Chapter Summaries

Du Busi and the Body Sect retreated after Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree’s power to repel them, and Mu En urged Elder Xuan to prepare to support Shrek after his death. Qian Chaoguang left for the Soul Tool Department before a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, reflecting on Jing Hongchen’s absence and the valuable soul tools he had missed out on.

• Du Busi burned a path through Sea God’s Light and led the Body Sect members in retreat.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to calm Shrek City and reminded Elder Xuan to stay steady and put the academy first.
• Qian Chaoguang joked that he wanted to become Mingde Hall Master and Sea God Pavilion Master, while Mu En asked whether he would also serve Tang Sect.
• Mu En sent Qian Chaoguang to the Soul Tool Department to meet Xiao Tong and told Elder Xuan to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.
• Qian Chaoguang crossed Sea God Lake and realized Jing Hongchen had not come to Shrek, costing him the chance to obtain several powerful soul tools.

After sixty-three days of deep meditation, Qian Chaoguang returned to the Soul Tool Department and reflected on the danger of relying too heavily on his knowledge of the original plot. He gave Qian Duoduo a fortune in plundered Star Luo treasures, learned that his teacher had become a Level 95 Super Douluo and Rank 9 Soul Tool Master, and prepared to head to the Star Dou Great Forest with Huo Yutong for her Spirit Ring.

• Qian Chaoguang realized that events and people in this world could change unpredictably, and warned himself not to grow careless by relying on his knowledge of the plot.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the Soul Tool Department after sixty-three days of deep meditation, where Qian Duoduo and Huo Yutong greeted him.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Qian Duoduo several Storage Soul Tools filled with rare metals, soul tools, blueprints, and other valuables he had obtained from the Star Luo Emperor.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he had requested the treasures after a Nation Protecting Douluo failed to attack him, and divided which goods he and Qian Duoduo would keep.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that he had reached Level 95 and become a Rank 9 Soul Tool Master, crediting the Thousand Refined Metal.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Qian Duoduo and his wife had both broken through after following his romantic advice, then returned to find Wang Dong in an unusually long meditation. The chapter ended with Wang Dong waking late at night, ravenous, as Qian Chaoguang asked what had happened.

• Qian Duoduo credited Qian Chaoguang's romantic advice for helping him and his wife make breakthrough progress, and Qian Chaoguang told him that Mu En had taken him and Huo Yutong as disciples.
• Huo Yutong cooked lunch before Qian Chaoguang gave Qian Duoduo the Moon Shadow Wolf King right arm bone and Bright Light Blade to plan how to combine them.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the dormitory and found Wang Dong meditating amid a freshly cleaned room, with her cultivation having reached around Rank Thirty-Seven.
• Qian Chaoguang went shopping and later studied soul tools while waiting for Wang Dong to wake from her unusually long meditation.
• Wang Dong woke at nine-thirty at night, complained that the cafeteria was closed, and ate food Qian Chaoguang heated for her.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Wang Dong why she had meditated until so late.

Wang Dong resolved to work harder at cultivation while Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong set out with Xuan Zi to obtain their advancement Spirit Rings. The siblings reached the Star Dou Great Forest and entered it, hoping to find suitable Soul Beasts.

• Wang Dong ate the food Qian Chaoguang brought her, promised to set an alarm next time, and returned to meditation.
• Xuan Zi told Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to handle Soul Beasts below ten thousand years while he followed them unseen.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest and reached its outer area after a day of travel.
• As they walked toward the forest, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong discussed possible Spirit Ring abilities and searched the surroundings.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong crossed into the Star Dou Great Forest together.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, with Xuan Zi secretly guarding them. The next morning, Qian Chaoguang began searching sideways near the mixed zone for a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.

• Qian Chaoguang used his Divine Sense to scan the forest and guide Huo Yutong through the outer region while avoiding Soul Beasts.
• Qian Chaoguang set up camp before nightfall, and Huo Yutong helped prepare the site as Xuan Zi watched nearby.
• Xuan Zi joined them for dinner after seeing their campfire, then resumed guarding them while they slept.
• The next morning, Qian Chaoguang led Huo Yutong sideways near the mixed zone, saying he sensed something worthwhile nearby.
• Qian Chaoguang scanned the area for a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, which he hoped could provide an External Soul Bone.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, hoping it would yield a soul bone. Xuan Zi swiftly killed the bear, leaving them to see whether Qian Chaoguang’s hunch was right.

• Qian Chaoguang wondered how the Star Dou Great Forest could sustain so many soul beasts for soul masters to hunt.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong searched for most of the day while Xuan Zi questioned whether Qian Chaoguang’s sense of the bear’s location was reliable.
• Qian Chaoguang detected a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and identified it as their target, estimating it was about two thousand years old.
• Qian Chaoguang said he suspected the bear could drop a soul bone, though he admitted it was only a hunch.
• The bear attacked Xuan Zi with its Dark Gold Terror Claw, but Xuan Zi appeared above it and killed it with a tap of his finger.

After Qian Chaoguang found a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Right Palm Bone, he gave it to Huo Yutong to fuse, despite the clash with her existing right arm bone. As her pain intensified, Qian Chaoguang drew a small emerald-green knife from his brow, shocking Xuan Zi.

• Xuan Zi discovered that the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear had produced an External Soul Bone, the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang gave the Soul Bone to Huo Yutong, explaining that it would improve her ability to protect herself.
• Huo Yutong began fusing with the Soul Bone, following Qian Chaoguang's instructions to release Mystic Jade Hand.
• The two Soul Bones clashed, causing Huo Yutong severe pain as Xuan Zi prepared to intervene.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Xuan Zi to seal the area, then drew a small emerald-green knife from his brow, leaving Xuan Zi astonished.

Qian Chaoguang helped Huo Yutong fuse the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Right Palm Bone with her Illusory Dance Butterfly Right Arm Bone, using life force, Holy Light, the Ice Empress's aura, and Blade Intent to overcome the soul bone's destructive will. The fusion succeeded, leaving Huo Yutong exhausted but alive with five dark gold claws marked by pink patterns.

• Qian Chaoguang used the Blade of Life's Watch to channel life force into Huo Yutong and combined it with Holy Light and the Ice Empress's aura to ease the fusion.
• Qian Chaoguang used Blade Intent to contain the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's will as it fought against Huo Yutong's existing right arm bone.
• Huo Yutong endured hours of pain without losing consciousness while Qian Chaoguang and Xuan Zi supported her.
• The Blade of Life's Watch withdrew, and Huo Yutong manifested five dark gold claws that merged with the pink light of her Illusory Dance Butterfly bone.
• Qian Chaoguang collapsed from exhaustion, and Huo Yutong told him she felt all right as Xuan Zi said the fusion might have given her claws a Mental Attack.

After surviving a grueling battle, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong tested the fused Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Bone and discovered its powerful cutting and attack abilities. With Xuan Zi’s assessment complete, they continued deeper into the mixed zone to search for Spirit Beasts and Huo Yutong’s Spirit Rings.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong recovered overnight in Xuan Zi’s tent while Xuan Zi kept watch.
• Huo Yutong demonstrated the Dark Gold Terror Claw’s sharpness by slicing through a tree without realizing she had cut it.
• Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang discussed using the claws for cooking and carving Core Arrays, startling Xuan Zi.
• Huo Yutong struck Xuan Zi with the claw’s second form, and he judged its tearing power and spiritual impact formidable against lower-level Spirit Masters.
• Huo Yutong explained that the claw’s true-body form used little Soul Power, while its skill consumed nearly a third of her reserves.
• Qian Chaoguang led Huo Yutong deeper into the mixed zone to continue searching for Spirit Beasts.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong spent more than ten days searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Psychic Soul Beast without success. After Electrolux awakened, Qian asked whether he could stop a powerful Deity from placing a soul fragment in someone’s Sea of Spirit, and began explaining Douluo Continent’s divine ranks.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong searched the mixed zone for ten days but found no suitable Psychic Soul Beast, while killing soul beasts they could not avoid.
• Qian Chaoguang used an excuse to enter a cave alone and emerged as a Level 35 Soul Elder with a ten-thousand-year Third Soul Ring, which Xuan Zi accepted without suspicion.
• Electrolux awakened with most of his lost memories restored and discussed the drawbacks of relying on soul beasts for cultivation.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to scan the area for a roughly fifteen-thousand-year lion-like soul beast, and Sky Dream began searching with his Mental Power.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Electrolux whether he could stop a Deity from placing a soul fragment in another being’s Sea of Spirit, then explained the ranks above Mu En’s Limit Douluo level.

Qian Chaoguang weighed whether to capture a fragment of Tang Wutong’s soul but chose to avoid giving Tang Fozu a chance to interfere in the Lower Realm. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm located a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Qian Chaoguang and Xuan Zi headed to bargain with its Beast of Calamity bodyguards for a suitable Spirit Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

• Electrolux said he and Qian Chaoguang could try to capture Tang Wutong’s soul fragment and devour a wisp of the God King’s Divine Sense, but Qian Chaoguang decided to let the fragment go.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm located a three-eyed Spirit Beast, and the Ice Empress identified it as an Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• Qian Chaoguang told the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he planned to trade the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s life for a suitable Spirit Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone from its bodyguards.
• Qian Chaoguang told Xuan Zi where to find the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Xuan Zi took him and Huo Yutong toward it.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Xuan Zi to pin the Three-Eyed Golden Lion down so they could negotiate with the Beast of Calamity bodyguards, and Xuan Zi agreed.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong followed Xuan Zi to capture the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, intending for Huo Yutong to receive its Power of Destiny. After Xuan Zi pinned the beast, he repelled the Scarlet King and provoked it while keeping the lion underfoot.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Power of Destiny would suit Huo Yutong better than him and warned Xuan Zi to prevent the beast from committing suicide.
• Xuan Zi led Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and swiftly pinned it beneath his foot.
• The Scarlet King rushed in to protect the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but Xuan Zi struck it back through several trees.
• Xuan Zi claimed he was only hunting soul rings and taunted the Scarlet King by threatening to kill it and take its soul bone.

Xuan Zi forced Scarlet King to agree to exchange a Psychic Soul Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. After Qian Chaoguang shaved fur from the captive beast, he had Huo Yutong press her forehead against its third eye.

• Scarlet King warned Xuan Zi that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Star Dou Great Forest’s only auspicious beast and agreed to his exchange terms.
• After Scarlet King left, Qian Chaoguang complained that they had asked for too little and likely missed out on a more valuable Soul Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang shaved the golden fur from around the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s neck and stored it in his Storage Bracelet.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong to press her forehead against the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s third eye while Xuan Zi kept the beast suppressed.

Huo Yutong bonded with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, gaining a major boost as Qian Chaoguang and his allies blocked Tang San’s attempt to interfere with the soul-memory exchange. Electrolux recovered memories from the shattered soul fragment, leaving Qian Chaoguang astonished as Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion regarded each other.

• Huo Yutong pressed her forehead to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s, while Qian Chaoguang used the Blade of Life’s Watch to channel life force into her and strengthen her body and Mental Power.
• Wang Dong suddenly felt dizzy in class at Shrek Academy and sensed that something had been taken from her.
• Qian Chaoguang, Electrolux, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm formed a mental barrier around Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as Tang San’s Divine Sense attacked during the memory fusion.
• The barrier held, and Tang San’s soul fragment failed to alter the Three-Eyed Golden Lion; Qian Chaoguang celebrated despite bleeding from the strain.
• Electrolux shared memories he had read from the shattered soul fragment, and Qian Chaoguang was stunned as Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at each other.

Qian Chaoguang and Xuan Zi moved Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest as their memories began to merge. In the God Realm, Tang San’s attempt to implant his daughter’s soul fragment into the beast failed, leaving him furious and unable to act openly.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Huo Yutong began merging memories as a golden eye appeared on the beast’s forehead.
• Qian Chaoguang and Xuan Zi carried Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San discovered that his Divine Sense had been damaged and angrily demanded to know who had interfered with his plan.
• Tang San recalled his scheme to merge his daughter’s soul with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to claim its Dragon God Bloodline, Golden Dragon Spear, and destiny.
• Tang San realized his Divine Sense had struck a barrier while trying to implant the soul fragment, and he withdrew it before it could be destroyed.
• Tang San resumed plotting from the God Realm, wary of openly defying the God of Destruction.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with a rare Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone and a Silver Eagle Beast, which Huo Yutong killed to absorb its Spirit Ring. After they arrived at Shrek Academy, Mu En summoned Qian Chaoguang to speak with him.

• Scarlet King returned the Emperor Auspicious Beast and offered a twenty-five-thousand-year Silver Eagle Beast and a Beast of Calamity-level Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone in exchange.
• Xuan Zi accepted the exchange after Qian Chaoguang agreed, then took Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang back to Shrek Academy with the beast and Soul Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang identified the Soul Bone as likely belonging to Xiao Wu's mother and said it probably carried Invincible Golden Body and Teleport.
• Xuan Zi told Huo Yutong to keep the Soul Bone, and she killed the Silver Eagle Beast with her Dark Gold Terror Claw and began absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Mu En called Qian Chaoguang into the Sea God Pavilion to speak with him.

Mu En praised Qian Chaoguang for the gains he and Xiao Tong made in Star Dou and gave him a powerful defensive soul tool. He laid out an intense cultivation schedule and hoped the siblings would become Shrek's next pillars, while admitting his own remaining lifespan was limited.

• Qian Chaoguang told Mu En about Xiao Tong's soul bones, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the gains from their trip to Star Dou.
• Mu En gave Qian Chaoguang the Ninth-Rank defensive soul tool Red Dust Shroud, which Jing Hongchen had left behind after Mu En defeated him.
• Mu En planned for Qian Chaoguang and Xiao Tong to study at Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy as exchange students in two years and said he feared others might target Qian Chaoguang.
• Qian Chaoguang worried about Mu En's declining health, but Mu En said he expected to live at least five more years and wanted to see the siblings win the tournament again.
• Mu En ordered Qian Chaoguang and Xiao Tong to follow a demanding cultivation cycle, and granted Qian Chaoguang access to the Inner Court Library and Sea God Pavilion collections.

At Shrek Academy, Qian Duoduo explained the Ultimate Solo Soldier Project and its demanding two-year timetable to Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou. Qian Chaoguang challenged the project’s assumptions, but Xian Lin'er said the academy would continue with its established plan.

• Qian Duoduo praised Huo Yutong’s rapid growth to Level 45 and announced that the Soul Tool Department would devote its resources to training the three students for the Ultimate Solo Soldier Project.
• Qian Duoduo explained that the project aimed to train individuals who could influence army-corps-level wars, requiring skills in Soul Tools, infiltration, reconnaissance, sabotage, and command.
• Qian Chaoguang questioned why the academy was combining Soul Tool and soul master training when combat power alone could change a war, and argued that the project’s approach had gone astray.
• Xian Lin'er agreed with Qian Chaoguang and teased Qian Duoduo, then told the students that the academy’s established plan could not be changed and they would have to train hard.

Qian Chaoguang and his teammates began an intense training program while he balanced Soul Tool studies, cultivation, and lessons from Electrolux. His abilities and cultivation advanced rapidly, and he recognized that Huo Yutong surpassed him in Soul Tool talent.

• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er began extreme training for Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou, skipping an additional test because the trio had already grown stronger.
• Qian Chaoguang packed his days with Soul Tool studies, Mu En's cultivation guidance, Wang Yan's theory lessons, and Electrolux's teachings in magic and artifact refining.
• The academy's weekly assessments and relentless practical training left Qian Chaoguang with almost no time away from the Sea God Pavilion and the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Chaoguang's cultivation accelerated to about five or six levels a year, while Divine Sense and Light Mimicry let him craft Core Arrays above his rank.
• Huo Yutong also crafted Core Arrays beyond her rank with ease, and Qian Chaoguang acknowledged that she had greater talent in Soul Tools.

Over a year of progress brought Shrek’s Seven Monsters and the academy through sweeping changes, while Qian Chaoguang pursued forging alongside his other studies. In Shrek’s Soul Tool Department, he completed the continent’s first Spirit Refinement and awakened the metal’s spirit.

• Tang Ya stayed with the New Tang Sect, managing it and teaching Xiao Xiao, while Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan entered the Inner Courtyard.
• The Seven Monsters advanced in cultivation and soul tool mastery, with Huo Yutong reaching Level 51 and becoming a Rank 6 Soul Tool Master while Qian Chaoguang reached Level 44.
• Shrek Academy began reforming its Outer Courtyard by adding soul tool instruction and equipping the tournament’s injured Regular Team Members with defensive soul tools.
• Ma Xiaotao reached Soul Saint, Ling Luochen neared Soul Emperor, and Dai Yueheng graduated and joined the Star Luo Empire’s army.
• Qian Chaoguang completed his first Spirit Refinement in a secure laboratory, creating the Douluo Continent’s first Spirit Refinement metal and awakening his Thousand Refinement Spirit Awakening Hammers.