Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai recognized that the Soul Power Extreme Compression Secret Method was the most valuable reward because it could prepare him to condense a Soul Core. After binding the Sugar Bean Jar and learning both new skills, he reviewed his strengthened status and remained confident that ordinary Soul Masters at his level could not match him.

• Dai Mubai judged the Soul Power Extreme Compression Secret Method more valuable than the Sugar Bean Jar because it could help him prepare to form a Soul Core.
• Dai Mubai planned to begin compressing his Soul Power and attempt to condense his first Soul Core after reaching the Seven-Ring Soul Saint realm.
• Dai Mubai bound the Sugar Bean Jar to himself, placed a Soul Imprint on it, and learned Cooking Mastery and the Soul Power Extreme Compression Secret Method.
• Dai Mubai checked his information panel and saw his expanded skills, talents, Soul Skills, and items.
• Dai Mubai nodded with satisfaction and concluded that ordinary Soul Masters at his level were no match for him.

Dai Mubai reflected on his rapid growth in Soul Power and spiritual power, and considered whether he could eventually condense a Soul Core from spiritual power alone. At dinner, he began explaining the abilities of his first two Soul Rings to Qin Ming and the other teachers.

• Dai Mubai noted that his Soul Power had risen to level 38 and his spiritual power to level 60, and wondered if he could form a Soul Core from spiritual power.
• Dai Mubai stayed in his dormitory to cultivate Soul Power, explaining to himself that it strengthened his body and control even when he did not need to raise his level quickly.
• Shao Xin prepared a welcoming feast for Liu Erlong and Qin Ming, while Dai Mubai became the focus of the gathering.
• Qin Ming asked Dai Mubai to describe the skills of his first three Soul Rings so the teachers could plan his instruction.
• Dai Mubai listed his first Soul Ring's two skills and the additional abilities he had developed from its wind-element talents, then named the five skills associated with his Second Soul Ring, surprising everyone at the table.

Dai Mubai revealed the power of his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Body, and the Soul Bone Skill he had gained from the Diamond Tiger. Flender approved of Dai Mubai keeping the Soul Bone secret from outsiders, relieved that his gifted student was being cautious.

• Dai Mubai explained that his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Body, enhanced all attributes by 50% per stack, up to five stacks, and granted super armor.
• Liu Erlong recalled that Dai Mubai had used three stacks of White Tiger Vajra Body to overpower her in their sparring match.
• Liu Erlong asked about Dai Mubai's self-healing, and Dai Mubai revealed it came from his Diamond Tiger Soul Bone and was called Diamond Healing and Regeneration.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji were shocked to learn that Dai Mubai had obtained a Soul Bone during the hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai explained that he had kept the Soul Bone private because it was precious and he trusted the people present; Flender said the caution was wise and felt relieved.

Dai Mubai’s declaration of trust raised the Shrek Academy members’ favorability toward him, and Qin Ming marveled at the many Soul Skills Dai Mubai had revealed. Dai Mubai concealed several of his abilities while presenting himself as modest and clearheaded, leaving the academy’s teachers reassured and Oscar and Ma Hongjun even more devoted to him.

• Dai Mubai’s words about trusting his own people increased the favorability of Shrek Academy’s teachers and students, with Flender reaching 97%.
• Qin Ming counted eleven Soul Skills Dai Mubai had disclosed and expressed amazement at his abilities and growth.
• Dai Mubai privately considered the additional Soul Skills and External Soul Bones he had kept secret, bringing his actual total to eighteen Soul Skills.
• Dai Mubai modestly described his new abilities as derivatives of existing Soul Skills and said he still had much to learn.
• Flender, Qin Ming, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers appreciated Dai Mubai’s humility and caution, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun admired and trusted him more than ever.

Liu Erlong and Qin Ming pledged Shrek Academy’s full support to Dai Mubai and asked what he needed from his teachers. After dinner, Dai Mubai prepared for the night’s attempt to comprehend the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype, following Lu Qibin’s mastery of its precursor formation.

• Liu Erlong and Qin Ming promised to support Dai Mubai’s instruction and his bid for the Star Luo throne.
• Dai Mubai asked the teachers to guide his and his classmates’ training, pursue cultivation resources, and strengthen themselves so they could help him.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun felt moved by Dai Mubai’s praise, the teachers were encouraged by his confidence in their potential, and Li Yusong grew discouraged about his limits.
• Dai Mubai noticed Li Yusong’s despair and resolved to use Staff Enhancement to improve his talent.
• Lu Qibin reported that he had mastered the Star Spirit-Gathering Chess Formation and intended to use it to advance his domain comprehension.
• Dai Mubai returned to his dormitory after dinner to prepare himself for the night’s attempt to comprehend the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype.

Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin prepared to comprehend the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype, asking Flender and Liu Erlong to guard them as they flew above the clouds. After noticing Flender and Liu Erlong's lingering feelings for each other, Dai Mubai resolved to bring them together before beginning the attempt with Lu Qibin.

• Dai Mubai prepared carefully because he had only a 90% chance to comprehend the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype.
• Lu Qibin arrived, and Dai Mubai asked Flender and Liu Erlong to guard them while they attempted to comprehend a domain.
• Flender and Liu Erlong were shocked by the plan but agreed, and the four flew above the sea of clouds.
• Liu Erlong admired the view while Flender watched her, and Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin noticed their mutual feelings.
• Dai Mubai resolved to bring Liu Erlong and Flender together, then told Lu Qibin to begin their attempt.

Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin used the Star Spirit-Gathering Chess Formation, the Starlight Treasure Bottle, Star Dew, and the Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method to prepare to comprehend the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype. As the prototype’s knowledge entered their spiritual seas, Lu Qibin found it exceptionally easy to understand, while Dai Mubai also had considerable compatibility with it.

• Lu Qibin summoned his Star Luo Chess Martial Soul and used his sixth Soul Skill, Chessboard Domain, to create the Star Spirit-Gathering Chess Formation.
• Liu Erlong and Flender concealed themselves behind a cloud and guarded Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin against approaching Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Dai Mubai used the Starlight Treasure Bottle to gather more starlight and gave Lu Qibin one of the two drops of Star Dew.
• Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin circulated the Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method until their minds settled and they were ready to comprehend the domain prototype.
• Dai Mubai used the Heaven Rewards Diligence Token and released the orb containing the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype.
• Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin drew the prototype’s knowledge into their spiritual seas and began analyzing it; Lu Qibin found it easy to comprehend, and Dai Mubai had considerable compatibility with it.

Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin comprehended the Star Luo Chess Formation domain prototype, then began independently refining it to suit their Martial Souls. Drawing on the White Tiger’s connection to the Seven Western Lunar Mansions, Dai Mubai shaped his domain around the stars and began gathering seven distinct rays of starlight.

• Dai Mubai used the Heaven Rewards Diligence Token and other aids to master Star Luo Chess Formation before Lu Qibin.
• Dai Mubai continued deducing the domain, while Lu Qibin also mastered it and began refining it along a different path.
• Dai Mubai decided to reduce the chess-based aspects and emphasize the stars’ power to strengthen himself and weaken his enemies.
• Dai Mubai drew inspiration from the White Tiger and the Seven Western Lunar Mansions as he developed his version of the domain.
• Dai Mubai gathered starlight through Chessboard Domain, the Starlight Treasure Bottle, and the Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method, separating it into seven colored rays.

Dai Mubai mastered the Star Luo Chess Formation and perfected it into the Star Luo Empire Domain, using the Seven Western Lunar Mansions as its core. The chapter ended with an explanation of the domain’s stellar boosts and suppression, alongside examples of other domains’ powers.

• Dai Mubai aligned the Seven Western Lunar Mansions around his White Tiger Martial Soul and formed the Star Luo Empire Domain.
• He unleashed the domain, which strengthened him with stellar power while weighing down enemies, slowing their movements, and disrupting their Soul Skills.
• Dai Mubai discovered that the blue-purple light between him and Lu Qibin had vanished, confirming that he had learned the Star Luo Chess Formation and completed his domain.
• Dai Mubai’s domain granted a ten percent boost from each of its seven principal mansions, for a combined seventy percent increase.
• The chapter compared the Star Luo Empire Domain with other domains, including the Tiger Soul Domain, Blue Silver Domain, Sea God Domain, Two-Level Static Domain, Misty Domain, and Slaughter Domain.

After comprehending the Star Luo Empire Domain, Dai Mubai tested its power and used it while cultivating, greatly increasing his Soul Power and spiritual cultivation and speeding up the Starlight Treasure Bottle’s production of Star Dew. Four gods in a palace in the Douluo God Realm watched him cultivate on Douluo Star with amazement and admiration.

• Dai Mubai comprehended the Star Luo Empire Domain, which boosted his combat power and weakened enemies through the force of the stars.
• Seeing Lu Qibin still immersed in comprehension, Dai Mubai moved away and deployed the domain without disturbing him.
• Dai Mubai cultivated with the White Tiger Meditation Method and Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method, benefiting from the Star Luo Empire Domain, the Star Spirit-Gathering Chess Formation, and the Heaven Rewards Diligence Token.
• The Starlight Treasure Bottle’s time to condense a drop of Star Dew fell from a month to five days with the combined boosts.
• Four gods in a blue-violet palace watched Dai Mubai cultivating above the sea of clouds and looked on with amazement and admiration.

Goodness and Evil explained to the God of Stars and the Chess God why they had chosen Dai Mubai as their successor but had not yet given him a God's Test. They planned to use the Chess God's assessment to test and temper Dai Mubai discreetly, then pass their godhoods to him directly once he was ready, but Goodness hinted at another reason for the delay.

• The God of Stars praised Dai Mubai's extraordinary talent and accepted that Goodness and Evil had already chosen him as their successor.
• Goodness explained that directly testing Dai Mubai would attract attention because she and Evil had no inheritance site on Douluo Star and held prominent positions in the Divine Realm.
• Goodness said they planned to use the Chess God's test for Dai Mubai's Titled Douluo guardian to assess Dai Mubai indirectly.
• Evil explained that Dai Mubai needed time to develop, and that ruling the Star Luo Empire and reaching the Titled Douluo realm would help prepare him to inherit their godhoods.
• Goodness said they would waive the God's Test and pass their godhoods directly to Dai Mubai once he was ready, then hinted that another reason had kept them from testing him sooner.

Goodness and Evil planned to help Dai Mubai qualify to inherit both of their God King godhoods, beginning by arranging a God's Test for his protector, Lu Qibin. The Chess God bestowed the test and prepared to pass his godhood to Lu Qibin in exchange for inheriting the God of Stars godhood, while the God of Wrath noticed the divine event.

• Goodness explained that Dai Mubai could not yet inherit both her and Evil's godhoods, so they had the Chess God arrange a God's Test for his protector.
• Evil proposed that the Chess God pass his godhood to his descendant Lu Qibin, who wielded the Star Luo Chess Martial Soul, in exchange for the God of Stars godhood.
• The Chess God accepted the arrangement and pledged to cooperate with Goodness, Evil, and Stars.
• The Chess God sent a blue-purple chess piece toward Douluo Star to bestow a God's Test on Lu Qibin.
• The God of Wrath observed the disturbance from the Temple of Wrath and began investigating it.

The God of Wrath dismissed a report about the Chess God’s test as unimportant, while Goodness and Evil’s concealment kept their plan from attracting the attention of the higher gods. They prepared to guide Dai Mubai and gave the Chess God a God-Given Soul Ring as a reward for his successor, Lu Qibin.

• A divine officer reported that the Chess God had bestowed a God's Test on the Titled Douluo Lu Qibin, but the God of Wrath refused to trouble Destruction God King with the news.
• Goodness and Evil’s choice of the low-ranked Chess God kept their plan inconspicuous, and other gods noticed Lu Qibin but overlooked Dai Mubai.
• Goodness and Evil agreed that they could begin guiding Dai Mubai.
• The Chess God asked Goodness and Evil to arrange Lu Qibin’s God's Test and presented them with an inheritance jade token.
• Goodness created a God-Given Soul Ring for Lu Qibin, and the grateful Chess God thanked her and Evil.

A point of divine light entered Lu Qibin and marked him as the Chess God's inheritor, while the appearance of a new divine inheritance stirred concern across the Douluo Continent. Lu Qibin received his first test: help Dai Mubai reach level 40, protect him while he obtains a Soul Ring, and earn a God-Given Soul Ring and 1% godhood affinity.

• A meteor-like point of light entered Lu Qibin's brow, leaving a blue-violet chessboard mark as Dai Mubai, Flender, and Liu Erlong watched in alarm.
• Qian Daoliu sensed a new divine inheritance, then learned from the Angel God that the Chess God was only a Third-Level God.
• Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi also sensed the divine presence and relaxed after learning that the Chess God was granting the inheritance.
• Tang Chen briefly regained consciousness when the Asura Demonic Sword hummed, wondered about the Clear Sky Sect, and was then controlled again by the Nine-Headed Blood-Red Bat King.
• Lu Qibin received the Chess God's first test: raise Dai Mubai's Soul Power to level 40, protect him as he obtains a suitable Soul Ring, and earn a God-Given Soul Ring and 1% affinity with the Chess God Godhood.

After completing the Star Chess Domain, Lu Qibin received an offer to inherit the Chess God’s divine position but asked to consult Dai Mubai first. The Chess God, Lu Xingqi, recognized Lu Qibin’s loyalty and considered Dai Mubai’s extraordinary status before deciding how to respond.

• Lu Qibin completed the Star Chess Domain and heard the Chess God offer him an inheritance.
• Lu Qibin asked Lu Xingqi for permission to discuss the inheritance with Dai Mubai, fearing it could interfere with his duty to protect his lord.
• Lu Qibin believed Dai Mubai’s teachings and resources had brought him this opportunity and remained unwilling to put the inheritance ahead of his loyalty.
• Lu Xingqi was surprised by Lu Qibin’s hesitation but restrained his anger because Lu Qibin was his descendant.
• Lu Xingqi recognized that Dai Mubai was no ordinary member of the Dai Family, since he had been chosen to inherit the powers of the God King of Goodness and the Evil God King.

Lu Qibin reported that he had completed the Star Chess Domain and received an inheritance test from the Chess God, while Lu Xingqi approved of his loyalty to Dai Mubai. Dai Mubai weighed the risks tied to the Dai Family ancestor’s erased records but decided to let Lu Qibin accept the test.

• Lu Xingqi praised Lu Qibin for remaining loyal to Dai Mubai and urged him to discuss the Chess God’s inheritance test with his lord.
• Lu Qibin told Dai Mubai that he had perfected the Star Luo Chess Formation · Domain Prototype into the Star Chess Domain and attracted the Chess God’s attention.
• Dai Mubai recognized the Chess God’s name and recalled secret records that the Dai Family ancestor had erased information about Lu Xingqi and other ministers becoming gods.
• Dai Mubai considered whether the Chess God’s offer could threaten the Dai Family or Star Luo Empire, but decided to let Lu Qibin accept the inheritance test.

Dai Mubai urged Lu Qibin to accept the Chess God’s inheritance, seeing it as a way to strengthen his protection and advance his own plans. Lu Qibin accepted and received a first trial centered on helping Dai Mubai reach rank 40 and obtain a Soul Ring, leaving both men surprised by how easy and unusual the trial seemed.

• Dai Mubai considered the benefits of Lu Qibin becoming a god and privately suspected that Lu Xingqi might have hidden motives, though Lu Xingqi had no ill intentions toward the Dai Family.
• After hearing Lu Qibin’s account, Dai Mubai encouraged him to accept the Chess God’s inheritance test.
• Lu Qibin accepted, and the Chess God’s figure vanished after revealing a first trial requiring Lu Qibin to help Dai Mubai reach rank 40 and protect him while he obtained a suitable Soul Ring.
• Lu Qibin was surprised that his trial revolved around Dai Mubai, and he guessed that the Chess God had designed it to test him indirectly through his service to the prince.
• Dai Mubai was also astonished by the trial’s simplicity, since he was already rank 39 and Lu Qibin could readily protect him during a Soul Beast hunt.

Dai Mubai questioned the strange terms of Lu Qibin’s Chess God inheritance but decided not to worry, trusting Lu Qibin’s loyalty and believing any divine scheme would fail. After they both completed their domains, they stayed in the Chessboard Domain to cultivate.

• Dai Mubai compared Lu Qibin’s assessment with other gods’ trials and questioned why the Chess God had not told him how many tests he would face.
• Lu Qibin confirmed that the Chess God had not specified the number of trials, and Dai Mubai suspected the unusual assessment might conceal a scheme.
• Dai Mubai dismissed his worries because Lu Qibin remained completely loyal to him and the gods could not interfere directly in the affairs of the Douluo Continent.
• Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin completed their domain prototypes, comprehending the Star Luo Empire Domain and the Star Chess Domain respectively.
• Dai Mubai thanked Flender and Liu Erlong for keeping watch, then told them he and Lu Qibin would remain in the Chessboard Domain to cultivate.

Flender confessed his long-hidden love to Liu Erlong while they watched the stars above the sea of clouds. Liu Erlong was shocked and flustered, and Flender ended by asking why she loved Yu Xiaogang instead of him.

• Flender and Liu Erlong left Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin to cultivate in the Chessboard Domain, then stayed nearby to keep watch.
• Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin meditated and cultivated amid the domain’s star-powered boosts.
• Flender noticed Liu Erlong was dressed lightly, but she said she was enjoying the night sky and reflecting on the beauty she had missed.
• Flender led Liu Erlong away from the cultivators and confessed that he had loved her since they first met.
• Liu Erlong was astonished as Flender described their shared background and asked why she chose Yu Xiaogang over him.

Flender confessed that he wanted to be Liu Erlong’s lover, and Liu Erlong discovered that his fierce words stirred unexpected feelings in her. Flender explained that Yu Xiaogang had ignored his repeated invitations to Shrek Academy, leaving him disillusioned with his old friend.

• Flender confronted Liu Erlong about waiting for Yu Xiaogang and told her he wanted to be her lover.
• Liu Erlong felt flustered and realized Flender’s sternness had stirred romantic feelings in her, while Yu Xiaogang’s absence no longer upset her as much as she expected.
• Flender apologized for his outburst and admitted he might not be able to keep his promise that Yu Xiaogang would come to Shrek Academy.
• Flender explained that he had invited Yu Xiaogang three times to help teach Mubai and Hongjun, but Yu Xiaogang had ignored every letter.
• Flender revealed that he had visited Yu Xiaogang and watched him discard all three invitations, deepening Flender’s disappointment in him.