Chapter Summaries

Qian Fei accepted Dai Huabin’s challenge and provoked him and Zhu Lu into fighting her together, while Qian Mu watched without concern. The three entered the Battle Soul Arena, where Wang Yan began refereeing their match.

• Wu Feng defended Qian Mu and rebuked Dai Huabin, prompting Wang Yan to agree to a duel between Dai Huabin and Qian Fei.
• Qian Fei accepted the duel and challenged Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to fight her together, mocking their failed Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wang Yan and Mu Jin led Freshman Class One to the Battle Soul Area, while students placed bets on the match.
• Wang Yan warned Qian Fei, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu not to cripple or seriously injure one another, then took his place as referee.
• As Qian Fei stepped back, she laughed chillingly, and a faint black blindfold seemed to cover her eyes.

Qian Fei trapped Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu in a dark stage that exposed their failures and grievances. She revealed herself as Qian Renxue, the Herrscher of Domination, as threads tightened around them and blood burst from their bodies.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu attacked Qian Fei, who engulfed the arena in dark-golden light and transported them to a crude stage surrounded by vacant-eyed youths.
• Qian Fei taunted Dai Huabin with news of his injured brother and Shrek Academy, while the youths condemned the academy.
• Zhu Lu attacked the crowd, but Cui Yajie blocked her and accused her of abandoning her to face Qian Mu alone.
• Qian Fei and the youths restrained Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu with threads, and Cui Yajie demonstrated that she could use Hell Slash.
• Qian Fei confronted Dai Huabin about his pride and revealed that she was Qian Renxue, the Herrscher of Domination.

Lu Xueling oversaw Mingde Hall’s White Training tests and authorized mass production of the armor, then prepared to unveil the Titan Mech the next day. Imperial Tutor Zhong volunteered to pilot it first, while Lu Xueling secretly planned to use the test to reveal Honkai Energy’s power to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Jing Hongchen and Mingde Hall’s researchers tested a replicated White Training Armor against the prototype worn by Jing Ziyan, and the replica reached about half the prototype’s strength.
• Lu Xueling gave Jing Hongchen Sacred Mark sets for White Training, postponed the next Valkyrie Armor, and announced that he, Sirin, and Huo Yuhao would leave for at least two months after the Titan Mech’s test.
• After watching the armor test, Lu Xueling approved mass production, and Jing Hongchen ordered the researchers to follow the deputy hall master’s instructions.
• Lu Xueling showed Jing Hongchen, Xu Tianran, and Imperial Tutor Zhong the completed Titan Mech and confirmed it could be displayed the next day.
• Imperial Tutor Zhong asked to pilot the Titan Mech, and Lu Xueling agreed while secretly planning to show the Holy Spirit Cult the power of Honkai Energy.

Lu Xueling brought Huo Yuhao to the Sun Moon Imperial Palace for the Titan Mech’s first field test, where Imperial Tutor Zhong piloted it against a Frozen Death Warrior. After the test began, Lu Xueling and Huo Yuhao spotted two Body Sect members watching from a palace tower, and Lu Xueling sent Huo Yuhao to invite them over.

• Hundreds of imperial family members gathered to see the Titan Mech, and Lu Xueling arrived with the blue-robed Huo Yuhao, whose uncontrolled cold had chilled the palace.
• Lu Xueling gave Jing Hongchen a Honkai Energy core to install, then invited Imperial Tutor Zhong to pilot the activated Titan Mech.
• Imperial Tutor Zhong controlled the mech smoothly and demonstrated its strength before Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen.
• Lu Xueling unleashed a Frozen Death Warrior as an opponent, and the Titan Mech defeated it with a powerful punch.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out two apparent Body Sect members watching from a tower, and Lu Xueling told him to invite them over after the test so he could assess Huo Yuhao’s mastery of the Herrscher’s power.

Huo Yuhao intimidated the Sun Moon Empire’s court into accepting Lu Xueling’s appointment as a consecrated elder, then captured two Body Sect Soul Douluo who had come to recruit him. The chapter ended with Lu Xueling declaring Huo Yuhao a member of the Herrschers under his command.

• Huo Yuhao raised a massive ice spike to convince the Sun Moon Emperor and Xu Tianran to let him accept Lu Xueling’s ceremonial robes and token.
• Huo Yuhao tracked down and restrained two mysterious Body Sect members while Lu Xueling waited nearby.
• The large-headed man identified the pair as members of the Body Sect and said they had come to recruit Huo Yuhao and investigate the Sun Moon Empire’s creations.
• After learning that the Body Sect welcomed soul masters with body martial souls, Huo Yuhao refused to join, saying he already belonged to the Herrschers under Lu Xueling’s command.
• Lu Xueling arrived and declared Huo Yuhao’s allegiance to the Body Sect.

Lu Xueling killed two Body Sect members who tried to take Huo Yuhao, then revealed that Imperial Tutor Zhong was an evil Soul Master and planned a major Honkai operation in three days. He prepared to mobilize the Honkai Beast army and introduce Huo Yuhao to the Herrscher of Erosion and a new Herrscher of Ice.

• Lu Xueling killed the two Body Sect members with ice spikes after they attacked him, and Huo Yuhao revived their corpses as Frozen Death Warriors.
• Lu Xueling told Huo Yuhao that Imperial Tutor Zhong was an evil Soul Master from the Sun Moon Imperial Family's Guardian Divine Church.
• Lu Xueling contacted the Herrscher of Erosion and ordered her to prepare for a large Honkai operation in three days and bring out the Honkai Beast army.
• Lu Xueling told Huo Yuhao that the Herrscher of Erosion would join them and that he should call her Sister Erosion.
• The Herrscher of Erosion told Qian Renxue she could not join the operation yet, and they bet on whether the new Herrscher of Ice would be a girl or a boy.

Zhong Liwu warned his mother, Ye Xishui, about Lu Xueling’s advanced Titan Mech, and Ye Xishui decided to capture him and recruit the twelve-year-old Titled Douluo beside him as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son. When the youth arrived at the cult, Ye Xishui went outside to confront him and found more than twenty thousand unfamiliar soul beasts filling the sky.

• Zhong Liwu told Ye Xishui that Lu Xueling’s technology surpassed Soul Tools and could make him a threat to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Xishui resolved to capture Lu Xueling for study and bring Sirin to the cult, trusting that she and Long Xiaoyao could defeat any opposition.
• Ye Xishui learned that a twelve-year-old Titled Douluo had accompanied Lu Xueling and proposed making him the cult’s Holy Son.
• A tremor shook the palace, and the youth announced that Ye Xishui would not be able to swallow him.
• Ye Xishui unleashed her martial soul and went outside, where she saw more than twenty thousand unfamiliar soul beasts in the sky.

The Herrscher of Erosion led the Anti-Matter Legion across three empires to join Lu Xueling and the others before they attacked the Holy Spirit Cult. At the Demonic Forest, the cultists emerged to find themselves surrounded by the overwhelming force, leaving Zhong Liwu terrified and bewildered.

• Xiao Shi led twenty thousand Honkai Beasts and undead from the Far North, crushing resistance as they crossed the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire before entering the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xiao Shi reunited with Lu Xueling, Sirin, and Huo Yuhao, who greeted her as the Herrscher of Ice and joined the group.
• Lu Xueling asked Xiao Shi to trace Imperial Tutor Zhong’s iron chair, and she led the legion to the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters in the Demonic Forest.
• Huo Yuhao overheard Ye Xishui discussing making him the cult’s Holy Son, then froze the ground and smashed the earth with a punch.
• Ye Xishui and Zhong Liwu emerged with the cultists, saw the Honkai army surrounding them, and realized they faced enemies of extraordinary power.

Lu Xueling confronted the Holy Spirit Cult, and Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao chose to fight rather than surrender. As the battle began, Ye Xishui threatened to dissect Sirin, provoking the Honkai Queen into unleashing her fury.

• Lu Xueling revealed that he had discovered Zhong Liwu's bug, and Ye Xishui ordered Zhong Liwu to send a distress signal.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived to aid the Holy Spirit Cult, but Lu Xueling refused to call off his attack, and Long Xiaoyao refused to stand aside.
• Ye Xishui released her Blood Soul Great Law while the Herrscher of Erosion ordered the Honkai army to kill the Holy Spirit Cult members.
• Sirin shattered Ye Xishui's blood souls with Subspace Spears, and Ye Xishui transformed and threatened to dissect her.
• Sirin's anger distorted space across the Demonic Forest, leaving Lu Xueling to recognize that Ye Xishui had provoked the Honkai Queen.

Sirin unleashed her fury on the Holy Spirit Cult, and Lu Xueling supplied the energy that sustained her attack. The Evil Emperor intervened but was defeated alongside the cult, leaving the Demonic Forest devastated and the Holy Spirit Cult erased.

• Sirin erupted in rage and attacked Ye Xishui and the Holy Spirit Cult while Lu Xueling supplied her with Honkai Energy.
• The Evil Emperor arrived and demanded that the intruders leave or face his wrath, but Lu Xueling refused his terms.
• The Evil Emperor attacked Sirin, who struck back and destroyed him along with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After the bombardment ended, the Evil Emperor had become an orange-gold soul ring and dropped an External Soul Bone, while Lu Xueling collected the Evil Soul Masters' corpses and souls.
• The author asked whether readers found the Auspicious Beast's name, Youlan, awkward and whether they would accept a later name change.

After the Holy Spirit Cult was destroyed, Lu Xueling completed the Core of the Kaiser of Death and comforted Sirin as painful memories resurfaced. He gave Sirin a skin based on her original appearance, then decided to announce that the cult had changed hands and become Holy Mandate.

• Lu Xueling sealed the Evil Emperor’s soul ring and Soul Bone with Honkai Energy, and the system confirmed the Core of the Kaiser of Death was complete and could be upgraded.
• Sirin remembered her lonely fourteenth birthday and mourned the mother and friends she had lost, but Lu Xueling comforted her and she told him she loved him.
• Lu Xueling used Honkai Energy to create a skin based on Sirin’s original appearance, and Sirin proudly showed it to Huo Yuhao and Shi Bao.
• Huo Yuhao asked Lu Xueling what they should do about the destruction of the Holy Spirit Cult, and Lu Xueling announced that it would be renamed Holy Mandate under its new master, Di Lan.

Lu Xueling and Sirin returned to the Star Dou Great Forest so Lu Xueling could enter seclusion, and Lu Xueling healed the Silver Dragon King’s lingering injuries with the Kaiser of Death core. After the Silver Dragon King recovered her peak strength, Lu Xueling entered the Spring of Life for a system upgrade expected to take between half a year and two years.

• The Holy Spirit Cult changed its name to the Holy Mandate and announced that its headquarters would be established on the edge of the Demonic Forest.
• Lu Xueling and Sirin arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Scarlet King summoned Di Tian to meet them.
• Lu Xueling used the Kaiser of Death core to heal the Silver Dragon King’s injuries, restoring her to peak strength.
• The Silver Dragon King and the six Fierce Beasts celebrated her recovery, while two men in the Heaven Dou Empire sensed her bloodline pressure.
• The Silver Dragon King welcomed Lu Xueling and Sirin into the Spring of Life, and Lu Xueling said his seclusion would last at least half a year and at most two years.

Xu Tianran worried about Holy Mandate and the empire’s lost combat strength while Huo Yuhao spent the day in Mingdu with Youlan. The chapter ended with two Fierce Beasts spotting them together and reporting that a human was stealing away the auspicious beast.

• Xu Tianran discussed Holy Mandate with Ju Zi and wondered where the empire’s twelve-year-old Titled Douluo consecrated official had gone.
• Huo Yuhao won Youlan a close-combat Soul Tool at a market game, and she invited him to dinner.
• Huo Yuhao continued his Soul Tool studies and became the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s youngest third-grade Soul Engineer.
• Youlan linked arms with Huo Yuhao and led him toward the plaza, making him nervous.
• Huo Yuhao sensed two Fierce Beasts watching them, and one sent a message warning that a human was stealing away the auspicious beast.

Huo Yuhao learned that Youlan was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, an Auspicious Beast, after the Silver Dragon King arrived at the academy. Youlan revealed that she had chosen her name out of admiration for someone in Lu Xueling’s memories, while the Silver Dragon King said her given name was Gu Youyue.

• Youlan sensed Bi Ji and Zi Ji following them, and Huo Yuhao hurried her back to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Youlan about being called an Auspicious Beast, and the Silver Dragon King appeared with Zi Ji and Bi Ji to explain her identity.
• The Silver Dragon King revealed that Youlan’s true form was a Three-Eyed Golden Lion with the dual ultimate attributes of fire and light, whose presence doubled soul beasts’ growth and breakthrough chances.
• Youlan told Huo Yuhao that she had found Lu Xueling gravely wounded in Star Dou and had chosen her name after seeing it in his memories.
• The Silver Dragon King said Youlan had rejected the human name she had given her: Gu Youyue.

Huo Yuhao accepted Gu Youyue’s identity as the Auspicious Beast, and Gu Yuena agreed not to oppose their relationship. At Shrek Academy, Qian Fei was confronted by two powerful men who claimed to be Wang Dong’s guardians.

• Huo Yuhao told Gu Youyue that he still considered her his friend, and Bella arrived as they reconciled.
• Gu Yuena warned Huo Yuhao about Gu Youyue’s importance to Star Dou, and he promised not to harm her or provoke the Soul Beast Clan.
• Bella mentioned another Herrscher who had not fully awakened, and Gu Youena sent Gu Youyue to visit the blonde girl while Huo Yuhao asked to go along.
• Qian Fei left the dormitory to hunt for Erosion targets and noticed Tang San’s daughter following her.
• Wang Dong and two imposing men stopped Qian Fei, introduced themselves as Wang Dong’s guardians, and gave their surnames as Tian and Tai.

Wang Dong and two Clear Sky Sect gods confronted Qian Fei, demanding that she return the source of Wang Dong’s martial soul. Qian Mu and Huo Yuhao arrived to protect Qian Fei, while Qian Renxue felt the warmth of family again.

• A green-clad god and a burly gray-clad god accused Qian Fei of stealing Wang Dong’s martial soul source and threatened to take her to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Dong called Qian Fei an Evil Soul Master and threatened her with her fathers’ power, but Qian Fei refused to admit to taking anything.
• Wang Dong’s threats stirred Qian Renxue’s memories of her grandfather and father, and Qian Renxue’s eyes showed longing for family.
• Qian Mu and Huo Yuhao arrived and stood between Qian Fei and the Clear Sky Sect gods, warning them not to bully her.
• Qian Mu and Huo Yuhao reassured Qian Renxue that they were her family, while the two gods wondered whether the newcomers had ties to the God Realm.

Elder Mu mediated a confrontation between the Clear Sky Sect and Shrek Academy after Wang Dong accused Qian Fei of stealing part of her martial soul’s origin. With no evidence against Qian Fei, Elder Mu offered Wang Dong precious treasures to repair her martial soul and asked her to represent Shrek Academy at the next two tournaments.

• Elder Mu appeared and halted the Clear Sky Sect’s confrontation with Qian Fei and her older sister.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s vice sect master said Wang Dong had accused Qian Fei of stealing her martial soul’s origin during the freshman assessment tournament.
• Qian Fei denied taking anything, while Wang Dong said her Light Goddess Butterfly had lost abilities after Qian Fei approached her.
• Fan Yu and Xuan Zi confirmed that they had seen no theft, and Elder Mu noted that Wang Dong’s martial soul differed from the academy’s records.
• Elder Mu offered Wang Dong precious heavenly treasures to repair her martial soul and asked her to win the next two tournaments for Shrek Academy.

Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting to discuss the dispute between Qian Mu, Qian Fei, and Wang Dong, and argued that Shrek should compensate Wang Dong while protecting all three students. The elders raised concerns about Qian Mu’s strange powers, and Mu En left them questioning whether the sisters could be trusted.

• Mu En recounted the conflict between Qian Mu, Qian Fei, and Wang Dong and said he had promised compensation to repair Wang Dong’s Martial Soul.
• An elder questioned whether Shrek’s resources could adequately restore Wang Dong, while Mu En argued that protecting three talented students was worth the cost.
• Xian Lin'er raised concerns about Wang Dong’s Clear Sky Sect ties, and Yan Shaozhe voted in favor of Mu En’s approach before describing Qian Mu’s strange power.
• Xuan Zi said Qian Mu’s Self-Created Soul Skill resembled the power of a Fierce Beast, prompting Mu En to urge caution.
• Mu En asked whether Qian Mu and Qian Fei showed signs of being Soul Beasts or Evil Soul Masters, then challenged Xuan Zi to explain how two twelve-year-old girls could fool them.

Mu En concluded that Huo Yuhao, Qian Mu, and Qian Fei might be divine beings protected by Bella, leaving Shrek Academy vulnerable and unable to risk provoking them. In Shrek City, Huo Yuhao learned that Qian Renxue was the Angel Goddess and heard her affirm that she remained human and a descendant of the Angel Clan.

• Mu En told Mu En to have Qian Mu and Qian Fei meet him at Sea God Lake in a week so he could assess their abilities.
• After the meeting, Mu En wondered why Tang San had stopped responding through the Golden Ancient Tree and concluded that Huo Yuhao, Qian Mu, and Qian Fei might be gods or their descendants, with Bella as their protector.
• Mu En decided Shrek Academy could not afford to provoke the youths and feared the academy's weakened state left its future bleak.
• At a Shrek City restaurant, Huo Yuhao greeted Qian Renxue and said she resembled the legendary Angel God from ten thousand years earlier.
• Qian Renxue revealed her damaged angel wings and confirmed that she was the Angel Goddess, Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue said she would keep her wings and golden sword because she would always be a descendant of the Angel Clan and remain human at heart.

Lu Xueling emerged from ten months of seclusion, gave Gu Yuena a Valkyrie Armor, and drew a Herrscher Core that was not the one she wanted. At Shrek Academy, Qian Renxue learned that his latest Core belonged to the Herrscher of Reason.

• Sirin welcomed Lu Xueling back from the Fountain of Life and clung to him, exhausted after guarding him for ten months.
• Lu Xueling offered Gu Yuena the Crimson Fusion Core Armor and Moon Shadow Knight, and she chose the Crimson Fusion Core Armor.
• Gu Yuena asked for the Herrscher of Consciousness Core, so Lu Xueling used his remaining draw and received a different Core.
• At Shrek Academy, Qian Renxue reflected on her growing strength as students returned for the advancement assessment.
• Shi Bao arrived and told Qian Renxue that Lu Xueling had obtained the Herrscher of Reason Core.