Chapter Summaries

Gula introduced Yin Wansheng to Mo Hongchen, who tested his formidable Ghost King abilities and judged his power to be pure despite its resemblance to that of an Evil Soul Master. Mo Hongchen admitted Yin Wansheng to Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy under strict conditions, and Gula departed after confirming their resource agreement.

• Gula revealed Yin Wansheng to Mo Hongchen, whose senses were suppressed by Yin Wansheng’s deathly aura and Spiritual Power.
• Yin Wansheng summoned his Underworld Ghost King Martial Soul and used Lingering Ghost to weaken a Soul Emperor guard’s attack before striking him with a Spiritual Impact.
• Yin Wansheng used Yin Energy Parasitism to freeze and corrode an alloy testing dummy, prompting Mo Hongchen to stop the test.
• Mo Hongchen examined Yin Wansheng’s abilities and body, concluded that his yin energy was pure, and decided to accept him despite the risks.
• Mo Hongchen offered Yin Wansheng admission in exchange for obeying academy rules and controlling his abilities, and Yin Wansheng agreed.
• Gula confirmed that Sun Moon Academy would provide the promised resources, then vanished into the shadows.

Mo Hongchen tested Yin Wansheng’s willingness to follow an evil path, then proposed seeking a yin-yang treasure to transform his Ghost King martial soul into a Yin-Yang Ghost Emperor. Gula told Yin Wansheng to cooperate, and Mo Hongchen agreed to find him a yin-yang symbiotic Soul Spirit; his connections soon turned up a suitable one.

• Mo Hongchen dismissed Hu Wei and asked Yin Wansheng what resources he needed.
• Mo Hongchen suggested harvesting souls from enemies of the Federation, but Yin Wansheng rejected slaughter as a shortcut that weakened one’s foundation and invited heart demons.
• Mo Hongchen proposed harmonizing Yin Wansheng’s extreme yin with yang to evolve his martial soul into a Yin-Yang Ghost Emperor.
• Gula learned of Mo Hongchen’s plan and instructed Yin Wansheng to cooperate, accept support, and report any leads on yin-yang treasures.
• Yin Wansheng handed Mo Hongchen his Ten-Thousand-Year Underworld Ghost King Butterfly Soul Spirit and requested a yin-yang symbiotic replacement.
• Mo Hongchen agreed to mobilize Sun Moon Academy’s resources, and his Federation connections soon found Yin Wansheng a suitable Soul Spirit.

Mo Hongchen helped Yin Wansheng fuse the Yin-Yang Twin-Headed Flood Dragon Soul Spirit with his Underworld Ghost King Martial Soul. With Gula's remote guidance, Yin Wansheng formed the embryonic Yin-Yang Ghost King, leaving him with a new path toward the legendary Ghost Emperor Realm.

• Mo Hongchen urged Yin Wansheng to accept the Yin-Yang Twin-Headed Flood Dragon Soul Spirit despite its dragon bloodline's vulnerability to Tang Wulin.
• Mo Hongchen broke the Crystal Ball seal, and Yin Wansheng began fusing the Soul Spirit while consuming a vast supply of yin-yang spiritual items.
• Gula used Ancient Memory to guide Yin Wansheng through the energy clash and help him carve a trace of yang into his Underworld Ghost King core.
• Yin Wansheng's Martial Soul transformed into the embryonic Yin-Yang Ghost King, and the Twin-Headed Flood Dragon Soul Spirit fully integrated into his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Yin Wansheng gained the Fifth Soul Skill Yin-Yang Reversal and sensed that he would need to form a Yin-Yang Soul Core to reach the Ghost Emperor Realm.
• Mo Hongchen declared the transformation worth the cost and anticipated Yin Wansheng's future as a legendary talent.

Yin Wansheng evolved his martial soul and gained the fifth soul skill Yin-Yang Reversal. Meanwhile, Qiangu Dongfeng arranged with Ghost Emperor to assassinate Gula, Bai Yuan, and Mu Yi, then denied that Leng Yaozhu had visited Star Luo Continent.

• Yin Wansheng awakened Yin-Yang Reversal, which drained targets’ life heat and Soul Power to strengthen him with yin energy.
• Mo Hongchen advised Yin Wansheng to balance his yin and yang attributes through further training.
• Qiangu Dongfeng judged Mu Yi, Bai Yuan, and Gula to be threats and resolved to have them killed before they grew stronger.
• Qiangu Dongfeng asked Ghost Emperor to send experts with protection against Heavenly Phoenix True Flame to assassinate Gula, Bai Yuan, and Mu Yi.
• Ghost Emperor agreed in exchange for Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits, then asked whether Leng Yaozhu had visited Star Luo Continent; Qiangu Dongfeng denied it.

Qiangu Dongfeng denied that Leng Yaozhu had visited Star Luo Continent, deepening Ghost Emperor’s suspicions about the Holy Spirit Cult base destroyed there. On Shrek’s return trip from Sun Moon Academy, Evil Soul Masters ambushed the flying device and targeted Gula’s group.

• Qiangu Dongfeng assured Ghost Emperor that Leng Yaozhu had not gone to Star Luo Continent, and Ghost Emperor questioned whether Qiangu was hiding the truth about the ruined base.
• Ghost Emperor contacted Dark Phoenix as he investigated the destruction of the Holy Spirit Cult’s stronghold.
• Gula and the Shrek group departed Sun Moon Academy aboard a Soul Tool Flying Device while Zhuo Shi and Cai Yue'er remained wary of their strength.
• Four powerful auras ambushed the flying device over a mountain range, and three Soul Power beams disabled its power system.
• A masked Super Douluo attacked the cabin with a ghost claw aimed at Gula and the students, and Cai Yue'er confronted him.

Gula and Liu Niandao fought off an ambush, killing the attackers while a wounded Super Douluo fled. Gula suspected Qiangu Dongfeng had ordered the concealed assassin’s attack as Federation patrol mechas arrived at the crash site.

• Gula used Leng Yaozhu’s Heavenly Phoenix True Flame to destroy three Evil Soul Master Title Douluo and badly wound their Super Douluo leader.
• A concealed Title Douluo slipped into the damaged aircraft and tried to stab Gula, but Liu Niandao restrained him with his spiritual power and Recovery Blockade.
• Liu Niandao unleashed his Heavenly Gang Earthly Fiend Saber Array, killing the assassin with his flying daggers and blade shadows before he could use his battle armor.
• Gula examined a scrap of black fabric and concluded that the assassin was neither an Evil Soul Master nor a military soul master, then suspected Qiangu Dongfeng had sent him.
• Zhuo Shi and Cai Yue'er steadied the damaged aircraft as Federation patrol mechas arrived over the battlefield.

Federation officers arrived after Evil Soul Masters ambushed Shrek’s returning team, but they found the scene too thoroughly destroyed to investigate. Cai Yue'er accused the Spirit Pagoda and vowed Shrek would repay the attack as the group departed for Shrek City.

• Federation officers arrived, recognized Zhuo Shi and Cai Yue'er, and learned that Evil Soul Masters had ambushed Shrek’s team.
• Tang Sect scouts watched from a distant cliff and recorded the remains of the battle, including the traces of Heavenly Phoenix True Flame and Liu Niandao’s blade attack.
• Federation investigators failed to recover useful evidence because the attackers’ remains and energy traces had been destroyed.
• Cai Yue'er refused to accompany the Federation officers, accused the Spirit Pagoda of reaching too far, and warned that Shrek would remember the attack.
• Zhuo Shi and Cai Yue'er led the Shrek group through the Federation mecha blockade and toward Shrek City.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Gula used Time Lock to track down Ghost Hand Douluo and kill him with Leng Yaozhu’s Heavenly Phoenix True Flame. He left Leng Yulai a mysterious invitation to meet at Soul Burial Valley, setting up a confrontation three days later.

• Zhuo Shi and the others went to Sea God Pavilion to discuss retaliation against the Evil Soul Masters and identify their possible mastermind.
• Gula entered his underground Forging Room and used Time Lock to follow the traces left by the fleeing Ghost Hand Douluo.
• Gula found Ghost Hand Douluo hiding in a cavern with Leng Yulai and vaporized him with Heavenly Phoenix True Flame before she could question him.
• Leng Yulai mistook the attack for Leng Yaozhu’s work, then received a note inviting her to resolve their grudges at Soul Burial Valley in three days.
• Leng Yulai accepted the challenge and left for the depths of the cavern, while Gula revealed that he had arranged the meeting to help Leng Yaozhu reunite with her sister.

Gula met Leng Yulai at Soul Burial Valley and told her that Yun Ming had never loved her and that Leng Yaozhu had tried to protect her. Leng Yulai rejected his account and threatened to tear out his soul unless he showed proof.

• The academy punished Wu Zhangkong and made Tang Wulin's group of six Work-Study Students, while Gula began his vacation after salvaging Shrek Academy's Millennium Honor.
• Leng Yulai waited for her mysterious acquaintance at Soul Burial Valley, and Gula emerged from the miasma wearing a dark-gold mask.
• Leng Yulai attacked Gula with Dark Phoenix Plume, but his Protect barrier absorbed the strike and Instant Movement carried him behind her.
• Gula told Leng Yulai that Yun Ming had loved only Ya Li, had politely refused Leng Yaozhu, and had asked Leng Yaozhu to keep Yulai from going astray.
• Leng Yulai denied Gula's account and demanded proof, threatening to rip out his soul and refine his spirit if he could not provide it.

Gula revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had exploited Leng Yulai’s hatred and that her sister still cared about her, but Leng Yulai attacked rather than accept the truth. Gula unleashed power shared with the Groudon Clone and defeated her, leaving her shaken and unable to use her Space-Time Divine Shuttle.

• Gula told Leng Yulai that the Holy Spirit Cult had used her and that her sister truly cared about her.
• Leng Yulai rejected Gula’s claims and attacked him with her Dark Phoenix Avatar and World-Burning Demonic Flames.
• Gula drew on the Groudon Clone’s power and summoned a lava giant claw that crushed Leng Yulai’s attack.
• Leng Yulai’s Martial Soul Avatar collapsed, and she was hurled into a rock wall, badly injured.
• Leng Yulai feared Gula’s overwhelming divine power and did not dare use her Space-Time Divine Shuttle.

Gula forced Leng Yulai to keep his identity and power secret and not warn Yun Ming or Shrek about future Holy Spirit Cult operations. Leng Yulai accepted, then secretly contacted Yun Ming through a spiritual imprint hidden in a toy given to a boy in Shrek City.

• Gula told Leng Yulai that Yun Ming had only ever loved Ya Li and said Leng Yulai and Leng Yaozhu had been mistaken.
• Gula ordered Leng Yulai to conceal what she had learned and not reveal future Holy Spirit Cult plans targeting Shrek or the Spirit Pagoda; Leng Yulai agreed.
• Gula disappeared, and Leng Yulai left Soul Burial Valley for Shrek City to verify the truth with Yun Ming.
• Leng Yulai watched Shrek Academy from afar and decided she needed a secret way to contact Yun Ming.
• At Shrek City Soul Tool Train Station, Leng Yulai staged an accident and gave a boy a trinket containing a spiritual imprint that only Yun Ming could recognize.

Yun Ming met Leng Yulai and confirmed that he had gently refused Leng Yaozhu’s love and had promised to look after her, revealing that Leng Yulai’s decades of hatred had grown from a misunderstanding. Though shaken and regretful, Leng Yulai refused to return or reveal what she knew about the Holy Spirit Cult and the mysterious figure in Soul Burial Valley.

• Yun Ming sensed Leng Yulai’s disguised Spiritual Power mark and secretly found her in a grove outside Shrek City.
• Leng Yulai asked Yun Ming whether he had loved her or Leng Yaozhu and whether Leng Yaozhu had entrusted him to care for her.
• Yun Ming said he had loved only Ya Li, had gently refused Leng Yaozhu, and had promised to watch over Leng Yulai at her sister’s request.
• Leng Yulai realized her decades of hatred and involvement with the Holy Spirit Cult had followed from a misunderstanding, and she collapsed in grief and regret.
• Leng Yulai thanked Yun Ming for the truth but refused to go back with him or disclose more, fearing the mysterious figure in Soul Burial Valley.

After Leng Yulai vanished, Yun Ming wondered what greater threat she feared. At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Gula and Qing Liuli entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Qing Liuli began testing her soul-energy theory and Gula unleashed his domain.

• Leng Yulai disappeared after speaking with Yun Ming, who wondered what she was hiding and hoped she would choose the right path.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Gula and Qing Liuli about the dangers of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform before they entered their Virtual Pods.
• Gula and Qing Liuli arrived in the simulated forest, and Gula told Qing Liuli to conduct her research independently.
• Qing Liuli used her Mind Leap skill to mark a Rock Armor Earth Lizard, then used the Heart of Calamity Beast to study how emotion affected its soul energy.
• Gula walked to an open area and expanded his Endless Forest Sea domain, filling the surrounding plants with violent vitality.

Gula unleashed his Boundless Forest Sea Domain in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, triggering a massive soul beast riot and harvesting projections to strengthen his Soul Spirits. Qing Liuli used the chaos to study soul energy, while Leng Yaozhu allowed the two to continue despite the damage to the platform.

• Gula brought the forest to life with his domain, driving the resident soul beasts into a violent riot.
• Gula controlled the plants to capture and absorb soul beasts, converting their energy into nutrients for his Soul Spirits.
• Spirit Pagoda staff detected the abnormal energy and urged intervention, but Leng Yaozhu ordered them to let Gula continue.
• Qing Liuli used Mind Leap to evade danger and examine injured soul beasts, recording how fear affected their energy structures.
• Qing Liuli's observations helped her investigate the balance between a Soul Spirit's Life Imprint and energy stability.

After Gula’s battle on the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, the energy he harvested transformed the Titan Great Bear Soul Spirit into a hundred-thousand-year spirit and greatly strengthened his abilities. Qing Liuli also completed her research and improved her Heart of Calamity Soul Spirit, while Gula decided to use a different Spirit Ascension Platform next time.

• Gula used the vast spiritual energy left by the battle to raise his soul rings, and the Titan Great Bear Soul Spirit crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
• Gula’s Titan Great Bear soul skills transformed, granting him refined gravity control, the Titan Undying Body, the ability to create basic matter, and stronger anti-flight suppression.
• Gula found that the Sun Angel Soul Spirit had grown stronger and its years had increased by more than thirty-five thousand, but it had not undergone a qualitative transformation.
• Gula decided not to force further growth on the depleted Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and planned to use another platform next time.
• Qing Liuli completed her data collection and found that her soul rings had gained about five thousand years, while Heart of Calamity’s concealment and mental influence had improved.

Gula returned from the Spirit Ascension Platform with increased soul-ring ages and was assigned by Leng Yaozhu to learn the Spirit Pagoda’s inner workings. As Qiangu Dongfeng’s partnership with the Holy Spirit Cult frayed over missing operatives, Gula returned to Shrek Academy for the new semester and began mecha training.

• Leng Yaozhu praised Gula and Qing Liuli’s gains, noted the Spirit Ascension Platform had lost nearly thirty percent of its soul beasts, and instructed Qing Liuli to report her research progress.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gula to remain at the Spirit Pagoda and learn its affairs, especially soul spirit research, energy reserves, and relations with other forces.
• Ghost Emperor demanded answers from Qiangu Dongfeng about Blood Bone Douluo and Leng Yulai’s disappearance, while Qiangu denied responsibility and ended their call.
• Qiangu Dongfeng grew alarmed over Shrek, the missing operatives, and Gula, and decided he had to accelerate his plans.
• Gula returned to Shrek Academy for the new semester and entered a mecha control class with Bai Yuan, Liu Niandao, and the other students.
• Gula climbed into training mech number 047, whose movements appeared strikingly lifelike to the watching students.

Gula astounded his classmates with precise mecha control as Shrek Academy announced a selection tournament for its Star Luo exchange delegation. After asking Wu Zhangkong to recommend Liu Niandao for the Tang Sect, Gula arrived at the packed arena as the tournament was about to begin.

• Gula demonstrated exceptional mecha control, leaving Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the instructors shocked.
• Shen Yi announced that Bai Yuan and Gula had secured exchange delegation spots, while the other students would compete for five Class Committee positions and be considered for the delegation.
• Wu Zhangkong scheduled the unrestricted free-for-all tournament for three days later, and Tang Wulin and his classmates vowed to fight for a place.
• Gula asked Wu Zhangkong to recommend Liu Niandao for the Tang Sect, and Liu Niandao passed its tests easily.
• Three days later, students and teachers gathered at Shrek Academy's Central Great Soul Arena for the selection tournament.

Tang Wulin’s group fought to hold their ground in the selection tournament, but Wu Siduo’s surprise attack eliminated Xie Xie. The melee continued as Gu Yue unleashed her Elemental Fury, leaving the final five undecided.

• Shen Yi began the selection tournament, where the last five students on the arena would become the new Class Committee.
• Tang Wulin’s team formed a defensive unit and repelled attacks from the Earth-Splitting Rhino and other students.
• Wu Siduo used the Hell White Tiger martial soul fusion skill to strike Xie Xie and eliminate him.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue counterattacked, while Xu Lizhi restored his teammates’ strength with recovery buns.
• Gu Yue unleashed Elemental Fury, driving back nearby opponents as the number of students on the arena dwindled.

The first-year class committee selection ended after Tang Wulin’s team fought Wu Siduo’s team in a brutal melee. Shen Yi named Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, and Xu Lizhi as the new committee members, while Wu Zhangkong considered how the later exchange delegation roster might change.

• Luo Guixing withdrew with his remaining teammates, leaving Tang Wulin’s group to face Wu Siduo’s team in the final clash.
• Xu Xiaoyan was knocked toward the arena’s edge, but Xu Lizhi threw her a Large Recovery Meat Bun, letting her recover enough strength to stay in the arena.
• Tang Wulin’s group struggled against Wu Siduo’s Hell White Tiger, and the selection ended with Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, and Xu Lizhi remaining.
• Shen Yi announced the five survivors as the new first-year Class Committee members and said their performance would inform the Star Luo Empire exchange delegation selection.
• Wu Zhangkong privately considered Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie’s prospects for the final roster and resolved to put Xie Xie through special training.

Yun Ming announced that Gula and Bai Yuan had secured two places on the Star Luo exchange team, while the first-years could recruit eliminated students as substitutes and compete against the second-years for the remaining spots. Three days later, the teams faced off in the arena, where Tang Wulin’s side launched its opening attack.

• Yun Ming named the five students onstage, Gula, and Bai Yuan as the first-year representatives, then granted Gula and Bai Yuan two guaranteed places on the final roster.
• Yun Ming allowed the first-years to choose two eliminated students as substitutes and said the Sea God Pavilion elders would select the exchange team after a match against the second-years.
• Tang Wulin urged his teammates to defeat the second-years, while Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan regained hope of joining the exchange delegation.
• Three days later, Tang Wulin led the first-year team against Yuanen Yehui’s second-year team in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• At the referee’s signal, Tang Wulin charged Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan targeted the Agility Attack Type Soul Master, Wu Siduo attacked Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Lizhi began preparing recovery buns.