Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren offered the Ice Empress an equal Soul Spirit Contract, and she chose him over the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. After Lu Ren freed her and immobilized Tian Meng, the Ice Empress moved to kill and consume him, but the ice beneath her suddenly collapsed.

• Lu Ren explained the Soul Spirit Contract, which let the Ice Empress keep her free will and leave if she wished, and Electrolux described how Soul Spirits could change relations between humans and Soul Beasts.
• The Ice Empress rejected Tian Meng's coercive proposal and chose Lu Ren, while Huo Yuhao watched helplessly.
• Electrolux destroyed the Remains imprisoning the Ice Empress, and Lu Ren used Cursed Speech to freeze Tian Meng and Huo Yuhao in place.
• The Ice Empress asked to consume Tian Meng, and Lu Ren said he would not stop her; she then charged toward him with killing intent.
• The ice beneath the Ice Empress shattered without warning, and she fell as the frozen ground collapsed.

Lu Ren stopped the Ice Empress from killing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by revealing that strange accidents and an approaching heavenly tribulation protected him. After the Ice Empress finally parted from the heartbroken Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Lu Ren warned her that the Snow Empress would soon be sealed by a human, and she agreed to follow him to save her.

• The Ice Empress fell into a fissure twice while trying to kill the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Lu Ren warned that another attempt might bring her heavenly tribulation early.
• Lu Ren told the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm not to tell Huo Yuhao about the protection around him, and the Ice Empress said goodbye before leaving with Lu Ren.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cried after the Ice Empress as she departed, while she insisted to Lu Ren that he had only ever been food to her.
• Lu Ren explained that Huo Yuhao was the child of luck and that the Divine Realm backed him, persuading the Ice Empress that killing him would be too costly.
• Lu Ren revealed that the Snow Empress would seal her origin, recultivate as a human, and be trapped in a God-Sealing Platform by an intruding human.
• The Ice Empress trusted Lu Ren's warning and followed him toward the Extreme North Core Circle to save the Snow Empress.

After the Ice Empress left Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao accepted that he had been too weak to win her and vowed to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Lu Ren and the Ice Empress searched for the Snow Empress, then headed for the Ice Empress’s territory after Lu Ren realized she might come there.

• Huo Yuhao woke in Ice Valley and learned that Lu Ren and the Ice Empress had left without killing him.
• Huo Yuhao rejected the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s call to take revenge on Lu Ren, admitting the Ice Empress had made the better choice and vowing to become the strongest Soul Master and avenge his mother.
• The Ice Empress could not sense the Snow Empress and realized that luck was obstructing her from following Huo Yuhao’s destined path.
• Lu Ren told the Ice Empress she could leave if she regretted their partnership, but she insisted she would keep her word and stay with him.
• Lu Ren remembered that the Snow Empress might visit the Ice Empress’s territory before restarting her cultivation as a human, so the Ice Empress carried him there at high speed.

Lu Ren spent ten days waiting for the Snow Empress before deciding to fuse with the Ice Empress as his Soul Spirit so they could search for her. The fusion pushed Lu Ren to Soul Power Level 62 and the Spirit Domain Realm, unlocking Cursed Spirit Manipulation and setting late Spirit Domain Realm as the requirement for Idle Transfiguration.

• Lu Ren refused the Ice Jade Scorpions’ insect dishes, cooked rabbit with Malevolent Shrine, and later saw the Ice Empress take human form.
• After ten days passed without any sign of the Snow Empress, Lu Ren concluded Fortune had disrupted events and proposed becoming the Ice Empress’s Soul Spirit to search more effectively.
• Electrolux performed the Soul Spirit Contract ceremony, and the Ice Empress’s nearly four-hundred-thousand-year cultivation poured into Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren used Blood Manipulation and Reverse Cursed Technique to survive the transfer as his Soul Power rose to Level 62 and he gained two orange Soul Rings.
• Lu Ren’s Spiritual Power reached the Spirit Domain Realm, and the system rewarded him with Cursed Spirit Manipulation while requiring late Spirit Domain Realm for Idle Transfiguration.

Lu Ren’s Cursed Spirit Manipulation evolved, letting him create loyal cursed spirits that could grow with him and gather cursed energy. After absorbing the Ice Empress’s power and freeing her from fate’s influence, he set out to find the Snow Empress, who was captured during her transformation; Lu Ren confronted her captor with Cursed Speech.

• Lu Ren discovered that his fused power systems had transformed Cursed Spirit Manipulation, allowing him to create cursed spirits that obeyed him, grew stronger with him, and shared the cursed energy they collected.
• Lu Ren completed absorbing the Ice Empress’s power, and she appeared as his soul spirit, realizing that she had escaped the bonds of luck and celebrating her newfound freedom.
• Lu Ren and the Ice Empress left the cave to search for the Snow Empress, while he teased the Ice Empress about her grandiose proclamation and she agreed to help locate her friend.
• In the Far North’s Core Circle, a Titled Douluo interrupted the Snow Empress’s transformation and sealed her weakened origin inside a God-Sealing Platform.
• Lu Ren arrived and confronted the Titled Douluo, then used Cursed Speech to make the man’s demon balls burst.

Lu Ren killed the Star Luo Empire Titled Douluo who had sealed Snow Empress, then broke the God-Sealing Platform and helped Snow Empress emerge from her weakened state. Snow Empress remained wary of Lu Ren, while Ice Empress tried to reassure her that he was her friend and contractor.

• Lu Ren used Cursed Speech to make the Titled Douluo's crotch explode, then killed him with a barrage of Black Flash punches.
• Ice Empress marveled at Lu Ren's strength and asked how he had made the Titled Douluo's private parts explode.
• Ice Empress tried to smash the God-Sealing Platform, but Lu Ren stopped her; after failing to work out how to open it, he destroyed it with a Black Flash.
• Ice Empress shielded Snow Empress's white embryo from the fragments, and Snow Empress spoke to them from within it.
• Snow Empress released herself from the embryo despite her weakened state and warned Lu Ren that she would detonate her essence if he intended to turn her into a Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress assured Snow Empress that Lu Ren was her friend and contractor and would not force her to do anything.

The Snow Empress reunited with the Ice Empress and learned how Lu Ren had formed an equal Soul Spirit Contract with her while preserving her Soul Bone as an escape route. After blessing Lu Ren and deciding to travel with him to observe the contract, the Snow Empress considered a future partnership but declined to become his Soul Spirit for now; the chapter ended with the Ice Empress asking what a “perverted lolicon” was.

• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that she had searched the Far North for her, and the Ice Empress realized Fortune had prevented them from meeting before.
• The Ice Empress explained how Lu Ren had helped her escape the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Remains, formed a voluntary Soul Spirit Contract with her, and let her retain her Soul Bone as an escape route.
• The Snow Empress acknowledged Lu Ren’s sincerity, blessed him as an honored guest of the Far North, and said she would stay with him to protect the Ice Empress and observe their contract.
• Lu Ren shared the contract’s terms with the Snow Empress, who praised its equality but postponed any decision about becoming his Soul Spirit until he grew stronger.
• The Snow Empress insisted on seeing the human world with Lu Ren, and he warned that her appearance could attract unwanted attention, prompting the Ice Empress to ask what a perverted lolicon was.

After leaving the Far North with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, Lu Ren returned to Mingdu and reunited with Ye Guyi, Jing Ziyan, and Ji Juechen as they prepared for the Continental Tournament. He spent seven days developing Cursed Spirit Manipulation and successfully created a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, only to recoil in disgust when it emerged as the giant cockroach Kurourushi.

• Lu Ren left the Far North with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then brought the Snow Empress to the courtyard in Mingdu where Nana and the others stayed.
• Lu Ren reunited with Ye Guyi, Jing Ziyan, and Ji Juechen, who described their battles against Evil Soul Masters and reported their increased cultivation levels.
• Lu Ren told Ye Guyi she could not attend the Continental Tournament because revealing her Holy Angel Martial Soul would put her in danger, and promised to bring her a present.
• Ji Juechen challenged Lu Ren to spar, but Lu Ren postponed the fight and told the Snow Empress to wait at the courtyard.
• Lu Ren spent seven days experimenting with Cursed Spirit Manipulation and Necromancy, eventually creating a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
• The giant cockroach Kurourushi emerged from the black vortex, and Lu Ren recoiled in terror and disgust.

Lu Ren created Kurourushi, a Special Grade Cursed Spirit whose strength could threaten Titled Douluos, and learned that the cockroach spirit fed on his fear of insects. After sending Kurourushi away and ordering his room cleaned, Lu Ren returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and prepared to face Shrek Academy at the tournament.

• Lu Ren subdued Kurourushi when it attacked the Snow Empress, then assessed its Festering Life Sword and combat strength as dangerous to Titled Douluos and potentially Super Douluos.
• Electrolux explained that Kurourushi drew power from Lu Ren's fear of cockroaches, and Lu Ren confirmed the connection before sealing the spirit away.
• Lu Ren ordered Nana to clean his room and replace everything on his bed after Kurourushi had landed there.
• Lu Ren went to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, where Jing Hongchen welcomed him and discovered he had reached Level 62.
• Jing Hongchen announced that the team would leave for Star Luo City in three days and warned that Xuan Zi would lead a stronger Shrek Academy team.
• Lu Ren vowed to defeat Shrek fairly at the tournament and end its run of championships.

Huo Yuhao struggled to contain his hatred of Dai Hao during Shrek’s mission to hunt the Death’s Hand Bandit Group, while Xuan Zi’s confidence in overseeing the students proved disastrously misplaced. The Death Messenger’s Corpse Explosion killed or fatally wounded several team members, and Xuan Zi charged after the fleeing Evil Soul Master in fury.

• Huo Yuhao nearly attacked Dai Hao at their meeting, but Xuan Zi intervened and Huo Yuhao refused to explain his hatred.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Dai Yueheng about his father, and Dai Yueheng’s claim that Dai Hao had only one wife intensified Huo Yuhao’s anger and disrupted his Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Shrek’s students found the Death’s Hand Bandit Group’s hideout and quickly overwhelmed the bandits in battle.
• The Death Messenger detonated the corpses, severely injuring Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng and leaving Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, Xi Xi, and Ling Luochen dead or dying.
• Xuan Zi arrived to find the students devastated, then unleashed his full power and pursued the fleeing Death Messenger, vowing that no one would save him.

The Death Messenger abducted Huo Yuhao during his escape from Xuan Zi, but Lu Ren sent Kurourushi after him. Kurourushi seized the Death Messenger and nearly grabbed Huo Yuhao before Xuan Zi intervened, leaving the creature facing Xuan Zi as its severed limb regenerated.

• The Death Messenger used a trap to escape Xuan Zi with Huo Yuhao while four fallen Shrek students’ bodies exploded; Wang Yan ordered the survivors to treat Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng and send for help.
• Lu Ren sensed the battle from afar, summoned Kurourushi, and sent it to capture the Death Messenger, allowing it to hunt Shrek members but not unrelated innocents.
• Lu Ren shared Kurourushi’s vision as it reached the battlefield and intercepted the fleeing Death Messenger in the forest.
• Kurourushi grabbed the Death Messenger and dropped Huo Yuhao, then sent a swarm of cockroaches carrying its captive away when Xuan Zi’s presence approached.
• Kurourushi reached for Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi struck off its forelimb and shielded the boy; Huo Yuhao woke briefly, saw Kurourushi, and fainted again.
• Kurourushi regenerated its forelimb and asked Xuan Zi why he was attacking them.

Xuan Zi fought Kurourushi and rescued the Shrek students, but Kurourushi used its cockroach swarm and hidden sword to cripple Bei Bei and wound Xuan Zi. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi realizing the cockroach was a cunning opponent whose combat strength rivaled a Super Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.

• Xuan Zi attacked Kurourushi with Gravity Control, but Lu Ren pulled the cursed spirit into storage and released it near Wang Yan and the others.
• Kurourushi's cockroach swarm devoured the corpses and threatened the students, while Bei Bei's lightning proved effective against the insects.
• Kurourushi concealed its Festering Life Sword in the swarm and severed Bei Bei's right arm, injecting eggs into the wound before Xuan Zi contained the corruption.
• Xuan Zi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and pursued Kurourushi, but repeatedly turned back to protect the students from the advancing swarm.
• Kurourushi struck Xuan Zi from a distance with the Festering Life Sword, injected eggs into his back, and escaped before he could retaliate.

After Kurourushi injured Xuan Zi and left Bei Bei cursed, Lu Ren ordered the Special Grade Cursed Spirit to avoid further risks. In Star Luo City, Lu Ren tried to subjugate the captured Death Messenger’s Martial Soul, failed because it remained bound to its master, and prepared to sever that bond by force.

• Kurourushi escaped after injuring Xuan Zi and crippling Bei Bei, while Xuan Zi destroyed the remaining cockroaches and hurried to get Bei Bei treated.
• Xuan Zi warned Wang Yan that Kurourushi was an unknown and dangerous species, then took the students to safety before carrying Bei Bei back to the academy.
• Lu Ren assessed Kurourushi’s battle tactics and strength, noted that lightning and likely light or holy attributes could counter Cursed Spirits, and ordered Kurourushi to stay with the group rather than pursue Xuan Zi.
• Several days later, Lu Ren met the captured Death Messenger in his room at Star Luo City’s Star Emperor hotel, where the teams had gathered for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Lu Ren’s attempt to turn the Death Messenger’s Martial Soul into a Cursed Spirit Orb failed because it was still bonded to its master, so he decided to sever the connection by force and pried open the prisoner’s mouth.

Lu Ren extracted the Death Messenger’s Martial Soul and Corpse Explosion Technique, then had Kurourushi dispose of him and sent it to gather Cursed Energy without killing anyone. At Shrek Academy, Bei Bei survived but was left gravely injured and crippled, while Xuan Zi confessed his failures to Mu En and begged to leave the Sea God Pavilion.

• Lu Ren severed the Death Messenger’s connection to his Martial Soul, subjugated it with Cursed Spirit Manipulation, and swallowed the resulting Cursed Spirit Orb to acquire its Soul Skills, including Corpse Explosion Technique.
• Lu Ren explained that he had extracted Corpse Explosion Technique as a single-use ability strengthened by a Binding Vow, then ordered Kurourushi to kill and devour the Death Messenger.
• Lu Ren instructed Kurourushi to gather Cursed Energy throughout Star Luo City without harming anyone, then heard from Jing Hongchen that Shrek Academy’s team had failed to arrive for tournament registration.
• Mu En and Elder Zhuang treated Bei Bei, removing the rot curse but finding that his body, cultivation, and fourth Soul Ring had suffered lasting damage.
• Mu En sent Bei Bei to recuperate by the Golden Ancient Tree, while Xuan Zi confessed that five Shrek team members had died and Bei Bei had been crippled, then begged to leave the Sea God Pavilion.

Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to hunt down the hostile cockroach Soul Beast and prepare Shrek Academy to win the tournament, while secretly resolving to recruit or kill Lu Ren. In Star Luo City, Lu Ren dismissed the opening ceremony and Shrek as unimportant before Shrek's team arrived, leaving him joking about how many of them would die.

• Mu En told Xuan Zi that the students' deaths were not his fault and ordered him to find and kill the intelligent cockroach Soul Beast.
• Mu En ordered Shrek to assemble eligible students for the tournament and said they must honor Xuan Zi's wager with Lu Ren, then recruit Lu Ren or kill him if he refused.
• The Golden Ancient Tree nourished Mu En as he resolved to stay alive until the tournament ended and Lu Ren gave his answer.
• At dinner in Star Luo City, Lu Ren said he would skip the opening ceremony, and Ji Juechen revealed that his completed domain had helped him defeat a Soul Douluo.
• Ma Rulong told Lu Ren that the Sun Moon team would follow his tactical orders, but Lu Ren dismissed Shrek as unworthy of concern.
• Shrek students entered the restaurant and mocked the Sun Moon academy, and Lu Ren joked about guessing how many Shrek members would die.

Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Academy students nearly fought after Shrek substitutes mocked their opponents, but Yan Shaozhe intervened and tried to recruit Ji Juechen. When Yan Shaozhe threatened Lu Ren, Zhang Peng appeared to back him and challenged Shrek.

• Xu Sanshi tried to stop Shrek's substitute upperclassmen from provoking the Sun Moon Royal Academy team, but they insulted the Soul Engineers and boasted that Soul Kings could defeat them.
• Ma Rulong noticed Shrek had no Soul Emperors, and the leading substitute turned the embarrassment into a heated challenge; Ji Juechen called Shrek a motley rabble and offered to fight them all.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and calmed Shrek's students, then invited Ji Juechen to join Shrek; Ji Juechen refused, saying Shrek's students were weaker than Lu Ren and that he would only follow Lu Ren.
• Yan Shaozhe turned to Lu Ren and proposed a private discussion, while also saying he wanted to test Lu Ren's strength; Lu Ren rebuked him for trying to poach Ji Juechen and threatened to expose his hypocrisy.
• Yan Shaozhe threatened Lu Ren and claimed Shrek could destroy geniuses, but Lu Ren accepted the challenge; Zhang Peng appeared beside Lu Ren, broke Yan Shaozhe's Soul Power pressure, and warned that he would fight him if he bullied the young.

Lu Ren used Zhang Peng’s protection to deter Shrek, then reunited with the Snow Empress, who had retrieved the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade. After teaching her not to steal, he purified the blade’s curses and revealed the gold of life within it, which Electrolux urged him to absorb.

• Zhang Peng confronted Yan Shaozhe and threatened to protect Lu Ren, forcing Yan Shaozhe and the Shrek students to leave.
• Lu Ren reassured the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team that Shrek would not swagger for much longer, and Zhang Peng promised to help whenever needed.
• The Snow Empress showed Lu Ren the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade she had stolen and admitted she had been taking ice cream and other goods without paying.
• Lu Ren explained that she needed to pay for things in human society, and the Snow Empress agreed to stop stealing before joking that she was his kept woman.
• Lu Ren absorbed the blade’s cursed energy and purified it, revealing the gold of life inside.
• Electrolux praised Lu Ren’s purification progress and advised him to absorb the gold of life to strengthen his abilities and Sea of Consciousness.

After absorbing the gold of life, Lu Ren reached level sixty-three and emerged to find that Snow Empress had left while Ice Empress and Meng Hongchen had watched over him. Meng Hongchen's growing affection became clear, but Lu Ren stayed focused on the coming clash with Shrek and ended by teasing Ice Empress.

• Lu Ren absorbed the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade's remaining energy and broke through to level sixty-three, while Ice Empress explained that Snow Empress had gone out and that she had stayed to guard him.
• Lu Ren opened the door into Meng Hongchen, who had been keeping watch outside; she learned he had advanced to Soul Emperor and became flustered when he supported her by the waist.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed that Meng Hongchen had skipped the opening ceremony and guarded Lu Ren since the night before; Lu Ren thanked her, and she admitted she thought he was rare before fleeing his question about her future with him.
• Lu Ren told Xiao Hongchen he would prove his feelings through his actions rather than make careless promises, then reflected that the looming confrontation with Shrek left him little time for romance.
• Ice Empress accused Lu Ren of courting Meng Hongchen through his constant companionship, and Lu Ren teased that he might instead bring Ice Empress home to warm his bed.

Lu Ren reassured the Sun Moon Empire team that Huo Yuhao’s six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings were an illusion, then spent the tournament secretly building an army of Cursed Spirits. After a month of experimentation, he had learned to customize them and defended his efforts to Ice Empress.

• Xiao Hongchen told Lu Ren that Huo Yuhao had revealed six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Lu Ren explained that Huo Yuhao had used Simulation to fake them.
• Meng Hongchen brought food to Lu Ren and joined the tactical meeting, where Lu Ren demonstrated how he could imitate the rings’ appearance and pressure.
• Lu Ren reassured Ma Rulong and the team that Shrek’s display was a bluff, and said he would fight Shrek if they met before the finals but otherwise planned to wait until the final match.
• Lu Ren experimented with Cursed Spirit Manipulation, created Smallpox Deity, and spent the tournament making over a thousand Cursed Spirits, including fifteen Special Grade spirits.
• Lu Ren discovered how to customize Cursed Spirits to target specific attributes, and Ice Empress questioned why he had spent a month creating them.

Lu Ren learned that Shrek had surrounded Star Luo City with Titled Douluo and prepared to face them after the finals. On the morning of the competition, Cheng Gang claimed Ji Juechen was in danger and led Lu Ren away, leaving Lu Ren suspicious that Shrek had begun its move.

• Lu Ren joked with the Ice Empress before Ma Rulong reminded him that the finals began the next day and warned him that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng had joined Shrek's team.
• Lu Ren learned through Kurourushi that Shrek's Titled Douluo were sealing Star Luo City's routes, and he ordered Kurourushi not to attack them before the match.
• Zhang Peng warned Lu Ren that more than a dozen Shrek Titled Douluo appeared to be encircling him, while Lu Ren said the Body Sect and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress would help him.
• Lu Ren prepared to face Shrek in the finals, determined to challenge its standing before the continent.
• Cheng Gang broke into Lu Ren's room at dawn, claimed Ji Juechen was in trouble, and told Lu Ren to follow him if he wanted to save his friend.
• Lu Ren alerted Zhang Peng and Jing Hongchen through their mental links, then followed Cheng Gang while suspecting Shrek had made its move.