Chapter Summaries

Lu Cheng secured the Mermaid Clan’s trust and arranged a trade of seabed metals and herbs for human Soul Tools, then set off for the Body Sect. He planned to begin his third Simulation and considered how to control Tang Wutong while preparing to strike back at Tang San.

• Lu Cheng calmed the Mermaid Clan’s chief when Li Ya revealed that he had saved her and her clanspeople from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The chief apologized after hearing what Lu Cheng had done, and he proposed trading seabed resources for human technology and Soul Tools.
• Lu Cheng demonstrated a Linked Defensive Soul Tool, showing how it could protect the physically fragile merfolk from attacks.
• The Mermaid Clan’s chief agreed to trust Lu Cheng and arranged future trade, including a location on the western coast of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
• Lu Cheng left the sea and headed back to the Body Sect, reflecting on Shrek Academy’s ordeal in Qiankun Asking Love Valley and plotting against Tang San and Tang Wutong.
• Lu Cheng prepared to begin his third Simulation after the Mingdu competition.

Lu Cheng returned to the Body Sect, updated Zhang Lexuan on his discoveries, and learned that Xuan Ziwen had completed a prototype Battle Armor mental control system. With rare metals secured, Lu Cheng prepared to develop Battle Armor for the sect as the continent’s war continued.

• Zhang Lexuan confronted Lu Cheng about his long absence, and Lu Cheng said he would stay for a while and arrange trade with the sea Soul Beasts.
• Lu Cheng told Zhang Lexuan that he had destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult branch and obtained rare resources from the seabed.
• Lu Cheng visited Xuan Ziwen, who showed him a prototype Battle Armor powered by a mental control system.
• Lu Cheng judged that the Battle Armor could greatly strengthen its wearer and considered producing armor for the Body Sect’s fighters.
• Lang Ya reported that the sect had traded Soul Bones and Soul Tools for several tons of rare metals, including Meteorite Stone and Water Milk Crystal.

Lu Cheng learned that the Star Luo Empire and its allies were nearing defeat at the Ming Dou Mountain Range while the Body Sect faced growing resentment for staying out of the war. He ordered the sect to join the fighting, leaving the Body Sect poised to demonstrate its strength.

• Lu Cheng proposed making Battle Armor for the Body Sect's talented younger disciples as they reached the Soul Saint realm.
• Ma Xiaotao told Lu Cheng that the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and the Clear Sky Sect had committed forces to the war, while Xu Jiujiu had repeatedly sought his help.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that Nan Shuishui had returned to Dragon City with the Earth Dragon Sect but left Nan Qiuqiu in the Body Sect's care.
• Lu Cheng rebuked Ma Xiaotao for implying that he had saved Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu out of personal interest, then said he would visit Nan Qiuqiu.
• After hearing that the Star Luo Empire was suffering heavy casualties and might soon lose the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Lu Cheng ordered the Body Sect to defend the coast and reinforce the front.

Lu Cheng returned to the Body Sect, arranged for Nan Qiuqiu to receive an Immortal Herb, and prepared for another Simulation. After visiting friends and lovers, he allocated his points and began the final Simulation.

• Nan Qiuqiu told Lu Cheng that her Rouge Dragon Martial Soul had evolved, and he directed her to ask Zhang Lexuan for an Immortal Herb.
• Lu Cheng sent Body Sect experts to reinforce the Ming Dou Mountain Range and visited his sister, the Tang Sect, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian.
• Tang Ya told Lu Cheng she rejected Tang San and had exposed his deeds to the public.
• Lu Cheng helped Wu Feng and Ning Tian with their cultivation before returning to the bamboo grove.
• Lu Cheng assigned his Simulation points to talent, family background, looks, and luck, then started the Simulation.

Lu Cheng read a simulation of his life in the early Douluo I era, where his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul made him a prodigy and brought him close to Qian Xunji. After meeting the Snow Empress, he learned that Qian Xunji had become Spirit Hall’s Pope and taken Bibi Dong as his disciple.

• Lu Cheng realized the simulation began thousands of years before the Silver Dragon King’s awakening and suspected its focus was connected to her.
• Lu Cheng became friends with young Qian Xunji after helping save him from a Man Faced Demon Spider, then joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy and earned Xue Ye’s favor.
• Lu Cheng and Qian Xunji won the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and Lu Cheng later befriended Dugu Bo and took Immortal Herbs from his garden.
• Lu Cheng reached Titled Douluo and traveled to the Far North, where the Snow Empress drove him away despite his gift of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Lu Cheng returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Qian Xunji had become Pope and taken Bibi Dong as his disciple.
• Qian Xunji proudly introduced Bibi Dong, who stood beside him looking uneasy.

Lu Cheng became a supreme elder of Spirit Hall and continued cultivating while Qian Xunji struggled with Bibi Dong’s love for Yu Xiaogang. After reaching Limit Douluo, Lu Cheng was asked by Yu Yuanzhen to take Liu Erlong as his disciple.

• Lu Cheng agreed to become a supreme elder of Spirit Hall, with authority equal to Qian Xunji’s outside the Worship Hall.
• Lu Cheng reached Level 93, tested his strength against Qian Daoliu, and learned that Bibi Dong had fallen for Yu Xiaogang and resisted Qian Xunji’s efforts to separate them.
• At twenty-five, Lu Cheng broke through to Limit Douluo and visited Slaughter City, where he found Tang Chen afflicted by the blood bat’s Divine Consciousness.
• Qian Xunji continued trying to keep Bibi Dong apart from Yu Xiaogang, while Lu Cheng advised him to let her choose for herself.
• At twenty-six, Yu Yuanzhen asked Lu Cheng to take his granddaughter Liu Erlong as a disciple and promised the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s support.

Lu Cheng refused Yu Tianlong’s request to take Liu Erlong as a disciple, then discussed Bibi Dong’s defiance and the growing unrest among Soul Beasts with Qian Xunji. Lu Cheng ventured into the Star Dou Great Forest, where he fought Di Tian and was severely wounded by the Silver Dragon King; a year later, he watched Bibi Dong leave for Slaughter City without intervening.

• Lu Cheng declined to accept Liu Erlong as his disciple but accepted Yu Tianlong’s gifts.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang against Qian Xunji and agreed that she might elope with him.
• Qian Xunji confided his troubles to Lu Cheng, who warned him to give up trying to control Bibi Dong and revealed that more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts might be sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Cheng went deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, fought Da Ming and Er Ming, then fought Di Tian for three hundred exchanges before the Silver Dragon King severely wounded him.
• Lu Cheng returned injured and recovered in private while Qian Xunji tried to summon physicians.
• A year later, Lu Cheng learned that Qian Xunji had sent Bibi Dong to Slaughter City and saw that she hated him, but chose not to intervene.

After recovering from his injuries, Lu Cheng spent years searching unsuccessfully for a path to godhood before encountering Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, enrolling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As her teacher, he explained why humans hunted Soul Beasts, leaving Gu Yue questioning the world’s rules and her own long-held resistance.

• Lu Cheng recovered over three years, learned that Bibi Dong had grown colder, and heard that the Clear Sky Sect’s two prodigies had reached Soul Saint.
• Lu Cheng searched for Tang Chen and Sea God Island while studying godhood, but found no trace of either and made no progress.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Cheng recognized the silver-haired Gu Yue as the Silver Dragon King and became an academy elder so he could teach her.
• Gu Yue asked why humans hunted Soul Beasts, and Lu Cheng explained that Soul Rings were necessary for humans to advance under the world’s rules.
• Gu Yue reflected on the reasons behind the rules and her resistance to humans, wondering why Soul Beasts had been bound to such a bloody system.

Lu Cheng guided Gu Yue as she studied humanity, took Na'er as another disciple, and watched the consequences of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong’s relationship unfold. After Qian Xunji died and Bibi Dong became Spirit Hall’s master, Lu Cheng became Qian Renxue’s godfather and left her a jade pendant.

• Gu Yue thanked Lu Cheng for his guidance and left, while he hid how frightened he was of her.
• Over the following years, Gu Yue grew into a fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor, Lu Cheng took Na'er as his disciple, and he gradually brought the two disciples to a more peaceful understanding.
• Qian Xunji discovered Bibi Dong’s involvement with Yu Xiaogang, and later, after the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast sacrificed herself to Tang Hao, Qian Xunji died and Bibi Dong succeeded him as Spirit Hall’s master.
• Bibi Dong gave birth to Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu asked Lu Cheng to become her godfather.
• Lu Cheng visited Qian Renxue, told Bibi Dong he would not seek revenge, and left a jade pendant beside the infant’s bed.

Lu Cheng visited Qian Xunji’s grave with Gu Yue and Na'er, then reflected on the Soul Beasts’ unexplained hostility toward humans and the possibility that someone was manipulating them. Three years later, he attended Qian Renxue’s sixth-birthday banquet, where she eagerly welcomed him as her godfather.

• Lu Cheng explained that Na'er was his goddaughter, then visited Qian Xunji’s grave with Gu Yue and Na'er and promised to care for his wife and daughter.
• Lu Cheng spent the following years teaching Gu Yue and Na'er and playing with Qian Renxue, while the beast tides grew calmer and Gu Yue could not explain the Soul Beasts’ hostility.
• Lu Cheng overheard Gu Yue and Di Tian discussing the Soul Beast Clan’s plan to trap humanity and later learned that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had targeted him because he seemed like an enemy.
• Lu Cheng suspected that an unseen force was influencing the Soul Beasts’ instincts and aggression toward humans.
• At Qian Renxue’s sixth-birthday banquet, she ran to Lu Cheng and threw herself into his arms, and he picked her up and spun her around.

Lu Cheng protected Qian Renxue from Bibi Dong and raised her with Gu Yue and Na'er, then confronted the Asura God’s role in the Dragon God’s madness and the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts. After Na'er merged with Gu Yue to form Gu Yuena and stop her attack, Lu Cheng survived his heart being pierced and fell into a deep sleep beneath the Lake of Life.

• Lu Cheng promised Qian Renxue he would speak to Bibi Dong about her confinement and rejected Bibi Dong’s demand that the child behave more formally.
• Lu Cheng discovered Bibi Dong had abused Qian Renxue, confronted her, and took the girl to live with Gu Yue and Na'er, where she grew stronger with an Immortal Herb.
• Lu Cheng sensed a strange fluctuation in Slaughter City and went there with Gu Yue and Na'er, but Gu Yue stabbed him through the heart under the Asura God’s influence.
• The Asura God revealed that he had helped drive the Dragon God mad and had engineered the conflict between Soul Beasts and humans, including the ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods.
• Na'er merged with Gu Yue to create Gu Yuena, who stopped the Asura God from killing Lu Cheng and drove him away.
• Lu Cheng’s Golden Dragon King Martial Soul kept him alive, so Gu Yuena carried him beneath the Lake of Life to recover, where he fell into a deep sleep.

Ten years after his disappearance, Lu Cheng recovered from his injuries and prepared to return to the continent with Gu Yuena, still wondering how Qian Renxue had fared. In Heaven Dou City, Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Academy, while Ning Fengzhi spoke of Lu Cheng’s legendary power to Xue Qinghe, stirring Qian Renxue’s memories.

• Lu Cheng awoke in a lake after ten years, recovered his strength, and prepared to leave with Gu Yuena.
• Lu Cheng thought about Qian Renxue and worried that Bibi Dong might still have sent her to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Beng attacked the newcomers at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but they drove him off as Flender and Qin Ming discussed the academy’s decline.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that he hoped Lu Cheng would someday teach Ning Rongrong and recounted Lu Cheng’s feats against the Star Dou Great Forest’s beasts.
• Qian Renxue fell silent as Ning Fengzhi’s stories brought back memories of Lu Cheng.

Qian Renxue reflected on her missing godfather and the years she had spent searching for him while living undercover as Xue Qinghe. After rejecting Bibi Dong’s pressure to follow Spirit Hall’s plan without question, she declared that she would return only to inherit the position of hall master and said she would contact Bibi Dong if a chance to poison Xue Ye arose.

• Qian Renxue recalled her childhood with her godfather, his disappearance ten years earlier, and her secret search for him.
• Ning Fengzhi speculated that Lu Cheng might have vanished because of a god and said he wanted Rongrong to become his disciple.
• Qian Renxue offered to ask the dean of Heaven Dou Royal Academy about Lu Cheng, and Ning Fengzhi accepted her offer.
• A black-robed messenger delivered Bibi Dong’s warning that the plan to unite the continent would soon begin and must not fail.
• Qian Renxue told the messenger that she would return to Spirit Hall only to inherit the position of hall master, and Porcupinefish Douluo subdued him when he reacted in shock.
• Qian Renxue ordered the messenger to tell Bibi Dong not to visit her and said she would contact her if an opportunity to poison Xue Ye arose.

Qian Renxue resolved to claim the papacy, while Lu Cheng and Gu Yuena returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Shrek Academy negotiated to join its tournament team. Dugu Bo intervened on the academy’s behalf, leaving the negotiations at an impasse.

• Qian Renxue told Porcupinefish Douluo that she intended to take the Pope’s position and privately longed for her godfather, whom she believed might still be alive.
• Lu Cheng and Gu Yuena returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Lu Cheng remarked that Xue Ye was near death and Xue Qinghe was worth cultivating.
• Meng Shenji agreed to Shrek Academy’s terms, but a prince and Dugu Bo arrived to oppose Shrek joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team.
• Dugu Bo said he had come to repay a favor and insisted Dugu Yan and the others could still win the championship.
• Flender stopped Dai Mubai and the other Shrek members from confronting Dugu Bo, whose strength and reputation made him a dangerous opponent.

Lu Cheng returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy after ten years, shocking Meng Shenji and the others with his presence and power. When Dai Mubai mocked his claim to be unkillable, Flender tried to apologize on his behalf, while Ning Rongrong recognized Lu Cheng as Dragon Emperor Douluo and stepped away.

• Meng Shenji prepared to leave, then froze when he saw Lu Cheng and recognized the academy's long-missing honored elder.
• Lu Cheng greeted Meng Shenji and said no one in the world could kill him, leaving Prince Xue too intimidated to speak.
• Dai Mubai joked about Lu Cheng's boast, and Lu Cheng turned his attention toward him.
• Flender apologized to Lu Cheng for Dai Mubai's remark and addressed him as Your Eminence Dragon Emperor.
• Tang San wondered at Lu Cheng's exalted title, while Ning Rongrong recognized him as Dragon Emperor Douluo and stepped back.

Lu Cheng crushed Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek teachers with his overwhelming pressure and drove Shrek Academy from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After the others left, Ning Rongrong stayed behind to greet Lu Cheng and explain how she had ended up with Shrek.

• Lu Cheng mocked Flender for asking him to show respect, then forced Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and the other teachers to their knees with his pressure.
• Lu Cheng singled out Yu Xiaogang and increased the pressure on Flender when he protested.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Lu Cheng's power and decided she did not want to leave with Shrek bearing its reputation.
• Lu Cheng ordered the Shrek group to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender led the battered teachers and students away.
• Ning Rongrong stayed behind, greeted Lu Cheng, and said she had joined Shrek after running away from home.

Lu Cheng offered Ning Rongrong a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after hearing how badly Shrek Academy had treated her, while Dugu Bo welcomed his old friend’s return. Lu Cheng met Dugu Yan and asked whether she was involved with Yu Tianheng.

• Lu Cheng heard Ning Rongrong describe Dai Mubai’s threat and her reasons for staying at Shrek, and he offered her the option of transferring to Heaven Dou Royal Academy through Meng Shenji.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Lu Cheng and Dugu Bo, then left to catch up with the Shrek group and write to her father.
• Dugu Bo invited Lu Cheng to drink and introduced him to his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, whom Lu Cheng praised as a nineteen-year-old Soul King.
• Lu Cheng asked whether Dugu Yan’s partner was Yu Tianheng, and she denied it, saying she had only heard of him and fought him at Thunder Academy.

After Lu Cheng and Dugu Bo left to drink, Flender warned the Shrek Seven Devils that Lu Cheng was the continent’s unmatched strongest, while Dai Mubai blamed Ning Rongrong for showing him respect. Dai tried to attack her, but Tang San restrained him as the team’s tournament plans hung in the balance.

• Lu Cheng said he was relieved Yu Tianheng was not on the team, then left with Dugu Bo to drink.
• Flender slapped Dai Mubai for provoking Lu Cheng and explained that even Spirit Hall’s strongest could not match him.
• Tang San said the young Shrek team might surpass Lu Cheng one day, while Flender worried that Ning Rongrong had not returned.
• Ning Rongrong caught up and explained that she had greeted Lu Cheng because of his ties to her father and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Mubai insulted Ning Rongrong for showing Lu Cheng respect, and she blamed him for Yu Xiaogang’s injuries and called him a coward.
• Dai Mubai tried to kill Ning Rongrong, but Tang San restrained him with Blue Silver Entanglement.

Ning Rongrong confronted Dai Mubai and Flender over the old threat against her, then refused to forgive them or remain with Shrek. She invited Zhu Zhuqing to leave with her for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.

• Ning Rongrong reminded Dai Mubai that he had once grabbed her by the throat and said her sect's people were on their way.
• Dai Mubai insulted Ning Rongrong, so Flender slapped him and tried to persuade her to forgive him.
• Ning Rongrong accused Flender of shielding Dai Mubai and said she had already summoned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong criticized Flender and Grandmaster, rejecting Flender's claim that she owed loyalty to Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to leave with her, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.

Sword Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy and rescued Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, punishing Dai Mubai and Flender for their treatment of Rongrong. He took the two girls to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Zhu Zhuqing hoped to start over.

• Dai Mubai tried to stop Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong from leaving, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected him and said their engagement was over.
• Flender prepared to flee with Yu Xiaogang rather than confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin arrived and pinned Flender down, then crippled Dai Mubai's cultivation after hearing how he had threatened Ning Rongrong.
• At Ning Rongrong's request, Chen Xin spared Flender's life but severed his right arm.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left with Chen Xin for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she was welcome.