Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong harvested the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, claimed two Lovesick Heartbreak Reds, and returned to Shrek City. Huo Yutong gained Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as a Soul Spirit, while Qian Chaoguang prepared to study the flower with Electrolux to find a way to extend Mu En’s life.

• Electrolux helped Qian Chaoguang retrieve the Fire Dragon King's skull, and Qian Chaoguang recovered the Water Dragon King's skull and torso bone from the Yin Pool.
• Huo Yutong and the Undead Legion harvested the immortal herbs and other valuable plants from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong each plucked a Lovesick Heartbreak Red after declaring their love for one another.
• Electrolux guided Huo Yutong in taking Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as a Soul Spirit, raising her cultivation to rank sixty-nine.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City and planned to study the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to help extend Mu En's life.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong brought Lovesick Heartbreak Red back to treat Mu En, and Electrolux refined one into a Soul Crystal that could help repair his soul. After learning that Ah Yin was hidden inside the Golden Ancient Tree and had consumed the souls of past Shrek leaders, Mu En chose to merge with the tree but also asked Electrolux to help him kill her, accepting that the plan might cost him his life.

• Electrolux found that Lovesick Heartbreak Red contained a small amount of high-purity soul energy and refined it into a Soul Crystal for Mu En.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to the Sea God Pavilion and used Holy Healing to ease Mu En's worsening condition.
• Mu En chose to merge with the Golden Ancient Tree after Electrolux presented the Soul Crystal and asked him to decide between the available options.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed that the soul inside the Golden Ancient Tree was Ah Yin, the first Blue Silver Emperor and Tang San's mother.
• Mu En grew furious upon realizing Ah Yin had devoured the souls of Shrek's past leaders and asked Electrolux to help him destroy her soul.
• Electrolux proposed turning Mu En's soul into a Soul Curse that would kill Ah Yin within ten years, though Mu En's own soul would also perish.

Mu En gave his final instructions to Shrek’s leaders, entrusted Qian Chaoguang with avenging him by killing Tang San, and began merging with the Golden Ancient Tree as Electrolux modified his soul. The chapter ended with Mu En transformed into a golden, scale-covered dragon form.

• Mu En asked Qian Chaoguang to kill Tang San and avenge him and Shrek’s sages, and Qian Chaoguang vowed to do so.
• Mu En named Elder Xuan temporary Sea God Pavilion Master, reassigned academy leadership, and ordered Shrek to prioritize the Soul Tool Department and integrate it with the Martial Soul Department.
• Mu En stabilized Bei Bei’s Light Sacred Dragon bloodline before sending the elders away and speaking privately with Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Electrolux.
• Mu En began merging with the Golden Ancient Tree, while Electrolux used runes and a Soul Crystal to keep Mu En’s damaged soul from shattering.
• Mu En’s body disintegrated into golden light as he grew younger, and golden dragon scales spread across his transformed body.

Mu En sacrificed his body and merged his soul with the Golden Ancient Tree, carrying a curse meant to destroy Ah Yin. The Golden Ancient Tree warned him that Ah Yin could be reborn and showed him how her Blue Silver Domain was consuming its power.

• Mu En completed a life-consuming curse on Ah Yin, transformed into a Light Sacred Dragon, and sent golden light across Sea God Island to strengthen its inhabitants.
• The Beast of Calamity awakened in the Star Dou Great Forest, warned Di Tian not to provoke Shrek Academy, and said it would sleep for ten thousand years.
• Mu En merged his soul into the Golden Ancient Tree and promised its consciousness that he had come to help it and avenge Shrek's past Sea God Pavilion Masters.
• The Golden Ancient Tree explained that Ah Yin had revived seven times, could return after Mu En's curse, and might eventually replace it as the Tree of Life.
• The Golden Ancient Tree showed Mu En the golden conduits through which Ah Yin's Blue Silver Domain devoured its power, leaving him alarmed by the Blue Silver Emperor's ability to consume life force.

Mu En discovered that Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, was consuming the Golden Ancient Tree, while Qian Chaoguang revealed that Tang San and two allied deities had enabled her resurrection. As Mu En struggled with Shrek’s corrupted legacy, the Golden Ancient Tree sensed Qian Chaoguang’s power and asked to communicate with him.

• The Golden Ancient Tree brought Mu En to see Ah Yin, whose golden channels were draining its life and could extinguish its consciousness within ten thousand years.
• Mu En asked whether the Golden Ancient Tree could defeat Ah Yin, but it accepted death as part of nature and offered no path to victory.
• Qian Chaoguang contacted Mu En through their Soul Link, learned what had happened, and explained that Tang San and the deities Ning Rongrong and Oscar had helped resurrect Ah Yin.
• Mu En became devastated by the revelations about Shrek, and Qian Chaoguang calmed him and warned that killing Ah Yin once would not prevent her revival.
• The Golden Ancient Tree sensed Qian Chaoguang’s connection to light and life and asked to communicate with him directly.

Qian Chaoguang discovered that the Golden Ancient Tree could survive with its soul divided, then worked with Electrolux to save Mu En and the tree’s original consciousness in a new body. As Shrek mourned Mu En and prepared for an approaching war, Shrek Team and the Tang Sect group assembled to travel to the Sun Moon Empire for the competition.

• Qian Chaoguang learned that the Golden Ancient Tree could split its soul and remain alive as long as its Seed of Origin survived.
• Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux separated the Golden Ancient Tree’s soul from the Blue Silver Emperor’s influence and moved it and Mu En’s repaired soul into a new sapling in the Undead Subplane.
• The Golden Ancient Tree offered to give Mu En a separate soul and a Seed of Life so he could revive his body in the Main Material Plane.
• Qian Chaoguang left the original Golden Ancient Tree’s body for the Blue Silver Emperor, hoping its natural death would provoke Tang San into bringing Ah Yin to the God Realm and alienating Ma Hongjun.
• Shrek Academy mourned Mu En’s death as its elders secretly bought weapons and supplies in anticipation of a continent-wide war.
• Shrek Team and the Tang Sect group, including Tang Ya, gathered at Shrek Academy to depart for the Sun Moon Empire, and Song Lao, Xian Lin'er, and Zhang Lexuan arrived.

Shrek and its allies secretly prepared a joint operation to kill Xu Tianran and Ju Zi during the tournament, while the Tang Sect traveled toward Mingdu. The chapter ended with the Tang Sect reaching its camp outside the capital and Wang Dong remarking on Qian Chaoguang’s lavish carriages.

• Shrek, the Body Sect, the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the Star Luo Empire agreed to cooperate in protecting their teams and killing Xu Tianran and Ju Zi.
• Shrek’s teams departed for Mingdu as the tournament drew 167 teams and offered high-ranking soul tools as prizes.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the ailing emperor, the military, Ju Zi’s future role, and their plans for a war of unification.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that a spy believed Mu En had died and asked her to find Zhongli.
• The Tang Sect stopped about a hundred kilometers from Mingdu, where Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan welcomed them with food and luxury carriages drawn by Demon Soul Horses.
• Wang Dong admired the expensive carriages and teased Qian Chaoguang for becoming a wealthy magnate.

Qian Chaoguang’s group rested on the road to Mingdu while showing off their advanced carriages and accepting a large order from Ning Tian. Their peaceful break ended when Feng Ling, the arrogant young sect master of Double Heaven Gate, offended Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen, who drew his sword against him.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that the Demon Soul Horses were captured in Demon Forest and described the carriages’ powerful soul-tool features.
• Xu Sanshi declined to buy a carriage, while Ning Tian ordered five customized units for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School for thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Chaoguang’s group stopped to rest in the midday heat, and the Pixiu Merchant Guild’s Spirit Masters took sentry duty.
• Feng Ling and his companions landed nearby, insulted the group, and demanded food; Feng Ling then harassed Jing Ziyan.
• Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen confronted Feng Ling, and Ji Juechen drew his sword after Feng Ling boasted about being Double Heaven Gate’s young sect master.

Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan confronted Double Heaven Gate after Feng Ling insulted Qian Chaoguang, and the guild’s armed Soul Engineers forced the sect members to surrender. Qian Chaoguang spared them, but Jing Ziyan ordered them to punish Feng Ling, and they beat him together.

• Ji Juechen threatened Feng Ling and followed him back to the Double Heaven Gate group with Jing Ziyan and ten Pixiu Merchant Guild Soul Engineers.
• Jing Ziyan demanded an apology and compensation, prompting Double Heaven Gate’s leaders and disciples to release their martial souls and soul tools.
• Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and the ten Soul Engineers revealed their formidable equipment, including a Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, and the Double Heaven Gate members recognized the Pixiu Merchant Guild and begged for mercy.
• Qian Chaoguang told Jing Ziyan not to scare the sect members, and she lowered her cannon and spared their lives while demanding punishment for Feng Ling.
• The Double Heaven Gate members woke Feng Ling and beat him, including their leader and the disciples he had previously provoked.

Jing Ziyan punished Feng Ling and warned Double Heaven Gate after he insulted Qian Chaoguang, then Shrek’s group traveled to Mingdu to register for the tournament. At the hotel, Xu Jiujiu greeted Qian Chaoguang before Shrek’s team began its required photos and age checks.

• Jing Ziyan had Double Heaven Gate disciples beat Feng Ling, then demanded that he publicly call himself an idiot during the tournament’s first elimination round.
• Jing Ziyan blacklisted Double Heaven Gate from the Pixiu Merchant Guild, and the sect’s disciples fled with Feng Ling.
• Qian Chaoguang led the group into Mingdu, where they checked in at Mingyue Hotel and separated to register as two tournament teams.
• Xu Jiujiu met Qian Chaoguang and discussed Shrek’s two teams, the Star Luo Empire’s ties with him, and their chances of meeting in the tournament.
• Zhang Lexuan called the group over to complete its registration, photographs, and bone-age tests.

Qian Chaoguang registered the Shrek team for the tournament, helped the Tang Sect with trade negotiations, and revealed his plans for the future to Dai Loli. After Dai Loli joined the Undead Empire, he became a powerful new source of faith for Qian Chaoguang.

• Qian Chaoguang’s constitution left the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Conduction Body Tester unable to produce readings, so Lin Jiayi canceled his examination and quickly registered Shrek.
• Lin Jiayi arranged Shrek’s stay at the luxurious Mingyue Hotel, while the Tang Sect received standard rooms and little recognition.
• At dinner, Qian Chaoguang introduced Bei Bei and Tang Ya to Pixiu Merchant Guild members who could assist with the Tang Sect’s business negotiations.
• Qian Chaoguang considered how commerce and food could build support for his future Undead Empire, while resolving to leave Douluo Star rather than become like Tang San if he could not accept its responsibilities.
• Qian Chaoguang told Dai Loli he intended to kill the Duchess, take revenge on Dai Hao, and ultimately destroy the Star Luo Empire; Dai Loli supported his plans and agreed to join the Undead Empire.
• After Dai Loli signed the Soul Contract and received an explanation of the Undead Empire and divine faith, he became a saint who could provide Qian Chaoguang with powerful faith, though he defined no new divine authority.

Qian Chaoguang gave Dai Loli an Immortal Herb that raised him to Quasi Soul King, then began fusing the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ God-level Soul Bones. The bones merged without resistance, creating an unprecedented elemental storm.

• Qian Chaoguang decided to recruit Zhang Bowen and Mo Xuan into The Gods of Light, then gave Dai Loli a Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Dai Loli entered deep meditation overnight and became a Level 50 Quasi Soul King with greatly improved Mental Power and Blood Tiger martial soul.
• The Sun Moon Empire announced revised tournament rules, including unrestricted aerial combat, while Shrek’s team prepared using their soul-tool training.
• Qian Chaoguang entered seclusion and found that the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King torso Soul Bones seemed to yearn to fuse.
• Qian Chaoguang chose to risk merging the God-level Soul Bones, and they joined without resistance, producing a rotating vortex and an unprecedented elemental storm.

Qian Chaoguang fused the Water Fire Dragon Kings’ torso Soul Bones into a God Level Soul Bone, while Electrolux used the Dragon Kings’ lingering soul fragments to strengthen Dragon Two and Dragon Three. After absorbing the fused bone, Qian Chaoguang gained insight into water and fire, raised his cultivation to Quasi-Soul Emperor, and brought his Mental Power to perfection in the second realm of the Spirit Connection Art.

• Electrolux captured the Dragon Kings’ lingering soul echoes and used their remains to help Dragon Two and Dragon Three evolve.
• Qian Chaoguang completed the fusion of the Water Fire Dragon Kings’ torso Soul Bones into a God Level Soul Bone.
• Dragon One explained that he had once been the Dragon Clan leader, a peak tenth-rank warrior known as Magic Bane, but had forgotten his original name.
• Qian Chaoguang absorbed the new torso Soul Bone and experienced enlightenment through the harmony of water and fire.
• Qian Chaoguang’s cultivation rose to Quasi-Soul Emperor, and his Mental Power reached perfection in the second realm of the Spirit Connection Art.

Qian Chaoguang completed a powerful Soul Bone fusion, reached Level 61, and named his new water-fire-and-light wings the Wings of a God. As the tournament began in Mingdu, he spotted the Holy Spirit Cult among the competitors and met Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng’s stare.

• Qian Chaoguang discovered that the Water Fire Dragon King Torso Bone had given him dragon wings, which he combined with holy light feathers to create the Wings of a God and greatly improve his flight and energy recovery.
• Qian Chaoguang stabilized his cultivation, left the Undead Subplane as a Level 61 Soul Emperor, and told his teammates he had obtained his Spirit Ring earlier.
• Qian Chaoguang learned that the Tang Sect had secured large weapons orders from Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling, prompting the Undead Legion to ramp up factory production.
• Qian Chaoguang rejected the tournament committee’s offer of a bye for Shrek and secured the first appearance for his team, while Bei Bei drew a bye for the Tang Sect.
• The teams arrived at the tournament grounds, where Qian Chaoguang examined the Sun Moon Empire’s broadcast equipment and the revised rules required contestants to defeat opponents rather than merely knock them offstage.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong recognized the Holy Spirit Cult team led by Zhang Peng, and Qian Chaoguang stared down the Scorpion Tiger Douluo as the group entered the canopy area.

Xu Tianran opened the tournament, where Qian Chaoguang entered Shrek’s first match alone and drew the attention of the crowd and Sun Moon Empire’s leaders. As Xu Tianran grew wary of Qian Chaoguang’s past feats, the match against Dragon Slaying Sect began with its Soul King charging forward.

• Xu Tianran arrived with Ju Zi and Jing Hongchen, and Ju Zi announced the tournament’s opening.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the waiting area alone and told the host that he would represent Shrek by himself.
• Qian Chaoguang greeted the crowd, who recognized him from the previous tournament and cheered his name.
• Jing Hongchen warned Xu Tianran that Qian Chaoguang was dangerous, recounting his past victories and escape from Long Xiaoyao’s ambush; Xu Tianran issued new orders.
• Qian Chaoguang overheard Xu Tianran, Jing Hongchen, and Zhongli Wu discussing him as the referee started the match.
• Dragon Slaying Sect’s five-ring contestant charged at Qian Chaoguang with explosive speed.

Qian Chaoguang overwhelmed the Dragon Slaying Sect’s first fighter, revealing six genuine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and shocking the spectators and Sun Moon Empire’s leaders. He began his second match by displaying his Sacred Angel Martial Soul and unleashing Great Angel Judgment, leaving Feng Shen’s lightning-fast counterattack rushing toward him as the chapter ended.

• Qian Chaoguang defeated the Dragon Slaying Sect’s Bronze Ox fighter in a single lightning-fast strike, then the referee declared Shrek Team the winner.
• Bei Bei confirmed that Qian Chaoguang’s six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings appeared genuine, and Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that he had verified it with Long Xiaoyao.
• Feng Shen asked Qian Chaoguang to reveal his Martial Soul, and Qian Chaoguang agreed before their match began.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed his Sacred Angel Martial Soul and formed a massive holy sword with his Blade of Judgment and Judgment of Light soul skills.
• Feng Shen transformed into a Lightning Falcon and charged at Qian Chaoguang, who commanded the holy sword to descend in judgment.

Qian Chaoguang swept Dragon Slaying Sect in the individual elimination round, destroying the stage with his holy sword and helping Shrek advance with a perfect score. As the tournament continued, his strength alarmed Xu Tianran and left Tang Sect’s members doubting their chances against Shrek.

• Qian Chaoguang immobilized Feng Shen with the holy sword’s soul attack, defeated him, and destroyed the competition stage before the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Qian Chaoguang defeated Dragon Slaying Sect’s remaining fighters, including its Soul Emperor captain, and Shrek advanced without needing a team match.
• Xu Tianran ordered investigations into Qian Chaoguang and a slowdown in military operations, while Tang Sect’s members concluded they had almost no chance against Shrek in a team fight.
• The first round continued, with Snow Demon Sect advancing and Holy Spirit Sect drawing complaints for its ruthless methods.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy advanced with eleven points after Meng Hongchen swept six opponents, while Shrek led with twelve.
• The day’s matches ended after twenty-six contests, and Double Heaven Gate became a laughingstock after Feng Ling transformed into Tiger Bro during his declaration.

As Shrek Academy entered the second round of the tournament, Qian Chaoguang sent He Caitou alone to face the Heavenly Armor Sect and ordered him to reveal Shrek’s advanced technology. He Caitou transformed his mecha into a heavily armed fortress, leaving Han Yu facing a battery of nearly a thousand cannons.

• The first elimination round ended after four days, cutting the field to eighty-four teams, and Shrek drew the Heavenly Armor Sect for its next match.
• Spectators filled the arena and chanted Qian Chaoguang’s title, while he sensed nearly one hundred thousand new Believers in his Divine Fire of Light.
• Qian Chaoguang chose He Caitou as Shrek’s sole competitor and told him to display his full abilities to unsettle Xu Tianran.
• He Caitou and Han Yu entered the stage, and Han Yu took a defensive stance after releasing his shield Martial Soul.
• He Caitou revealed his Soul Emperor cultivation, assembled his mecha, and transformed it into a massive fortress bristling with nearly a thousand cannons aimed at Han Yu.

He Caitou unveiled Shrek’s mature Humanoid Soul Tool, a heavily armed Single-Person Fortress, and overwhelmed Han Yu in the first personal elimination match. The display terrified Jing Hongchen, Xu Tianran, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy Team, while He Caitou left the stage victorious and unhurt.

• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou developed a Single-Person Fortress that used spatial soul tools to carry armor modules and weapons.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianran watched He Caitou transform into the fortress and were shaken by Shrek’s advanced Humanoid Soul Tool technology.
• Xiao Xiao excitedly read the fortress’s Multi-Turret Heresy inscriptions, while Wang Dong asked what they meant.
• Han Yu raised his shield to withstand He Caitou’s attack, but He Caitou fired a devastating Heavenly Thunder Giant Cannon that forced the referee to intervene.
• The referee blocked the blast with two Soul Tool Shields, declared Han Yu defeated, and was carried off injured after announcing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy Team realized how powerful He Caitou’s attack was, leaving Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen deeply discouraged.

Shrek Academy crushed the Heavenly Armor Sect in the tournament, while Qian Chaoguang coordinated a covert plan to assassinate Xu Tianran. The next day, Zhang Bowen unexpectedly became a Saint and defined Justice and judgment for the Divine Fire of Light, prompting Qian Chaoguang to prepare an emergency trip to Shrek City.

• He Caitou defeated the Heavenly Armor Sect's fighters with his mecha, and Han Zhanhu forfeited the individual elimination round, giving Shrek Academy a twelve-point victory.
• Qian Chaoguang told Zhang Lexuan that Princess Vina had twin martial souls and outlined the hidden forces and deceptions prepared to kill Xu Tianran in Mingdu.
• Qian Chaoguang's team left the tournament venue to cultivate while he planned to teleport back to Shrek City.
• A Saint appeared within the Divine Fire of Light, and Qian Chaoguang saw that Zhang Bowen had become one after speaking with Mo Xuan and believing Qian Chaoguang was the God of Light.
• Zhang Bowen's faith added Justice and judgment to the Divine Fire of Light, and Qian Chaoguang reflected on how easily new Authorities had formed on Douluo Continent.