Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran and his allies defeated and captured the Lieyun Sect’s leaders and fighters after the Xuanlong Great Formation overwhelmed their counterattack. The system confirmed Hu Haoran had conquered the Lieyun Sect and granted him the mission rewards.

• Hu Haoran ordered Hong Zuifeng to use the Winged Golden Dragon to attack the injured Meng Wei, and the dragon subdued him with help from the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
• Bei Chi tried to escape, but the golden dragons trapped and defeated him.
• Du Tao led the Lieyun Sect’s remaining fighters in a retreat, but Kong Xiangfeng broke through his defense and the attackers captured Du Tao, Zheng Long, and the others.
• Hu Haoran received the system’s conquest reward, including two billion Douluo Crystal Points, a Spirit Ascension Platform, three Divine Tier mechas, and Four-Word Battle Armor.

Hu Haoran settled the Lieyun Sect’s fate and followed a mysterious summons into Dragon Soul Valley, where he met the Jade Dragon King. The Jade Dragon King revealed that he had deliberately ended his own life, leaving Hu Haoran stunned and waiting to hear why.

• Hu Haoran ordered Hong Zuifeng to take the subdued Lieyun Sect members back to Hualei Pavilion, treat their injuries, and help rebuild the sect.
• The Jade Dragon King secretly summoned Hu Haoran, who sent Hong Zuifeng away and ventured deeper into Dragon Soul Valley alone.
• The Jade Dragon King used the Power of Space to bring Hu Haoran to an emerald lake and asked to meet the person who had awakened him.
• Hu Haoran introduced himself and described the divine powers he had encountered, prompting the Jade Dragon King to ask about their strength.
• When Hu Haoran asked why he had fallen, the Jade Dragon King said he had committed suicide, then paused as Hu Haoran waited for an explanation.

The Jade Dragon King explained to Hu Haoran that he had been a million-year soul beast who endured ten Heavenly Tribulations while pursuing godhood by creating his own divine seat. He revealed that he had failed the final challenge and fallen, leaving Hu Haoran with new insight into the paths to becoming a god.

• The Jade Dragon King told Hu Haoran that demigods could control space and time and were beyond the destructive reach of ordinary Soul Tool Technology.
• The Jade Dragon King revealed that he was a million-year soul beast who had endured ten Heavenly Tribulations and nearly ascended as a Beast God.
• The Jade Dragon King explained that creating one's own divine seat offered greater familiarity and potential than receiving an inherited one.
• The Jade Dragon King said he had failed the Heavenly Tribulation required to create his own divine seat, but he had no regrets about challenging it.
• The Jade Dragon King told Hu Haoran that divine inheritances generally came from gods who had fallen or grown tired of being gods.

Hu Haoran uncovered the Jade Dragon King’s plan to possess his body and learned that an unawakened second martial soul was keeping him from reaching Soul Emperor. The Jade Dragon King revealed he could awaken it, and Hu Haoran offered to help him be reborn in exchange.

• The Jade Dragon King explained that divine inheritances could help gods build their own traditions and forces, then said his parents had passed down knowledge of the God Realm.
• The Jade Dragon King offered Hu Haoran a benefit, but Hu Haoran suspected he wanted to possess his body and refused to accept without knowing the conditions.
• Hu Haoran reasoned that the Jade Dragon King’s Soul Pressure was an illusion and that he lacked the strength to forcefully possess anyone.
• The Jade Dragon King admitted he sought rebirth and explained that Hu Haoran’s powerful, unawakened second martial soul was draining his Soul Power and preventing him from reaching Soul Emperor.
• The Jade Dragon King agreed to Hu Haoran’s proposal: Hu Haoran would help him be reborn, and the Jade Dragon King would help Hu Haoran break through.

Hu Haoran and the Jade Dragon King agreed that the Jade Dragon King would risk revival as a human in exchange for first awakening Hu Haoran’s second martial soul. The awakening summoned heavenly lightning, and Hu Haoran reached Soul Emperor cultivation.

• The Jade Dragon King learned that Hu Haoran could revive him as a human using a divine stone and divine pill, but failure would mean complete death.
• The Jade Dragon King chose revival and offered to awaken Hu Haoran’s second martial soul before attempting it.
• The Jade Dragon King created a green soul formation that drew on Hu Haoran’s power and provoked the dragon martial soul within him.
• Hu Haoran stepped into the formation, and his awakening summoned thunder and purple-gold lightning that also empowered the Soaring Sword.
• After an hour, the lightning dispersed, and Hu Haoran completed his awakening at level sixty.

Hu Haoran awakened his second martial soul, the Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and prepared to revive the Jade Dragon King. After a day of shaping a human body from the Creation Dragon Stone, the Jade Dragon King took the Chaos Spirit-Restoring Pill to stabilize it and continue his revival.

• Hu Haoran revealed his Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, which greatly increased his strength and healed his injuries.
• Hu Haoran explained how the Creation Dragon Stone and Chaos Spirit-Restoring Pill could help the Jade Dragon King revive.
• The Jade Dragon King entered the Creation Dragon Stone and used his power to shape a human body.
• After a day, the Jade Dragon King completed the body but lost his cultivation and became an ordinary child.
• Hu Haoran gave the Jade Dragon King the Chaos Spirit-Restoring Pill, which he swallowed before sitting down to stabilize his new body.

Hu Haoran helped the Jade Dragon King complete his resurrection, and the Jade Dragon King used a Heavenly Tribulation to restore his powers. He took the human name Hu Yuelin and agreed to follow Hu Haoran to Shrek Academy.

• The Chaos Spirit Nurturing Pill awakened the Jade Dragon King's bloodline and stabilized his newly formed body.
• After three days, a Heavenly Tribulation appeared, and the Jade Dragon King told Hu Haoran to stand back while he faced it.
• The Jade Dragon King used the Xuanlong Great Formation and nine golden flying dragons to absorb the lightning and strengthen his body.
• After two hours, the Jade Dragon King awakened his martial soul, reached level thirty, and gained three innate soul rings.
• The Jade Dragon King named himself Hu Yuelin, accepted Hu Haoran's offer to travel with him, and agreed to attend Shrek Academy.

Hu Haoran brought Hu Yuelin to Haori City and explained how human society and Soul Master technology had changed. At the City Lord's Mansion, Wang Xiaobei challenged Hu Yuelin, and the two prepared to fight before a crowd gathered to watch.

• Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin discussed Soul Tool Technology, soul spirits, and battle armor as they returned to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Wang Xiaobei mistook Hu Yuelin for an ordinary child and challenged him, while Hu Yuelin asked Hu Haoran for permission to fight.
• Hu Haoran warned Wang Xiaobei that Hu Yuelin was stronger than he was and introduced him as his cousin.
• News of the fight drew the Little Bear Team, the Three Dragon Combination, Haori Squad, and Hong Zuifeng to the arena.
• Hu Yuelin told Wang Xiaobei to attack first, and Wang Xiaobei prepared to fight.

Hu Yuelin faced Wang Xiaobei in the Haori City Lord's Manor arena and effortlessly blocked his attacks, revealing strength that astonished the onlookers. Wang Xiaobei then activated his Second Soul Skill, Thunder Transformation, and the fight continued.

• Hu Yuelin told Wang Xiaobei he could guide him to become stronger, while Hu Haoran insisted his cousin had the ability to back up his arrogance.
• Wang Xiaobei revealed six black soul rings and his Blue Lightning Flying Dragon martial soul, but Hu Yuelin refused to use his own martial soul.
• Wang Xiaobei charged with a lightning-powered punch, and Hu Yuelin casually blocked it and released him unharmed.
• Hu Yuelin praised Wang Xiaobei's potential and challenged him to use his full strength, while Hu Haoran admitted he wanted to test his cousin's real power.
• Wang Xiaobei activated his Second Soul Skill, Thunder Transformation, increasing the violence of his lightning and raising his aura by thirty percent.

Wang Xiaobei lost to Hu Yuelin’s spiritual manifestation and accepted him as his master. Hu Yuelin then challenged Hu Haoran, and the two revealed their powerful martial souls and charged into battle.

• Wang Xiaobei attacked Hu Yuelin with Drunken Mountain Collapse, but Hu Yuelin’s spiritual mountain manifestation rebounded the blow and defeated him.
• Hu Haoran explained that Hu Yuelin’s manifestation came from spiritual power rather than powerful Soul Power, and Wang Xiaobei agreed to become Hu Yuelin’s disciple.
• Hu Yuelin challenged Hu Haoran, who leaped into the arena after asking Hong Zuifeng to strengthen its defensive barrier.
• Hu Yuelin revealed his Jade Dragon King martial soul and three green-gold soul rings, while Hu Haoran revealed his second martial soul.
• Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin’s dragon’s might clashed before they activated their armor and charged at each other.

Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin tested their martial souls in a fierce spar, with both displaying formidable power and defenses. After Hu Haoran shattered Hu Yuelin’s meteor attack, he announced that he would reveal his true strength.

• Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin exchanged powerful blows as Hong Zuifeng watched and marveled at their strength.
• Hu Haoran used Drunken Mountain Collapse, combining dragon might, heavenly might, and spiritual power, but neither fighter gained an advantage.
• Hu Yuelin summoned a huge meteor with Stonefall and increased gravity to keep Hu Haoran from dodging.
• Hu Haoran drew on heavenly lightning and pierced through the meteor, shattering it above the arena.
• Hu Yuelin praised Hu Haoran’s response and revealed that he had held back an earth-and-wood technique that could have blocked the lightning.
• Hu Haoran said he would show his true strength, and Hu Yuelin prepared to face him.

Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin fought as Hu Haoran tested his martial soul, and the battle unexpectedly drew down a storm of lightning. Hu Haoran formed his first Purple Gold Lightning Soul Core, while an exhausted Hu Yuelin called an end to their sparring.

• Hu Yuelin attacked Hu Haoran with Flying Leaves, but Hu Haoran scattered the leaf arrows with his swordsmanship and lightning.
• Hu Yuelin trapped Hu Haoran with Swamp, but Hu Haoran broke free and continued fighting him hand to hand.
• As they exchanged blows, Hu Haoran entered a delicate state and a vortex formed at his heart acupoint, drawing in lightning elements.
• Dark clouds gathered and lightning struck the arena; Hu Haoran continued fighting in deep meditation while Hu Yuelin used Jade Body to endure the storm.
• Hu Haoran formed his first Purple Gold Lightning Soul Core after the final lightning strike, and Hu Yuelin stopped the fight, exhausted.

Hu Yuelin told Hu Haoran about the treasures and Spirit Souls preserved in Dragon Soul Valley and the changes he had made to the Xuanlong Great Formation. Their conversation ended when Shi Danda reported that officials from the Imperial Capital had arrived to investigate whether the City Lord had colluded with the Evil Soul Tower.

• Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin ended their battle, and Hu Yuelin refused to continue because he was exhausted.
• Hu Yuelin told Hu Haoran that Great Sage Lieyun had left behind three Spirit Souls, battle armor, a martial soul, and a mecha in Dragon Soul Valley.
• Hu Yuelin explained that he had replanted the seeds of Lieyun's three plant-type Spirit Souls so they could eventually provide more Spirit Souls or Soul Rings.
• Hu Yuelin revealed that he had transformed the golden dragons in the Xuanlong Great Formation into Spirit Souls and that the formation could evolve into more powerful dragon formations.
• Shi Danda reported that visitors from the Imperial Capital had arrived to investigate whether the City Lord had colluded with the Evil Soul Tower, and Hu Haoran went out to meet them.

Hu Haoran intimidated Inspector Shen Dacai, who had come to Haori City expecting to extort him, and arranged for Hong Zuifeng to supervise the investigation. With Haori City’s affairs settled, Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan prepared to leave for Shrek Academy.

• Hu Haoran learned that Shen Dacai was an Imperial Capital inspector and suspected he had come to retaliate over the Ling Family.
• Shen Dacai accused Hu Haoran of colluding with the Evil Soul Tower after Hu Haoran dismissed him.
• Hu Haoran’s soul power and Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon frightened Shen Dacai and his two Soul Sage retainers into silence.
• Hu Haoran ordered Hong Zuifeng to accompany Shen Dacai and record the investigation, prompting Shen Dacai to change his attitude and leave.
• Shen Mengyan asked Hu Haoran if he was ready to travel to Shrek, and he said Haori City’s affairs were settled and its entrance examinations were approaching.

Hu Haoran, Shen Mengyan, and Hu Yuelin left Haori City for Shrek Academy, passing through the technologically advanced Golden Horn City. At a trading market, they encountered a ragged stranger who claimed to have lost his cultivation and begged for a restorative pill.

• Shen Mengyan urged Hu Haoran to leave Haori City in Elder Hong's care, and Hu Haoran reluctantly said goodbye to the place where he had begun.
• Hu Haoran learned that the Kingdom Alliance used Soul Tool Aircraft for travel and heard Shen Mengyan explain how powerful soul masters and Shrek Academy helped prevent major wars.
• The three arrived in Golden Horn City and marveled at its advanced Soul Tool technology and bustling streets.
• Hu Haoran led Shen Mengyan and Hu Yuelin to Golden Summit Trading Market to shop and hunt for treasures.
• A shop clerk kicked away a ragged stranger who claimed he was a Soul Saint whose cultivation had been lost in an ambush and begged for a costly pill.

Hu Haoran rescued a crippled beggar who had been beaten for seeking a pill, recognizing him as a Soul Sage from the Food Sect and learning that he was Wine Douluo’s martial nephew. Hu Haoran bought the pill and took the beggar to a tavern to hear what had happened.

• Hu Yuelin sensed that the beggar was unusual and revealed that his damaged martial soul left him unable to summon it or use Soul Power.
• Hu Haoran recognized the beggar’s aura as resembling Hong Zuifeng’s and stepped in when the shop assistants resumed beating him.
• Hu Haoran sent seven or eight assistants flying, then helped the beggar up and learned he wanted revenge for his martial uncle.
• The beggar revealed that his martial uncle was Wine Douluo, and Hu Haoran recognized him as Elder Hong.
• Hu Haoran bought the beggar’s pill for five million Gold Soul Coins and took him with Shen Mengyan and Hu Yuelin to a tavern to ask about his troubles.

Hu Haoran confirmed Tong Baosheng was Hong Zuifeng’s martial nephew, cured his poison, and sent him to Haori City to reunite with his uncle. Hu Haoran then continued toward Shrek Academy, where Hu Moxie learned that his younger brother would soon face an entrance assessment conducted by him.

• Tong Baosheng introduced himself as a member of the Food Sect and asked Hu Haoran about his martial uncle, Hong Zuifeng.
• Hu Haoran contacted Hong Zuifeng, who confirmed Tong Baosheng’s identity and asked Hu Haoran to save him and send him to Haori City.
• Hu Haoran gave Tong Baosheng a pill that purged his poison, restoring his Soul Saint strength after a day.
• Hu Haoran told Tong Baosheng that Hong Zuifeng was in Haori City, then set out for Shrek City with Shen Mengyan and Hu Yuelin.
• At Shrek Academy, Hu Moxie and Jiang Jiayao discussed their cultivation and the coming recruitment round.
• Hu Moxie revealed that he would be Hu Haoran’s chief examiner and considered testing his younger brother with his full strength.

Hu Haoran, Hu Yuelin, and Shen Mengyan arrived at Shrek Academy to register, where they learned about its strict admissions standards. The chapter left Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin at the assessment desk, as a white-clad staff member recognized Hu Haoran and sensed Hu Yuelin’s immense spiritual power.

• Hu Moxie told Jiang Jiayao that he wanted to stay at the academy and chase girls, while admitting he was unsure whether he and Senior Sister Wen Xue had broken up.
• Hu Haoran, Hu Yuelin, and Shen Mengyan arrived in Shrek City and found Shrek Academy’s registration area beneath Yu Xiaogang’s statue.
• Hu Haoran told Shen Mengyan to use the special entrance because she was too old for the regular age limit, then he and Hu Yuelin joined the regular line.
• A white-clad staff member rejected applicants who failed the age-based Soul Power requirements and threatened to use force against one who protested.
• Hu Haoran and Hu Yuelin reached the assessment desk, where the staff member detected Hu Yuelin’s formidable spiritual power and appeared to recognize Hu Haoran.

Hu Yuelin and Hu Haoran took Shrek Academy’s first entrance test and stunned the staff with their Soul Power ranks. After passing, they headed to temporary lodgings with Shen Mengyan, while six more tests remained.

• Hu Yuelin tested as six years old and Rank 33, shocking the staff and other candidates.
• Hu Haoran tested as twelve years old and Rank 63, surpassing Shrek Academy’s long-standing record and revealing that he was Hu Moxie’s younger brother.
• The staff congratulated Hu Haoran and explained that six important tests remained after the first three assessments.
• Shen Mengyan also passed the first test, and the three candidates headed toward Shrek Academy’s temporary lodgings.

Hu Haoran began Shrek Academy’s second trial and faced a fellow examinee who accused him of faking his cultivation. He passed the tests with overwhelming results, leaving the other students stunned and confident that he would clear the remaining trials.

• Hu Haoran received notice that the second trial would begin and discussed Shrek Academy with Shen Mengyan and Hu Yuelin.
• At the testing grounds, Hong Lu accused Hu Haoran of raising his Soul Power with pills and challenged him to prove himself.
• Hong Lu passed with Soul Power density level three and spiritual power in the Soul Sea Realm, while Xiao Ge achieved level four and the Soul Domain Realm.
• Hu Haoran tested at Soul Power density level seven and 78,961 spiritual power points, reaching the Heavenly Soul Realm.
• Bei Zi confirmed Hu Haoran had passed the second trial, and Hu Haoran declared that he would pass the remaining trials.