Chapter Summaries

Lu Cheng and Electrolux removed Tang San’s divine sense imprint from Wang Dong’er, freeing her from the forbidden curse and severing the Clear Sky Sect’s ability to track her. Wang Dong’er decided to reveal that she was a girl, while Tang San discovered that his imprint had vanished.

• Lu Cheng defeated the Thousand Spirit Team alone, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Lu Cheng took Wang Dong’er to a hotel room, where she agreed to remove the forbidden curse despite the risk of breaking with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Electrolux entered Wang Dong’er’s Sea of Consciousness, subdued Tang San’s divine sense imprint, and sealed it away in a separate space.
• Wang Dong’er rejected Tang San’s claim that he was her father, then decided to tell everyone she was a girl and kissed Lu Cheng before leaving.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sensed that the forbidden curse had briefly fluctuated, but Da Ming dismissed their concern.
• Tang San realized he had lost contact with his divine sense imprint and cried out, “Where the hell is my divine sense imprint?!!”

Tang San lost his divine imprint in the lower realm and was forced to stop searching for Wang Dong'er while Destruction watched him. Meanwhile, Lu Cheng inherited Electrolux's Undead Plane and began developing Ice Explosion tactics, as Shrek Academy advanced to the round of sixteen and prepared for its next match.

• Tang San discovered that his divine imprint had vanished and Destruction severed his connection to the Douluo Plane, then warned that he would keep watching him.
• After Destruction left, Tang San realized he had lost track of Wang Dong'er and resolved to have Da Ming and Er Ming clean up the situation, blaming Lu Cheng.
• Shrek Academy's opponents continued conceding after Lu Cheng's victory over the Thousand Spirit Team, while Yan Shaozhe arrived and revealed that Xuan Zi had been confined for three years.
• Electrolux passed Lu Cheng authority over the Undead Plane, where Lu Cheng tested Ice Explosion on undead and considered turning them into mobile explosive weapons.
• Shrek Academy entered the round of sixteen, and Wang Yan and Yan Shaozhe refused Ma Xiaotao's request to compete, choosing Lu Cheng to face Dou Ling Academy instead.

Lu Cheng confronted Yan Shaozhe over Shrek's attempt to blame the reserve disciples for the Ming Dou Mountain Range incident, forcing the dean to admit they were not at fault. He then agreed to face the powerful Dou Ling Team, while Bei Bei reluctantly followed him onto the arena.

• Xu Jiujiu visited Shrek's rest area, exchanged pleasantries with Lu Cheng, and wished Shrek victory in the semifinals.
• Before Shrek's match against the Dou Ling Team, Yan Shaozhe tried to motivate Lu Cheng by promising rewards and absolution for the Ming Dou Mountain Range incident.
• Lu Cheng publicly challenged Yan Shaozhe's attempt to blame the reserve disciples, and Yan Shaozhe conceded that the incident was not their fault.
• Bei Bei volunteered to join Lu Cheng, but Lu Cheng warned that Bei Bei could die if he fought the five Soul Kings; Yan Shaozhe still insisted he take part.
• Lu Cheng and an unsteady Bei Bei headed onto the arena as the Dou Ling Team waited for them.

Lu Cheng faced the Dou Ling Team alone, letting them beat Bei Bei while he fought their captain and held back his full power. He revealed a terrifying bond with the Snow Empress, forced the team to surrender, and won the match, leaving Yan Shaozhe wary of his strength and independence.

• Lone Bamboo Sword ordered the Dou Ling Team to target Bei Bei while Lu Cheng engaged the Soul Kings alone.
• Han Ling'er and Qian Yuan beat Bei Bei until Qian Yuan threw him off the stage, while Lu Cheng ignored Yan Shaozhe's pleas for help.
• Xiao Feng's mental attack backfired, and the Dou Ling Team assembled a Level 7 Thunder Giant Cannon behind their defenses.
• Lu Cheng summoned the Snow Empress and formed the Emperor Sword, then split the cannon's lightning beam with a devastating slash.
• Lone Bamboo Sword surrendered, and Dai Hao stopped Lu Cheng's Sword Qi before declaring him the winner.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed Lu Cheng for Bei Bei's injuries and resolved to report his concealed strength and distrust to Mu En.

Lu Cheng exposed Yan Shaozhe’s role in Cheng Gang’s midnight attempt to seize him, then forced the Star Luo Empire to apologize and offer compensation. The next day, rival academies tried to recruit him while Yan Shaozhe watched in anger.

• Lu Cheng told Jiang Nannan that he would withdraw before the finals, then sensed a Titled Douluo approaching his hotel room.
• Cheng Gang confronted Lu Cheng, accused him of being a transformed Soul Beast, and admitted that Yan Shaozhe had arranged the visit.
• Lu Cheng’s illusion exposed Cheng Gang outside the hotel before the Star Luo Emperor, Yan Shaozhe, and watching teams, and Cheng Gang’s accusation provoked the Star Luo court.
• Zhang Lexuan threatened the Star Luo delegation, and Xu Jiawei apologized and offered Lu Cheng a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, which Lu Cheng accepted.
• The next day, teachers from numerous academies slipped Lu Cheng recruitment offers while Yan Shaozhe watched furiously.

Xu Jiujiu and Vina tried to recruit Lu Cheng away from Shrek Academy, while Yan Shaozhe threatened him and Zhang Lexuan defended him. Lu Cheng showed interest in the Body Sect, leaving Yan Shaozhe increasingly afraid he could no longer keep him at Shrek.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Lu Cheng to consider joining the Star Luo Empire, and Lu Cheng said he would think about the offer.
• Yan Shaozhe threatened to hunt Lu Cheng down if he defected, but Lu Cheng said the threats made him more eager to leave.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to stop Lu Cheng from competing, and Zhang Lexuan intervened, claiming Lu Cheng was hers and challenging Yan Shaozhe's authority.
• Vina encouraged Lu Cheng to consider the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Body Sect, then secretly gave him a contact in Heaven Dou City.
• Lu Cheng said the Body Sect's strength and protectiveness appealed to him, while Yan Shaozhe warned him against joining and feared losing him to another faction.

Du Busi crippled Cheng Gang for attacking Lu Cheng, then Shrek Academy advanced through the quarterfinals and semifinals. The chapter ends as Shrek and Sun Moon prepare to meet in the grand final.

• Xu Jiawei asked where Cheng Gang was and learned that Cheng Douluo had gone into seclusion.
• Du Busi summoned Cheng Gang, crippled all four of his limbs, shattered his Soul Bones, and warned him to stay away from Lu Cheng.
• Shrek Academy faced the Heavenly Soul Team in the quarterfinals, where Ma Xiaotao unleashed her full power and helped secure victory.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Di'ao Team in the semifinals after focusing attacks on its captain, Jiang Peng.
• The grand final arrived, with Shrek and Sun Moon set to face each other before a packed arena.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire prepared for the tournament final, with both teams aware of the formidable opponents before them. As the match was about to begin, Lu Cheng watched Yan Shaozhe celebrate prematurely and anticipated that the real show was starting.

• Ma Rulong admitted his concern about facing Ma Xiaotao and Lu Cheng, while Xiao Hongchen looked forward to testing himself against Lu Cheng.
• Elder Ma urged the Sun Moon Empire team to stay safe, while Yan Shaozhe demanded that Shrek win the championship and imagined claiming credit for the victory.
• Yan Shaozhe selected Ma Xiaotao, Lu Cheng, Gongyang Mo, Ling Luochеn, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian for Shrek’s final lineup.
• Xiao Hongchen’s sister became infatuated with Lu Cheng after he smiled at her, and Ma Rulong asked Ma Xiaotao to show him Shrek Academy’s strength.
• Referee Huang Jinxu recalled that a Body Sect expert had crippled Cheng Gang and wondered how Lu Cheng was connected to the sect and Shrek’s feud with it.
• As the teams took their places, Lu Cheng glanced at Yan Shaozhe and Wang Yan and thought that the show was about to begin.

Lu Cheng revealed the power of his Three-Legged Golden Crow and overwhelmed the Sun Moon Empire Team, then declared that Shrek Academy was surrendering the entire competition. Yan Shaozhe and Wang Yan rejected his decision and demanded the match continue, leaving the finals in dispute.

• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen led the Sun Moon Empire Team in a barrage against Lu Cheng, but he protected Shrek with an enormous ice wall.
• Lu Cheng summoned the Three-Legged Golden Crow and unleashed flames that cracked the arena’s defensive barrier and shattered the opposing team’s Invincible Shields.
• Before the Sun Moon Empire Team could be defeated, Lu Cheng stopped his attack and announced that Shrek Academy was surrendering the team battle and the entire finals.
• Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon Empire Team accused Lu Cheng of humiliating them, while Huang Jinxu sought confirmation of the surrender.
• Yan Shaozhe denied that Shrek had surrendered, and Wang Yan and other Shrek contestants demanded a rematch without Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng exposed Shrek Academy’s disastrous record of sending inner court disciples on dangerous missions, accusing Xuan Zi of abandoning students and allowing them to die. The revelations turned the tournament crowd against Shrek, while Yan Shaozhe failed to silence him.

• Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei chose not to interfere as Lu Cheng challenged Shrek, while Ma Rulong and Elder Ma considered recruiting him for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe demanded a rematch, but Huang Jinxu told Lu Cheng to explain why he had proposed surrendering.
• Lu Cheng revealed that an Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosion had severely wounded four Shrek main-team members and injured three more during their expedition.
• Lu Cheng accused Xuan Zi and Shrek’s elders of sending young disciples on dangerous missions, and cited Xuan Zi’s admission that the inner court’s casualty rate was fifty percent.
• Lu Cheng recounted how Xuan Zi abandoned more than a dozen inner court disciples in the Star Dou Great Forest, where a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast killed all but four.
• Yan Shaozhe shouted at Lu Cheng to stop, but the gathered factions reacted with outrage as they realized Shrek had squandered their family’s elite disciples.

Lu Cheng exposed Shrek Academy’s treatment of its disciples, prompting Yan Shaozhe to attack him before the Body Sect intervened. Du Busi welcomed Lu Cheng as the sect’s future Holy Son, while Zhang Lexuan openly sided with the Body Sect and confronted Yan Shaozhe over Mu En’s slaughter of her family.

• Xu Jiawei and other faction leaders grew furious after learning that Xuan Zi’s actions had caused the deaths of their disciples and Xu Jiawei’s sister.
• Lu Cheng accused Shrek Academy of treating its disciples as expendable and holding reserve members responsible for failures caused by its leaders.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked Lu Cheng, but Du Busi and the Body Sect arrived and crushed Yan Shaozhe’s Bright Phoenix phantom.
• Du Busi welcomed Lu Cheng as the Body Sect’s future Holy Son, and Lu Cheng accepted their protection.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to persuade Zhang Lexuan to return to Shrek, but she accused Mu En of slaughtering her family and made clear she had chosen the Body Sect.

Zhang Lexuan confronted Yan Shaozhe with evidence that Mu En and Shrek Academy had ties to the massacre of her clan, while Lu Cheng and the Body Sect backed her. Yan Shaozhe called for a rematch, but nearly the entire Shrek team left with Lu Cheng, leaving Gongyang Mo as its only member.

• Zhang Lexuan told Yan Shaozhe that she had investigated her clan’s massacre and showed him Holy Spirit Cult tokens, declaring that she would take revenge on Mu En and Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi punched Yan Shaozhe after he showed killing intent, then challenged him to start a war with the Body Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe demanded a rematch and ordered Wang Dong to replace Lu Cheng, but Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and the other reserve team members left Shrek Academy for Lu Cheng’s side.
• Wang Dong accused Shrek Academy of letting Zhou Yi ruin Xiao Xiao’s Twin Martial Souls, prompting the faction representatives to reconsider sending talented disciples to Shrek.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochе also left the team, and Yan Shaozhe collapsed after realizing that only Gongyang Mo remained.
• Wang Yan asked Gongyang Mo to fight Sun Moon Empire Team, and Gongyang Mo pointed out that he was alone against the recovered opposing team.

After Shrek Academy forfeited the tournament final, Lu Cheng’s actions made him famous while Shrek’s abuses and secrets triggered a collapse in its reputation. Mu En confronted the Sea God Pavilion Elders with the academy’s shrinking enrollment and ordered them to recruit new students, leaving Shrek struggling to prevent its decline.

• Huang Jinxu declared the Sun Moon Empire Team the champion after Yan Shaozhe failed to request a rematch, while the arena cheered for Lu Cheng.
• Yan Shaozhe took Wang Yan and Gongyang Mo back to Shrek Academy, and Lu Cheng’s reputation spread as reports of Shrek’s abuses and the Zhang Lexuan case circulated across the continent.
• Mu En gathered the Sea God Pavilion Elders, including the imprisoned Xuan Zi, and accepted responsibility for failing to investigate the departing students.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that more than four hundred Outer Court students had withdrawn in three months and that the incoming class was Shrek’s weakest ever.
• Mu En explained that Shrek depended on students from the three empires and warned that its reputation crisis could destroy that source of talent.
• When several elders resisted visiting other organizations to recruit students, Mu En threatened to expel anyone who refused, and they reluctantly agreed.

Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that a deity had contacted him through the Golden Ancient Tree and would send Tang Wutong to study at Shrek and represent it in the next Continental Soul Master Academy Tournament. Tang Wutong arrived at Shrek, while Da Ming and Er Ming planned to delay her order to find the Body Sect.

• Mu En said Yan Shaozhe had lost the chance to counter Zhang Lexuan’s accusations and warned that Shrek had to take the boy’s threat seriously.
• Mu En revealed that a deity had contacted him through the Golden Ancient Tree, might extend his lifespan, and would send Tang Wutong to Shrek as a divine child.
• Yan Shaozhe rejoiced at the news, believing the divine child could help Shrek overcome its troubles.
• Tang Wutong presented her classified admission documents to Du Weilun and entered Shrek under the escort of Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Tang Wutong ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to find the impostor and help complete her soul, but Da Ming decided they would pretend they could not locate the Body Sect.

After reaching Soul Emperor, Lu Cheng joined the Body Sect’s leaders to discuss whether they should attack Shrek Academy over Zhang Lexuan’s family’s destruction. He persuaded them to wait until they had enough strength to face the Limit Douluo supporting Shrek, while Shrek’s efforts to win back other sects had largely failed.

• Lu Cheng broke through to level sixty and considered what Soul Ring to choose next.
• Wei Ling'er carried Lu Cheng to a gathering where Du Busi and the Body Sect elders discussed avenging Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan teased Lu Cheng privately while the elders named him the Body Sect’s future Holy Son and designated next sect master.
• Lu Cheng explained that Long Xiaoyao had supported the Evil Soul Masters who destroyed Zhang Lexuan’s family and warned that Shrek had powerful Limit Douluo allies.
• Du Busi reported that Shrek’s elders had failed to persuade other sects to support the academy, and Lu Cheng decided the Body Sect needed more top-level combat power before attacking.

Lu Cheng took Du Busi and the Body Sect elders to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where immortal herbs strengthened them and helped Du Busi become a Limit Douluo. After distributing more herbs to his allies, Lu Cheng prepared to begin his second simulation at the Body Sect.

• Lu Cheng revealed that an immortal herb had awakened his Blood Pupils and promised Du Busi a way to reach Limit Douluo.
• Lu Cheng led Du Busi and six elders to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Youyou let them choose immortal herbs.
• The six elders absorbed their herbs, advanced their Body Awakenings to gold rank, and increased their Soul Power.
• Du Busi absorbed an immortal herb, evolved his Martial Soul, and reached Limit Douluo before offering Lu Cheng the sect leadership.
• Lu Cheng returned to the Body Sect and gave immortal herbs to members of the Shrek Team and Ning Tian.
• Lu Cheng activated the Simulation Device for his second simulation.

Lu Cheng began his second simulation in the Sun Moon Empire, where his twin Martial Souls and Soul Tool talent made him Kong Deming’s disciple and Jing Hongchen’s junior brother. At Jing Hongchen’s twins’ hundred-day banquet, Meng Hongchen took an immediate liking to him, while Lu Cheng rejected the idea of being matched with the emperor’s seventh princess.

• Lu Cheng allocated his attributes and began a simulation in which he was born near Mingdu and awakened Blood Pupils and Seraphim at six.
• Lu Cheng excelled at the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, joined Kong Deming as his final disciple, and met his senior brother Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen invited Lu Cheng to the hundred-day banquet for his grandchildren, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and introduced him to the empire’s powerful guests.
• Meng Hongchen reached for Lu Cheng and settled quietly in his arms, prompting Jing Hongchen to laugh at her apparent fondness for him.
• Jing Hongchen suggested Lu Cheng marry the seventh princess, but Lu Cheng refused, and Jing Hongchen agreed to turn down the match.

Lu Cheng rose to become Illustrious Virtue Hall’s deputy hall master while refusing the Holy Spirit Cult’s advances and staying out of the imperial succession struggle. When the prince launched a coup, Lu Cheng discovered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had been taken away from Mingdu and flew after them.

• Zhongli Wu tried to recruit Lu Cheng as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son, but Jing Hongchen intervened and drove him off.
• Lu Cheng advanced to Titled Douluo, became a Level 9 Soul Engineer, and later rose to deputy hall master of Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Lu Cheng gave Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen defensive Soul Tools and continued researching a Level 10 Life-Bound Soul Tool.
• During the prince’s coup, Jing Hongchen warned Lu Cheng to stay inside Illustrious Virtue Hall and avoid the fighting.
• Lu Cheng sensed Xiao Hongchen’s and Meng Hongchen’s Soul Tools moving away from Mingdu, realized they were in danger, and flew out to pursue them.

Lu Cheng was blamed for the emperor’s murder and execution, while Zhongli Wu forced him into the Holy Spirit Cult after killing Xu He. Lu Cheng accepted the cult’s offer with a hidden plan, then was “rescued” from his execution and branded an Evil Soul Master.

• Lu Cheng forced his way out of Mingdu, where the new emperor and Zhongli Wu suspected him of helping Prince Xu He escape.
• Lu Cheng found Xu He outside the city, but Zhongli Wu arrived with Xu Jiangliu and killed the boy before Lu Cheng could act.
• Zhongli Wu offered Lu Cheng a place in the Holy Spirit Cult, and Lu Cheng accepted while warning him not to regret it.
• Lu Cheng returned to prison, reassured Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and learned that Kong Deming had refused to intervene.
• Guards took Lu Cheng to his execution, but Zhongli Wu’s men staged a rescue and declared him an Evil Soul Master.

Lu Cheng was promoted to Fifth Worship of the Holy Spirit Cult and joined Wu Yun in rescuing the Zhongli brothers from Star Luo Empire forces. After displaying his overwhelming strength, he forced the Star Luo worships to let the group leave.

• Lu Cheng recalled how he had risen through the Holy Spirit Cult and been named Fifth Worship after nearly killing Zhang Lin.
• Lu Cheng and Wu Yun crossed into the Star Luo Empire, where Lu Cheng brushed aside White Tiger Guards; Dai Hao learned his identity and ordered the army to remain vigilant.
• In Asike Province, Zhongli Di, Zhongli Tian, and their companion were cornered by Xuanji Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo.
• Lu Cheng stopped Giant Hammer Douluo's strike, identified himself and Wu Yun as Holy Spirit Cult worships, and sent the hammer wielder crashing away.
• Xuanji Douluo agreed to let the group leave, while Wu Yun struck Zhongli Di for speaking as though he could command them.