand meters before it began to fall.

Chen Ping survived the Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell’s blast inside the Invincible Shield, but the impact left him unconscious and badly injured. Shattered Star Douluo caught him before he hit the ground, and Medicine Immortal Douluo arrived with a healing team as the Star Luo Empire secured the Mingdou Mountain Range.

• The Invincible Shield carried Chen Ping clear of the explosion, but its sudden acceleration knocked him unconscious and injured his head.
• Shattered Star Douluo caught Chen Ping as he fell toward the Star Luo Empire’s side and found him bleeding, with his Soul Power undetectable.
• Shattered Star Douluo sent Giant Hammer Douluo to summon healers and ordered the other Titled Douluos to help secure the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• The White Tiger Duke and Xu Jiujiu arrived with a healing team after the Star Luo forces took control of the mountain range.
• Medicine Immortal Douluo enveloped Chen Ping in a pale green healing barrier.

Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er confirmed that Chen Ping had recovered from his injuries and was only unconscious, while the Star Luo leaders learned that his attack had devastated a Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer Corps and damaged the Death God Tower and Sun Moon Divine Needle. Chen Ping woke just as Dai Hao and Xu Jiujiu discussed compensating him with the Death God Tower and rare metals.

• Wang Xian'er told Xu Jiujiu that Chen Ping's wounds had healed and that he would soon wake, then teased her for worrying about him.
• Wang Xian'er and Dai Hao sensed something from the Mingdou Mountain Range as the Star Luo leaders hoped Chen Ping's attack had badly wounded Ye Xishui.
• A messenger reported that Metal Storm had devastated the Mingdou Mountain Range, destroyed the Star-Defending Corps, and left the Death God Tower and Sun Moon Divine Needle damaged but repairable.
• Dai Hao and Xu Jiujiu agreed that the Death God Tower and rare metals could compensate Chen Ping for his contribution to the Star Luo Empire.
• Chen Ping woke in Xuanji Douluo's arms, startled by his face, and awkwardly explained that he had heard them discussing his reward.

After returning from the border, Chen Ping told Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo that his cultivation had reached level sixty-nine but faced an unusual bottleneck before level seventy. He proposed forming a soul core to break through, leaving Dai Hao alarmed and Chen Ping defending the idea.

• Xu Jiujiu agreed to provide Chen Ping with rare metals as compensation, and Chen Ping asked Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo for a private discussion.
• Chen Ping clarified that he planned to return to the Academy and wanted to ask about soul cores, not military affairs.
• Chen Ping explained that his cultivation had reached the peak of level sixty-nine and that he had encountered another bottleneck before level seventy.
• Xuanji Douluo recognized that Chen Ping was considering a soul core, and Chen Ping confirmed he wanted to form one at level seventy to break through.
• Dai Hao called the plan reckless, but Chen Ping pointed out that powerful Soul Masters existed before the Soul Core Method was invented, leaving Dai Hao at a loss for words.

Chen Ping asked Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo about condensing a soul core, and answered their concerns about how it might affect his future breakthroughs. After Xu Jiujiu learned how far behind him she was in preparing to condense a soul core, she returned to cultivate while Chen Ping spent half the night learning from the two Douluos.

• Xuanji Douluo warned Chen Ping that condensing a soul core early could leave him without a path to advance beyond dual soul cores.
• Chen Ping argued that Soul Masters had reached level 99 in the past without soul cores, so an early soul core would not prevent him from progressing.
• Xu Jiujiu asked to hear about soul core cultivation, but Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo explained that her soul power was not yet ready for it.
• Xu Jiujiu returned to her tent in low spirits and resolved to reach level 70 before Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping questioned Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo about soul core cultivation and learned from them for half the night.

Xu Tianran reeled from the loss of the border territory, the Death God Tower, and two Soul Engineer Corps, while Chen Ping’s spatial Portal and possible stockpile of Level 9 shells raised new fears. After learning Ju Zi had marched north without orders, Xu Tianran recovered his resolve and thought of a way to break the deadlock.

• Xu Tianran learned that Chen Ping had used Metal Storm to blast Ye Xishui, retake the border, and destroy the Death God Tower.
• Ye Xishui told Xu Tianran that Chen Ping had a Level 9 Invincible Shield and had opened a spatial Portal, leading Xu Tianran to suspect he had stolen the sixteen shells from the Zero Chamber.
• Xu Tianran learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had ambushed the army and destroyed the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion and another Soul Engineer Corps with detonated Soul Cannon Shells.
• Xu Tianran heard that Holy Spirit Cult members had devoured the souls of their own soldiers in front of the other Soul Engineer Corps, then endured the Old Emperor’s reprimand.
• Xu Tianran learned that Ju Zi had marched north to attack the Heaven Dou Empire’s border without orders and, after brooding, regained his resolve and devised a way to break the deadlock.

Chen Ping returned to Shrek Academy and spent 400,000 points to analyze the Golden Ancient Tree. The analysis revealed that it contained Ah Yin, had absorbed vitality from nearby regions, and was connected to a life-fusion ritual involving Tang San’s power.

• Chen Ping considered how he could leave the Sun Moon Empire’s court and turn his departure into a victorious military campaign.
• At Shrek Academy, students prepared for the approaching war after news spread that the Sun Moon Empire had blasted open the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Chen Ping met Elf in his Sea of Consciousness and paid 400,000 points to analyze the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Chen Ping learned that the Golden Tree had fused with Ah Yin and could draw vitality from nearby regions to anchor a world’s vitality.
• Chen Ping discovered that Tang San had used a life-fusion ritual to combine Ah Yin with the Golden Tree, and he planned to compare the information with other intelligence.

Chen Ping viewed the temporal afterimage of Zhao Wuji’s Statue and watched Zhao Wuji contact Tang San through the Golden Tree. Zhao Wuji raised concerns about Soul Masters’ weakening Martial Soul Avatars, leaving Tang San’s response unknown.

• Chen Ping used his spiritual power on Zhao Wuji’s Statue and activated its ten-thousand-year-old temporal afterimage.
• Chen Ping watched Zhao Wuji and Fu discuss Zhao Wuji’s suspicions about Qin Ming’s early death and Zhao Wuji’s desire to ask Tang San about it.
• Zhao Wuji summoned the Sea God’s Light at the Golden Tree and spoke with Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that Martial Soul Avatars had been changing for more than twenty years, becoming weaker than those of veteran Soul Saints.

Chen Ping witnessed Zhao Wuji confront Tang San over the Golden Tree draining Soul Masters’ vitality, only for Tang San to dismiss him and blast him away with the tree’s power. The revelation left Chen Ping believing Tang San had crippled the paths to godhood and weakened Martial Soul Avatar skills to prevent anyone on Douluo Star from challenging him.

• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that Soul Masters near Shrek suffered weakened Martial Soul Avatars and shortened lifespans, and accused the Golden Tree of draining their vitality.
• Tang San rejected Zhao Wuji’s accusations and used the Golden Tree’s Sea God’s Light to blast him away, shattering the vision Chen Ping had been watching.
• Chen Ping surfaced from the lake and reflected on Zhao Wuji’s loyalty to his former student Qin Ming and his helplessness before a god.
• Chen Ping concluded that the Golden Tree had expanded its reach across Douluo Star, draining vitality and producing only a few fruits in return.
• Chen Ping reasoned that Tang San had cut off the continent’s route to self-created godhood and weakened Martial Soul Avatar skills to stop potential rivals.

After uncovering how Tang San had weakened the Douluo Continent to secure power for himself, Chen Ping resolved to surpass him by developing a Soul Core. With Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er guarding him, Chen Ping began compressing his Soul Power to form one.

• Chen Ping realized Tang San had planted the Golden Ancient Tree to drain the continent's life force and limit future Soul Masters' chances of becoming gods.
• Chen Ping decided to condense a Soul Core, break through the Level 70 bottleneck, and eventually face Tang San with advantages Tang San lacked.
• Qian Duoduo praised Chen Ping's strategy on the front lines and told him he had made seven or eight Level 8 Soul Tools while nearing Level 96.
• Chen Ping explained his decision to condense a Soul Core to Qian Duoduo, who agreed to help and said he and Xian Lin'er would guard him.
• At the Pill Pavilion in Shrek City, Chen Ping gathered Soul Power above his palm and began compressing it under his Spiritual Power's control.

Chen Ping attempted to condense a Soul Core under Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo's watch, maintaining control as it devoured his Soul Power and drew a vast surge of energy into the Pill Pavilion. His core began absorbing four different attributes and Chen Ping's Spiritual Power, leaving its formation still underway.

• Chen Ping compressed his Soul Power into a solid, funnel-shaped core that began pulling in surrounding energy and draining his reserves.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er blocked the core's suction as Chen Ping's Spiritual Power strengthened into a rose-gold barrier and kept it stable.
• The core consumed most of Chen Ping's Soul Power, while its energy surge alerted the Soul Masters and Soul Engineers throughout the Pill Pavilion.
• Chen Ping's Ultimate Fire, Ultimate Ice, lightning, and poison attribute Soul Powers emerged and clashed around the core.
• The Snow Empress and the Scarlet King appeared and restrained the fire and ice, allowing the four attributes to merge as the core began absorbing Chen Ping's Spiritual Power.

Chen Ping exhausted himself while condensing a four-attribute Soul Core, but Electrolux helped him stabilize the vortex until it became a black-and-white core. After Qian Duoduo warned him to be cautious about fusing with it, Chen Ping swallowed the Soul Core outright, leaving Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er stunned.

• Chen Ping's Soul Power dwindled as he struggled to keep the vortex under control, and Qian Duoduo prepared to intervene until Xian Lin'er stopped him.
• Electrolux used his Divine Sense to adjust the vortex, which shifted into a double-cone shape as Chen Ping neared completion.
• Chen Ping poured his remaining Spiritual Power into the solid Soul Power, causing the double-coned vortex to collapse into a black-and-white Soul Core.
• Qian Duoduo recognized the Soul Core's stability and gained insights that brought him closer to the Super Douluo threshold.
• Qian Duoduo warned Chen Ping that the Soul Core could destroy him if his body could not bear it, but Chen Ping swallowed it instead of absorbing it normally.

After Chen Ping absorbed his soul core and reached rank seventy, he planned to obtain his seventh soul ring outside the Golden Ancient Tree’s influence. A month later, Electrolux revealed he had found a way to rapidly raise the undead’s soul power levels, though he had not yet made Chen Ping’s God-Given Soul Ring.

• Chen Ping swallowed his soul core, absorbed it almost instantly, and broke through to rank seventy.
• Qian Duoduo warned Chen Ping to stabilize his cultivation before leaving the Pill Pavilion with Xian Lin'er.
• Chen Ping decided to advance to Soul Saint inside the Other Shore Small World to avoid the Golden Ancient Tree’s influence.
• A month later, Electrolux gave Chen Ping four bottles of purified divine power and told him to work out how to make a soul ring.
• Electrolux revealed he had solved the problem preventing undead from circulating or absorbing soul power, enabling their soul power levels to rise rapidly.

Electrolux revealed his plan to help the undead cultivate by giving them soul cores, which could draw in soul power without meridians. He explained that he had modeled miniature, slower-spinning soul cores to keep the weak undead from being damaged, but had not yet described the next step.

• Electrolux took control of Chen Ping’s body and demonstrated how he compressed soul power into a double-cone vortex.
• Electrolux explained that soul cores could draw in soul power even without meridians and proposed giving one to every undead creature.
• Chen Ping realized the plan could let the undead advance rapidly and imagined an immense army of powerful undead.
• Chen Ping warned that soul cores might grind apart the fragile undead, but Electrolux said he had studied miniature, low-speed soul cores using arcane models.

Electrolux developed low-speed soul cores that undead creatures could absorb, and Chen Ping persuaded him to prioritize artificial soul rings to address the coming shortage. After Chen Ping left the small world, Long Ao Tian arrived with an urgent problem from the front.

• Electrolux explained that soul cores could remain stable at around eighteen hundred revolutions per minute and condensed a low-speed core for Snake to absorb.
• Snake absorbed the core and reported that it made him feel as if he were cultivating rapidly, prompting Electrolux to send him away and ask him to return with results the next day.
• Chen Ping warned Electrolux that mass-producing low-speed soul cores would create a huge soul-ring shortage, so Electrolux agreed to prioritize reverse-engineering God-Given Soul Ring technology.
• Chen Ping left the small world, and Long Ao Tian found him at the Pill Pavilion and said he had run out of options after failing to reach him through a Soul Tool Communicator.
• Chen Ping asked Long Ao Tian whether something had gone wrong at the front again.