Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren forced Wuyun to submit and learned that Zhongli Wu had ordered Nana kidnapped so the Holy Spirit Cult could steal the Soul Spirit Contract method. As Lu Ren prepared to enter seclusion, he gave Ye Guyi a hundred thousand year light-attribute Soul Bone and assigned Wuyun to help guard the courtyard.

• Lu Ren planted a Spiritual Seed in Wuyun's Sea of Consciousness, while the Snow Empress, Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan watched him accept defeat.
• Lu Ren sent the injured Ji Juechen back to the Medical Room and questioned Wuyun about Zhongli Wu's plans for Nana and the Soul Spirit Contract.
• Wuyun revealed that Zhongli Wu intended to read Nana's memories or turn her corpse into a wronged spirit if she resisted.
• Ye Guyi said she planned to enter seclusion after purifying Evil Soul Masters, and Lu Ren gave her Yan Shaozhe's hundred thousand year light-attribute left leg bone to aid her breakthrough.
• Lu Ren told Wuyun to recover, learn a cultivation technique from Nana, and help protect the courtyard while he entered seclusion.

Zhongli Wu realized Lu Ren had destroyed much of the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength in Mingdu and ordered the cult to withdraw, fearing further losses. Lu Ren learned of the retreat and tasked Wuyun with taking control of the abandoned underground territory and protecting Nana.

• Zhongli Wu found the Holy Spirit Cult’s battlefield empty of bodies and traces, then concluded Lu Ren was behind the deaths and disappearances of the cult’s forces.
• A messenger reported that the Xishui Alliance’s last twelve Mingdu bases had been attacked and their personnel killed, prompting Zhongli Wu to order a full withdrawal to the Evil Demon Forest.
• Zhongli Wu left Mingdu, afraid Lu Ren would pursue him, and decided he would have to report the losses to Ye Xishui.
• Kurourushi told Lu Ren that the Holy Spirit Cult was evacuating Mingdu and burning documents as it abandoned its bases and businesses.
• Snow Empress warned that Zhongli Wu was retreating to preserve his remaining strength and seek help from Ye Xishui or Long Xiaoyao, while Lu Ren agreed not to pursue him into the Evil Demon Forest.
• Lu Ren assigned Wuyun to take over the vacant territory and underground factions in Mingdu within three days and to protect Nana; Wuyun accepted the responsibility.

Lu Ren secured Wuyun’s loyalty, ordered Kurourushi to investigate Mu En at Shrek Academy, and decided to attempt Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores. With Snow Empress and Electrolux assisting, he began gathering positive energy for a second soul core, but the dangerous energy conflict was only beginning.

• Lu Ren explained that Wuyun had no way back to the Holy Spirit Cult and could be controlled by the seed in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Lu Ren ordered Kurourushi to send cockroaches deeper into Shrek Academy and locate Mu En.
• Lu Ren announced his plan to form a positive-energy soul core complementary to his cursed-energy soul core.
• Snow Empress and Electrolux agreed to help Lu Ren, while Ice Empress guarded the courtyard.
• Lu Ren began condensing positive energy as Snow Empress contained the opposing forces, and his Reverse Cursed Technique repeatedly repaired his damaged meridians.

Lu Ren endured the dangerous formation of a second soul core, achieving a stable Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core orbit while Ice Empress guarded him and monitored Mu En. Five months passed as Lu Ren remained in seclusion and Nana, Jing Hongchen, and the others expanded the Spirit Pagoda and advanced their cultivation and plans.

• Lu Ren used his spiritual power to condense a positive energy soul core, and Snow Empress and Electrolux helped him stabilize its orbit with his cursed energy soul core.
• Kurourushi reported that golden light from the Golden Ancient Tree destroyed its scouts near Sea God Island, and Ice Empress ordered it to watch for Mu En leaving the island.
• Ice Empress guarded Lu Ren through his seclusion, while Nana cleared the courtyard and prepared for the dangers of his breakthrough.
• Over five months, Nana managed the Spirit Pagoda's affairs as Jing Hongchen completed its headquarters in Mingdu.
• Ji Juechen reached Rank 75, Ye Guyi became a Rank 76 Advanced Soul Saint, and Wuyun joined the Spirit Pagoda and protected Nana as she promoted Soul Spirit Contracts.

After five months in seclusion, Mu En emerged in his youthful prime, powered by the Golden Ancient Tree but with only one day left to live. He set out for Mingdu to kill Lu Ren, while the Ice Empress realized the threat just as Lu Ren remained behind his closed door.

• Xu Tianran worried that the Spirit Pagoda had grown beyond the Imperial Family’s control, while Ju Zi reported Sun Moon Empire victories and Shrek Academy’s refusal to aid the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Mu En healed his old injuries by draining the Golden Ancient Tree’s power, regained his peak strength, and learned that he had only one day left to live.
• Mu En transformed into the Radiant Sacred Dragon and purified the Cursed Spirits surrounding Shrek Academy.
• Mu En told Shrek’s remaining leaders to carry on without him, then flew toward Mingdu to confront Lu Ren.
• Kurourushi warned the Ice Empress that a powerful golden dragon was coming after wiping out its scouts, and the Ice Empress recognized Mu En as she looked toward Lu Ren’s sealed room.

The Holy Spirit Cult mobilized to attack Lu Ren while he remained in seclusion at a dangerous breakthrough, and Ye Xishui forced Xu Tianran to evacuate Mingdu. As the cult approached Lu Ren’s courtyard, Long Xiaoyao tried to dissuade Ye Xishui, who revealed that three beings there could contend with her.

• The Ice Empress learned that Mu En and at least four powerful Holy Spirit Cult members were approaching while Lu Ren neared the final stage of forming his dual Soul Cores.
• Ye Xishui confronted Xu Tianran, accused him of supporting Lu Ren against the Holy Spirit Cult, and demanded that he evacuate Mingdu before the cult attacked.
• Xu Tianran agreed to evacuate the city after Ye Xishui promised the cult would help the Sun Moon Empire unify the continent and obtain the Soul Spirit Contract.
• Ye Xishui led Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, and Zhang Peng toward Lu Ren’s courtyard as Long Xiaoyao joined them and urged her to abandon the attack.
• Ye Xishui insisted Lu Ren had to die and told Long Xiaoyao that three beings in the courtyard could contend with her.

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao reconciled and agreed to face Lu Ren together, while the Spirit Pagoda prepared for the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack. The two sides met outside Lu Ren’s courtyard, where the Ice Empress recognized Ye Xishui’s group as a formidable threat and calculated how to defend against them.

• Ye Xishui forgave Long Xiaoyao, but he refused to leave her and vowed to accompany her even if their mission led to death.
• Mingdu’s civilians evacuated as the city sealed off the area around the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, while Wuyun chose to defend the Spirit Pagoda alongside Nana and the others.
• The Ice Empress told Nana that Lu Ren had arranged for someone to stop Mu En and encouraged Ye Guyi to support the defenders with her domain.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao led the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces to Lu Ren’s courtyard, while Zhang Peng secretly crushed Lu Ren’s emergency communication device.
• The Ice Empress mocked Zhongli Wu and identified herself as Lu Ren’s Soul Spirit; Ye Xishui then recognized her as a Ferocious Beast, and the Ice Empress assessed the enemy’s strength.

The Ice Empress stalled Ye Xishui’s forces while Lu Ren remained in seclusion, but the confrontation escalated when Special Grade Cursed Spirits opened their domains and Zhang Peng attacked Zhongli Wu. As the fighters clashed, Ye Xishui killed Ye Guyi with her Spiritual Power, leaving the courtyard’s defenders facing a powerful enemy.

• The Ice Empress taunted Ye Xishui and tried to delay the attack on Lu Ren’s courtyard, but Ye Xishui sent Zhongli Wu and the others to deal with its defenders.
• More than twenty Special Grade Cursed Spirits emerged and used Domain Expansion on the Holy Spirit Cult members, while the Ice Empress spread her Eternal Frozen Domain and engaged Ye Xishui.
• Zhang Peng struck Zhongli Wu in the back with his Ninth Soul Skill, then fought Feng Ling as Zhongli Wu accused him of betraying the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Wu summoned his Life-Bound Beast Spirit, the Bone Dragon King, and turned toward Ji Juechen, Ye Guyi, and the other defenders.
• Ye Guyi activated her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul Avatar, distracting Ye Xishui and letting the Ice Empress knock her down, but Ye Xishui then seized Ye Guyi with her Spiritual Power and killed her.

Ye Guyi recovered from Ye Xishui’s attack and unleashed her holy domain, weakening the Evil Soul Masters as the Ice Empress fought Ye Xishui. When Ye Xishui’s Boundless Sea of Blood began overwhelming the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress emerged from Lu Ren’s room and joined the battle.

• Round Deer resurrected Ye Guyi and healed her, while anti-mental Cursed Spirits shielded her from Ye Xishui’s Spiritual Shock.
• Ye Guyi activated Domain Expansion: Death by the Gods, burning away Cursed Spirits and weakening the Evil Soul Masters and their allies.
• The Ice Empress blocked Ye Xishui’s attack and fought her, while Zhang Peng gained the advantage over Feng Ling under Ye Guyi’s domain.
• Ji Juechen and Wuyun intercepted the charging Evil Soul Masters as Zhongli Wu sent them to attack the courtyard.
• Ye Xishui fused with the Blood Soul Demon Puppet and unleashed Boundless Sea of Blood, corroding the Ice Empress’s defenses.
• The Snow Empress struck Ye Xishui with a massive ice palm, then emerged from Lu Ren’s room and confronted Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

Snow Empress revealed that her power had fully returned after Lu Ren completed his Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores, then confronted Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. As she took them and the Death God Tower away from Mingdu, Lu Ren’s immense Cursed Energy engulfed the city, and his room door opened.

• Snow Empress announced that she had regained her Complete Form and froze Ye Xishui’s Death God Tower attack with her Ultimate Cold Ice Film.
• Snow Empress spread her Ice and Snow Domain over Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the Death God Tower, then carried them away from Mingdu to fight in the mountains.
• Ice Empress remained in the courtyard while Zhongli Wu faced her without the support of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• Cursed Energy poured from Lu Ren’s room, spread across Mingdu, and strained the city’s soul-tool defensive barrier.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao sensed the Cursed Energy from the mountains as the Death God Tower’s vengeful spirits cried out in fear, and Lu Ren’s room door opened.

After emerging from five months of seclusion at Rank 87, Lu Ren healed his allies and overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Cult forces attacking Mingdu. He took Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling outside the city to fight, then overheard their plan to stall him while Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao escaped Snow Empress’s domain.

• Lu Ren emerged from seclusion having risen from Rank 73 to Rank 87, and his arrival terrified the Evil Soul Masters.
• Lu Ren used Reverse Cursed Technique Release to heal Ji Juechen, Zhang Peng, and Ice Empress, then blasted Feng Ling away with Purple Lightning and severed the Bone Dragon King's claw with a Slash.
• Lu Ren told Zhang Peng to hold the line, seized Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling, and carried them a hundred kilometers from Mingdu before smashing them into a mountain.
• Lu Ren sensed that Ice Empress and the others had trapped the Holy Spirit Cult remnants, while Snow Empress continued battling Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• Feng Ling and Zhongli Wu secretly planned to stall Lu Ren until Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao could escape, but Lu Ren revealed that he had heard their Spiritual Power communication.

Lu Ren revealed his strengthened Soul Rings and overwhelmed Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling with a hundred-kilometer slash, Spiritual Power attacks, and Ten Shadows Technique. Feng Ling was left badly injured after Max Elephant and Piercing Ox struck her, while Lu Ren and his allies remained in control of the fight.

• Lu Ren displayed four red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and four orange Soul Rings, then promised to slaughter the Holy Spirit Cult members.
• Zhongli Wu summoned the Bone Dragon King and unleashed wind attacks, but Lu Ren's slash cut the beast apart and carved a ravine across a hundred kilometers.
• Feng Ling attacked Lu Ren with Evil Phoenix Avatar, but Lu Ren's Spiritual Power lasers pierced her wing and shot her down.
• Feng Ling unleashed Evil Phoenix Sun, but Ice Empress and Ye Guyi blocked the attack and weakened her with the Divine Domain.
• Lu Ren summoned Max Elephant to crush Feng Ling into a crater, then Piercing Ox charged into her and battered her Evil Phoenix Avatar apart.

Lu Ren overwhelmed Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling, then challenged them to touch him once in exchange for sparing their lives. After defeating their attacks with his strengthened Malevolent Shrine slashes, he faced Feng Ling’s final fire attack with a golden-red flaming bow and arrow, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lu Ren confirmed that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were trapped by the Snow Empress’s domain and offered to spare Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling if either could touch him once.
• Feng Ling burned her life force to strengthen her Evil Phoenix Fire, while Zhongli Wu summoned his Death God Scythe, and they attacked Lu Ren together.
• Lu Ren’s slashes stopped Feng Ling’s flames and knocked Zhongli Wu away, then he seized Feng Ling and smashed her face into the ground.
• Lu Ren explained that his new binding vow made his abilities stronger in exchange for losing his first Soul Skill, then gave Feng Ling another chance to touch him.
• Lu Ren formed a golden-red flaming bow and arrow as Feng Ling summoned her Evil Phoenix Sun and fired a massive pillar of purple light at him.

Lu Ren killed Feng Ling and Zhongli Wu with his overwhelming flame power, destroying the Holy Spirit Cult’s two leaders. After witnessing his attack, Xu Tianran and Kong Deming recognized that the Spirit Pagoda would soon become the continent’s dominant force, while the Sun Moon Empire chose to lie low and gather strength.

• Lu Ren’s flaming arrow pierced Feng Ling’s purple pillar and detonated, obliterating the wilderness and creating a vast crater.
• Xu Tianran and the Soul Engineers watched the destruction through a detection Soul Tool, and Kong Deming admitted he had no certainty of defeating Lu Ren.
• Kong Deming told Xu Tianran that the Holy Spirit Cult had lost its Cult Master and deputy Cult Master, leaving the Spirit Pagoda without a rival; he advised Xu Tianran to wait and build strength.
• Lu Ren stood unharmed in the crater as the mortally wounded Feng Ling turned to ash.
• Zhongli Wu mourned Feng Ling and admitted his folly in opposing Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren killed Zhongli Wu by using Reverse Cursed Technique Release, bringing down both leaders of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Lu Ren and the Snow Empress cornered Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, but Mu En’s arrival threatened to turn the battle against them. The story revealed that Du Busi and Mahoraga had intercepted Mu En on his way to kill Lu Ren, and Du Busi hinted that another ally stood beside Mahoraga.

• The Snow Empress and Lu Ren prepared to finish Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, but they sensed Mu En approaching with overwhelming power.
• Mu En rushed from Shrek Academy in his Radiant Sacred Dragon form, burning his lifespan and the Golden Ancient Tree’s reserves to kill Lu Ren and preserve the old order.
• Du Busi blocked Mu En at the Sun Moon Empire’s border, declaring that he had come to repay Lu Ren for saving the Body Sect and accusing Mu En of owing the sect a debt.
• Mu En and Du Busi argued over the death of Du Busi’s elder brother, and Mu En unleashed his life-burning power when Du Busi refused to withdraw.
• Du Busi pointed out Mahoraga, whose presence made Mu En realize the monster was connected to Lu Ren; Mu En also linked it to the creature that had attacked Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi told Mu En to look more closely at who stood beside Mahoraga.

Mu En confronted Du Busi and Mahoraga, who held Bei Bei hostage, and rejected Bei Bei’s defense of Lu Ren, insisting Lu Ren had to die for the devastation and war he had caused. Mu En chose to fight despite the threat to Bei Bei, while Huo Yuhao rescued Bei Bei and Mahoraga charged into battle.

• Du Busi warned Mu En that Mahoraga would kill Bei Bei if Mu En acted rashly, and Mu En descended from the sky.
• Bei Bei urged Mu En not to risk himself and questioned Shrek Academy’s failures, arguing that Lu Ren had helped people and addressed problems Shrek had long ignored.
• Mu En declared Lu Ren a great sinner who had to die, blaming him for Shrek’s decline and the continent-wide war.
• Mu En confessed his own past mistakes and said he would end his bloodline rather than preserve his descendants and successors.
• Mu En unleashed his Radiant Sacred Dragon power as Du Busi transformed to oppose him and called for Huo Yuhao to take Bei Bei away.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to escape with Bei Bei, while Mahoraga charged Mu En and Mu En rushed forward to attack.

Mu En battered Du Busi and Mahoraga, while Du Busi relied on newly acquired Soul Tools to keep fighting. Mahoraga repeatedly recovered from Mu En’s attacks and adapted to the power of light, growing larger and tougher with each resurrection.

• Du Busi blocked Mu En’s charge, but residual light power blasted Mahoraga into a mountain and left Du Busi surprised by how easily he fell.
• Mu En pressed his attack, and Du Busi used Level 9 Soul Tools to defend himself and fight back; Mu En realized Lu Ren had persuaded the Body Sect to adopt Soul Tools.
• Du Busi and Mu En fought across the countryside, but Mu En’s light neutralized Du Busi’s poison and destroyed two of his defensive Soul Tools.
• Mahoraga returned larger and resistant to light, but Mu En tore him apart; Mahoraga healed immediately and then withstood another dragon-claw strike.
• Mu En unleashed a stronger attack that crushed Mahoraga, but Mahoraga regenerated again, grew to nearly twelve meters tall, and became even tougher.

Mu En fought Mahoraga, but each attack helped the monster adapt until it could withstand his strongest techniques and counter his radiance with darkness. Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree’s remaining power to unleash Sea God's Light, but Mahoraga vanished into a shadow just before the beam struck.

• Mu En intensified his attacks with Radiant Dragon Might and Sovereign's Descent, but Mahoraga adapted and recovered from the damage.
• Du Busi struck Mu En from the side while he was focused on Mahoraga, and Mu En retaliated with Radiant Dragon Breath.
• Mu En unleashed Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Rend, but Mahoraga endured it, and Du Busi realized that Mu En's attacks were making it stronger.
• Mu En continued exchanging blows with Mahoraga until its Dharma Wheel turned five times, its body grew to a hundred meters, and its darkness began eroding his radiance.
• Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree's origin power to unleash Sea God's Light, but Mahoraga disappeared into the shadow beneath its feet before the beam hit.

Mu En realized Du Busi and Mahoraga had only been delaying him while Lu Ren advanced, then reached the battlefield and reunited with Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. With all three agreeing to set aside their old grudges and attack Lu Ren, the chapter left them facing him as he watched from a distance.

• Mahoraga evaded Mu En’s Sea God’s Light by sinking into a shadow, and Du Busi departed after their mission to delay Mu En ended.
• Mu En recognized that the two had been buying time for Lu Ren, sensed Lu Ren’s immense presence, and hurried to the battlefield outside Mingdu.
• Mu En found Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao waiting near the vast crater, and the three old companions reflected on their losses and the end of Mu En’s remaining lifespan.
• Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Mu En agreed to set aside their grudges and join forces to kill Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren retreated several thousand meters and observed the three powerful opponents standing together.

Lu Ren gathered his allies’ support and unleashed his strongest Maximum: Uzumaki against Mu En, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao. Mu En shielded the others and survived the blast through the Golden Ancient Tree’s healing power, as Lu Ren declared that the three veterans were the challengers.

• Du Busi praised Lu Ren’s confidence before his battle against Mu En, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao.
• Ye Guyi and the others encouraged Lu Ren, and he summoned fifteen hundred Cursed Spirits alongside the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to charge Maximum: Uzumaki.
• Lu Ren fired the enormous beam of Cursed Energy, which destroyed the barrier concealing its power and carved through the mountains.
• Mu En shielded Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, lost both lower arms, and suffered severe burns before the Golden Ancient Tree healed him.
• Lu Ren appeared before the three Soul Masters and told them, “You’re the challengers!”