Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiuran learned that Xu Junwen had been eating hearts to suppress a curse, then killed Xu Cu and discovered Xu Xiaoyu’s lavish wedding to Ouyang Zixin was underway. Ouyang Zixin faced the marriage in despair, fearing she would lose her freedom to Xu Xiaoyu.

• Lin Xiuran forced Xu Cu to reveal that Xu Junwen had ordered him to clean up the old residence and had begun eating hearts to suppress the pain of a curse.
• Lin Xiuran burned Xu Cu to ash and left the old residence in a fury.
• Lin Xiuran saw a roadside display announcing Xu Xiaoyu’s wedding to Ouyang Zixin at Eastsea City Central Grand Hall.
• Ouyang Zixin’s mother tried to comfort her backstage, but Zixin remained afraid and unwilling to marry Xu Xiaoyu.
• Ouyang Zixin recalled that her family had sent her to marry Xu Xiaoyu for the Xu Family’s benefits and had threatened to cripple her Martial Soul if she resisted.

Ouyang Zixin went through her wedding to Xu Xiaoyu while hiding her distress and worrying about her family. Just before they exchanged rings, Lin Xiuran burst into the hall, leaving Ouyang Zixin wondering whether he had come to take her away.

• Ouyang Zixin's mother urged her to proceed with the wedding and avoid offending Xu Xiaoyu, and Ouyang Zixin resolved to protect her family.
• Xu Xiaoyu and Ouyang Zixin walked into the wedding hall as the master of ceremonies praised them before the assembled guests.
• Xu Xiaoyu prepared to put a ring on Ouyang Zixin's hand, but a thunderous crash at the entrance interrupted the ceremony.
• Lin Xiuran entered the hall, and Xu Xiaoyu warned him not to disrupt the wedding while Ouyang Zixin looked at him with excitement.

Lin Xiuran disrupted Xu Xiaoyu and Ouyang Zixin’s wedding, overpowered the Xu Family guards, and dragged Xu Xiaoyu to the Xu Family Old Residence to reveal the Clan Elder’s death. Xu Xiaoyu discovered the massacre but refused to believe Lin Xiuran’s claim that his father, Xu Junwen, was the killer.

• Lin Xiuran seized Xu Xiaoyu at the wedding and ignored his guards’ threats.
• Ouyang Zixin asked Lin Xiuran not to hurt Xu Xiaoyu, but Lin Xiuran blasted her aside and sent the guards flying with his Soul Saint power.
• Lin Xiuran told Xu Xiaoyu the Clan Elder had died, then dragged him to the Xu Family Old Residence.
• Xu Xiaoyu saw the bodies inside, including the Clan Elder, and collapsed in shock.
• Lin Xiuran told Xu Xiaoyu that Xu Junwen had killed the Clan Elder, but Xu Xiaoyu insisted an Evil Soul Master was responsible.

Lin Xiuran confronted Xu Xiaoyu and investigated the Xu Family villa, where he discovered a hidden underground complex filled with drained corpses. He found Xu Junwen beside a blood pool, apparently consuming the body of a woman, and the chapter ended as Lin Xiuran faced the truth about him.

• Xu Xiaoyu blamed Evil Soul Masters for the murders, reminding Lin Xiuran that Xu Junwen had branded Lin Xiuran’s mother as one and driven her to her death.
• Lin Xiuran stopped Xu Xiaoyu’s wedding plans, took him to the Xu Family villa, and forced him to kneel outside with a broken leg.
• Lin Xiuran entered the villa and found a concealed passage beneath Xu Junwen’s first-floor study.
• Lin Xiuran discovered that the underground stone chambers held corpses drained of blood with their hearts removed.
• Lin Xiuran opened the central chamber and found Xu Junwen beside a blood pool, chewing as he worked on a woman’s chest.

Lin Xiuran discovered Xu Junwen eating his wife’s heart and confronted him over becoming an Evil Soul Master and murdering the Clan Elder. After Xu Junwen revealed cages full of captives and threatened to eat Lin Xiuran, Lin Xiuran attacked him.

• Lin Xiuran entered and found Xu Junwen eating his wife’s heart beside her body.
• Xu Junwen admitted that he had killed the Clan Elder and blamed his mother’s curse and the Clan Elder’s favoritism for his suffering.
• Lin Xiuran accused Xu Junwen of choosing evil methods out of greed and refusing to endure the curse’s pain.
• Xu Junwen crushed the Clan Elder’s heart and revealed people imprisoned in cages behind the stone walls.
• Lin Xiuran struck Xu Junwen and sent him flying, but Xu Junwen recovered and declared that a Shrek Academy disciple’s flesh would be delicious.

Lin Xiuran battled Xu Junwen, who had become a Soul Saint, and overwhelmingly defeated him. After bringing Xu Junwen out of the villa, Lin Xiuran revealed that Xu Junwen had eaten Leng Yu's heart and lungs, leaving Xu Xiaoyu shaken by his father's response.

• Lin Xiuran burned Xu Junwen with Phoenix Truefire, and Xu Junwen broke through to become a Soul Saint.
• Xu Junwen attacked Lin Xiuran with his Bloodthirsty Magic Staff, but Lin Xiuran countered with elemental power and revealed that he was also a Soul Saint.
• Lin Xiuran battered Xu Junwen with his bloodline power and elemental attacks, ignoring Xu Junwen's taunts about Leng Yu.
• Lin Xiuran carried Xu Junwen through the villa and threw him into the courtyard, where Xu Xiaoyu saw his battered father.
• Lin Xiuran told Xu Xiaoyu that Xu Junwen had eaten Leng Yu's heart and lungs, and Xu Junwen's reply left Xu Xiaoyu doubting his father.

Lin Xiuran struggled to control his rage as he prepared to kill Xu Junwen, while Tang Wulin returned to the Shrek delegation with the unconscious Dai Yun’er. The chapter ended with Tang Wulin asking Xu Xiaoyan to keep Dai Yun’er’s arrival from Guyue and planning to return the princess to the palace.

• Xu Junwen taunted Lin Xiuran about wanting to taste Leng Yu’s heart, and Lin Xiuran wounded him with Ice Spikes.
• Tang Wutong warned Lin Xiuran that his hatred could make him lose control, while Gu Yuena remained asleep and unable to suppress the power within him.
• As a typhoon raged over Eastsea City, Lin Xiuran decided he could not let Xu Junwen live for the sake of his mother and the Clan Elder.
• Xu Xiaoyan woke from a strange dream on Star Luo Continent and was startled when Tang Wulin appeared at her door after being missing for days.
• Tang Wulin entered carrying the unconscious Dai Yun’er, told Xu Xiaoyan not to tell Guyue what had happened, and said he would return the princess to the palace the next day.

Lin Xiuran absorbed his One-Word Battle Armor while Zhen Hua and Mu Ye discussed rumors accusing him of the Xu Family massacre. Months later, Lin Xiuran learned that the Xu Family had been reported entirely wiped out and wondered why Xu Xiaoyu was supposedly dead when he had left her alive.

• Lin Xiuran fully absorbed his seven-colored One-Word Battle Armor and tested its powerful enhancements.
• Zhen Hua praised Lin Xiuran’s talent, then told Mu Ye he would defend his disciple against the rumors surrounding him.
• Zhen Hua asked Mu Ye to keep the rumors from Lin Xiuran while he focused on forging his Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Federation media reported that the Xu Family had been slaughtered in Eastsea City, naming Lin Xiuran as the prime suspect.
• Months later, Lin Xiuran read the reports and recalled leaving Xu Xiaoyu and other captives alive, then questioned why Xu Xiaoyu was reported dead.

Lin Xiuran learned that the Xu Family massacre had stirred up accusations against him and Shrek Academy, then returned to Shrek City after completing his Two-Word Battle Armor. Shrek Academy elders detained him and questioned him about the incident and his absence, leaving him to defend himself by citing his approved outside-training leave.

• Zhen Hua told Lin Xiuran that Shrek Academy had repeatedly sought him out over the Xu Family incident, while Mu Ye had sent them away.
• Lin Xiuran returned to Shrek City and was surrounded by Sea God's Pavilion elders before being taken to a small room for questioning.
• The elders asked whether Lin Xiuran had committed the Xu Family massacre, and he denied it while challenging their assumptions about an Inner Court disciple.
• When the elders questioned his months away from the academy, Lin Xiuran explained that his approved outside-training leave allowed him to remain away.

Lin Xiuran defended himself before Shrek Academy elders against accusations that he had massacred the Xu Family, while the elders cited his past loss of control and questioned his ties to the Holy Spirit Cult. Zhuo Shi interrupted the interrogation and vouched for him, then challenged Elder Li over the matter.

• An elder reprimanded Lin Xiuran for failing to contact Shrek Academy after the incident, and Lin Xiuran admitted the Academy had suffered losses but said he had only learned of the news two days earlier.
• The elders showed Lin Xiuran footage of him entering Eastsea City's central auditorium and grabbing Xu Xiaoyu, and he admitted that he had done so.
• The elders argued that Lin Xiuran had motive to kill the Xu Family and pointed to his past loss of control, while Lin Xiuran denied the massacre and said Xu Junwen was responsible.
• Lin Xiuran challenged the elders for invoking his mother, insisting she had never harmed innocents and had taken her own life to avoid losing control.
• An elder suggested Lin Xiuran might have been influenced by the Holy Spirit Cult, but Zhuo Shi entered and vouched for him.
• Zhuo Shi rebuked Elder Li and challenged him to test their skills outside.

Zhuo Shi protected Lin Xiuran from punishment at Shrek Academy, but rumors about him continued to spread, so he left for the Spirit Pagoda. There, Leng Yaozhu told him that someone had deliberately fueled the scandal, and Lin Xiuran suspected the Tang Sect.

• Zhuo Shi told Lin Xiuran that he trusted him and had him cleared of responsibility for the Xu Family incident.
• Leng Yaozhu used the Spirit Pagoda’s influence to suppress public coverage, while rumors about Lin Xiuran persisted at Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xiuran visited Na'er, reassured her that he would return, and then left Shrek Academy for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu welcomed Lin Xiuran back to the laboratory and told him to remain at the Spirit Pagoda rather than return to Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed that someone had secretly spread the scandal, and Lin Xiuran wondered whether the Tang Sect was responsible.

Lin Xiuran spoke with Lin Qianni, who revealed that Beast Emperor Hall could forge advanced Battle Armor and offered to have it make his Three-Word Battle Armor. He learned that Beast Emperor Hall had developed a powerful Four-Word Battle Armor of its own, including armor for Soul Beasts able to take human form.

• Leng Yaozhu reassured Lin Xiuran that the Tang Sect was not behind the attack and advised him to wait for the culprit to reveal themselves.
• Lin Xiuran told Lin Qianni that he mostly stayed at the Spirit Pagoda, and she assured him Beast Emperor Hall would protect him and handle any trouble involving him.
• Lin Qianni asked about Lin Xiuran's Battle Armor and offered to have Beast Emperor Hall forge his Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Lin Qianni explained that Beast Emperor Hall had advanced Battle Armor technology and could forge Four-Word Battle Armor using heavenly lightning from a Soul Beast's tribulation.
• Lin Qianni revealed that Beast Emperor Hall had also developed Four-Word Battle Armor for Soul Beasts capable of taking human form, shocking Lin Xiuran.

Lin Qianni explained how the Beast Emperor Hall's Three-Word Battle Armor used a Life Array Pattern formed under Life's Light, and Lin Xiuran agreed to return there to forge his armor once he reached eight rings. Leng Yaozhu and Lin Xiuran welcomed Guyue back to Shrek City, where her changed presence and unspoken experience at Dragon Valley left Lin Xiuran puzzled.

• Lin Qianni told Lin Xiuran that the Beast Emperor Hall forged a Life Array Pattern into Three-Word Battle Armor metal under Life's Light, and Lin Xiuran said he would return there when he reached eight rings.
• Months later, Leng Yaozhu and Lin Xiuran waited at Shrek City Station for the delegation returning from the Star Luo Continent.
• Guyue arrived with an unfamiliar aura, greeted Leng Yaozhu, and left the crowded station with her and Lin Xiuran.
• During the ride, Leng Yaozhu asked Guyue about the trip, and Guyue recalled Dragon Valley but said she had learned new knowledge.
• Lin Xiuran got out near the Forging Masters Association to handle business while Leng Yaozhu took Guyue back to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

Lin Xiuran confronted Leng Yulai, who revealed that she had manipulated Xu Junwen and orchestrated the deaths connected to the Xu Family to provoke the darkness within him. She insisted that her plans remained under control and that Lin Xiuran was still no match for her.

• Lin Xiuran sensed a concealed presence and faced Leng Yulai, who identified herself as his aunt and explained that Xu Junwen had disappointed her.
• Leng Yulai denied turning Xu Junwen into an Evil Soul Master, saying he had accepted temptation himself, and admitted she would have killed him regardless.
• Leng Yulai revealed that she had killed the surviving members of the Xu Family and helped make the case a major social issue.
• Leng Yulai explained that she had used Xu Junwen to try to drive Lin Xiuran into desperation and awaken his dark power.
• Lin Xiuran asked how Leng Yulai had known he would seek revenge, and she said she had expected him to return to Eastsea City and pursue Xu Junwen.

Leng Yulai revealed that she had manipulated public opinion to provoke Lin Xiuran and drive him away from Shrek Academy, then tried to take him with her to protect him from the Holy Spirit Cult. Lin Xiuran resisted her overwhelming power but was forced to his knees as Leng Yulai urged him to become strong enough to control his fate.

• Leng Yulai admitted that she had killed people from the Xu Family and stirred up public opinion to provoke Lin Xiuran and turn him against Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yulai summoned her nine Soul Rings and used her power to lock Lin Xiuran in place, saying she would take him by force to protect him from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lin Xiuran tried to escape with Space Power and then unleashed Elemental Detonation, but Leng Yulai blocked the attack with a dark crimson barrier.
• Lin Xiuran summoned his Two-Word Battle Armor, Nine Phoenixes, but Leng Yulai's Level Ninety-Nine Soul Power still overwhelmed him.
• Leng Yulai forced Lin Xiuran to kneel and told him that he needed to become strong enough to control his own fate.

Lin Xiuran used the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear to break Leng Yulai’s barrier and hold her off until help arrived. Leng Yaozhu appeared and confronted her younger sister, who denied having any relationship with her.

• Leng Yulai tried to force Lin Xiuran to his knees, but the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear awakened and blasted her away, shattering her barrier.
• Lin Xiuran raised the spear’s protective barrier and focused on surviving until reinforcements from Shrek City arrived.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived in her phoenix form and demanded to know whether Leng Yulai realized Lin Xiuran was her nephew.
• Leng Yulai coldly asked what that mattered and claimed she had no relationship with Leng Yaozhu.
• The chapter recounted how the Leng Family chose Leng Yaozhu as its heir over Leng Yulai despite her sister’s exceptional talent and darkness-attribute mutation.

Leng Yaozhu confessed her long-held love to Yun Ming, and the chapter revealed that Leng Yulai joined the Holy Spirit Cult after witnessing them embrace. In the present, Leng Yulai attacked Guyue to escape Leng Yaozhu, who blocked the strike but let her sister get away.

• Yun Ming told Leng Yaozhu he planned to travel to Heaven Dou Continent and Star Luo Continent for three to five years.
• Leng Yaozhu confessed that she had loved Yun Ming for years and embraced him, while Leng Yulai watched furiously from afar.
• Leng Yulai fled after seeing her sister with Yun Ming and later joined the Holy Spirit Cult, believing Leng Yaozhu had betrayed her.
• Leng Yaozhu confronted Leng Yulai and pleaded with her to remember their third sister, but Leng Yulai rejected her and prepared to escape.
• Leng Yulai attacked Guyue, forcing Leng Yaozhu to block the strike; Leng Yulai then vanished, leaving Leng Yaozhu devastated.

Leng Yaozhu confessed her long-held love to Yun Ming and asked him to show kindness to her sister, Leng Yulai. After Leng Yulai warned Lin Xiuran about the Holy Spirit Cult and withdrew, a girl in a dark room ordered Di Tian to kill him.

• Leng Yaozhu confessed her feelings to Yun Ming, accepted that he loved Ya Li, and asked him to spare some affection for Leng Yulai.
• Lin Xiuran wondered why Leng Yulai had warned him about the Holy Spirit Cult as Leng Yaozhu healed him and Guyue stood trembling beside him.
• Dark Bells confronted Leng Yulai outside Shrek City and warned that the organization would not tolerate further trouble.
• A girl sitting alone in a dark room ordered Di Tian to kill Lin Xiuran.

Lin Xiuran visited Ye Xinglan and the others after their return to Shrek Academy, reuniting with the group and hearing about their trip to Star Luo Continent. He promised Leng Yaozhu that he would help bring Leng Yulai back when he grew stronger, and the chapter ended with Ye Xinglan boasting about her cultivation.

• Leng Yaozhu told Lin Xiuran that Dark Phoenix Douluo Leng Yulai was her younger sister and asked him to help bring her back in the future.
• After Ye Xinglan contacted him about the group's return to Shrek Academy, Lin Xiuran drove to meet her at the Work-Study Dormitory.
• Ye Xinglan greeted Lin Xiuran and brought him to Xie Xie, Xu Lizhi, and Yuanen Yehui, while she explained that Yue Zhengyu and Xu Xiaoyan had gone elsewhere.
• Xie Xie recounted the group's victory in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition on Star Luo Continent.
• Lin Xiuran asked Yuanen Yehui about her Martial Soul compatibility, and she said its suppression still affected her cultivation and combat.
• Ye Xinglan asked about Lin Xiuran's cultivation and proudly revealed that she had gained five levels over the past year.

Xu Xiaoyan returned to Shrek Academy and accused Lin Xiuran of murdering her family, attacking him before he could explain. Cai Yue'er stopped the confrontation and promised the academy would investigate, while Xu Xiaoyan remained devastated by the loss of her entire clan.

• Xu Xiaoyan attacked Lin Xiuran, who blocked her strikes and suppressed her with his Soul Saint-level power.
• Xie Xie asked Xu Xiaoyan why she had attacked Lin Xiuran, and she called him a murderer who had killed the Xu family.
• Lin Xiuran said the Xu family deserved to die, while Xu Xiaoyan accused him of killing her father, older brother, and relatives.
• Cai Yue'er arrived with Wu Zhangkong, ordered Lin Xiuran to release Xu Xiaoyan, and stopped her from attacking again.
• Cai Yue'er said there was no direct evidence against Lin Xiuran and promised the academy would seek justice once the murderer was identified.
• Xu Xiaoyan broke down after recounting how she had returned from a year away to find her family dead and their villa sealed.