Chapter Summaries

Shrek won the team battle after Jin Suqiu and Chu Qing were eliminated together, while Xu Sanshi endured a beating that his teammates mistook for a display of heroic resolve. With the final moving to the individual elimination round, Chu Qing worried that Qianling would struggle to recover the lead.

• Dai Yueheng entered the match as Shrek’s replacement, and the Star Luo Emperor mistook him for a newly revealed Soul Saint.
• Jin Suqiu grabbed Xu Sanshi and threw him from the field, then used Xuanming Displacement to swap him with Chu Qing.
• Jin Suqiu kissed Chu Qing, and they both fell outside the competition area and were eliminated.
• The Qianling members beat Xu Sanshi while Yan Sisi altered his cries into taunts, and Tang Wutong eventually admitted Shrek’s defeat of the fight.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo awarded the team battle to Shrek, and Chu Qing warned Jin Suqiu that Qianling would now lose.

Chu Qing overwhelmed Shrek's contestants with his Ultimate Ice, then provoked the Self Tiger Duke's sons by exposing the scandal behind the Self Tiger Dagger. Huo Yuhao learned why his mother had waited for the Self Tiger Duke and swore revenge, while a dark figure rushed into the arena before the Dai brothers could act.

• Chu Qing knocked out Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan, then used Xi Xi's evasive tactics to unleash his Eternal Frozen Domain and Ice Explosion Technique.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo rescued Xi Xi from the explosions, and the spectators saw Chu Qing's power destroy the arena and bring snow to Star Luo City.
• Chu Qing insulted Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, then mocked the Self Tiger Duke with the story of the Self Tiger Dagger.
• Huo Yuhao realized why his mother had waited in vain for the Self Tiger Duke and vowed to destroy his clan, while also hating Chu Qing.
• Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin prepared to confront Chu Qing, but a dark figure rushed into the arena first.

Chu Qing faced Ma Xiaotao, whose unstable black flames gave Shrek reason to worry, in the individual elimination match. He overwhelmed her with his Sky Scorpion Bull Emperor Python and Imperial Heaven-Sealing Lock, but a powerful light force intervened before his final attack could land.

• Lin Huiqun assured the referee that Ma Xiaotao could compete, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo began the match.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Black Phoenix Avatar and combined her skills into a fierce attack, but Chu Qing’s Azure Sky Avatar countered her flames and coiled around her.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free with Black Flame Burns Heaven and attacked from the air, while Chu Qing pursued her in his enormous python form.
• Chu Qing used Imperial Heaven-Sealing Lock to trap Ma Xiaotao in a sealed section of space, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced that Shrek conceded.
• Lin Huiqun could not break through the lock, and a seven-colored shield blocked Chu Qing’s attack as a powerful light force sealed Ma Xiaotao.

After Shrek conceded the individual elimination round, Chu Qing sought a way for Qianling Academy to win the deciding team matches. He agreed to let the Snow Empress and Ice Empress possess Chen Hanyu, leaving the Ice Empress in control of her body.

• Mu En’s golden light stopped Chu Qing from attacking, and Xuan Zi conceded the individual elimination round for Shrek.
• Wang Yan arranged Shrek’s teams for the upcoming two-two-three matches while Chu Qing worried that he could win only one match.
• Chu Qing taunted Dai Huabin by suggesting Huo Yuhao’s ability to fuse with Zhu Lu had a hidden explanation.
• The Ice Empress proposed letting the Snow Empress reside in Chen Hanyu’s Martial Soul, and Chu Qing agreed after the Snow Empress promised to limit her power.
• Chen Hanyu accepted Chu Qing’s secret technique, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress entered her body before the Ice Empress took control.

Jin Suqiu dominated the first two-on-two match, knocking Tang Wutong unconscious and defeating Shen Ce to give Shrek Academy the win. As the second match began, the Ice Empress joined with An Lengye, leaving Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng wary of a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The announced roster placed Jin Suqiu and Gongyang Mo against Shen Ce and Tang Wutong in the first match, with Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng facing An Lengye and Chen Hanyu in the second.
• Gongyang Mo buffed Jin Suqiu, who destroyed Shen Ce's attack and knocked the Sea God Trident from Tang Wutong's hands.
• Jin Suqiu knocked Tang Wutong unconscious with one punch, then defeated Shen Ce with a single spear thrust, giving Shrek Academy the first match.
• Princess Xue Li treated Tang Wutong, who woke up furious at Jin Suqiu.
• The Ice Empress placed her hand on An Lengye's back as the second match began, prompting Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng to charge forward cautiously.

An Lengye and the Ice Empress defeated Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, tying the tournament score and setting up Chu Qing’s three-on-three match against Shrek. Chu Qing overcame Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu’s Evil Eye Holy King, securing the tournament victory for Qianling Academy.

• The Ice Empress amplified An Lengye’s Frost Tornado with Ultimate Ice and helped her defeat Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, tying the score one to one.
• Chu Qing entered the three-on-three match as Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu summoned the Evil Eye Holy King with their three-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chu Qing transformed into the Ice Jade Bone Scorpion and used State Freeze to withstand the Evil Eye Holy King’s attack.
• Chu Qing slowed the Evil Eye Holy King with Cold Slow Heaven Delay Domain, then struck with Ice Crystal Wrath and Wrath of the Northern Lands.
• The Evil Eye Holy King was destroyed, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Qianling Academy the winner of the match and the tournament.

Chu Qing, Tang Wutong, and Chen Hanyu reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Chu Qing forced their way through its poison defenses. The Aromatic Silk Beauty began the God of the Sky’s trials, and Tang Wutong was left in pain after consuming an Immortal Herb as Chu Qing tried to suppress its effects.

• Chu Qing brought Tang Wutong and Chen Hanyu to Sunset Forest and shielded them as they crossed the poisonous miasma and Jade Phosphor Seven Absolutes Flower Formation.
• Chu Qing and his companions entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Ice Empress urged him toward the spring of ice.
• Tang Wutong and Chu Qing tore pieces from the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which revealed that it was overseeing the God of the Sky’s divine trial.
• Tang Wutong and Chu Qing passed the first trial by apologizing, receiving Soul Ring rewards of seventy thousand and ten thousand years respectively.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty began the second trial, and Tang Wutong agreed to consume an Immortal Herb despite its fifty-percent chance of death.
• Tang Wutong suffered a violent reaction to the herb and threw herself at Chu Qing, who merged Soul Power with her to suppress it.

Chu Qing passed the aromatic silk beauty’s test by using his Ice Jade Scorpion swarm to overwhelm the plant Soul Beasts and protect the valley. Tang Wutong absorbed a matching leg Soul Bone, gained Ultimate Speed, and Chu Qing promised to give her any further Soul Bones he found.

• Tang Wutong recovered from the poison and felt the light power of her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul become purer.
• The aromatic silk beauty challenged Chu Qing to fight A Jiao and Octagonal, so Chu Qing summoned Ice Jade Scorpion sculptures and Soul Spirits to absorb the ice spring’s power.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress took over Chen Hanyu’s body and absorbed the spring’s power, while Chu Qing’s Ultimate Ice forced the plants to retreat.
• The aromatic silk beauty gave Chu Qing and Tang Wutong a pair of matching leg Soul Bones, and Chu Qing gave his to Tang Wutong.
• Tang Wutong combined the Linked-Wing Bird Soul Skills to reach Ultimate Speed and boasted that she would use it against Jin Suqiu.
• Tang San considered the Divine Realm’s limited supply of divine positions and weighed possible plans involving Chu Qing, Tang Wutong, and Jin Suqiu.

The Holy Spirit Cult tried to reclaim Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao, prompting a clash between Mu En and Long Xiaoyao. Ye Xishui overpowered Shrek’s defenders and demanded that the Holy Son and Holy Daughter be handed over.

• As the Shrek party traveled home, two Evil Soul Masters blocked them and said they had come to retrieve the Holy Son and Holy Daughter.
• Xuan Zi crushed the two messengers, but Long Xiaoyao arrived and challenged Mu En over taking Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En refused Long Xiaoyao’s offer to protect Huo Yuhao and fought him, while ordering Xuan Zi to escort the students back to Shrek.
• Ye Xishui appeared and demanded Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao, then knocked Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe down when they resisted.
• Ye Xishui asked Yan Shaozhe to surrender the Holy Son and Holy Daughter, focusing her attention on Huo Yuhao’s Holy Necromancer Martial Soul.

Mu En drove Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui back long enough for Shrek’s group to escape, then returned to Shrek gravely weakened after fighting them. Knowing he was near death, he gave Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei instructions for surviving the dangers ahead.

• Mu En used Dragon Emperor Evil-Shattering Rend to fend off Long Xiaoyao and ordered Xuan Zi to take the others to safety.
• Mu En unleashed Dragon Emperor Domain-Shaking Realm against Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui as Shrek’s group escaped underground.
• The group reached Shrek City, where Xuan Zi convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, and Bei Bei learned that Tang Ya had left Shrek.
• Mu En returned three days later in a weakened state and made arrangements while Shrek feared his death would leave the continent vulnerable.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao to hide with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu if war broke out, then ordered Bei Bei to learn from him, preserve their family line, and avoid the continent’s conflicts.

Chu Qing and Tang Wutong passed the God of the Sky’s Second Trial, chose Immortal Herbs, and left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Chen Hanyu stabilized. After returning to Dou Ling, Chu Qing warned the emperor that Mu En might die within five years, giving the Sun Moon Empire an opportunity to launch a war.

• The Aromatic Silk Beauty assigned Chu Qing and Tang Wutong the Third Trial: destroy the Holy Spirit Cult, and Chu Qing chose the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and Primordial Immortal Herb to absorb.
• Chu Qing and Tang Wutong cultivated for half a month while Chen Hanyu recovered, then the Snow Empress confirmed she would wake after more rest.
• Chu Qing and Tang Wutong left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, visited Heaven Dou City, and heard that Mu En had been injured fighting the Holy Spirit Cult’s two Limit Douluo.
• At Niu Tian’s cenotaph, Chu Qing swore to avenge his master by destroying the Holy Spirit Cult and killing the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• Chu Qing returned to the Dou Ling Empire with unconscious Chen Hanyu, met the emperor at a private banquet, and warned him that Mu En might fall within five years and the Sun Moon Empire could then start a war.

Chu Qing prepared the Soul Fighting Society for the coming war and traveled with Jin Suqiu to meet the Great Ferocious Beasts, offering to teach Di Tian the Soul Spirit Method. The Ice Empress then provoked the beasts by inviting them to team up and become gods.

• The Dou Ling emperor let Chu Qing choose three treasures, and Chu Qing selected three pieces of rare mother metal before refusing to suspend the Soul Fighting Society's business during the war.
• After Chen Hanyu woke, she joined the Soul Fighting Society to cultivate near Chu Qing, while Shen Ce also joined and Yan Sisi decided to pursue a place at Shrek Inner Court.
• Chu Qing met with Xue Feng, Xu Jiujiu, and Wei Na to discuss putting the Soul Fighting Society on a war footing.
• Chu Qing and Jin Suqiu left Lingdou City and discussed the coming war and the Sun Moon Empire's strength as they traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At a meeting with Di Tian and the other Great Ferocious Beasts, Chu Qing offered to pass on the Soul Spirit Method and asked whether they had prepared people and Soul Beasts.
• The Ice Empress appeared and invited the five Great Ferocious Beasts to team up and become gods, enraging them.

The Ice and Snow Empresses confronted Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts, then joined forces to overwhelm Xiong Jun with Northern Darkness Mysterious Light Qi. They revealed that they had received a god’s inheritance and reached the Third Trial, leaving the beasts stunned as the Ice Empress taunted Xiong Jun with the promise of a divine artifact.

• The Snow Empress refused to go to the Lake of Life, and the Ice and Snow Empresses displayed their strengthened forms and abilities to the Ferocious Beasts.
• The Ice Empress explained to Chu Qing that the beasts needed to see their strength before they taught them the Soul Spirit Secret Method, while the Myriad Demon King asked how the method affected Soul Beasts.
• Xiong Jun attacked with his Sky-Rending Claw, but the Ice and Snow Empresses combined their Northern Darkness Mysterious Light Qi and wounded him.
• Bi Ji healed Xiong Jun as the Ice Empress taunted him and revealed that she and the Snow Empress had received a god’s inheritance and reached the Third Trial.
• The Ice Empress claimed the God of the Sky had entrusted them with a divine artifact, then mocked Xiong Jun when he asked to see it.

Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts tested Chu Qing’s Soul Spirit method, then planned to use it to establish the Spirit Pagoda and exploit the coming war. The Ice Empress and Snow Empress left Chu Qing incapacitated in the ice spring, while Xue Dizi fled after his Soul Spirit exposed his red Soul Ring to human Soul Masters.

• Chu Qing helped the Purple Gold Winged Tiger become a Soul Spirit for Xue Dizi, whose Martial Soul was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Di Tian offered Chu Qing future Soul Rings, and Xiong Jun and Bi Ji gave him sealed slivers of their origin power.
• Di Tian named his planned organization the Spirit Pagoda and proposed attacking Shrek City after a Shrek expert hunted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• The Ice Empress threw Chu Qing into the ice spring, where he lost consciousness as she and the Snow Empress absorbed its power.
• Xue Dizi argued with the Purple Gold Winged Tiger Soul Spirit, then fled when it revealed its red Soul Ring to a group of Soul Masters.

Di Tian confronted Shrek over its hunt for the hundred-thousand-year-old Fire Phoenix, then established the Spirit Pagoda to bar human Soul Masters from the Star Dou Great Forest and arrange contracts with Soul Beasts. As the new organization rapidly expanded, Huo Yuhao sought to preserve Ma Xiaotao’s remaining soul, while Shrek and the Spirit Transmitters faced an uncertain future.

• Di Tian demanded that Shrek hand over Xuan Zi and Ma Xiaotao, but Mu En refused, and Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe sacrificed themselves before Di Tian ended the dispute.
• Di Tian announced that humans could no longer enter the Star Dou Great Forest and that the Spirit Pagoda would oversee Soul Beast contracts and Soul Spirits.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that Ma Xiaotao’s soul remained and urged him to bring it into the Undead Demiplane.
• Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts established seven pagodas, recruited death-row prisoners as deputy masters, and demonstrated a Soul Spirit Ceremony to win their loyalty.
• The Spirit Pagoda grew quickly, building seven cities and attracting Soul Masters, while Jin Suqiu stayed away from Shrek and patrolled the forest with the Golden Dragon Spear.

Chu Qing killed human Spirit Transmitters to prevent the Soul Spirit Secret Method from enabling Artificial Soul Spirits, provoking condemnation and straining his alliances. He refused to share the method but secured the Dou Ling emperor's support and authority to negotiate with the Star Dou Great Forest.

• The Snow Empress appointed the Titan Snow Demon King ruler of the northern lands and entrusted the Ice Bear King with guarding the Spirit Pagoda.
• Chu Qing returned with the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress to kill nearly all the senior Spirit Transmitters of the North Spirit Pagoda, and the Star Dou Great Forest purged its seven pagodas afterward.
• Chu Qing refused Princess Wei Na and Princess Xu Jiujiu's requests for the Soul Spirit Secret Method, prompting the Heavenly Soul Empire to terminate its agreement while Xu Jiujiu pledged continued Star Luo Empire support.
• The Dou Ling emperor granted Chu Qing authority to negotiate on his behalf with the Star Dou Great Forest, and Chu Qing presented him with Bi Ji's essence to evolve the imperial family's martial soul.
• Chu Qing reunited with his companions at the Soul Fighting Society and proposed a hot pot meal after the Ice Empress intimidated them.

Chu Qing recruited Huo Yuhao and secured Di Tian’s support to develop Inheritable Soul Spirits, then drew the three original empires into negotiations by promising future benefits and Star Dou’s protection. The emperors agreed to restrict Soul Tool Technology in exchange for that support, but sought control over the distribution of the new Soul Spirits, which Di Tian had not yet accepted.

• Chu Qing proposed Inheritable Soul Spirits to Mu En and asked for Huo Yuhao’s help, and Mu En agreed to send him.
• Huo Yuhao overcame his reluctance to visit Star Dou Great Forest after Chu Qing explained his goal, and he traveled there with him.
• Yao Ling escorted Chu Qing and Huo Yuhao to meet Di Tian, who agreed to cooperate with the Inheritable Soul Spirit project.
• Chu Qing announced that Inheritable Soul Spirits could eventually become Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits, while warning that the research carried an estimated death rate above one hundred percent.
• Di Tian offered Star Dou’s protection to the three original empires if they supported the project, then required them to suppress Soul Tool Technology outside their imperial guards.
• The three emperors accepted Di Tian’s terms but asked to control the redistribution of Inheritable Soul Spirits, and Di Tian refused to hand over Soul Beast Soul Spirit technology.

Xu Tianran sent Ju Zi to seek an alliance with the White Tiger Duchess, while Chu Qing arranged for Shrek and Star Dou to transplant the Golden Tree to the Lake of Life. The transplant succeeded, and the Golden Tree began to radiate powerful life energy.

• Xu Tianran dismissed Zhongli Wu’s excuses and ordered Ju Zi to visit the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion to seek the White Tiger Duchess’s help.
• Ju Zi presented the Duchess with a tiger-skin coat and proposed cooperation between the Sun Moon Empire and the White Tiger bloodline, then began serving as her personal maid.
• The Lord World Will told Chu Qing to transplant the Golden Tree to the Lake of Life, where it could become Douluo’s Life Core and provide a vessel for Inheritable Soul Spirits.
• Chu Qing persuaded Shrek’s elders to agree by promising them priority access to Inheritable Soul Spirits and future Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits.
• Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts brought the Golden Tree from Shrek to the Lake of Life, where it released a powerful life aura and helped improve Mu En’s health.

The White Tiger Duke's Mansion seized the Star Luo Empire, leaving Xu Jiujiu isolated while Huo Yuhao opposed the new empress's plans. Chu Qing then traveled to Tianhe Province to confront Mad Lion Douluo, who revealed that a purge was already underway in Lingdou City.

• Dai Hao accepted the throne after his forces took Star Luo, while Zhu Ya and Ju Zi went to Star Dou to assume control of the former dynasty's affairs.
• Huo Yuhao refused to let the Star Luo Empress take part in the Inheritable Soul Spirit plan, and Chu Qing and Di Tian backed him, forcing her and Ju Zi to leave for Shrek City.
• The Star Luo Empress demanded that Dai Huabin resolve his conflict with Huo Yuhao, and Dai Huabin grew more convinced that Huo Yuhao was Dai Hao's illegitimate son.
• After Xu Tianran took the Sun Moon throne, Chu Qing received a secret order and went openly to Tianhe Province, where Mad Lion Douluo invited him to a banquet.
• Mad Lion Douluo invited Chu Qing to join the rebellion, then warned him that a purge and preparations were already underway in Lingdou City.

Chu Qing was forced to surrender the Soul Spirit Secret Method after Long Xiaoyao seized control of Dou Ling, while Ye Xishui revealed the family tragedy linking her to Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu. Back at Star Dou, Huo Yuhao took over the Inheritable Soul Spirit Plan, and Di Tian barred Chu Qing from continuing his work.

• Chu Qing returned to Lingdou City for the former emperor’s funeral and found Long Xiaoyao waiting at the Soul Fighting Society.
• Long Xiaoyao maimed Xue Shiqi to force Chu Qing to hand over the Soul Spirit Secret Method, and Chu Qing left with Xue Shiqi and the others.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao that Yan Shaozhe had been their grandson and that Zhongli Wu was born after Old Ghost Zhongli raped her; Long Xiaoyao struck Zhongli Wu when he learned the truth.
• Huo Yuhao told Mu En he could handle the Inheritable Soul Spirit Plan alone, and Mu En secured Di Tian’s agreement to let Shrek take over.
• Yao Ling denied Chu Qing entry to the Lake of Life, and Jin Suqiu confronted Di Tian over excluding him from the research.