Chapter Summaries

The auction of the Asura God Sword fragment ended when Xiao Hongchen won it for 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and his grandfather planned to meet the mysterious seller afterward. Auctioneer Qingya then unveiled an ancient Engraving Knife as the final lot, shocking the Soul Engineers in attendance.

• Auctioneer Qingya announced that the Divine Artifact fragment was an unidentified godly weapon fragment and opened bidding at 100 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Hongchen bid 150 million Gold Soul Coins from VIP Room No. 2 and won the Asura God Sword fragment.
• Xiao Hongchen’s grandfather said he would meet the fragment’s mysterious provider after the auction and ordered Xiao Hongchen to escort Xiao Meng back to the academy.
• Lu Xueling woke Sirin in VIP Room No. 1 as the auction moved on to its final lot.
• Auctioneer Qingya revealed an ancient Engraving Knife, and the Soul Engineers recognized it with surprise.

Lu Xueling bought the cursed Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife at auction, then met Jing Hongchen, the master of Mingde Hall. Jing Hongchen invited Lu Xueling and his companions to Mingde Hall for a chat, and Lu Xueling accepted.

• The auctioneer explained that the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife was a cursed, ninety-ninth-ranked blade whose thirty-seven owners had all met tragic ends.
• Lu Xueling bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and won the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife.
• After settling the auction bill, Lu Xueling's group received a gold card with their remaining funds.
• Jing Hongchen introduced himself as the master of Mingde Hall and invited Lu Xueling's group to visit.
• Lu Xueling accepted Jing Hongchen's invitation.

Lu Xueling demonstrated Valkyrie Armor to Jing Hongchen, who arranged an academy evaluation of the White Practice armor worn by Meng Hongchen. The first match began at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Jing Hongchen noticed the armor contained unfamiliar energy.

• Jing Hongchen welcomed Lu Xueling, Sirin, and their companions to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Lu Xueling revealed that their Divine Artifact fragment had been only a sample.
• Lu Xueling summoned Valkyrie Armor, and Jing Hongchen asked his granddaughter Meng Hongchen to test the White Practice armor.
• Jing Hongchen arranged a public evaluation at the academy's Soul Tool Proving Ground, inviting eligible Soul Engineers to spar against Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen entered the proving ground in the armor and faced the Level 4 Soul Engineer Xia Xuanchen in the opening match.
• Xia Xuanchen fired Soul Cannon Shells at Meng Hongchen, who summoned two pistols, while Jing Hongchen recognized the armor's unfamiliar stored energy.

Meng Hongchen demonstrated the power and limits of Valkyrie Armor · White Practice in two matches, prompting Jing Hongchen to bargain with Lu Xueling for research into Sacred Marks. Lu Xueling agreed to the academy’s terms while privately revealing that Sacred Marks would eventually consume their users’ life force and expose them to Honkai.

• Meng Hongchen used two handgun bullets to defeat Xia Xuanchen, stunning the audience and showing Jing Hongchen their power rivaled that of a Soul Saint.
• Meng Hongchen activated Neko Charm against Xiao Hongchen, but Jing Hongchen intervened with a Class 6 defensive Soul Tool before the attack could hit him.
• Lu Xueling explained that Valkyrie Armor · White Practice was incomplete and that Meng Hongchen had exhausted its stored Honkai Energy with her ultimate attack.
• Lu Xueling offered to research Sacred Marks in exchange for the Deputy Hall Master position, control over the armor research, and high-standard enrollment for Huo Yuhao at Mingde Hall.
• After Jing Hongchen agreed and took Huo Yuhao to enroll, Lu Xueling privately told Sirin that Sacred Marks drained users’ life force until they were devoured by Honkai.

After defeating Dai Huabin and becoming Class Nine’s class monitor, Qian Mu was challenged by Wang Dong, the class monitor of Freshman Class One. She overwhelmed him and began eroding his mind, but an enraged elderly woman intervened, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Qian Mu defeated Dai Huabin, and Mu Jin named her Class Nine’s class monitor and Qian Fei its vice monitor.
• Wang Dong challenged Qian Mu after lunch and attacked her without warning.
• Qian Mu caught Wang Dong’s kick, spun him around, and hurled him into the bushes.
• Wang Dong unleashed his Sidewing Guillotine, but Qian Mu caught the attack and retaliated with black radiance that forced his Martial Soul to withdraw.
• Qian Mu began eroding Wang Dong as he lay helpless, but an elderly woman attacked her, and Qian Mu dodged the strike.

Qian Mu fought with Zhou Yi after Zhou Yi accused her of injuring Wang Dong, and Qian Fei and Mu Jin intervened as the conflict escalated. Dean Yan arrived, treated Wang Dong’s damaged martial soul, and punished Zhou Yi by withholding her salary and cultivation resources for half a year.

• Zhou Yi found Wang Dong injured and accused Qian Mu of ruthlessly attacking a fellow student, then tried to take her to the Discipline Office.
• Qian Mu flew out of Zhou Yi’s reach, and Qian Fei challenged Zhou Yi’s conduct as a teacher.
• Mu Jin arrived and defended the twins, but Zhou Yi unleashed her Soul Emperor aura and prepared to seize Qian Mu.
• Dean Yan descended, dismissed the gathered students, and treated Wang Dong, removing the erosive power from his martial soul.
• Qian Mu admitted that she had injured Wang Dong, and Dean Yan deducted Zhou Yi’s teaching salary and cultivation resources for half a year.

Yan Shaozhe decided Qian Mu would receive light punishment for excessive self-defense and ordered Mu Jin to guide her. Qian Fei delivered his decision to Zhou Yi, provoking her and revealing to Class One that Qian Mu had defeated their monitor.

• Yan Shaozhe reviewed Qian Mu and Qian Fei's records, judged Qian Mu's attack excessive self-defense, and instructed Mu Jin to educate her before the freshman assessment.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Mu Jin a note with the decision about Wang Dong and told her to pass it to Zhou Yi.
• Mu Jin asked Qian Fei to deliver the note, and Qian Fei went to Class One's classroom.
• Zhou Yi challenged Qian Fei at the door, but Qian Fei stood firm and insulted her, making Zhou Yi angrier.
• Qian Fei caught the textbook Zhou Yi threw, returned it, and left after telling the class that Qian Mu had crushed their class monitor.

Lu Xueling empowered the Herrscher of Erosion and ordered her not to leave grudges unsettled when she had the advantage. After Qian Mu drew a crowd of Class One students, Zhou Yi confronted them and insulted Qian Mu and Qian Fei, prompting Mu Jin to strike her with a ruler.

• Lu Xueling learned that Zhou Yi had provoked the Herrscher of Erosion and gave her a Sacred Mark called Durandal Tease (Lower) Lv.1.
• Lu Xueling ordered the Herrscher of Erosion to settle grudges immediately whenever she had the strength advantage.
• After class, students from Class One gathered outside Class Nine to meet Qian Mu, who invited them to talk in the cafeteria.
• Zhou Yi arrived and ordered her students away, but Mu Jin challenged her for being overbearing.
• Qian Mu and Qian Fei acted hurt by Zhou Yi's scolding, and Zhou Yi insulted them before Mu Jin hit her in the head with a ruler.

Qian Mu and her classmates confronted Zhou Yi after she accused Qian Mu of manipulating students, and Dai Huabin joined them in defending her. When Zhou Yi threatened to expel the protesting students, Mu Jin offered to take all twenty into Class Nine, leaving the transfer dispute poised to escalate.

• Class Nine students protested after Zhou Yi accused Qian Mu of turning students against her.
• Dai Huabin defended Qian Mu, and students from Classes One and Nine joined in condemning Zhou Yi’s treatment of her.
• Zhou Yi announced that she was expelling the students who challenged her.
• Mu Jin offered to accept all twenty former Class One students into Class Nine, and Zhou Yi threatened them with a hostile glare.
• Qian Fei urged the students to stand with Mu Jin, who would protect them.

After Qian Mu and Mu Jin secured the Class One students’ transfer to Class Nine, Qian Mu briefly frightened Zhou Yi with the Herrscher of Erosion’s killing intent. The students welcomed their new classmates over dinner, while Qian Fei privately questioned Qian Mu about what she had done.

• Du Weilun approved the Class One students’ transfer to Class Nine and ordered Zhou Yi to report to the Discipline Office after dinner.
• Qian Mu gave Zhou Yi a glimpse of the Herrscher of Erosion’s overwhelming killing intent, leaving Zhou Yi trembling and terrified.
• Mu Jin treated more than 120 students to dinner, where Dai Huabin, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian supported Qian Mu and welcomed the transferred students.
• Zhou Yi arrived late and hurried away after Qian Mu looked at her, while the Class Nine students glared at her.
• Qian Fei clasped Qian Mu’s hand under the table and gave her a serious, questioning look, and Qian Mu replied with a slicing gesture using her spoon.

Zhou Yi was stalked by a supernatural presence on her way home, and Fan Yu rescued her and brought her to Yan Shaozhe for help. As they left the Dean’s lounge, the Herrscher of Erosion had already descended.

• After dinner, Zhou Yi sensed something was wrong as she walked alone through the dark streets near Shrek Academy.
• A dark-red eye appeared in the streetlamps and pursued Zhou Yi, leaving her unable to move until Fan Yu shattered a lamp with a Soul Cannon.
• Fan Yu carried Zhou Yi toward the teachers’ dormitory while a broken whisper continued to follow them.
• At the Dean’s lounge, Fan Yu warned Yan Shaozhe that an assassin had attacked Zhou Yi, and Yan Shaozhe went to investigate.
• Fan Yu comforted Zhou Yi, then walked away with her as dark-blue ripples spread beneath his feet and the floor began to twist.

The Herrscher of Erosion trapped Zhou Yi in a terrifying illusion, revealed that she had absorbed Fan Yu, and then eroded Zhou Yi as well. The Herrscher gained about 500 HW of Honkai Energy, and Lu Xueling received the system notification in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Fan Yu comforted Zhou Yi at home and went to shower while she waited in their bedroom.
• A strange voice and a crimson mirror frightened Zhou Yi, who found herself trapped in darkness and turned to see what looked like Fan Yu.
• The false Fan Yu revealed herself as Qian Mu, the Herrscher of Erosion, and explained that Fan Yu had become part of her.
• The Herrscher of Erosion eroded Zhou Yi and absorbed her fear and despair, successfully claiming her as her second target.
• Lu Xueling received a Honkai God Simulation System notification reporting that approximately 500 HW of Honkai Energy had been obtained.

Huo Yuhao entered Mingde Hall and was assigned a research station, while Lu Xueling weighed how to spend newly gained Honkai Energy on Valkyrie Armor. Jing Hongchen visited to check the project’s progress, and Lu Xueling showed him a semi-finished design for Pulse Armor Crimson.

• Jing Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao through Mingde Hall’s security checkpoints and down more than a hundred meters underground.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Huo Yuhao the ninth experiment table in the first row and granted him extra Rare Metal for his research.
• Lu Xueling received notifications that the Herrscher of Erosion had gained about 500 HW of Honkai Energy and Huo Yuhao had earned 30% loyalty, yielding another 200 HW.
• Lu Xueling considered whether to finish Domain Armor: White Lian as a complete B-rank or create Valkyrie Armor: Pulse Armor Crimson.
• Jing Hongchen arrived to ask about the Valkyrie Armor research, and Lu Xueling projected an enlarged image of the semi-finished Pulse Armor Crimson.

Lu Xueling chose the Holy Spirit Cult as his target while waiting for the Honkai God System to unlock another Herrscher, then spent time with Sirin. At Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi and Fan Yu both arrived late with newly blue-dyed hair, and a damaged streetlamp went unnoticed.

• Lu Xueling told Sirin and Bella that the Holy Spirit Cult was his target and that he was waiting for the system to unlock another Herrscher.
• Lu Xueling imagined Sirin changing appearances, then pinned her on the sofa while Bella left and locked the doors and windows.
• Zhou Yi arrived ten minutes late to Freshman Class One, and Du Weilun marked her late before she went to teach.
• Du Weilun and Wang Yan discovered that Zhou Yi and Fan Yu had both arrived late and dyed their hair blue.
• Teachers and students passed a visibly damaged streetlamp on the road to Shrek Academy's cafeteria without paying attention to it.

Mu Jin led Class Nine through a weighted running exercise, where Qian Mu stood out and met Xiao Xiao. Dai Huabin struggled with jealousy over Qian Mu’s superiority and decided to ask his elder brother about the twins’ origins.

• Mu Jin ordered Class Nine to wear iron vests and run laps until the dismissal bell, assigning Qian Mu and Qian Fei to record the rankings.
• Qian Mu briefly stood motionless while looking toward Class One’s classroom, then joined Qian Fei and spoke quietly about a Soul Tool with Caitou.
• Xiao Xiao asked Qian Mu about her muttering, but Qian Mu teased her and ran ahead.
• Qian Fei touched the glowing mark on her hand and murmured about gaining insight into Xiao Xiao’s twin Martial Souls through Honkai Energy.
• Qian Mu completed thirty laps, twice as many as second-place Dai Huabin, who felt jealous and asked Zhu Lu whether Qian Mu could join their side.
• Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu he would contact his elder brother that night to learn where Qian Mu and Qian Fei came from.

Qian Mu arranged for Qian Fei to rescue Jiang Nannan from a magically induced crisis, earning Xu Sanshi’s gratitude. Xu Sanshi agreed to give Qian Fei two Profound Water Pills as repayment.

• Qian Mu told Qian Fei she had a reward for her and led her to an alley outside Shrek City’s eastern gate.
• Qian Mu used a dark-red eye to locate Jiang Nannan, then instructed Qian Fei to wait for her signal.
• Qian Mu secretly caused Jiang Nannan to suffer severe chest pain as she walked toward the food stalls with her companion.
• Xu Sanshi tried to treat Jiang Nannan with his Soul Power, but his efforts failed as her condition worsened.
• Qian Fei stepped forward and healed Jiang Nannan with her sacred golden light, while a dark-red wisp left Jiang Nannan’s body unnoticed.
• After Jiang Nannan thanked Qian Fei, Xu Sanshi promised her two Profound Water Pills in repayment.

Qian Fei and Qian Mu met Tang Ya and Bei Bei again, then discussed the Profound Water Pills Lu Xueling had obtained for them. Qian Mu revealed that she would leave Shrek Academy for about a month, leaving Qian Fei to manage on her own.

• Xu Sanshi gave Qian Fei two Profound Water Pills, and Jiang Nannan promised to help her with three things if needed.
• Tang Ya greeted Qian Fei enthusiastically, but Qian Mu arrived and took her sister away after exchanging words with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.
• Qian Mu explained that the Profound Water Pills could raise Soul Power and cleanse impurities, improving a soul master's potential.
• Qian Mu told Qian Fei that she would leave the next day because her God had called her to help with a major plan, so Qian Fei would have to rely on herself for about a month.

Lu Xueling gathered Sirin and the Herrscher of Erosion for an operation in the Far North to find the Ice and Snow Empresses before their looming calamities. The group reached the frozen region and prepared to ambush its native humans to gather Honkai Energy.

• Lu Xueling questioned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about the Ice and Snow Empresses, learning that the Snow Empress's final day was near and that she might rebuild her cultivation to survive her calamity.
• Lu Xueling sent Huo Yuhao back to his lessons with a gift promised if he became a first-class Soul Engineer, while Bella stayed behind to watch over him and the situation.
• The Herrscher of Erosion arrived, and Lu Xueling ordered her and Sirin to follow his command during the next day's operation.
• Lu Xueling, Sirin, and the Herrscher of Erosion traveled to the Far North and agreed to set an ambush to gather Honkai Energy.

After learning that Qian Mu had left to hunt for her third soul ring, Wang Dong challenged her younger sister Qian Fei instead. Qian Fei revealed an overwhelming power of Ultimate Light after recognizing Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul.

• Mu Jin approved Qian Mu’s leave to hunt for a soul ring after she broke through level 30, and Qian Mu declined the academy’s help.
• Wang Dong asked Zhou Yi to arrange a rematch against Qian Mu, but Zhou Yi told her that Qian Mu had already left.
• Zhou Yi urged Wang Dong to challenge Qian Fei as preparation for fighting Qian Mu, and Wang Dong accepted.
• Wang Dong confronted Qian Fei outside the dormitory and revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul.
• Qian Fei recognized Wang Dong’s Martial Soul, summoned two disguised hundred-year soul rings, and unleashed a brilliant power of light that the old man identified as Ultimate Light.

Qian Fei defeated Wang Dong in a fight, then nearly lost control when she recognized Six-Winged Angel power in Wang Dong’s Butterfly God's Light. Back in her dorm, Qian Renxue struggled against the spreading Honkai Energy as her resistance continued to increase.

• Qian Fei blocked Wang Dong's attacks, then struck her into a flowerbed and restrained her Butterfly God's Light.
• Qian Renxue recognized the Six-Winged Angel power in Wang Dong's attack and let her anger show as purple-red patterns spread across her hand.
• Wang Yan intervened and stopped Qian Fei from continuing the fight, and Wang Dong apologized to her.
• Wang Yan lectured Wang Dong about her arrogance after Qian Fei returned to the dormitory.
• Qian Renxue showered and reflected on Tang San, Sirin, and the power of Honkai Energy as the markings spread across half her body.
• Qian Renxue clutched her chest in pain while a message reported that her resistance to Honkai Energy was increasing.