Chapter Summaries

Wang Dong'er crushed the Mingyu Sect team after Gai Yin and Xue Bing powered up, and Tang Ya’s Tang Sect won the match. Lu Cheng teased Tang Ya afterward while Bei Bei watched them and vowed revenge.

• Zhou Sichen, Lan Ruoruo, and Lan Susu wondered whether they should have joined Lu Cheng and the Body Sect instead of staying at Shrek Academy.
• Gai Yin saw her younger brother’s body torn apart and raised her power to Soul Saint level, while Xue Bing used a Soul Tool to summon a temporary Martial Soul Avatar.
• Wang Dong'er struck Gai Yin’s golden three-headed bat with her Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar, and Xue Bing surrendered to the Tang Sect.
• Ye Xishui asked Xu Tianran for Tang Ya to be among the disciples captured after the tournament, while Tang Wutong ordered the Clear Sky Sect disciples to kill Tang Ya if they met her.
• Lu Cheng questioned Tang Ya about killing Gai Yin, then teased her affectionately, and Tang Ya ran off to join Jiang Nannan.
• Bei Bei watched Lu Cheng and Tang Ya together and resolved to settle his new and old grudges.

Lu Cheng went to the Green Hotel for an underground Soul Tool competition and reunited with Ye Guyi, who had joined the Holy Spirit Cult. She clung to him and described the dangers she had faced, while Lu Cheng sensed that something about her seemed wrong.

• Lu Cheng considered the upcoming competition, Shrek Academy, and the underground tournament’s prize, then decided to enter after finding Ye Guyi’s note.
• Lu Cheng registered at the Green Hotel, passed the selection by making a Class 6 Soul Tool, and agreed to meet the hotel’s backer.
• After waiting in a private room, Lu Cheng recognized Ye Guyi when she arrived and embraced her as she kissed him.
• Ye Guyi begged Lu Cheng to take her, but he told her to wait until they returned to the Body Sect.
• Ye Guyi said she had spent three years under the Holy Spirit Cult’s surveillance and had sneaked out by claiming she would help the Xishui Alliance win the competition.

Lu Cheng learned that Ye Guyi was trapped in the Holy Spirit Cult by a supposed divine imprint and vowed to rescue her, while Ye Guyi and Qian Renxue privately discussed his trusting nature. The next morning, Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao talked about Lu Cheng’s absence.

• Ye Guyi told Lu Cheng that Ye Xishui had planted a Demonic Puppet Seed in her Sea of Consciousness to prevent her escape.
• Electrolux examined Ye Guyi and found a sinister imprint, but Lu Cheng blamed Tang San and asked Electrolux to remove it.
• Ye Guyi told Lu Cheng she would have to remain with the Holy Spirit Cult for now, and Lu Cheng promised to get her out.
• After Lu Cheng left, Ye Guyi and Qian Renxue discussed his sincerity and Qian Renxue’s interest in him.
• The next morning, Ma Xiaotao saw Tang Ya leaving Lu Cheng’s room, and Tang Ya said Lu Cheng had gone out the previous night.

Lu Cheng explained that Ye Guyi had asked him to rescue her from the Holy Spirit Cult, then Ma Xiaotao pulled him into an intimate encounter before the finals. At the arena, the Body Sect drew Shrek Academy for a team battle, putting Shrek’s place in the tournament at risk.

• Lu Cheng told Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya that Ye Guyi, a Holy Maiden with twin martial souls, wanted to escape the Holy Spirit Cult and that he planned to save her.
• Ma Xiaotao took Lu Cheng aside in the lounge, where they became intimate while Tang Ya slipped away and Dragon Girl waited nearby.
• At the arena, Wang Dong'er wondered why Lu Cheng was absent, and Tang Ya joked that he was indulging in broad-daylight debauchery; Xiao Xiao explained the meaning to Wang Dong'er.
• Bei Bei vowed that Shrek Academy would defeat the Body Sect, while Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu hoped to impress the Body Sect with their abilities.
• The referee announced the Body Sect versus Shrek Academy as the first team battle, and the crowd reacted to the high-stakes matchup.

The Body Sect faced Shrek Academy in a highly anticipated tournament match, and Lu Cheng chose to fight the entire Shrek team alone. As the match began, Bei Bei’s team launched its opening attack, revealing his evolved Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to the crowd.

• Xu Jiujiu hoped the Body Sect would defeat Shrek so the Star Luo Empire could reclaim its geniuses and recover its strength.
• Bei Bei challenged Lu Cheng, and Lu Cheng rejected Wang Yanfeng’s offer to fight, deciding to compete by himself.
• Lu Cheng appeared in the arena so swiftly that the Level 8 Soul Engineer referee failed to sense his movement, then confirmed he was the Body Sect’s sole competitor.
• Bei Bei assigned Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu to use their Martial Soul Fusion technique while he and the others attacked Lu Cheng directly.
• When the match began, Bei Bei and his teammates launched their assault, and Bei Bei’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon appeared in an evolved form that Yu Tianlong recognized as carrying a sacred presence.

Lu Cheng revealed the power of his Double Pupils and defeated Shrek Academy’s team in a single overwhelming attack. The Body Sect won, while the arena’s spectators were left stunned and Yu Tianlong lost his nerve.

• Bei Bei and three Clear Sky Sect disciples attacked Lu Cheng from four directions while Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu’s Martial Soul Fusion technique restrained him.
• Lu Cheng revealed his blood-red Double Pupils and eight Soul Rings, freezing everyone in the arena with his pressure.
• Lu Cheng annihilated Bei Bei, knocked Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu unconscious, and blasted the three Clear Sky Sect disciples off the stage with grievous injuries.
• The referee announced the Body Sect’s victory as Xu Tianran, Xu Jiujiu, and the spectators reacted to Lu Cheng’s overwhelming power.
• Xing Yan told Yu Tianlong that Bei Bei was dead, and Yu Tianlong lowered his head in fear.

Lu Cheng demonstrated overwhelming strength in the tournament, prompting the Earth Dragon Sect to consider the Body Sect as a potential ally. After Bei Bei’s death, Xuan Zi confronted Lu Cheng over the missing Dragon Core, but Du Busi appeared to defend his sect.

• Nan Qiuqiu and Nan Shuishui watched Lu Cheng’s display and concluded the Earth Dragon Sect must avoid offending the Body Sect and find a powerful backer.
• Du Busi told the Body Sect disciples that Lu Cheng had been holding back and had not used the Sun-Shooting Bow or the Snow Empress.
• Long Aotian warned that Shrek Academy would seek revenge for Bei Bei’s death, and Du Busi revealed he had been guarding the Body Sect from nearby.
• Xuan Zi arrived in a rage, invoked his Level 98 Super Douluo power, and demanded that Lu Cheng hand over the Dragon Core.
• Du Busi confronted Xuan Zi, denied that Lu Cheng had taken the Dragon Core, and challenged Shrek Academy to fight.

Xuan Zi attacked Lu Cheng after Shrek Academy’s defeat, but Du Busi beat him and hurled him toward Xu Tianran. The incident exposed Xu Tianran’s hidden strength as a Soul Douluo, and Shrek Academy accepted elimination rather than prolong the confrontation.

• Xuan Zi flew into a rage over a Shrek disciple’s death and attacked Lu Cheng, but Du Busi blocked him.
• Du Busi overpowered Xuan Zi, smashed him into the arena, then threw him toward Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran abandoned his wheelchair and revealed that he could stand and wield Soul Douluo-level power before the black-robed figure stopped Xuan Zi with a barrier.
• Du Busi mocked Xu Tianran for concealing his condition, while Xu Tianran chose to endure the insult and keep his plans for Mingdu on hold.
• Xu Tianran warned Xuan Zi that Shrek Academy could be eliminated, and Xuan Zi accepted the decision.

After Shrek Academy placed third and the tournament moved toward its final, Xuan Zi considered using the Sun Moon Empire’s impending attack to conceal Shrek’s failure and strike back. Lu Cheng focused on the tournament and rescuing Ye Guyi, then joined Xu Jiujiu’s secret meeting to discuss an escape plan as the crisis in Mingdu approached.

• Xuan Zi proposed provoking a major incident in Mingdu and leaving the Body Sect behind, while Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu quietly considered slipping away.
• Lu Cheng’s team advanced after the Heavenly Dragon Sect and Tang Sect conceded, and the semifinals were set against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Cheng obtained the Dark Azure Dragon Carving Knife in Mingdu’s underground competition but remained unable to remove Ye Guyi’s spiritual brand.
• Ye Guyi asked Lu Cheng whether he would return, and he reassured her that he would not leave her trapped in the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Du Busi told Lu Cheng that Xu Jiujiu had invited them to a meeting about escaping after the semifinal, and Lu Cheng agreed to attend.
• Lu Cheng and Du Busi arrived at Xu Jiujiu’s secluded meeting with representatives from the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and Shrek Academy.

Xu Jiujiu gathered the trapped factions to plan an escape from Mingdu, and Lu Cheng secured their agreement to leave with the Body Sect the following night. They also agreed to raid an underground armory while senior experts created a diversion, despite Xuan Zi's objections to Lu Cheng leading the disciples.

• Xu Jiujiu warned the gathered factions that the Sun Moon Empire had sealed Mingdu and intended to capture the competitors as hostages.
• Lu Cheng set the departure for the following night, and the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and Shrek agreed to rely on the Body Sect for their escape.
• Xuan Zi proposed slaughtering people in Mingdu to disrupt the coming war, but Xu Jiujiu rejected killing civilians and Lu Cheng condemned him.
• Xu Jiujiu suggested looting and destroying an armory, and Lu Cheng produced a map locating one a hundred meters underground near the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Lu Cheng proposed that the senior experts distract the Sun Moon Imperial Family and the Holy Spirit Cult while he led the participating disciples to the armory before regrouping outside Mingdu.
• Xuan Zi reluctantly accepted Lu Cheng's plan after Lu Cheng agreed to swear on his Dao heart not to kill Shrek's main-force disciples.

Lu Cheng prepared the Body Sect for a covert raid on the Sun Moon Empire’s arsenal before leading them into the semifinal against the Holy Spirit Cult. He and Ye Guyi revealed matching Fallen Angel Martial Souls, and the Holy Spirit Cult conceded, leaving Zhang Lexuan suspicious of their relationship.

• Lu Cheng told the Body Sect and Tang Sect members to prepare for a raid on the imperial arsenal, collect only valuable Level 5 or higher Soul Tools, and leave the Star Luo Empire a fair share.
• Xu Tianran opened the semifinal between the Body Sect and Holy Spirit Cult as Ye Xishui watched from the stands.
• Lu Cheng led Long Aotian and the Body Sect team onto the arena, where he and the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader, Ye Guyi, exchanged greetings before the match began.
• Lu Cheng and Ye Guyi revealed matching black swords and four-winged Fallen Angel forms, then fought with identical techniques while the other combatants clashed around them.
• Ye Guyi had the Holy Spirit Cult concede, then left the arena with her disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Lu Cheng about when he had met Ye Guyi, and Lu Cheng realized their public duel had looked like a deliberate provocation.

Lu Cheng learned that Nan Shuishui wanted to place Nan Qiuqiu in the Body Sect, then revealed the planned breakout to her and brought the Earth Dragon Sect into the alliance. As the attack on the Sun Moon Imperial Palace began, Lu Cheng led the other factions toward a hidden courtyard to carry out a separate operation.

• Lu Cheng dismissed the Proud Sword Sect's chances against the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy and exchanged hostile looks with Xu Tianran.
• Nan Shuishui offered to have Nan Qiuqiu join the Body Sect, and Lu Cheng told her that the factions would attack the palace that night and invited the Earth Dragon Sect to join them.
• Nan Shuishui swore the Earth Dragon Sect would follow Lu Cheng's orders, then mistakenly offered her body to secure Nan Qiuqiu's safety; Lu Cheng rejected the misunderstanding.
• Du Busi struck the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, where Xu Tianran's defenses blocked his attack; Lu Cheng appeared before Xu Tianran amid flames.
• Lu Cheng led Xu Jiujiu, Long Aotian, and the gathered faction teams to a hidden courtyard, ordered them to obey his commands, and told them to move.

Lu Cheng led the Treasure-Hunting Squad into the Sun Moon Empire’s arsenal, looted its rare metals and Soul Tools, and took its hidden Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells as alarms sounded across Mingdu. Amid the ensuing battles, he competed under a false identity, joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and escaped through the Undead Plane gate, leaving Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy behind.

• Lu Cheng used mental control to make the arsenal guards kill themselves, then opened the underground warehouse and led the teams to its stores of rare metals and Soul Tools.
• Lu Cheng used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to find the hidden fourth floor and took its sixteen Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, triggering the arsenal alarm.
• Xu Jiangliu locked down the participating disciples at the Mingdu Grand Hotel while Du Busi, Long Xiaoyao, Xuan Zi, and Kong Deming fought in the imperial palace.
• Xu Tianran ordered the palace’s Level 9 Soul Cannons deployed after the arsenal alarm sounded, while Lu Cheng won the Soul Engineer competition under a masked identity and accepted Feng Ling’s offer to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Cheng opened the Undead Plane gate and escaped with the waiting teams, but Xuan Zi hesitated until the gate vanished, leaving Shrek Academy behind.

Lu Cheng brought the gathered teams into his Half Undead Plane, where Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu chose to join the Body Sect and Long Aotian reported their haul of Soul Tools. Lu Cheng decided the Sect should develop Battle Armor instead, while his original body followed Ye Guyi into the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret chamber and discovered her unsettling intentions.

• Lu Cheng warned the gathered teams to stay on the hill in his Half Undead Plane, and Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu asked to join the Body Sect.
• Long Aotian listed the Soul Tools and cannon shells they had seized, and Lu Cheng told him to store them with Elder Jing.
• Lu Cheng concluded that the Body Sect should focus on Battle Armor rather than imitate the Sun Moon Empire’s mass-produced Soul Tools, and he considered seeking materials in the Far North and the ocean.
• Lu Cheng accompanied Ye Guyi through the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters to a secret chamber whose layout she had altered.
• Ye Guyi revealed her six wings and Limit Douluo strength, then invited Lu Cheng to the bed, claiming he needed to help remove the forbidden spell on her Sea of Consciousness.

Lu Cheng reunited with Ye Guyi at the Angel Temple, where she kept him for a month before ascending as a god. Her ascension stunned the Holy Spirit Cult and the Divine Realm, leaving Tang San facing a new power beyond his control.

• Lu Cheng’s Mirror Clones shattered across several locations after his original body was confronted by Ye Guyi, a half-step god who had trapped him in the Angel Temple.
• Ye Guyi explained that she had altered the divine spark and controlled the Angel Temple, then kept Lu Cheng with her until she could no longer suppress her cultivation.
• After a month, Lu Cheng released Du Busi, Manyi, Xu Jiujiu, and the others from the Half Undead Plane, gave them a route around the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and warned them about the war.
• Lu Cheng returned to the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, where Ye Guyi admitted she had never blamed him and ascended to godhood.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao witnessed Ye Guyi’s ascension, while Destruction and Tang San recognized that she had become a God King with two divine positions.

Destruction went to recruit Ye Guyi after Tang San was prevented from meeting her, while Lu Cheng advised Ye Guyi to keep Tang San in check and warned Qian Renxue against manipulating her. Ye Guyi agreed to join the Divine Realm, and Destruction noticed Lu Cheng’s exceptional potential.

• Destruction stopped Tang San from approaching the newly ascended God King and went to recruit her himself.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan quietly continued recording events as Tang San and Destruction argued.
• Ye Guyi asked Lu Cheng to accompany her to the Divine Realm, but he said he would go later and told her to keep Tang San in check.
• Lu Cheng warned Qian Renxue not to push Ye Guyi into revenge, and Qian Renxue appeared beside them.
• Destruction arrived at the cavern, and Ye Guyi recognized him and agreed to join the Divine Realm.
• Destruction noticed Lu Cheng’s talent and considered his potential to become a First-Level God.

Ye Guyi accepted a place on the God Realm Committee but stayed with Lu Cheng for a month before ascending. Lu Cheng then traveled to Eastsea City, where he learned Evil Soul Masters had brought Sea Soul Beasts ashore and was surrounded after questioning a waiter about them.

• Ye Guyi agreed to join the God Realm Committee and secured a month in the lower realm before leaving with Destruction.
• Ye Guyi spent the month with Lu Cheng, then ascended to the Divine Realm while he worried about her and Tang San.
• Lu Cheng flew to Eastsea City and asked a waiter about Evil Soul Masters after sampling the local snow pork.
• The waiter said Evil Soul Masters had recently brought captured Sea Soul Beasts ashore, including the mermaid Li Ya.
• Several Evil Soul Masters surrounded Lu Cheng and the waiter, accusing the waiter of betraying them and ordering that he be taken to headquarters.

Lu Cheng infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult’s underground headquarters and confronted Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo. His Double Pupils briefly turned the two elders against each other, but Myriad Souls Douluo recognized the spiritual illusion and ordered Abomination Douluo to attack.

• Lu Cheng used his Double Pupils to make Holy Spirit Cult disciples reveal the location of their headquarters, then left them dead in a restaurant.
• Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo discussed their plans to sacrifice the Sea Princess and use her soul to empower the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Lu Cheng broke into the underground hall after killing the guards and mocked the two elders.
• Lu Cheng identified himself as a member of the Body Sect and gave his name, causing Myriad Souls Douluo to spit blood as Abomination Douluo pierced his chest under Lu Cheng’s mental influence.
• Myriad Souls Douluo recognized Lu Cheng’s spiritual illusion, recovered his composure, and ordered Abomination Douluo to kill him.

Lu Cheng fought the Holy Spirit Cult elders at their altar branch outside Dongyang City, killing Abomination Douluo with his Sun-Shooting Bow. After the Sun Moon Empire's city defense forces fired on him, he emerged unharmed and turned toward Eastsea City.

• Lu Cheng formed a Three-Legged Golden Crow and attacked the two Holy Spirit Cult elders outside Dongyang City.
• The city-defense generals recognized Lu Cheng, and the white-haired general ordered his forces to wait until Lu Cheng showed signs of weakness.
• Lu Cheng burned away the souls unleashed by Myriad Souls Douluo, freeing them from their resentment.
• Lu Cheng killed Abomination Douluo with a fiery arrow, leaving Myriad Souls Douluo to call for help.
• The white-haired general ordered the city's Soul Tools to bombard Lu Cheng, but Golden Crows shielded him from the attack.
• Lu Cheng faced Eastsea City and said, "You didn't have to die..."

Lu Cheng destroyed the Sun Moon soldiers and killed Myriad Souls Douluo before rescuing Li Ya and the imprisoned merfolk. After seeing the battlefield and learning he had wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult, Li Ya invited him to visit the Mermaid Clan under the sea.

• Lu Cheng killed Abomination's forces at Eastsea City with a crimson arrow that consumed hundreds of soldiers.
• Lu Cheng killed Myriad Souls Douluo with another crimson arrow.
• Lu Cheng entered the underground prison and found Li Ya and the merfolk chained and injured.
• Lu Cheng showed the merfolk Abomination's severed head and said he had wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Li Ya followed Lu Cheng to the surface, saw the battlefield, and invited him to visit the Mermaid Clan under the sea.