Chapter Summaries

While Shen Xing camped on the island, Lin Xuan used dreams about the Abyss to push her toward seeking greater strength. He then drew her into a story about a family Sword Technique and a hidden inheritance, leaving her convinced that her strange dreams and arrival on the island were connected.

• Shen Xing woke from a nightmare in which monsters overwhelmed the Federation and the North Sea Legion, then fell asleep again beside her campfire.
• Lin Xuan discussed his plans with Xuan Yue and explained that he was using dreams to show Shen Xing the threat of the Abyss and motivate her to grow stronger.
• Shen Xing watched Lin Xuan perform a Sword Technique and sensed an unusual connection to it.
• Lin Xuan claimed the Sword Technique was tied to a hidden inheritance on the island and suggested Shen Xing's arrival might be fate.
• Shen Xing recalled her recurring dreams about monsters and decided the inheritance, the dreams, and Lin Xuan's story all fit together.

Lin Xuan guided Shen Xing through a trial to master the Arrogance Sword Art, then pretended to be dying so she would accept his healing kiss. Shen Xing’s scars vanished, and Xuan Yue warned Lin Xuan that Shen Xing would discover their connection once she fused with the Sword of Arrogance.

• Lin Xuan led Shen Xing into a mental realm where she fought an incarnation of her arrogance to master the Arrogance Sword Art.
• Shen Xing woke to find Lin Xuan apparently gravely wounded, and he claimed he had sacrificed himself to save her after her failed trial.
• Shen Xing agreed to help Lin Xuan, and he kissed her, transferring healing warmth that removed the scars from her face.
• Shen Xing realized Lin Xuan had tricked her into kissing him, then hurried into the forest to wash up.
• Xuan Yue warned Lin Xuan that Shen Xing would discover their connection when she fused with the Sword of Arrogance, and Lin Xuan explained that intense emotion helped her accept the Power of Sin.

Shen Xing subdued her evil thought incarnation and merged with Lin Xuan’s Arrogance Sin Sword, learning that his courtship had been a deliberate plan. Though hurt by his deception, she accepted their soul bond and asked him not to lie to her again.

• Shen Xing entered her mindscape and defeated her evil thought incarnation, gaining an ice-blue longsword fused with her soul.
• Shen Xing emerged and saw Lin Xuan kissing Xuan Yue, then confronted him in grief and rage.
• Lin Xuan merged his will with Shen Xing’s soul, binding her to the Arrogance Sin Sword.
• Shen Xing held her sword to Lin Xuan’s chest, but he explained that she could not truly harm him and comforted her.
• Shen Xing asked whether Lin Xuan had ever liked her, and he said he had; she accepted the bond and told him not to lie again.

Lin Xuan returned from North Sea City and found Mu Ye testing his new fusion mecha against Qian Gu Die Ting near Shrek City. As the two unleashed their full power, Lin Xuan watched their clash and likened it to Optimus Prime fighting the Monkey King.

• Shen Xing kissed Lin Xuan goodbye and said she would wait for him at Spirit Creation Academy.
• Lin Xuan left Shen Xing and flew back toward Shrek City, where he heard the shockwave of a powerful battle.
• A Ruheng told Lin Xuan that Mu Ye had emerged from seclusion and was sparring with Qian Gu Die Ting.
• Qian Gu Die Ting unleashed his full strength and summoned a colossal pillar as his fighting spirit returned.
• Mu Ye entered a giant red fusion mecha and charged Qian Gu Die Ting with a mechanical greatsword.
• The clash uprooted the surrounding forest, and Lin Xuan marveled at Mu Ye's mecha before comparing the fight to Optimus Prime versus the Monkey King.

Mu Ye tested his new Mecha against Qian Gu Die Ting and began considering ways to improve its mobility, while Lin Xuan returned with Spirit Domain Realm Spiritual Power. At a secret Spirit Pagoda laboratory, a team of researchers succeeded in creating a ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit.

• Qian Gu Die Ting defeated Mu Ye's cumbersome Mecha, and Mu Ye decided it needed further optimization.
• Lin Xuan asked Mu Ye about the Mecha fusion experiment, and Qian Gu Die Ting noticed Lin Xuan's Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
• Qian Gu Die Ting ignored Qian Gu Dong Feng, who wondered why his father still favored his eldest brother over him.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Mu Ye discussed Lin Xuan and Qian Gu Ling Hua, and Qian Gu Die Ting hinted at giving Lin Xuan something as dowry.
• Researchers at a secret Spirit Pagoda laboratory announced that they had successfully created a ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit.

Gu Yue reunited with Lin Xuan after completing her research on Artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits, while Leng Yaozhu resolved to find her younger sister Leng Yulai. Lin Xuan and Gu Yue returned to her room, where she continued keeping her secrets and considered asking Zi Ji to take her place.

• Lin Xuan interrupted a young researcher’s attempted invitation to Gu Yue and carried her out of the laboratory, while Leng Yaozhu watched and thought of Yun Ming and Leng Yulai.
• Lin Xuan and Gu Yue strolled through Shrek City before returning to Gu Yue’s room at Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yue smelled another woman on Lin Xuan and teased him about recruiting someone new for Spirit Creation Academy.
• Gu Yue and Lin Xuan stopped before going further, and she apologized because she was not ready to reveal her secret.
• Gu Yue wondered whether Zi Ji could take her place, and Zi Ji sneezed in her treehouse in Evergreen Forest.

Qian Gu Die Ting asked Lin Xuan to represent the Spirit Pagoda in disciplining its Dou Ling Branch Tower over its collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult and the theft of the Eternal Kingdom. Lin Xuan accepted, while Qian Gu Die Ting also urged him to settle his relationship with Qian Gu Ling Hua despite his recent engagement to Dai Yun'er.

• Lin Xuan read a Spirit Pagoda report stating that the Eternal Kingdom had been stolen and learned from Qian Gu Die Ting that the Leng Family had implicated the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Die Ting explained that Qian Gu Dong Feng had ignored his warnings and that the Spirit Pagoda needed to distance itself from the Holy Spirit Cult and its plans against Shrek Academy.
• Qian Gu Die Ting asked Lin Xuan to visit the Dou Ling Branch Tower, discipline its personnel, and announce Qian Gu Dong Feng's resignation along with a half-price sale of Artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits.
• Lin Xuan accepted the disciplinary notice, seeing an opportunity to strengthen his ties with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Die Ting encouraged Lin Xuan to settle his relationship with Qian Gu Ling Hua, and Lin Xuan felt awkward because he had recently become engaged to Dai Yun'er.

Lin Xuan helped Xu Xiaoyan endure the freezing Profound Ice Jade Marrow on the voyage to Dou Ling Continent. Meanwhile, Na Nali and Leng Yulai prepared Holy Spirit Cult potions at a secret base in Lingbo City, where Na Nali sensed that something ominous was coming.

• Lin Xuan persuaded Xu Xiaoyan to keep cultivating with the Profound Ice Jade Marrow, and she endured the cold while he warmed her with his flame.
• Na Nali tested Leng Yulai's pink potion on ants and fantasized about using it to take revenge on Lin Xuan.
• Leng Yulai confronted Na Nali for wasting the potion and said her research still needed a final step.
• Na Nali learned that the Cult's healing potion had been produced and sent away, then asked whether they could leave the base.
• Leng Yulai refused to leave until her potion was finished, while Na Nali warned that she felt something bad was about to happen.

Lin Xuan arrived at Fuxing Port and confronted Hua Tao, the Spirit Pagoda’s branch Pagoda Master, about his dealings with the Holy Spirit Cult. After Hua Tao agreed to follow him back to the Federation, he revealed that two women now led the cult’s operation in Lingbo City, prompting Lin Xuan to set out after them.

• Lin Xuan arrived at Fuxing Port with Xu Xiaoyan and his two bodyguards, then headed for the Spirit Pagoda headquarters in Heaven Dou City.
• Hua Tao met Lin Xuan, who accused him of harboring members of the Holy Spirit Cult and presented an indictment sent by Qian Gu Die Ting.
• Hua Tao admitted his guilt and agreed to return to the Federation with Lin Xuan.
• Hua Tao told Lin Xuan that two women, one of whom wielded Black Flames, had replaced the Holy Spirit Cult’s previous leader in Lingbo City.
• Lin Xuan recognized the women as possible targets and ordered his companions to move out before they could escape.

Leng Yulai and Na Nali tried to leave the Spirit Pagoda base but were confronted by Lin Xuan and his allies. After being overwhelmed by two Limit Douluo, Na Nali surrendered and became Lin Xuan’s maid.

• Leng Yulai finished a potion made with her Phoenix Fire while Na Nali asked for a bottle, then the two prepared to return to the Federation.
• An Evil Soul Master warned Leng Yulai and Na Nali that the Spirit Pagoda had sealed the base’s exit, so they fought their way outside.
• Leng Yulai and Na Nali confronted Lin Xuan and battled the twins, who blocked Na Nali’s sound-wave attack.
• A powerful presence appeared, and Xuan Yue emerged behind Leng Yulai and Na Nali, revealing another Limit Douluo.
• Na Nali later knelt before Lin Xuan and apologized, saying there had been too many people outside.

Lin Xuan gave Na Nali the Gluttony Sword and offered Leng Yulai a choice between two Swords of Original Sin, ordering both to fuse with their chosen swords within two days. He then visited Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, who feared Spirit Pagoda and longed to reunite with Tang Wulin, and greeted Tang Ziran as an old acquaintance.

• Lin Xuan presented Na Nali with the Gluttony Sword and ordered her to fuse with it within two days.
• Lin Xuan freed Leng Yulai from her ropes, offered her the swords of envy and lust, and warned her to choose one within two days.
• Lin Xuan sent Na Nali and Leng Yulai into Chaos Space.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue worried about their situation with Spirit Pagoda and talked about their son, Tang Wulin.
• Tang Ziran opened the door to Lin Xuan, who greeted him as Uncle Tang.

Lin Xuan reunited Tang Ziran and Lang Yue with news of Tang Wulin and arranged their rescue after exposing Hua Tao’s crimes. He then helped Na Nali and Leng Yulai fuse with sin swords in the Chaos Space, leaving the newly transformed Leng Yulai chasing Na Nali with her sword.

• Lin Xuan revealed himself to Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, told them Tang Wulin had become one of the Shrek Seven Devils, and promised to take them out.
• Lin Xuan left Hua Tao to arrange his final ceremony, and news spread that Lin Xuan had killed Hua Tao for colluding with Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Xuan found that Xu Xiaoyan had evolved her Martial Soul after absorbing the Mysterious Ice Jade Marrow, then entered the Chaos Space.
• Lin Xuan helped Na Nali fuse with the Gluttony Sword, and her Martial Soul changed after the fusion.
• Na Nali gave Leng Yulai her special potion, after which Leng Yulai fused with the sin sword Envy and then attacked Na Nali.

Xu Xiaoyan awakened with a transformed Star Moon Divine Staff and tested its powers on Lin Xuan, who broke free and carried her into Chaos Space. As Lin Xuan shared a tender moment with Xu Xiaoyan beneath the stars, Na Nali envied her while Leng Yulai felt like an insignificant plaything.

• Xu Xiaoyan showed Lin Xuan her Star Moon Divine Staff, which switched between a star-controlling Star Staff and an ice-wielding Moon Staff.
• Xu Xiaoyan trapped Lin Xuan with Star Dance and attacked him with Moon's Lament, but Leng Yulai's black flames cut the frost moon apart.
• Lin Xuan used a Chaos Phantom to break Xu Xiaoyan's spatial confinement and explained how absolute-effect soul skills depended on the Douluo Plane's laws.
• Xu Xiaoyan agreed to be gentle with Lin Xuan, and he carried her into Chaos Space, where they shared a quiet moment beneath the stars.
• Na Nali envied Xu Xiaoyan's special tenderness from Lin Xuan, while Leng Yulai looked on and felt like a plaything.

Lin Xuan became the Spirit Pagoda’s new Pagoda Master after Leng Yaozhu and Qian Gu Qing Feng nominated him. Leng Yaozhu sensed Leng Yulai’s aura around him, and Lin Xuan later struggled to understand Leng Yulai’s increasingly frenzied behavior and nearly dead heart.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng resigned as Pagoda Master, and Qian Gu Die Ting called for nominations to choose his successor.
• Leng Yaozhu and Qian Gu Qing Feng nominated Lin Xuan, who won the council vote by an overwhelming margin.
• Leng Yaozhu congratulated Lin Xuan and arranged for Gu Yue to succeed him as president of Spirit Creation Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu sensed Leng Yulai’s familiar fallen phoenix aura around Lin Xuan and realized he might have encountered her on the Dou Ling Continent.
• After several days of ceremonies and press conferences, Lin Xuan found Leng Yulai acting frenzied and emotionally numb, and tried to learn what was troubling her.

Lin Xuan entered Leng Yulai’s spiritual world and used a reincarnation illusion to help her confront her loneliness and recover from her emotional collapse. After waking, Leng Yulai clung to Lin Xuan and insisted that the happiness she experienced in the illusion was real.

• Lin Xuan saw that Leng Yulai had suffered a collapse of faith after witnessing him with Xu Xiaoyan, and he explored her memories of loneliness, resentment, and her sister Leng Yaozhu.
• Lin Xuan created a Reincarnation Illusion to give Leng Yulai a happier childhood and a romance with him, and they experienced decades within the illusion.
• While Lin Xuan and Leng Yulai lay unconscious, Na Nali tugged at Lin Xuan’s cheeks until he woke and flicked her forehead.
• Leng Yulai woke, pounced on Lin Xuan, and held him tightly as he explained that the life they had experienced was an illusion.
• Leng Yulai told Lin Xuan, “No, that was real!”

Lin Xuan visited Ye Xinglan, who asked him to meet her family and announce their relationship. Meanwhile, Leng Yaozhu reunited with Leng Yulai, whose declaration that her Master treated her well left her stunned.

• Leng Yulai told Na Nali that she knew her experience with Lin Xuan had been an illusion but was satisfied with what she had gained from it.
• Tang Wulin trained at Shrek Academy and reunited with his parents, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, after Lin Xuan brought them to him.
• Lin Xuan found Ye Xinglan at her apartment, and she asked him to go home with her so they could announce their relationship.
• Leng Yaozhu spotted Leng Yulai's Dark Phoenix Fire and hurried to meet her sister.
• Leng Yulai greeted Leng Yaozhu warmly and said that her Master treated her very well.

Lin Xuan agreed to accompany Ye Xinglan to her coming-of-age ceremony and approved Gu Yue’s plan to promote Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits through the Myriad Beast Platform. Leng Yulai proposed building a covert force loyal to Lin Xuan around the Seven Sword Slaves, and he accepted.

• Lin Xuan agreed to go with Ye Xinglan to the Ye Family for her coming-of-age ceremony.
• Gu Yue told Lin Xuan that Leng Yaozhu had gone out and had not returned, then warned him not to pursue her teacher.
• Leng Yulai proposed that she and Na Nali build a covert force loyal to Lin Xuan using the Seven Sword Slaves as its core.
• Lin Xuan accepted Leng Yulai’s proposal, and Leng Yulai and Na Nali sought his help to strengthen them.

Lin Xuan accompanied Ye Xinglan back to the Star Saint Ye Family, where she brought him to her long-abandoned courtyard. At night, she revealed that her Star Pendant could grant him entry to the family’s Star Secret Realm.

• Lin Xuan and Ye Xinglan arrived at the Ye Family estate, where Ye Gucheng greeted them and considered using their connection to the Spirit Pagoda to restore the family’s standing.
• Ye Xinglan left Ye Gucheng and led Lin Xuan to her secluded courtyard, which had been empty and overgrown for years.
• Ye Xinglan and Lin Xuan cleaned the courtyard together and later shared a bed.
• Lin Xuan asked Ye Xinglan why she had brought him to the family, and she explained that the Star Pendant could help him enter the Star Secret Realm.
• Lin Xuan teased Ye Xinglan about the sausage Xu Xiaoyan liked, and she bit his chest in response.

Lin Xuan accompanied Ye Xinglan to the Ye Family gathering for her coming-of-age ceremony, where her relatives were shocked to see them together and Ye Xiao mocked her past closeness with Xu Lizhi. Ye Gucheng reprimanded his son, and the gathering began with Ye Xinglan heading to the central platform.

• Lin Xuan watched Ye Xinglan practice swordsmanship, then embraced her before they washed up and set out for the clan gathering.
• Ye Xinglan arrived holding Lin Xuan's hand, surprising the Ye Family, and Ye Xingmo greeted them and explained the family background.
• Ye Xiao mocked Ye Xinglan over her past relationship with Xu Lizhi, and Ye Gucheng slapped and rebuked him before apologizing to Lin Xuan.
• Ye Xinglan worried that Lin Xuan might misunderstand her bond with Xu Lizhi, but Lin Xuan reassured her that he trusted her.
• Ye Xinglan joined the other young clan members on the central stone platform, and Ye Gucheng announced the start of the gathering.

Ye Gucheng opened the Ye Family’s Star Trial, and Lin Xuan entered the Star Secret Realm alongside Ye Xinglan despite their shared entry doubling the trial’s difficulty. The pair arrived in a dazzling starry sky as the Ye Family elders watched to see how far they would climb.

• Ye Gucheng urged the Ye Family descendants to uphold the motto “A sword would rather break than bend” before opening the Star Trial.
• Ye Xinglan called Lin Xuan to her side, and Ye Gucheng silenced Ye Xiao when he mocked their closeness.
• Ye Gucheng gave the participants star tokens, and Ye Xinglan explained that entering with Lin Xuan would double the trial’s difficulty.
• Lin Xuan and Ye Xinglan activated their tokens and entered the secret realm together as the Ye Family elders discussed whether anyone could reach its thirty-third level.
• Ye Xinglan and Lin Xuan appeared in a vast starry sky, and Ye Xinglan admired the view.