Chapter Summaries

After the group defeated the Xishui Alliance’s Evil Soul Masters, Lu Ren explained why he had kept Ye Guyi from revealing her ability to purify them and promised to help Ji Juechen perfect his Self-Created Domain. As Lu Ren returned his attention to the road, he and Ji Juechen stopped after noticing something ahead.

• Ye Guyi asked why Lu Ren had not let her purify the captured Evil Soul Masters, and he warned her not to reveal their abilities to the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.
• Lu Ren thanked Ji Juechen for his help and promised to help him complete his Sword Intent Domain, Loneliness.
• Ye Guyi said she did not regret joining Lu Ren, since her Martial Soul meant she would eventually clash with the Xishui Alliance.
• Lu Ren spoke with Electrolux about the cursed energy he had shared with him, and Electrolux acknowledged his trust and generosity.
• Lu Ren and Ji Juechen halted when they spotted something a hundred feet ahead.

Long Aotian of the Body Sect found Lu Ren in an alley in Mingdu and demanded that he return to the sect, revealing that Du Busi was nearby. Lu Ren learned that Shrek had told the Body Sect about his Brain Martial Soul and location, and questioned why they had done so.

• Long Aotian confronted Lu Ren, Ye Guyi, and their companion, asking which of them was Lu Ren.
• Long Aotian introduced himself as a Body Sect disciple and said the sect master had sent him to bring Lu Ren back.
• Lu Ren recognized Long Aotian as a gifted future Body Sect leader and considered the benefits of a Second Awakening for his Brain Martial Soul.
• Long Aotian revealed that Du Busi was also in Mingdu but could not show himself.
• Lu Ren asked how the Body Sect knew about his Martial Soul and whereabouts, and Long Aotian said Shrek had supplied the information.

Long Aotian came to bring Lu Ren back to the Body Sect, but Lu Ren said he could not leave yet, and Long Aotian challenged him to a fight. As Lu Ren prepared for the danger approaching from the sky, he told Ji Juechen to get Ye Guyi to safety and warn Hall Master Jing.

• Long Aotian told Lu Ren that the Body Sect had come to take him home, and Lu Ren asked for time before leaving.
• Long Aotian said he would report Lu Ren’s situation to the sect master, then challenged him to a fight.
• Ji Juechen stepped between them, and Lu Ren defended him as his friend after Long Aotian called him a lackey.
• Long Aotian revealed that he had five Soul Rings and had begun merging Soul Power with Spiritual Power, then asked Lu Ren what kind of woman he liked.
• Lu Ren sensed two powerful figures clashing in the sky, suspected Du Busi and someone from Shrek, and ordered Ji Juechen to take Ye Guyi to safety and warn Hall Master Jing.

Lu Ren sent Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen away, then fought Long Aotian, who became convinced they were close brothers. After Lu Ren defeated him, he sensed Xuan Zi and another person watching from afar and prepared to confront them.

• Lu Ren told Ji Juechen to take Ye Guyi away, and she resolved to become strong enough not to be sent running in the future.
• Lu Ren asked Long Aotian whether his sect master had encountered trouble, then answered Long Aotian's question about his preferred type of woman.
• Lu Ren's answer triggered false memories in Long Aotian, who decided that Lu Ren was his closest friend and brother.
• Long Aotian challenged Lu Ren, and they exchanged blows; Lu Ren fought with his body alone until Long Aotian prepared his strongest attack.
• Lu Ren used Cursed Speech to freeze Long Aotian and knocked him away with a punch.
• Lu Ren spotted Xuan Zi and another watcher in the distance and threatened to use Cursed Speech against Xuan Zi.

Xuan Zi descended to seize Lu Ren and persuade him to join Shrek, while Mu En confronted Du Busi in the sky and secured Xuan Zi ten minutes to convince him. Left alone with Xuan Zi, Lu Ren strengthened Cursed Speech by sacrificing his fourth Soul Ring, then faced Xuan Zi’s attempt to capture him.

• Du Busi revealed that he had brought three Titled Douluos to claim Lu Ren, and Xuan Zi realized he had underestimated the Body Sect’s resolve.
• Mu En arrived and subdued Du Busi’s presence, then gave Xuan Zi ten minutes to get Lu Ren to agree to join Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi descended into the alley as Lu Ren told the three Body Sect Titled Douluos to take the unconscious Long Aotian and leave.
• Lu Ren made a Binding Vow that permanently disabled his fourth Soul Ring in exchange for more than tenfold greater Cursed Speech performance and doubled backlash.
• Xuan Zi laughed and reached to seize Lu Ren, believing no one remained to protect him.

Lu Ren used repeated Cursed Speech and Reverse Cursed Technique to evade Xuan Zi and force the Level 98 Super Douluo to kneel in public. As Xuan Zi prepared to kill him, Lu Ren opened his Blood River Nine-Phase Life domain and trapped them both inside.

• Lu Ren repeatedly used Cursed Speech against Xuan Zi while healing the backlash, slowing the Super Douluo’s pursuit and disrupting his body.
• Xuan Zi manifested his Godly Taotie Bull martial soul and continued chasing Lu Ren through Mingdu as Du Busi and Mu En watched.
• Lu Ren made Xuan Zi’s legs fail and shouted “Kneel,” forcing him down before witnesses and humiliating him publicly.
• Xuan Zi resolved to kill Lu Ren and raised a spiritual barrier to resist his Word-Made-Reality.
• Lu Ren fused Soul Power and Cursed Energy, expanded Blood River Nine-Phase Life, and sealed himself and Xuan Zi inside a dark domain filled with a rising sea of blood.

Lu Ren used Blood River Nine-Phase Life and Word-Made-Reality to hold off Xuan Zi, a Level 98 Super Douluo, despite their overwhelming cultivation gap. Xuan Zi shattered Lu Ren’s domain but fled when the curse overwhelmed his stomach, leaving Lu Ren to claim victory after seven minutes.

• Lu Ren’s five-minute Binding Vow activated, greatly increasing his strength, and he attacked Xuan Zi with Convergence: Piercing Blood.
• Lu Ren’s domain let his blood attacks bypass Xuan Zi’s Soul Power and manipulate the blood and temperature inside his body, forcing Xuan Zi to spend two minutes suppressing the effects.
• Xuan Zi shattered Blood River Nine-Phase Life with a Soul Power shock wave, causing Lu Ren’s Cursed Technique to burn out temporarily.
• Lu Ren used Word-Made-Reality to curse Xuan Zi’s stomach as Sun Moon Empire Soul Masters and Soul Engineer legions approached Mingdu.
• Xuan Zi fled before the arriving forces could trap him, and Lu Ren celebrated having held him off for seven minutes.

Lu Ren escaped after holding Xuan Zi off for seven minutes, while the destruction in Mingdu inflamed tensions between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire. He reunited with the Body Sect, and Du Busi praised his achievement as the crown prince and Zhongli Wu negotiated over their own alliance.

• Lu Ren fled the ruins before the Sun Moon Empire's forces arrived, while Jing Hongchen feared Xuan Zi had taken him.
• Du Busi learned that Lu Ren had safely met up with the Body Sect and celebrated his ability to hold off Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi changed his soiled trousers in the sky, and Mu En ordered him to discuss the incident after they returned to Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu urged Xu Tianran to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult against Shrek, and Xu Tianran agreed to have the empire help find the person they sought while ordering the cult to stop causing disturbances.
• The Body Sect's Titled Douluo praised Lu Ren for humiliating Xuan Zi, and Du Busi arrived and declared that Lu Ren's feat came from his own ability.

After defeating Xuan Zi, Lu Ren received guidance from Du Busi and Long Aotian, then made breakthroughs in combat technique and understanding his fused Soul Power and Cursed Energy. He hurried back to the academy to test an idea for creating a Jujutsu Sorcerer’s Soul Core, while Ji Juechen went to report that they were safe.

• Long Aotian told Du Busi what Lu Ren had said, and Du Busi discussed Lu Ren’s bet with Xuan Zi and warned him about the dangers of awakening his Brain Martial Soul.
• Du Busi explained the Brain Martial Soul’s potential, and Long Aotian taught Lu Ren the basics of Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Lu Ren entered Unity of Heaven and Man after Long Aotian’s instruction, raising his Spiritual Power to the middle stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• Lu Ren realized he could use the Soul Core method to condense fused Soul Power and Cursed Energy into a Jujutsu Sorcerer’s Soul Core, then left to pursue the experiment.
• Lu Ren checked that Ye Guyi was safe in the courtyard, told Ji Juechen to inform Hall Master Jing, and hurried to the academy’s cultivation room.

Jing Hongchen learned that Lu Ren had caused Mingdu’s upheaval and resolved to build ties with him, while Shrek’s Elders planned defenses against Lu Ren’s abilities. After the city calmed, Lu Ren successfully condensed a cursed energy soul core and unlocked Projection Sorcery.

• Jing Hongchen learned that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had reached level 50 and planned for them to obtain fifth Soul Rings with Lu Ren.
• Jing Hongchen’s subordinate reported Lu Ren’s role in the Mingdu chaos, his clashes with Taotie Douluo, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s presence in the Xishui Alliance, prompting Jing Hongchen to order Lu Ren the best treatment.
• Xuan Zi offered to resign from his Shrek posts, but Mu En kept him and tasked him with training the students to use a seven-in-one combined domain against Lu Ren.
• Xu Tianran restored order in Mingdu and investigated the Holy Attribute Martial Soul, while Shangguan Wei’er misdirected his investigators and resolved to rely on Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren condensed a cursed energy soul core at level 50, broke through to the late Spirit Abyss Realm, and received Projection Sorcery.

After seven days of seclusion, Lu Ren gained a Soul Core, reached level 50, and mastered Projection Sorcery, which let him overwhelm Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan with his speed. Jing Hongchen arranged for Lu Ren and the others to travel to the Jingyang Mountain Range for fifth Soul Rings and Soul Tool tests, while Zhongli Wu assigned Zhang Peng a task that would force him out of seclusion.

• Lu Ren's spiritual power surged to 18,752 points, and his Soul Core greatly strengthened his cursed techniques and Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Lu Ren tested Projection Sorcery, moved from his cultivation room to the rooftop in seconds, and decided to spar with Ji Juechen.
• Lu Ren defeated Ji Juechen almost instantly, stopped Jing Ziyan from activating her Soul Tool, and demonstrated his speed by bringing Ji Juechen back to the training ground.
• Jing Hongchen told Lu Ren that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had reached rank fifty and sent them to the Jingyang Mountain Range with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan for Soul Rings and Soul Tool tests.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Zhang Peng to undertake a task, but Zhang Peng hesitated because he feared Mu En would target him if he emerged from seclusion.

Zhongli Wu sent Zhang Peng to investigate Lu Ren’s Martial Soul and kill him if he possessed a Holy Attribute, while Lu Ren led an academy team toward the Jingyang Mountain Range. The team gained two Soul Engineer companions, and Ye Guyi joined them as they headed out.

• Zhongli Wu ordered Zhang Peng to investigate Lu Ren’s Martial Soul and kill him if he proved to have a Holy Attribute, but Zhang Peng agreed only to report what he learned.
• Lu Ren arrived at the academy gates, where Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen were waiting for the mission to begin.
• Keke and Ju Zi joined the group, and Ju Zi recalled that Xu Tianran wanted her to find out whether Lu Ren might work for him after graduation.
• Lu Ren reassured Meng Hongchen about his recent fight and answered her questions about cultivation as the team walked through Mingdu.
• Ye Guyi quietly joined the group, and Lu Ren introduced her as a friend familiar with the Jingyang Mountain Range.

Lu Ren joined the group traveling to the Jingyang Mountain Range, while Zhang Peng secretly followed and discovered that Jing Hongchen was guarding them. When the group took to the air, Lu Ren flew without a Soul Tool by using Blood Manipulation, leaving his companions stunned and stirring Zhang Peng’s greed.

• Lu Ren insisted that Ye Guyi was one of them, while Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Ju Zi, and Keke reacted to the tensions among the group.
• Zhang Peng secretly followed the group, spotted Jing Hongchen watching over them, and escaped when Jing Hongchen sensed his presence.
• The group decided to use Flying Soul Tools to travel, but Lu Ren declined Meng Hongchen’s offer of a spare and told her to go ahead.
• Lu Ren propelled himself through the air using Cursed Energy and Blood Manipulation, then caught up with the group and stood on a platform of blood.
• Zhang Peng witnessed Lu Ren’s blood-based flight and wondered what would happen if he absorbed the blood in Lu Ren’s body.

Lu Ren discovered that he could form blood into wings and fly, then led his group to the Jingyang Mountain Range to search for Soul Beasts. While the team rested, he sensed two powerful followers nearby, including an Evil Soul Master, and worried that Ye Guyi’s Martial Soul or his own secrets had been exposed.

• Zhang Peng resisted the temptation to kill and refine Lu Ren, remembering his promise to Mu En.
• Lu Ren formed enormous Blood Wings and flew, astonishing Jing Hongchen and Ji Juechen while demonstrating a new use for Blood Manipulation.
• Lu Ren’s team reached the Jingyang Mountain Range, where Ju Zi prepared a barbecue meal for everyone.
• Lu Ren searched for Soul Beasts with his Spiritual Power and sensed two powerful people following the group from different directions, one carrying the chill of an Evil Soul Master.
• Lu Ren warned Ye Guyi not to reveal her Martial Soul, and she assured him she would keep it secret.

Lu Ren left camp to determine whether the unseen pursuer was targeting him or someone in his group, then confirmed the pursuer followed him. While speeding through the forest, he collided with a valuable twelve-thousand-year golden toad Soul Beast and carried it back toward camp for Xiao Hongchen.

• Meng Hongchen tried to comfort Lu Ren, but Xiao Hongchen interrupted her and called everyone to dinner.
• After the group ate, Ji Juechen took the first watch while Lu Ren stayed awake, worried about the mysterious presence and the danger to his companions.
• Lu Ren left camp alone and accelerated through the forest to test whether the pursuer would follow him.
• Lu Ren sensed the pursuer keeping pace behind him and concluded that he was the target.
• Lu Ren struck a golden toad Soul Beast while moving at high speed, knocking it unconscious, and identified it as a twelve-thousand-year Soul Beast suited to Xiao Hongchen.
• Lu Ren hoisted the golden toad Soul Beast onto his shoulder and headed back to camp.

Zhang Peng followed Lu Ren to investigate his unusual blood-manipulation ability, while Lu Ren returned to camp with a Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Toad for Xiao Hongchen. After Xiao Hongchen absorbed its Soul Ring and received its Soul Bone from Lu Ren, Lu Ren took Ye Guyi aside and told her it was time to be useful.

• Zhang Peng decided to keep observing Lu Ren after concluding that he did not possess a Holy Attribute Martial Soul.
• Lu Ren brought a roughly twelve-thousand-year-old Golden Toad Soul Beast back to camp, and Xiao Hongchen began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Lu Ren found a Golden Toad Left Leg Soul Bone and gave it to Xiao Hongchen without asking for anything in return.
• Xiao Hongchen reached Soul King and accepted the Soul Bone, declaring Lu Ren his big brother and offering him the reserve-team captain position.
• Lu Ren summoned Ye Guyi and told her he had kept her fed long enough and that it was time for her to serve her purpose.

Lu Ren took Ye Guyi into the forest to confront a presence he believed belonged to a powerful Evil Soul Master, and reassured her that he would keep her alive despite planning to use her Holy Angel Martial Soul as a distraction. He tracked down the hidden watcher, who revealed himself as the rank-ninety-five Super Douluo Zhang Peng.

• Lu Ren teased Ye Guyi about living under his care, then told her he had detected an Evil Soul Master nearby, and she followed him into the forest.
• Keke speculated about Lu Ren and Ye Guyi's relationship while Ju Zi tried to redirect her attention; Meng Hongchen hid her disappointment as they left.
• Lu Ren told Ye Guyi the target might be a Titled Douluo or Super Douluo and instructed her to attack from behind when he signaled, while she offered to self-destruct to help him escape.
• Lu Ren promised Ye Guyi she would not die and sent her to circle around the target while he approached the hidden presence.
• Lu Ren called out the watcher and prepared to use Domain Expansion, forcing Zhang Peng to reveal himself and unleash the oppressive might of a Super Douluo.

Lu Ren discovered that Zhang Peng had come to investigate his concealed martial soul information, but won his trust by recognizing his unwillingness to harm people. After Lu Ren’s converted blood poisoned Zhang Peng, he cured him instead of exploiting the chance to kill him, avoiding the risk of drawing Ye Xishui to investigate.

• Lu Ren detected Zhang Peng nearby and explained his discovery with a fabricated account of sensing disturbances in the air and tree bark.
• Lu Ren identified Zhang Peng and praised him for refusing to harm people, moving Zhang Peng deeply and turning their wary encounter into a friendship.
• Zhang Peng and Lu Ren shared their stories by a campfire, and Zhang Peng grew angry over Lu Ren’s account of Shrek before agreeing to call him little brother.
• Zhang Peng revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had sent him to identify Lu Ren’s martial soul, whose entry was missing from his records.
• Lu Ren demonstrated that he could convert Soul Power into blood, but a drop of it poisoned Zhang Peng; Lu Ren used Reverse Cursed Technique to cure him instead of taking the chance to kill him.

Lu Ren befriended Zhang Peng, who agreed to protect him from Shrek after the tournament, and spent the following months strengthening his allies and developing the Soul Spirit Contract. With the contract perfected, Lu Ren prepared to travel to the Far North and seek the Ice Empress as a Soul Spirit.

• Lu Ren spared Zhang Peng, warned him against absorbing his converted blood, and asked him to help prevent Shrek from breaking its tournament wager; Zhang Peng agreed to meet him in the Star Luo Empire and protect him.
• Lu Ren and Ye Guyi finished searching the Jingyang Mountain Range, where Meng Hongchen obtained a compatible Fifth Soul Ring and Ye Guyi reached Level 53 after absorbing hers.
• Lu Ren registered his Martial Soul as a Spiritual System type with Jing Hongchen, then spent the next months teaching Ji Juechen about domains and helping him break through his bottleneck.
• Ye Guyi and Lu Ren purged Holy Spirit Cult informants around Mingdu and built an intelligence network with help from Shangguan Wei'er and An Litong, while Ju Zi told Lu Ren that Xu Tianran wanted to meet him.
• Electrolux told Lu Ren that their Soul Spirit Contract had been perfected, and Lu Ren decided to head to the Far North to obtain the Ice Empress as a Soul Spirit.

Lu Ren left Mingdu and arrived in the Far North as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prepared to bind the Ice Empress to Huo Yuhao through the God-Creation Plan. Revealing his extraordinary spiritual power and Electrolux’s godlike presence, Lu Ren offered the Ice Empress a partnership and a new soul beast–soul master contract.

• Lu Ren asked Jing Hongchen for permission to leave and traveled alone to the Far North to find a suitable Soul Beast.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped the Ice Empress in his shed skin and pressured her to release her spiritual origin so he could begin the God-Creation Plan with Huo Yuhao.
• Lu Ren interrupted the negotiations, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized him as the human he had first considered choosing as his host.
• Lu Ren revealed his four Soul Rings and peak Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power, then summoned Electrolux, whose godlike presence stunned the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress.
• Lu Ren offered the Ice Empress an equal partnership and a new contract between soul beast and soul master, and Electrolux sent a ray of golden light into her forehead.