Chapter Summaries

Lin Ming used the Reincarnation Tower to summon Xu Tianran’s soul from ten thousand years in the past and told him how Ju Zi had taken over the Sun Moon Empire and the Xu Family had declined. He offered to revive Xu Tianran, who realized Lin Ming wanted him to oppose the Douluo Federation.

• Lin Ming absorbed the room’s treasures, then sacrificed Xu Tianran’s wheelchair and ten Energy Crystals to summon his soul.
• Lin Ming restored Xu Tianran’s memories, and Xu Tianran erupted with hatred toward Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao for murdering him and taking his empire.
• Lin Ming told Xu Tianran that Ju Zi’s son had inherited the throne, the empire had lost the Xu name, and the Xu Family had dwindled to eight hundred people.
• Xu Tianran said he had expected Ju Zi to seize power and asked Lin Ming why he had summoned him.
• Lin Ming described the present era and offered to bring Xu Tianran back to life; Xu Tianran guessed that Lin Ming held a grudge against the Douluo Federation.

Lin Ming revived Xu Tianran in an eighteen-year-old descendant’s body so he could lead an uprising against the Douluo Federation. Xu Tianran awakened in his new body with his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon martial soul assimilated, eager to reclaim power and rebuild his empire.

• Xu Tianran recognized that Lin Ming wanted him to attack the Douluo Federation and vowed to overthrow it and unite the continent.
• Lin Ming offered Xu Tianran a young, intact body with a powerful martial soul, and Xu Tianran eagerly accepted the chance to be reborn.
• Lin Ming removed Xu Tianran’s soul from the Soul-Summoning Platform, placed Xu Tianjiao’s soul in the Reincarnation Tower, and spent two energy crystals to reincarnate Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran awakened in the new body, felt its youthful strength, and completed the assimilation of his soul with its original martial soul.

Xu Tianran reincarnated into Xu Tianjiao's body, reached Soul Saint, and revealed himself as the Sun Moon Empire's emperor to Xu Hui and Xu Bai. After proving his identity, he took control of the Xu Family and announced that they would first seek the Sun Moon Divine Grotto and its hidden imperial treasure.

• Xu Tianran completed his reincarnation, reached level seventy, and confronted Xu Hui and Xu Bai as the emperor returned from ten thousand years ago.
• Lin Ming left the Xu residence with Xiong Jun while Xu Tianran explained that Xu Tianjiao had willingly offered his body.
• Xu Tianran activated the hidden compartment in his old soul-powered wheelchair and retrieved a token, convincing Xu Hui and Xu Bai of his identity.
• Xu Bai and Xu Hui knelt before Xu Tianran, who declared his intention to destroy the Douluo Federation and restore the empire.
• Xu Tianran ordered Xu Bai and Xu Hui to accompany him to the Sun Moon Divine Grotto to uncover the imperial family's accumulated treasure.

Xu Tianran explained why the Sun Moon Empire had delayed invading the Douluo Continent and argued that its hidden weapons could still challenge the Federation. Meanwhile, Lin Ming encountered a red mecha at the Blacksmith Association and suspected its pilot was Mu Ye, whom he hoped could help him recover the Body Sect’s lost secrets.

• Xu Tianran told Xu Bai that internal strife, not a lack of military strength, had held back the Sun Moon Empire, and he assessed the Federation’s three Class 12 God-Slaying shells as deterrents.
• Xu Tianran said the Sun Moon Empire’s hidden arsenal was not far behind modern weapons and predicted the Federation’s God-Slaying cannons might change hands in a few years.
• Lin Ming strolled through Heaven Dou City with Xiong Jun and stopped outside the Blacksmith Association.
• A scarlet mecha landed at the association, and its burly pilot put it away and hurried inside while the guards let him pass.
• Lin Ming suspected the pilot was Mu Ye and considered seeking his help to recover the Body Sect’s complete secret of the body and potentially find a way to resurrect Du Busi.

Mu Ye encountered Lin Ming and Xiong Jun, who offered to restore the Body Sect’s lost Secret of the Body by resurrecting its former sect master, Du Busi. Mu Ye brought them to his residence and produced the Body Sect’s genealogy, giving Lin Ming what he needed to attempt the resurrection.

• After leaving Zhen Hua’s workshop, Mu Ye noticed Lin Ming and Xiong Jun following him and confronted them in an alley.
• Mu Ye tried to flee when he sensed Xiong Jun’s demigod-level aura, but Xiong Jun blocked the exit.
• Lin Ming offered to resurrect Du Busi so the Body Sect could recover the complete Secret of the Body, though Mu Ye initially dismissed the claim.
• Lin Ming persuaded Mu Ye to give him a chance, and Mu Ye took Lin Ming and Xiong Jun to his residence.
• Mu Ye showed Lin Ming the Body Sect’s genealogy, where Lin Ming found Du Busi’s blood-written signature and recognized it as proof that could enable the resurrection.

Lin Ming prepared to resurrect Du Busi using a young Soul Master with a body Martial Soul, hoping to obtain the Secret of the Body. After Mu Ye brought him a slave and the Body Sect’s treasures, Lin Ming summoned Du Busi’s soul, which immediately erupted into furious abuse.

• Lin Ming told Mu Ye to find a young Soul Master with a body Martial Soul and heavenly treasures for Du Busi’s resurrection, but Mu Ye balked at sacrificing his disciple A Ruheng.
• Lin Ming told Mu Ye to buy a suitable slave instead, and Mu Ye went to Heaven Dou City’s underground black market and purchased a fifteen-year-old Soul Master.
• Mu Ye returned with the slave and the Body Sect’s accumulated treasures, then left the room at Lin Ming’s request.
• Lin Ming refined the treasures, placed the Body Sect’s ancestral genealogy on the Soul-Summoning Platform, and spent ten energy crystals to summon Du Busi’s soul.
• Du Busi appeared on the platform and began cursing the Sun Moon Empire.

Lin Ming told Du Busi that the Body Sect had declined because Huo Yuhao took the Secret of the Body to the Divine Realm, then reincarnated Du Busi into a young slave’s body. Du Busi awoke with his Body Martial Soul and greatly increased power, finally believing Lin Ming’s claims.

• Du Busi awoke in a soul state and questioned Lin Ming, who explained that he had summoned him from ten thousand years in the past.
• Lin Ming said the Body Sect had dwindled after losing the Secret of the Body and now relied on a risky method called the Leakless Golden Body.
• Du Busi insisted Huo Yuhao would have passed on the Secret of the Body, but Lin Ming said Huo Yuhao had ascended to the Divine Realm with it.
• Lin Ming used the Soul-Summoning Platform to reincarnate Du Busi into a young slave, transferring his Body Martial Soul and boosting his soul power.
• Du Busi saw his new living body and exclaimed in shock that Lin Ming had been telling the truth.

Lin Ming introduced Mu Ye to the resurrected Du Busi, who learned that the Body Sect had dwindled to a few dozen members and lost its inheritance. Du Busi revealed the secret of the body to Mu Ye, leaving him stunned by how it could restore the sect’s cultivation path.

• Lin Ming brought Mu Ye into the room, where Mu Ye met the resurrected Du Busi and learned his identity.
• Du Busi questioned Mu Ye about the Body Sect, and Mu Ye explained that only thirty-odd members remained and none had achieved a gold-rank second awakening.
• Mu Ye told Du Busi that Huo Yuhao was remembered as Spirit Ice Douluo and had no known connection to the Body Sect, confirming that the secret of the body had not been passed down.
• Du Busi angrily accused Huo Yuhao of breaking his promise to return the secret of the body to the sect’s descendants, and Mu Ye joined in condemning him.
• Du Busi wrote down the secret of the body and gave it to Mu Ye, who realized it could tame dangerous soul power during awakening and guide the Body Sect’s cultivation.

Mu Ye relinquished leadership of the Body Sect to Du Busi, who then asked Lin Ming to revive his elder brother, Du Bisou. Du Bisou returned in a fourteen-year-old body, and the brothers argued over who was older as they prepared to make their way in the new era.

• Du Busi praised Mu Ye and the Body Sect’s descendants for preserving the sect’s legacy, and Mu Ye offered the sect master position back to him.
• Du Busi asked Lin Ming to revive his elder brother, Du Bisou, and Mu Ye paid the cost and found a fourteen-year-old boy with a Body Martial Soul.
• Lin Ming revived Du Bisou, who calmly confirmed that ten thousand years had passed and recognized Du Busi.
• Du Busi claimed seniority because he was fifteen while Du Bisou was fourteen, but Du Bisou agreed to call him big brother only if Du Busi called him Dad.

Lin Ming received the Secret of the Body from Du Busi, who planned to rebuild the Body Sect and pursue soul guidance technology. On a train bound for Shrek City, Lin Ming encountered a silver-haired girl whom the Golden Dragon King identified as carrying thirty percent of the Silver Dragon King's bloodline.

• Lin Ming asked Du Busi for the Secret of the Body, and Du Busi readily gave him a complete copy in gratitude for saving him and Mu Ye.
• Du Busi declared that he would revive the Body Sect, recruit scattered body martial soul users, and build a new life as a soul guidance master.
• Lin Ming left Mu Ye's residence with Xiong Jun and boarded a Soul Guidance Train bound for Shrek City.
• A silver-haired girl sat beside Lin Ming, and the Golden Dragon King recognized her as the Silver Dragon King, though she possessed only thirty percent of her bloodline power.
• Lin Ming suspected the girl was a fragment created when the Silver Dragon King split herself apart and resolved to keep his distance.

Lin Ming and Gu Yue met on a train to Shrek and acknowledged that they would compete in a bidding contest. Far away in Mingdu, Long Yeyue struggled to escape the life of a dragon-winged breeding boar and resolved to grow strong enough to take revenge.

• Lin Ming told Gu Yue that she reminded him of a girl he had met in Aolai City, and Gu Yue denied ever visiting there.
• Lin Ming and Gu Yue learned that they were both headed to Shrek to bid, and each said they were determined to win.
• In Mingdu, Long Yeyue lay exhausted after being forced to mate with sows at a noble's estate.
• Long Yeyue secretly cultivated Soul Power and hoped to contact her other self so she could escape and punish those who had captured her.

Leng Yulai brought Yun Ming, whose soul was trapped in a Wind Baboon’s body, before the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders. After confirming his identity and learning that someone had replaced him at Shrek, the Demon Empress, Ghost Emperor, and Nether Emperor demanded to know why Leng Yulai had brought him there.

• Leng Yulai bound Yun Ming and took him to the Demon Empress Hall, where the Demon Empress, Ghost Emperor, and Nether Emperor confronted her.
• Leng Yulai said the Wind Baboon was Yun Ming and challenged the two Quasi-God cult masters to examine his soul.
• Nether Emperor and Ghost Emperor confirmed Yun Ming’s soul was inside the Wind Baboon, and Yun Ming’s Sky-Piercing Long Spear appeared when their spiritual pressure forced out his Martial Soul.
• Nether Emperor concluded that the Yun Ming at Shrek was an impostor, while Leng Yulai said someone had used a Soul Possession Method to take Yun Ming’s body.
• Yun Ming told the cult leaders that Di Tian had not taken his body and refused to reveal who had.
• Ghost Emperor threatened Leng Yulai with his Netherworld Ghost Claws and demanded to know why she had brought Yun Ming to the hall.

Leng Yulai persuaded the Demon Empress to approve a ritual that would extract Yun Ming’s soul and merge it with her Black Phoenix body, despite Yun Ming’s desperate refusal. Meanwhile, Lin Ming arrived at Shrek to bid on its reconstruction, planning to steer the new academy and city toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Leng Yulai asked the Demon Empress, Nether Emperor, and Ghost Emperor to extract Yun Ming’s soul and fuse it with her body so they could become two souls in one.
• Yun Ming resisted the plan, while the Nether Emperor and Ghost Emperor consulted the Demon Empress about the risks of merging his soul with Leng Yulai’s Dark Phoenix.
• The Demon Empress approved the ritual and said Leng Yulai would control their shared body, making Yun Ming the Holy Spirit Cult’s Fourth Heavenly King.
• The Nether Emperor, Ghost Emperor, and Leng Yulai began the array, and Yun Ming’s soul was pulled from his Wind Baboon body as Leng Yulai celebrated.
• Lin Ming arrived at Shrek on the public bidding day and headed to the academy after his professional team arrived.
• Lin Ming planned to bid on both temporary buildings at the old Shrek site and the new academy and city, aiming to have the new location set in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Ming underbid his rivals to win all three Shrek construction projects, despite appearing to take them at a loss. He was summoned to meet Shrek's leaders, where Tang Hao questioned whether he was too young to handle the work, and Lin Ming admitted that he could not.

• Lin Ming considered eliminating Gu Yue, then submitted a bid twenty percentage points below cost to beat the Silver Lake Construction Company and the Douluo Federation.
• Lin Ming named the Star Dou Great Forest as his proposed site, impressing Long Yeyue, who chose him for the New Shrek Academy, Shrek City, and Old Shrek Academy projects.
• Gu Yue questioned Lin Ming about winning at such a low price, and he said he would consider making money after winning the bid.
• Tang Hao, disguised as Yun Ming, questioned Lin Ming about his ability to manage all three projects, and Lin Ming answered that he could not.

Lin Ming convinced Shrek’s leaders that his company had bid below cost to earn a reputation and reclaim his family’s assets. Tang Hao believed his story, offered to cover the construction expenses, and promised Lin Ming a place at Shrek Academy when he turned twelve.

• Lin Ming presented his company’s records, and Ya Li examined the financial statements while Tang Hao struggled to read them.
• Long Yeyue praised Lin Ming’s work and asked why he chose the Star Dou Great Forest as Shrek’s new site.
• Lin Ming explained that the forest offered safety, room for expansion, and a central location suited to Shrek’s ambitions.
• Tang Hao questioned how Lin Ming’s company could complete the project after bidding far below cost.
• Lin Ming claimed he wanted Shrek’s prestige to help him reclaim his family’s assets, and Tang Hao was moved by his story.
• Tang Hao promised Shrek would cover reasonable construction costs and offered Lin Ming direct admission to the academy at age twelve.

Xiong Jun fled when Gu Yue confronted him in a Shrek City tavern and demanded to know who had turned the Soul Beasts against her. Unable to reveal the answers himself, he offered to call the mysterious person she sought, leaving Gu Yue determined to meet him.

• Xiong Jun drank and ate in a Shrek City tavern until he sensed Gu Yue approaching and sobered instantly.
• Xiong Jun tried to flee, but Gu Yue chased him into an alley and demanded to know why Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts had betrayed her.
• Xiong Jun refused to explain, then offered to call the person behind the events, who was also in Shrek.
• Gu Yue insisted on meeting him, saying she would make him pay for harming the Soul Beast Clan and causing Di Tian's death.

Gu Yue apologized to Xiong Jun for the harm she had caused the Ferocious Beasts and asked him to help revive the Soul Beast Clan. When Lin Ming arrived to meet her, she was stunned to learn he was the mastermind and then recognized the supposedly dead Golden Dragon King.

• Gu Yue asked Xiong Jun whether the Myriad Demon King was alive, then apologized for harming Bi Ji, Zi JI, and Demon Spirit and asked Xiong Jun to return to her side.
• Xiong Jun told Gu Yue that his new lord was coming, while Lin Ming received the message and agreed with the Golden Dragon King to claim Gu Yue's flesh and blood and soul.
• Lin Ming arrived in the alley, and Gu Yue recognized him as the person who had been manipulating Shrek, the Spirit Pagoda, and the Ferocious Beasts.
• Gu Yue insisted there must be someone behind Lin Ming and demanded to know who it was, but the Golden Dragon King appeared and revealed himself.
• Gu Yue recognized the Golden Dragon King and reacted in disbelief that he was still alive.

Lin Ming revealed that the Golden Dragon King had survived as his Life-Bound Martial Soul, then negotiated an exchange of information with Gu Yue before arranging her death. Gu Yue believed her soul would return to the Silver Dragon King with crucial intelligence, unaware that Lin Ming had concealed his own role in their plans.

• The Golden Dragon King revealed that he had survived and become Lin Ming’s Life-Bound Martial Soul, then threatened to eat Gu Yue.
• Lin Ming had Xiong Jun bind Gu Yue and take her to a secluded courtyard in Shrek City, where he confronted her about sending information to her Original Body.
• Lin Ming offered Gu Yue an exchange of information, and she agreed to reveal what she knew about the Silver Dragon King in return for answers.
• Gu Yue learned that the Golden Dragon King had orchestrated events and resolved to warn the Silver Dragon King to prioritize killing him.
• Gu Yue believed her departing soul would give the Silver Dragon King the means to target Lin Ming, while Lin Ming concealed his own schemes and prepared to send her on her way.

Lin Ming and Xiong Jun secretly took the unconscious Gu Yue away from Shrek City so Lin Ming could kill her and send her soul into the Reincarnation Tower. Gu Yue’s soul appeared after her body became a Silver Dragon King, but it was imprisoned before it could return to her original body.

• The Golden Dragon King beat Gu Yue unconscious after she threatened to kill Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming had Xiong Jun secretly take him and Gu Yue out of Shrek City to a remote valley.
• Lin Ming could not pierce Gu Yue’s skin until Xiong Jun helped him break through her protective aura, and Gu Yue died in her sleep.
• Gu Yue’s body transformed into a Silver Dragon King, yielding a pair of external soul bones and the Silver Dragon Spear, but no Soul Ring appeared.
• Gu Yue’s soul explained that she was a split entity whose original body was still alive, then tried to leave with the promise of returning for her belongings.
• Gu Yue’s soul was imprisoned, and the Golden Dragon King mocked her for thinking she could escape.

Lin Ming trapped Gu Yue’s soul in the Reincarnation Tower after killing her, while the Golden Dragon King devoured her bloodline essence. Gu Yue learned that Lin Ming had orchestrated events and left her soul alive under the Tower’s rules, though she asked him to do as he pleased.

• Gu Yue realized Lin Ming had deceived her and that her soul had been drawn into the Reincarnation Tower.
• Lin Ming took Gu Yue’s External Soul Bones and Silver Dragon Spear while the Golden Dragon King devoured her flesh-and-blood essence.
• Lin Ming refined Gu Yue’s body in the Reincarnation Tower, producing a hundred Energy Crystals.
• Gu Yue attacked Lin Ming with Silver Dragon, Soul Elemental Tide, but he suppressed her soul with the Tower’s power.
• Lin Ming revealed that he controlled the Tower and had planned everything, then explained that he would not destroy Gu Yue’s soul because she had no black aura.
• Gu Yue rejected being compared with the other Silver Dragon King, admitted her defeat, and told Lin Ming to kill or carve her up as he pleased.