Chapter Summaries

The Body Sect’s campaign against Evil Soul Masters and corrupt nobles won public support, while the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction considered a larger role for the gods in protecting the lower realms. Tang San checked the God Realm Central Key and frowned at what he saw.

• Emperor of Heavenly Soul Empire Virgil backed the Body Sect’s actions and ordered ministers who had defended corrupt nobles to be investigated.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Holy Spirit Cult members in the Heaven Dou Empire to withdraw and keep a low profile.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi decided Shrek Academy should send more Inner Court disciples on missions so it would not be overshadowed by the Body Sect.
• The Goddess of Life urged the God of Destruction to consider punishing extreme evil in response to believers’ prayers, and he agreed to develop a proposal for the God Realm committee.
• Tang San examined the God Realm’s condition through the God Realm Central Key and sharply furrowed his brows.

Tang San traced the Faith Power reaching the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction to Minghui, then confronted the two Gods. After learning Minghui was a reincarnated Old God, Tang San secured an opening to recruit him if he failed to become a god on his own.

• Tang San traced the Faith Power to the Body Sect and saw that Minghui possessed Fortune Power and was connected to Life and Destruction.
• Tang San confronted Life and Destruction, and the Goddess of Life explained how Minghui’s dream, unusual birth, and Simulation soul skill had inspired his family and teacher to spread their faith.
• The God of Destruction revealed that Minghui was a reincarnated Old God who had fought in the Dragon God War and likely lost his Godhood and memories.
• The God of Destruction said Life had healed Minghui’s organ failure and that, if Minghui could not become a god in this life, he could choose to inherit an available God Position.
• Tang San agreed that Minghui deserved preferential treatment but privately planned to recruit him as his disciple and considered using Huo Yuhao to win over the God of Emotion.

Tang San discovered that the Douluo Plane Will was suppressing his parents’ souls and secretly used oceanic faith power to counter it. In the lower realm, Minghui reached Soul Elder at age nine, while Long Aotian remained a formidable sparring partner he had never beaten.

• Tang San left the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life, then checked the Divine Sense he had placed in Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree.
• Tang San learned that the Douluo Plane Will had suppressed his Divine Sense and the souls of Tang Hao and Ah Yin, and he secretly redirected oceanic Faith Power to protect them.
• Tang San resolved to help Wutong become a god and return to the God Realm.
• Minghui completed his breakthrough to Soul Elder in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Princess Vina congratulated him on his achievement at age nine.
• Long Aotian praised Minghui’s strength, while Minghui acknowledged that he had never defeated his Senior Brother in a year of sparring.

Minghui told Du Busi and Princess Vina about his new Spiritual Weakness soul skill and his cultivation progress. The group continued into the forest, where Long Aotian absorbed a suitable ten-thousand-year soul ring for his Skin Martial Soul.

• Minghui said he had reached Level 32, nearly Level 33, and described how Spiritual Weakness weakened enemies based on the difference in Spiritual Power.
• Du Busi and Princess Vina explained how Spiritual Weakness could strengthen the effects of Minghui's Sacrifice of Soul soul skill.
• Minghui urged Du Busi to set out so Long Aotian could obtain his soul ring, and Du Busi ordered Elder Six and Elder Seven to pack up.
• The group traveled deeper into the forest and found a Great Strength Vajra Bear that suited Long Aotian's Skin Martial Soul.
• Long Aotian absorbed the Great Strength Vajra Bear's ten-thousand-year soul ring, finishing after several hours as night fell.

Minghui’s group camped near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Du Busi went to help a team of Shrek Academy students being attacked by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Eclipse Demon Wolf. He arrived as the students fled and struck the beast, giving Zhang Lexuan hope of surviving.

• Du Busi ordered two elders to guard Minghui, Long Aotian, and Princess Vina while he investigated the wolf howl.
• Minghui thought about visiting Shrek Academy and worried that his family had not found the Soul-Devouring Fierce Blade.
• Du Busi discovered Zhang Lexuan and eleven other Shrek Academy students fighting a Berserk Hundred-Thousand-Year Eclipse Demon Wolf.
• Zhang Lexuan urged the students to retreat when she sensed Du Busi’s Titled Douluo aura.
• Du Busi punched the Eclipse Demon Wolf and knocked it backward.

Du Busi saved Zhang Lexuan and eleven other Shrek Academy students from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Eclipse Demon Wolf, then negotiated for its soul bone in exchange for helping Zhang Lexuan obtain its Soul Ring. After Zhang Lexuan killed the wolf and offered him its Right Arm Bone, she knelt before him.

• Zhang Lexuan thanked Du Busi for saving the group and asked him to help kill the Eclipse Demon Wolf, offering its soul bone as payment.
• Du Busi explained that the students owed him for both their rescue and his help, and said they should repay the favor by doing more good deeds.
• Du Busi revealed himself as the Body Sect's master and joined Zhang Lexuan in overpowering the wolf.
• The Eclipse Demon Wolf fell, and Zhang Lexuan killed it before other powerful beasts could be drawn to the area.
• Zhang Lexuan obtained the wolf's scarlet Soul Ring and Right Arm Bone, then gave the bone to Du Busi.
• When Du Busi told Zhang Lexuan to absorb the Soul Ring, she knelt before him, leaving him puzzled.

Zhang Lexuan thanked Du Busi for avenging her family and saving her, then began absorbing her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring under his protection. When Minghui and the others arrived, Du Busi learned that Shrek’s teacher Xuan Zi had been separated from the students and suspected that he had been drinking and eating instead of keeping up.

• Zhang Lexuan revealed that the Victorner Family had massacred her family, thanked Du Busi, and bowed to him.
• Du Busi accepted Zhang Lexuan’s gratitude, urged her to help the people of the continent, and protected her as she absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Du Busi fired a signal flare, and the two elders brought Minghui, Princess Vina, and another companion to the group.
• Minghui listened as Du Busi used Zhang Lexuan’s actions to teach him, then asked the Shrek students why they had faced a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without a Titled Douluo leading them.
• The Shrek students explained that the Eclipse Demon Wolf had chased them and that they had been separated from their teacher, Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi blamed Xuan Zi’s eating and drinking for the separation and resolved that he had finally caught him.

Du Busi turned the Shrek students against Xuan Zi by condemning his negligence and comparing it with the Body Sect’s careful protection of Minghui and his companions. At dawn, Xuan Zi finally arrived, and Du Busi confronted him and demanded thanks for saving the students.

• Du Busi criticized Xuan Zi for leaving the students exposed to danger, and the Shrek students resolved not to follow him on another mission.
• Minghui praised his teacher for bringing two Titled Elders to protect three disciples, deepening the students’ resentment toward Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi decided not to launch more signal flares until morning, and the students rested while waiting for Xuan Zi.
• At dawn, the students sent up a signal flare, and Zhang Lexuan woke after absorbing her Soul Ring and cooked breakfast for everyone.
• Minghui introduced himself as Xiao Ming, and Zhang Lexuan and the other students avoided asking about the three children’s identities.
• Xuan Zi arrived while the students were eating, and Du Busi accused him of abandoning them and demanded to know how he would thank him.

Du Busi confronted Xuan Zi over Shrek Academy’s treatment of its students and its failure to protect Zhang Lexuan’s family and Tang Sect, leaving Xuan Zi unable to answer. In the God Realm, the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction agreed to recognize the Body Sect’s good deeds when its members gathered at year’s end.

• Xuan Zi thanked Du Busi for stopping the Eclipse Demon Wolf, then accused him of taking its soul bone; Du Busi agreed to trade it only for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Fear Demon Dragon Skull.
• Du Busi condemned Shrek Academy for secretly slaughtering Fear Demon Dragons to create soul bones, and the students were shocked by the accusation.
• Du Busi challenged Xuan Zi over Shrek Academy’s failure to seek justice for Zhang Lexuan’s family and Tang Sect, leaving Xuan Zi speechless.
• Tang San criticized Shrek Academy for abandoning Tang Sect and decided that Minghui could inherit his legacy and build ties between the Body Sect, the Azure Family, and Tang Sect.
• The Goddess of Life and God of Destruction agreed to give the Body Sect an appropriate response at its year-end gathering for its good deeds and contributions to the God Realm.

Du Busi proposed Zhang Lexuan as a match for Minghui and offered a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as a betrothal gift, using the suggestion to pressure Shrek Academy and provoke Xuan Zi. Zhang Lexuan began to question the academy’s past motives and recognized that Du Busi was also trying to secure the Soul Bone for his disciple.

• Du Busi urged Shrek’s Inner Court students to graduate and leave, then suggested Zhang Lexuan consider marrying Minghui in exchange for a Hundred Thousand Year Fearful Demonic Dragon Wisdom Skull as a betrothal gift.
• Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder backed Du Busi, while Zhang Lexuan and the others were stunned by his proposal.
• Xuan Zi protested, but Du Busi argued that Zhang Lexuan was free to leave Shrek and had repaid any debt by protecting her teammates the previous night.
• Du Busi blamed Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy for their dereliction of duty, and the students suspected that he was using Zhang Lexuan’s proposal to pressure the academy and vent his anger at Xuan Zi.
• Zhang Lexuan considered whether Shrek had valued her talent above her welfare and concluded that Du Busi respected her potential while seeking a suitable Soul Bone for Minghui.

Du Busi called out Xuan Zi’s negligence and said he would seek a Soul Bone for Minghui, while Xuan Zi agreed to bring the matter before the Sea God Pavilion. Du Busi’s words helped Zhang Lexuan let go of her past and choose to live for herself as he and his companions departed.

• Minghui and Du Busi rebuked Xuan Zi for letting his gluttony interfere with his duties, and Xuan Zi admitted fault and promised to reflect.
• Du Busi told Xuan Zi to discuss a Spirit Attribute Soul Bone for Minghui at a Sea God Pavilion meeting, and Xuan Zi agreed.
• Du Busi advised Zhang Lexuan to leave her past behind and live for herself.
• Zhang Lexuan reconsidered Elder Mu’s choices, let go of her resentment, and resolved to help improve the academy.
• Du Busi, Minghui, and the elders left, and Xuan Zi led the Shrek Academy group back.

Shrek Academy’s elders debated how to respond to the Body Sect after Xuan Zi’s negligence cost Zhang Lexuan a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Mu En decided the academy would give Zhang Lexuan a more suitable Soul Bone, punish Xuan Zi, and send him to the Body Sect, leaving Xuan Zi dreading the assignment.

• Yan Shaozhe blamed Xuan Zi for letting Du Busi claim the Eclipse Demon Wolf’s Soul Bone, while Xuan Zi explained why he had avoided fighting the Body Sect and accepted punishment.
• Elder Song urged the elders to respond promptly to Du Busi, and Qian Duoduo argued that supporting Zhang Lexuan would strengthen the academy’s unity.
• Mu En pointed out that the Eclipse Demon Wolf Soul Bone’s Berserk skill did not suit Zhang Lexuan, so the academy would not trade for it.
• Mu En gave Xuan Zi a Hundred Thousand Year Right Arm Bone for Zhang Lexuan and assigned Xuan Zi responsibility for her future Soul Ring and the Soul Rings of the affected Inner Court students.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to arrange deep meditation for the students and told Xuan Zi to visit the Body Sect after giving Zhang Lexuan the Soul Bone, leaving Xuan Zi alarmed.

Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to thank Du Busi and admit Shrek Academy owed the Body Sect a favor, prompting Xuan Zi to quit drinking and lash out at Yan Shaozhe. Later, Mu En discussed the Academy’s shortcomings and Zhang Lexuan’s future with her, while a visit to the Qing Luan Sect ended with Qingyi asking Du Busi and the elders to discuss Minghui’s cultivation.

• Mu En told Xuan Zi to thank Du Busi properly and offer Shrek Academy’s help in return for the favor.
• Xuan Zi announced he had quit drinking, then angrily told Yan Shaozhe to get out of his sight when Yan tried to console him.
• Mu En asked Zhang Lexuan to recount what happened in the Star Dou Great Forest, and she agreed with Du Busi’s criticism of the Academy.
• Mu En said the Academy needed reform led by younger people and encouraged Zhang Lexuan to consider a future romance, but she declined.
• Two days later, Minghui, Princess Vina, and Long Aotian visited the Qing Luan Sect, where Qingyi asked Du Busi and two elders to discuss Minghui’s cultivation.

Ming Chen and Qingyi proposed sending Minghui to Shrek Academy so he could face varied opponents and train with Ma Xiaotao, and Du Busi agreed. Minghui eagerly accepted the plan to test himself against Shrek’s students, with Du Busi promising to support him.

• Ming Chen and Qingyi explained that Shrek Academy could give Minghui experience against Soul Masters with different Martial Souls and a chance to train with Ma Xiaotao.
• Du Busi agreed that Minghui should enroll after the New Year, once he had stabilized his cultivation and attempted a Second Awakening.
• Qingyi and Ming Chen promised to protect Minghui’s interests at Shrek Academy and use their influence if anyone mistreated him.
• Du Busi and the couple called Minghui in and asked what he thought of attending Shrek Academy.
• Minghui enthusiastically agreed, saying he wanted to challenge Shrek’s talented students and judge the academy’s teaching for himself.
• Du Busi urged Minghui to fight seriously, accept losses without shame, and keep improving.

Xuan Zi visited the Body Sect to deliver Shrek Academy’s decision about the Soul Bone, then agreed to mentor Du Busi’s disciple during an exchange at the academy. Du Busi revealed the disciple’s unusual martial soul and warned Xuan Zi to protect him, leaving Xuan Zi frustrated but resolved to prove he was not unlucky.

• Xuan Zi relayed Mu En’s thanks and explained why the Sea God Pavilion had declined the Soul Bone trade, and Du Busi accepted the decision.
• Du Busi asked Xuan Zi to arrange an exchange period for his disciple at Shrek Academy and provide weekly guidance after the disciple’s battles; Xuan Zi agreed until the disciple graduated.
• Du Busi revealed that his disciple had an Ultimate Ice martial soul, Extreme Light, and a martial soul that had evolved into the Light of Life after the Goddess of Life’s blessing.
• Du Busi warned Xuan Zi to keep Yan Shaozhe away from his disciple and ensure the disciple was treated well, while saying he would personally help hunt the disciple’s Soul Rings.
• After Du Busi called him unlucky, Xuan Zi abandoned his plan to drink and left determined to change that impression.

At Shrek Academy, Mu En assigned Xuan Zi to look after Du Busi’s disciple during his exchange studies, while Yan Shaozhe bristled at Du Busi’s insults. A month later, Minghui was ready to attempt his Martial Soul’s Second Awakening, and Du Busi took him into the Myriad Beast Cave and explained the Sect’s experiments with residual Beast Souls.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion elders about the Body Sect’s divine statues and Du Busi’s warnings about Yan Shaozhe, prompting Mu En to place the visiting disciple in Xuan Zi’s care.
• Yan Shaozhe protested Du Busi’s slander, but Xian Lin’er and Cai Mei’er offered him no comfort.
• After a month of cultivation, Minghui reached Soul Power Rank 33 and told Du Busi he was ready for the next step.
• Du Busi led Minghui through a hidden entrance in the Sect’s Back Mountain into the Myriad Beast Cave.
• Du Busi explained that a Sect predecessor had discovered that devouring Beast Souls could evolve a Martial Soul, but risked contaminating the soul and burdening the devourer with the beast’s memories.

Du Busi explained how the Body Sect used Soul Bones and remnant souls to create Beast Spirits that could trigger a Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening, along with the ritual’s risks and benefits. He revealed that the Sect strengthened its Beast Spirits by having remnant souls devour one another, leaving Minghui poised to learn how the process worked.

• Du Busi described Senior Gui Li’s research into remnant souls and how he developed a Secret Art to store them in Soul Bones.
• Du Busi explained that the Sect hunted seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Bones capable of housing and nurturing remnant souls.
• Du Busi told Minghui that Beast Spirits formed when remnant souls gathered Soul Bone energy, and that they could strengthen Martial Souls and increase Soul Ring ages.
• Du Busi explained that absorbing Beast Spirits caused Spiritual Impact, so disciples needed sufficient Spiritual Power and usually had to reach Soul King first.
• Du Busi described how he strengthened his fifth Soul Ring and Martial Soul Avatar, then explained that the Sect made stronger Beast Spirits by having remnant souls devour one another.

Minghui entered the sect’s Beast Spirit training grounds with Du Busi and learned how to allocate Beast Spirit energy to raise his soul ring ages. Du Busi released a Blood Tiger Beast Spirit for him to fight, and Minghui weakened it with his Third Soul Skill before creating an identical Blood Tiger with Simulation.

• Du Busi advised Minghui to raise his Third Soul Ring to ten thousand years first, then his First Soul Ring, and finally his Second Soul Ring if energy remained.
• Du Busi opened a stone door to a chamber filled with bones from soul beasts that had cultivated for more than fifty thousand years and explained how their aura supported training and martial-soul awakening.
• Du Busi led Minghui to a battle-scarred clearing where the soul beast aura was at its strongest, then vanished after telling him to go to the center.
• A roughly two-thousand-year-old Blood Tiger Beast Spirit charged at Minghui from a passage in a skeleton’s rib cage.
• Minghui activated his Body Martial Soul and used Spiritual Weakness to disrupt the Blood Tiger’s residual soul and movements.
• Minghui retreated and used Simulation to create an identical Blood Tiger in front of him.

Minghui defeated the Blood Tiger remnant soul in a direct fight and absorbed its energy. The absorption caused a brief, forceful impact on his soul and substantially increased his Spiritual Power, so he called for another opponent.

• Minghui dispelled his Simulation Soul Skill and provoked the Blood Tiger into a head-on fight.
• Minghui used his agility and strength to knock the Blood Tiger down, pin it, and beat it until it submitted.
• The Blood Tiger dissolved into red energy, and Minghui began absorbing it through his Third Soul Ring.
• The energy struck Minghui's Pineal Gland Martial Soul, but he endured the brief impact without a Soul Shock.
• Minghui found that his Spiritual Power had increased considerably and asked his teacher to send in another opponent.

Minghui absorbed successive Beast Spirits until his Pineal Gland Martial Soul completed its Second Awakening, unlocking a new ability and greater control over his body and other Martial Souls. Du Busi revealed that Minghui had absorbed over nine thousand years of Beast Spirit energy, proving his Martial Soul’s potential far exceeded what his physical constitution could support.

• Minghui defeated a two-thousand-year Golden Leopard and raised his Third Soul Ring to ten thousand years.
• He absorbed successive thousand-year Beast Spirits, raising his First Soul Ring to a thousand years and feeding the remaining energy into his Second Soul Ring.
• Minghui’s Pineal Gland Martial Soul awakened with a radiant silver halo, and he continued absorbing Beast Spirit energy until it became saturated.
• Minghui discovered his Second Awakening let him sense and control his body and reach the Radiant Plume Divine Bow Martial Soul and its Azure Luan Beast Soul.
• Du Busi told Minghui that his Martial Soul’s potential exceeded his physical constitution by twice as much and that such a mismatch could cause a malignant mutation.