Chapter Summaries

Lu Cheng and the Body Sect reached the Immortal Herb Garden, where they confronted Xuan Zi, Shrek Academy, and the Clear Sky Sect over its ownership. Tang Wutong challenged Wang Dong'er to a duel over the garden, and the chapter ended as the two identical-looking women prepared to fight.

• Lu Cheng led the Body Sect through Sunset Forest, collecting the poisonous bones left behind by the receding mist.
• Lu Cheng's group encountered Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy's party, including Tang Wutong and Clear Sky Sect powerhouses, at the valley.
• Xian Lin'er demanded that Lu Cheng return the Immortal Herbs, but Lu Cheng declared that he intended to move the garden and asked Youyou to leave with him.
• Youyou said she did not know who owned the garden, while Bajiao rejected Tang Wutong's claim that Tang San had planted the Immortal Herbs.
• Tang Wutong called Wang Dong'er an impostor and challenged her; Wang Dong'er agreed to fight for the right to move the garden.
• Wang Dong'er and Tang Wutong faced each other in a cleared circle as the surrounding powerhouses watched.

Wang Dong'er defeated Tang Wutong in a crushing battle, forcing Shrek Academy to accept the loss and leave. With the valley secured, Lu Cheng had Electrolux subdue the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains and turn them into two Dragon Cores for him to absorb.

• Wang Dong'er overwhelmed Tang Wutong with her Clear Sky Hammer and revealed that she had reached the Soul Saint rank through years of intense cultivation.
• After Tang Wutong attacked in anger, Wang Dong'er defeated her with another hammer blow and returned to Lu Cheng's side.
• Lu Cheng challenged Xian Lin'er to fight if she rejected the result, and Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er led the Shrek group away from the gorge.
• Lu Cheng ordered Bai Ji and the Body Sect experts to guard the valley while he prepared to claim the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains.
• Electrolux took control of Lu Cheng's body and subdued the dragon spirits, condensing their skeletons into an ice-blue Dragon Core and a fiery-red Dragon Core.
• Electrolux said he had neutralized the Dragon Cores’ savagery, and Lu Cheng prepared to absorb them.

Lu Cheng used the Ice and Fire Dragon Cores to forge two Soul Cores, enduring their immense opposing power until the Snow Empress, Jiaojiao, and Electrolux helped stabilize them. He emerged stronger, while Jiaojiao complained that Lu Cheng thanked and favored the Snow Empress but overlooked her.

• Lu Cheng swallowed the Ice and Fire Dragon Cores and began condensing them into dual Soul Cores under Electrolux’s guidance.
• The clashing powers overwhelmed Lu Cheng, who struggled to balance the two cores as his body alternated between ice and fire.
• Electrolux called on the Snow Empress and Jiaojiao to control one core each while he stood ready to intervene.
• The cores stabilized, the Snow Empress gained Ice Dragon King bloodline power, the Golden Crow consumed the Fire Dragon King’s remnant soul, and Lu Cheng reached level eighty-six.
• Lu Cheng thanked the Snow Empress and held her hand, prompting Jiaojiao to complain that she had helped too and demanded to know where she stood with him.

Shrek Academy’s elders confronted the loss of their remaining hopes and considered using Tang San’s name to secure an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect against the Body Sect. Yan Shaozhe revealed that Jing Hongchen had been executed for treason and taken by Lu Cheng, while the elders debated whether the Sun Moon Empire could rebuild its Soul Tool research with him.

• Mu En asked Shrek’s elders what they should do as the academy faced pressure from the Body Sect, dwindling talent, and the loss of the Immortal Herb Garden.
• Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe urged Mu En to contact Tang San, but Mu En recognized that the deity could not readily interfere in the mortal world.
• Lin Huiqun proposed allying with the Clear Sky Sect by invoking Tang San’s name, and Mu En approved the plan.
• Yan Shaozhe told the elders that Jing Hongchen had been executed for treason and that Lu Cheng had taken him on the day of his beheading.
• The elders worried that Jing Hongchen might help the Body Sect advance its Soul Tool research, but Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er argued that the Sun Moon Empire’s resources and workforce could not be quickly replicated.

Ye Guyi emerged from five years of trials in the Angel Temple as a Limit Douluo with two powerful Martial Souls, while Qian Renxue asked her to help kill Tang San. Ye Guyi summoned the Holy Spirit Cult’s senior members and planned to await her master’s return while concealing her impending divine ascension.

• Ye Guyi awoke from seclusion and learned from Qian Renxue that only half a year had passed outside, though they had endured at least five years of trials.
• Ye Guyi and Qian Renxue discussed Ye Guyi’s god-and-demon divine position, and Qian Renxue asked her to kill Tang San.
• Ye Guyi threatened Qian Renxue with a sword and demanded to know whether she had been staying close to investigate her master, but Qian Renxue denied it and withdrew into Ye Guyi’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Ye Guyi decided to suppress her cultivation so she could remain beside her master, Lu Cheng, and wait for him at the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Guyi ordered all senior members of the Holy Spirit Cult to return to headquarters for a meeting.

Da Ming and Er Ming received a request from Shrek Academy to lend the Clear Sky Sect’s team for the upcoming tournament, while Lu Cheng spent time with Tang Ya and reviewed the Body Sect’s roster with Zhang Lexuan. Zhang Lexuan confronted Lu Cheng about his night with Tang Ya and asked him to stay with her that evening.

• Da Ming read a letter from Shrek Academy asking the Clear Sky Sect to let its team compete for Shrek’s reputation, and he agreed because Wutong was involved.
• Lu Cheng surveyed the Body Sect’s home base, where Tang Ya told him that the Tang Sect was growing smoothly and that she had made most of its secret manuals public.
• Tang Ya and Lu Cheng went into the woods together, where they spent the night in private.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Cheng that Tang Ya had shared details of their night with Jiang Nannan, then handed him the Body Sect’s preliminary tournament roster.
• Lu Cheng criticized the Heavenly Soul Empire’s weak competitors and calmly described the emperor as a puppet whose survival depended on obedience.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Lu Cheng to stay with her that night, and he agreed.

Lu Cheng prepared to lead the Body Sect team to the tournament in the Sun Moon Empire and volunteered as a reserve competitor. As the party waited outside Mingdu, Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived by airship, and Ning Tian spotted Lu Cheng resting with Zhang Lexuan.

• Lu Cheng decided the Body Sect would make Battle Armor for its elites using naturally powerful rare metals, and he planned to seek more from Soul Beast territories and the ocean.
• Du Busi asked whether Lu Cheng would lead the team or compete, and Lu Cheng had his name added as a reserve before the Body Sect party set off for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Elder Zhu reached the outskirts of Mingdu after hurrying to catch up with Lu Cheng's party.
• Wu Feng wondered whether she was attracted to Ning Tian, while Ning Tian teased her about experiencing the good things about men and warned her not to repeat their conversation.
• Ning Tian saw Lu Cheng waiting outside Mingdu with the Body Sect party, resting against Zhang Lexuan's thighs, and prepared to disembark.

Lu Cheng and the Body Sect arrived in Mingdu for the tournament, where their open appearance drew shock and immediate challenges from rival sects. As the competition gathered strength, Xu Tianran planned to use the presence of the secluded sects to blame them for the old emperor’s death and advance his rise to the throne.

• Ning Tian reunited with Lu Cheng in the Sun Moon Empire, while Du Busi and Elder Zhu joked about the Body Sect’s likely clashes with their hosts.
• In Mingdu, Xu Jiujiu learned that numerous powerful sects had entered the tournament and wondered whether the Body Sect would appear.
• Lu Cheng arrived at the hotel with the Body Sect, identified the group at registration, and Tang Ya registered the Tang Sect team as well.
• Yu Tianlong challenged Lu Cheng, but Long Aotian defeated him in a brief contest of strength and warned that he might be eliminated before meeting Lu Cheng.
• Xu Tianran considered blaming the Body Sect for the old emperor’s death and using the tournament’s many sects to strengthen his claim to the throne.

Xu Tianran learned that Lu Cheng had entered Mingdu and agreed with Kong Deming to wait until after the tournament before acting against him. Meanwhile, Lu Cheng and his companions settled into the city, and the chapter ended with the teams preparing for the tournament’s opening elimination rounds.

• Xu Tianran received confirmation that Lu Cheng had come to Mingdu and told Kong Deming not to make a move until the tournament ended.
• Zhang Lexuan enjoyed a bath with Lu Cheng and asked whether the Body Sect could someday use Soul Tools like those in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Tian prepared Wu Feng for an intimate encounter in their room.
• The teams gathered at the hotel after dawn to learn their tournament draws, and Tang Ya teased Lu Cheng and Wu Feng about the noise from their rooms the night before.

Lu Cheng and his companions attended the tournament as rival factions assessed their strength. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran and the Imperial Preceptor prepared a trap to draw the Body Sect into Qiankun Asking Love Valley, while Xu Tianran’s hatred of Lu Cheng fueled the plan.

• Ning Tian told Wu Feng that they should accept Eldest Senior Sister’s status and rely on Ning Tian’s family backing to secure their place with Lu Cheng.
• Lu Cheng’s group entered the viewing area, where the Proud Sword Sect and Heavenly Dragon Sect watched them and assessed their strength.
• Lu Cheng considered the Sun Moon Empire team’s chances without Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, then exchanged a knowing glance with Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran learned from the Imperial Preceptor that Qiankun Asking Love Valley had been awakened and that traps were prepared around it.
• Xu Tianran and the Imperial Preceptor discussed the difficulty of defeating the Body Sect and agreed to leave an opening in the east to lure them toward the valley.
• Xu Tianran said Lu Cheng deserved to die for laying hands on the woman he had chosen, while the Imperial Preceptor silently mocked him.

Lu Cheng watched the tournament while Nan Shuishui told Nan Qiuqiu that he had once traded her sect a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, and Lu Cheng taunted Xuan Zi. He assessed Shrek Academy’s team and suspected the Clear Sky Sect had supplied its members, while Bei Bei had advanced to Soul Saint and inherited Mu En’s powers.

• Nan Shuishui recognized Lu Cheng and told Nan Qiuqiu that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus behind the Earth Dragon Sect’s growth had come from him in an earlier trade.
• Nan Shuishui warned Nan Qiuqiu to keep the old deal secret, while Lu Cheng overheard their conversation with his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Cheng mocked Xuan Zi for staring at him, and Xuan Zi backed down and returned to eating his chicken drumstick.
• Lu Cheng inspected Shrek Academy’s team and concluded that its plain-looking, powerful members were from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lu Cheng noted that Bei Bei had reached Soul Saint and likely inherited Mu En’s legacy of light and the Dragon Core, making him a match for Long Aotian.

The Body Sect made its first mark in the tournament when Wang Yanfeng defeated the Snow Spirit Sect’s seven-person team alone. Lu Cheng chastised Wang Yanfeng afterward and ordered him to spar the next day, while Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er wondered how strong Lu Cheng had become.

• The referee announced the Body Sect’s elimination match against the Snow Spirit Sect, and Lu Cheng sent Wang Yanfeng to fight alone.
• Wang Yanfeng revealed his peak Soul Emperor strength and challenged the Snow Spirit Sect’s seven members to knock him off the stage.
• The Snow Spirit Sect formed its frost fusion technique, but Wang Yanfeng crushed their ice attack with a giant palm and sent all seven tumbling from the stage.
• The referee declared the Body Sect the winner, and the crowd gradually cheered for Wang Yanfeng’s overwhelming victory.
• Lu Cheng scolded Wang Yanfeng for joking around and ordered him to spar the next day, while Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er assessed Lu Cheng’s strength.

As the tournament favorites finished their first matches, Lu Cheng met Nan Shuishui and her daughter, then pressured Shangguan Wei'er to find Ye Guyi. Shangguan Wei'er denied knowing Ye Guyi but offered to search through the Ordinary Alliance and her Sun Moon Empire connections.

• Bei Bei declared that he would defeat Lu Cheng and avenge his great-great-grandfather, while Xian Lin'er chose not to dampen his confidence.
• The first day of the tournament ended after many teams were eliminated, with the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire Royal Team, and Shrek Academy having already won their matches.
• Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan met Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu in a soul tool elevator, and Nan Shuishui warned her daughter not to become involved with Lu Cheng.
• Lu Cheng went to the Green Hotel and summoned Shangguan Wei'er, forcing her to her knees with his and Zhang Lexuan's presence.
• Lu Cheng asked Shangguan Wei'er whether Ye Guyi, a woman around twenty with an Angel Martial Soul, was under her; she said no but offered to search for her.

Lu Cheng investigated whether Ye Guyi had joined the Holy Spirit Cult and discovered that Shangguan Wei'er was hiding three dragon girls. He took the girls with him after testing their strength, suspecting their unusual bodies and curse could prove valuable.

• Lu Cheng ordered Shangguan Wei'er to search years of underground match records for Ye Guyi and demanded to see the dragon girls she had acquired.
• Shangguan Wei'er revealed three dragon girls, and Lu Cheng examined their dragon scales and learned they had physical strength comparable to Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Lu Cheng released the dragon girls from their soul-tool shackles and invited the eldest to attack him.
• Lu Cheng struck the eldest dragon girl through the doors and windows, but she stood up largely unharmed and sensed overwhelming bloodline pressure from him.
• Lu Cheng took all three dragon girls from the Green Hotel, and the eldest followed him to protect her two younger sisters.

Lu Cheng took in three dragon girls, and their leader offered herself to him in exchange for her sisters’ safety. As the tournament neared its end, he warned Xu Jiujiu that the Sun Moon Empire and Evil Soul Masters planned to trap the contestants, then offered the Star Luo Empire Soul Tools in exchange for resources.

• Ma Xiaotao learned the three women were dragon girls and took them to find rooms while Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan returned to their room.
• The lead dragon girl slipped into Lu Cheng’s room in her heat, seeking his protection for her sisters; Zhang Lexuan restrained her, then agreed to help Lu Cheng accept her offer.
• The next morning, Xu Jiujiu told Lu Cheng that the Star Luo Empire’s scouts could not break through Mingdu’s western defenses, and Lu Cheng warned her that Evil Soul Masters were also involved in the planned ambush.
• Lu Cheng offered Xu Jiujiu a safe escape route and proposed trading Soul Tools for metals and Soul Bones; she agreed to seek her empire’s approval.
• Ma Xiaotao returned with the dragon girl in new clothes, and Lu Cheng told the gathered group that she could threaten even a Soul Saint despite having no Martial Soul.

Lu Cheng approached the Holy Spirit Cult’s black-robed saintess, suspecting she might be Ye Guyi, whom he had not seen for years. Ye Guyi recognized him as her teacher but concealed her feelings, and the chapter ended with her asking whether she really resembled his friend.

• Dragon Girl called Lu Cheng “Master” instead of accepting his request to call him Brother Cheng.
• Lu Cheng noticed the Holy Spirit Cult’s black-robed saintess and wondered whether she was Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi saw Lu Cheng approach and felt flustered, while Yan Feng tried to drive him away.
• Lu Cheng told the saintess that she looked like a friend of his, prompting Yan Feng and nearby Holy Spirit Cult members to confront him.
• Ye Guyi released a powerful presence that made the others retreat, then asked Lu Cheng whether she looked like his friend.

Lu Cheng reunited with Ye Guyi, who revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had forced her to join and placed a Puppet Demon Seed inside her, while secretly plotting to claim him. As the group stage began, a misunderstanding about a crying village woman briefly threatened to worsen Lu Cheng’s already notorious reputation.

• Ye Guyi revealed herself to Lu Cheng, and he recognized her despite her disguise.
• Ye Xishui told Xu Tianran that Ye Guyi was free to pursue Lu Cheng, while Lu Cheng learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had placed a Puppet Demon Seed inside her.
• Lu Cheng returned to the Body Sect team and heard rumors that many women had joined or left factions because of him.
• A village woman arrived claiming a Soul Master had abandoned her and their child, prompting the crowd to suspect Lu Cheng until the young man responsible came forward.
• Lu Cheng ordered the Body Sect team to fight fiercely in the group stage, then stuffed grapes into Ma Xiaotao’s mouth when she teased him.

The Body Sect kept dominating the tournament while Lu Cheng secured the Star Luo Empire’s agreement to buy its weapons and weighed how to keep Shrek Academy out of the round of sixteen. After learning the Earth Dragon Sect was their next opponent, Lu Cheng proposed deliberately losing to them, leaving the plan’s outcome uncertain.

• Xu Jiujiu told Lu Cheng that the Star Luo Empire had agreed to buy the Body Sect’s weapons, though its leaders resented the high price.
• Lu Cheng noticed Ye Guyi acting like a puppet under the Holy Spirit Cult’s control but held back from intervening.
• Nan Qiuqiu tried to rally the Earth Dragon Sect after learning it would face the Body Sect, then joked that she could seduce Lu Cheng and was scolded by Nan Shuishui.
• Vina explained how match points worked and said Shrek Academy could miss the round of sixteen if the Earth Dragon Sect avoided facing it in the final group match.
• Lu Cheng proposed that the Body Sect lose to the Earth Dragon Sect and give it the points.

The Body Sect conceded its match to the Earth Dragon Sect, angering Shrek Academy and worsening its position in the group stage. Xu Tianran arranged for the Body Sect to face Shrek in the final group match, while Lu Cheng watched the Tang Sect prepare to face the Mingyu Sect.

• Long Aotian and Lu Cheng agreed that the Body Sect would concede its team battle against the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Nan Qiuqiu challenged Lu Cheng, but he announced the concession, giving the Earth Dragon Sect the victory.
• Bei Bei objected, but the referee rejected Shrek Academy’s protest and confirmed the result; Xian Lin'er restrained Bei Bei from escalating the dispute.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Cheng that she still wanted Shrek Academy disbanded and its leaders Mu En and Xuan Zi dead.
• Xu Tianran ordered the Body Sect to face Shrek Academy in the final group-stage match, with the winner advancing to the knockout stage.
• Lu Cheng watched Gai Yin lead the Mingyu Sect into its match against the Tang Sect and noted that she had run into formidable opponents.

The Tang Sect faced the Mingyu Sect in a team battle, revealing its formidable lineup and Ning Tian’s upgraded Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Tang Ya’s opening attack killed A De, while Shrek Academy’s spectators realized Lu Cheng had supplied Immortal Herbs to several former students.

• Wu Feng reported that the Tang Sect had drawn a team battle, and Ning Tian eagerly prepared to display her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Gai Yin’s Mingyu Sect team entered the arena, and A De eyed the Tang Sect women as prey despite Xue Bing’s warning about their ties to the Body Sect.
• Tang Ya called for the Tang Sect women to unleash their Martial Souls as the match began, and Ning Tian’s nine-story pagoda boosted her teammates.
• A De charged at the Tang Sect, but Tang Ya’s vines bound and crushed him before the referee could intervene.
• Xuan Zi recognized Ning Tian’s pagoda and angrily accused Lu Cheng of giving Immortal Herbs to former Shrek students, while the Shrek team silently rejected his accusations.