Chapter Summaries

Ji Lin explained to Wang Qiuer how Sacred Marks could reduce the need for humans to hunt soul beasts, while Liyue Chambers of Commerce began expanding across the empires. After Ma Xiaotao returned as a Soul Saint with her evil fire flaring up, she took Ji Lin away to suppress it, leaving Wang Qiuer to cultivate for her upcoming breakthrough.

• Ji Lin saw Xu Jiujiu and Manyi depart, then returned to Shrek Academy with Wang Qiuer while Chi Yuan watched over Snow Bear Queen Xiaobai in Shrek City.
• Wang Qiuer asked Ji Lin whether Sacred Marks could ease the conflict between humans and soul beasts, and he explained that they would reduce large-scale hunting for soul rings.
• Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire began establishing Liyue Chambers of Commerce in major cities, while Zhang Lexuan's soul-hunting team returned with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Ling Luochen having obtained soul rings.
• Ma Xiaotao returned from her hunt as a Soul Saint and dragged Ji Lin away to suppress her erupting evil fire, telling Wang Qiuer she was borrowing her boyfriend.
• Wang Qiuer began cultivating toward Rank 50, with Ji Lin's prepared Sacred Mark from a sixty-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon ready for her.

Ji Lin suppressed most of Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, but the remnants in her Sea of Consciousness affected her Mental Power and filled her with desire. Ma Xiaotao invited Ji Lin to spend the night with her, and he agreed, leaving them together in her bedroom.

• Ma Xiaotao brought Ji Lin to her cottage and asked him to suppress the evil fire that had intensified after her breakthrough.
• Ji Lin used the Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice to cleanse Ma Xiaotao’s body and attack the evil fire in her Sea of Consciousness.
• Ji Lin destroyed the black phoenix’s form but could not remove the evil fire merged with Ma Xiaotao’s Mental Power.
• Ma Xiaotao, affected by the remaining evil fire, told Ji Lin she no longer wanted to endure it and offered to repay him by graduating that night.
• Ji Lin agreed, carried Ma Xiaotao to her bed, and sealed off the Sacred Mark Space from observing them.

Ji Lin and Ma Xiaotao spent the night together, and Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and long-suppressed desires were relieved. The next morning, Ji Lin returned with breakfast and prepared to explain her physical condition, while Ma Xiaotao worried she might be pregnant.

• Ji Lin kissed Ma Xiaotao, and they spent the night together, relieving her evil fire.
• Xu Jiujiu, Zhang Lexuan, Wang Qiuer, and Ling Luochen briefly sensed that something had been taken from them.
• Ma Xiaotao woke the next morning, remembered the night with Ji Lin, and worried that she might be pregnant.
• Ji Lin returned with breakfast, and Ma Xiaotao teased him about remembering her instead of going to Wang Qiuer.
• Ji Lin told Ma Xiaotao to eat first and said he would explain her physical condition.

After spending the night together, Ji Lin told Ma Xiaotao that their intimacy had suppressed her evil fire and could eventually help her martial soul evolve. They accepted that their duties would keep them apart, and Ji Lin returned to Wang Qiuer before heading to Zhang Lexuan’s lesson with their friends.

• Ji Lin explained that his Ultimate Ice had suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and that continued treatment might evolve her Evil Fire Phoenix into an Ultimate Fire Phoenix.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Ji Lin a bag of Gold Soul Coins as a tip, then sent him back to Wang Qiuer.
• Ma Xiaotao reflected that she could not leave Shrek Academy, while Ji Lin was bound to the Star Luo Empire; they accepted that they would be separated.
• Ji Lin returned to Wang Qiuer and joked that suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire had cost him a great deal of Soul Power.
• Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer ate breakfast, walked by Sea God Lake, met Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er, and headed to Zhang Lexuan’s lesson.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchanged ten students each under the supervision of Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen. As Fan Yu led Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students toward Mingdu, he saw the Sun Moon Academy’s advanced soul tool bionics in action.

• Yan Shaozhe and Fan Yu waited at Shrek City’s east gate with ten Soul Tool Department students, including Huo Yuhao and He Caitou.
• Jing Hongchen arrived with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s exchange students, including Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen exchanged greetings and formally switched the two groups of students.
• Jing Hongchen demonstrated his cicada-wing Flying Soul Tool, impressing Fan Yu with its advanced bionics.
• Jing Hongchen enveloped the Shrek students in a golden light and urged the group to hurry toward Mingdu.

Jing Hongchen transported Shrek's students to Shrek City while Yan Shaozhe welcomed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students. At Sea God Island, Yan Shaozhe explained that the visitors could study in Shrek's Inner Court, but would still need to pass its assessment to receive the Inner Court uniform.

• Jing Hongchen used his Flying Soul Tool to carry Shrek's students swiftly through the air toward Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe escorted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students into Shrek City, where they compared it unfavorably with Mingdu.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen she intended to pursue Ji Lin and revealed that Jing Hongchen had promised a lavish dowry if she brought Ji Lin back to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe led the exchange students to Sea God Island and introduced Zhang Lexuan as the person in charge of their studies and daily lives.
• Elder Ma objected that the students had been promised Inner Court treatment, and Yan Shaozhe clarified that they could study there even if they failed the assessment, but would not receive red uniforms.

Yan Shaozhe arranged an Inner Court assessment to give the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students a show of force, though they would be allowed to study at Shrek either way. The students met their examiners, including Ji Lin, and Meng Hongchen’s arrival sparked a clash with Wang Qiuer before Yan Shaozhe explained the assessment.

• Xiao Hongchen confidently accepted the Inner Court assessment, while Yan Shaozhe planned to curb the exchange students’ arrogance without making them fail.
• Yan Shaozhe and Zhang Lexuan led the students to the Inner Court Douluo Arena, where Xiao Hongchen recognized Ji Lin and renewed his resolve to defeat him.
• Meng Hongchen excitedly rushed toward Ji Lin, and Wang Qiuer intercepted her with a punch that Meng blocked with her palm.
• Yan Shaozhe told the exchange students they only needed to withstand a few exchanges against their examiners, and that unsuccessful candidates could train as provisional Inner Court disciples before trying again in half a year.
• Elder Ma accepted the arrangement, while the exchange students prepared to learn Shrek’s methods and record them for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Yan Shaozhe arranged the Inner Court assessment to undermine the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students, though they believed it was a fair test. Meng Hongchen and Wang Qiuer began the first match, with both determined to defeat the other.

• Yan Shaozhe secretly planned to use unequal treatment and the assessment to damage the exchange students’ confidence.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Wang Qiuer, while Xiao Hongchen challenged Ji Lin, and the other students chose opponents.
• Yan Shaozhe refereed as Meng Hongchen and Wang Qiuer entered the Soul Fighting Area for the opening match.
• Wang Qiuer summoned her Golden Dragon Spear and revealed her five soul rings, while Meng Hongchen released her martial soul and equipped her rank-six Soul Tool Armor.

Wang Qiuer fought Meng Hongchen in the arena and overwhelmed her despite being hit by her frigid poison. After Wang Qiuer revealed that a treasure Ji Lin had given her weakened the poison, Meng Hongchen erupted in anger, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Meng Hongchen attacked Wang Qiuer with her twin swords and frigid poison, but Wang Qiuer resisted the poison and destroyed Meng Hongchen’s Soul Tool Shield with Golden Dragon Head.
• Meng Hongchen launched her fifth Soul Skill, Ice Fire Poison Dragon Drill, and Wang Qiuer countered with Golden Dragon Roar; their attacks clashed in a massive explosion.
• The exchange left Meng Hongchen’s armor damaged while Wang Qiuer remained standing, though her face had paled as the poison began to affect her slightly.
• Meng Hongchen questioned why her poison had failed, and Wang Qiuer taunted her by crediting a treasure Ji Lin had given her.
• Meng Hongchen erupted with Soul Power after Wang Qiuer’s taunt, while Ji Lin privately marveled at her ability to provoke people.

Wang Qiuer defeated Meng Hongchen after Meng unleashed her Corrosive Ice, then clarified that Ji Lin had not prepared his treasure to counter her. Shrek’s students won nine matches in a row, and Xiao Hongchen stepped up to face Ji Lin, declaring that he had awaited their rematch for two years.

• Meng Hongchen unleashed her sixth Soul Skill, Corrosive Ice, against Wang Qiuer, but Wang Qiuer’s Golden Earth Dragon Guard withstood the first assault.
• Meng Hongchen broke through the dragon’s defenses with a second attack, exhausted her Soul Power, and fell; Wang Qiuer caught her and explained that Ji Lin had not known what his treasure did.
• Meng Hongchen realized she had misunderstood Ji Lin, hid her flushed face, and fled to her academy’s group as Yan Shaozhe declared Wang Qiuer the winner.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Chu Qingtian, Ling Luochen, and the other Shrek students secured nine consecutive victories over the exchange students.
• Xiao Hongchen volunteered to defend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s dignity and faced Ji Lin, telling him he had looked forward to their battle for two years.

Ji Lin fought Xiao Hongchen in the Soul Fighting Arena and revealed his hundred-thousand-year fifth soul ring. The Blazing Flame King Sword overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen, leaving him blackened and defeated beneath its hovering tip.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Ji Lin and unleashed 256 six-grade Soul Cannons at him.
• Ji Lin planted Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment in the ground and raised the Heavenly Fire Domain, melting Xiao Hongchen’s cannon barrels and destroying the barrage.
• Ji Lin summoned the hundred-meter Blazing Flame King Sword from the fiery sky.
• Xiao Hongchen fired his seven-grade Energy Gathering Soul Cannon at the descending sword, but his attack barely affected it.
• The Blazing Flame King Sword’s impact and heat shattered Xiao Hongchen’s defenses and left him smoking on the ground.

Ji Lin defeated Xiao Hongchen in the arena but spared him, and Xiao rallied the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students to stay at Shrek and keep improving. Yan Shaozhe’s attempt to crush their morale backfired, while Xu Sanshi worried the treatment of the exchange students might cause trouble for Huo Yuhao.

• Ji Lin ended the fight after scorching Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen helped her brother off the arena before he confronted Ji Lin.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted the exchange students had lost and urged them to face failure, stay at Shrek, and use their remaining time to grow stronger.
• Meng Hongchen and the other exchange students stacked their hands with Xiao Hongchen, and none chose to leave.
• Yan Shaozhe realized Xiao Hongchen had reignited the exchange students’ fighting spirit, while Ji Lin judged that Yan Shaozhe’s tactics had backfired.
• Xu Sanshi asked Bei Bei whether they had become the villains and worried their actions might cause trouble for Huo Yuhao at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

After the Inner Court assessment, Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan spent the evening together in Shrek City. Ji Lin persuaded her to stay overnight at the Rose Hotel, where the chapter ended with them being greeted by four receptionists.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that the exchange students had passed the Inner Court assessment and gave them Shrek Inner Court uniforms.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan walked hand in hand by Sea God Lake, where Zhang Lexuan teased Ji Lin about Meng Hongchen asking where he lived.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan explored Shrek City, ate food, and bought small gifts as they enjoyed their time alone together.
• When Zhang Lexuan suggested returning to the academy, Ji Lin proposed staying at a hotel, and she agreed after realizing Ma Xiaotao had already become intimate with him.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Rose Hotel and were welcomed by four young receptionists.

Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan stayed in the Rose Hotel’s Blue Rose Suite, where Ji Lin tried to turn their luxurious evening into a romantic one. Zhang Lexuan rejected his request to join her bath, and Ji Lin held back as she came out of the bathroom.

• Ji Lin booked the Rose Hotel’s highest-class couples’ suite and ordered an elaborate meal for himself and Zhang Lexuan.
• A hotel attendant escorted Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan to the Blue Rose Suite and servants brought them food and wine.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan ate, drank, and relaxed together on the balcony lounge chair beneath the stars.
• Ji Lin suggested that they bathe together, but Zhang Lexuan threatened to castrate him if he entered the bathroom.
• Zhang Lexuan finished bathing and emerged in a bathrobe, and Ji Lin restrained himself from acting too eagerly.

Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, with Ji Lin teasing her about how sensitive and easily overwhelmed she was. The next morning, Zhang Lexuan complained about how rough he had been, and Ji Lin teased her again.

• Ji Lin pulled Zhang Lexuan into his arms and began teasing her sensitive earlobe.
• Zhang Lexuan quickly became overwhelmed, so Ji Lin stopped targeting her weak spot and kissed her instead.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan grew more passionate and spent the night together.
• The next morning, Zhang Lexuan noticed the marks on her body and complained that Ji Lin had been too rough.
• Ji Lin pulled Zhang Lexuan into his arms and joked that she had surrendered before he had even gotten serious.

Ji Lin returned to Shrek after spending the night with Zhang Lexuan, then tried to explain his absence to an angry Wang Qiuer. Wang Qiuer accepted his excuse but noticed two people secretly following them, and Ji Lin called them out.

• Ji Lin carried an exhausted Zhang Lexuan to wash, and they continued their intimacy before finally leaving the Rose Hotel near ten in the morning.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to the Inner Court to arrange guidance for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students, while Ji Lin went to find Wang Qiuer.
• Ji Lin found Wang Qiuer beating Chu Qingtian at the Soul Fighting Area, and she demanded to know what he had done the previous night.
• Ji Lin led Wang Qiuer away and explained that he and Zhang Lexuan had missed curfew after shopping in Shrek City; Wang Qiuer admitted she had not checked the message he sent.
• Wang Qiuer spotted two people tailing them, and Ji Lin used Spirit Detection to find them hiding in the woods and ordered them to come out.

One month after Wang Qiuer and Ji Lin spent time together, Meng Hongchen continued bringing Ji Lin homemade breakfast while sharing a cottage with Wang Qiuer. Over breakfast, she described how the exchange students faced exclusion at Shrek Inner Court, then returned home and left her brother Xiao Hongchen to fend for himself.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao emerged from hiding, admitted they had been watching Wang Qiuer and Ji Lin, and left them alone after confirming Ji Lin had not bullied her.
• A month later, Meng Hongchen brought breakfast to Ji Lin's cottage, where Wang Qiuer joined them and complained that Wang Qiuer lived with Ji Lin and ate the food she made for him.
• Meng Hongchen told Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer that the exchange students had faced provocation and exclusion, though they received equal instruction and resources.
• After breakfast, Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer went to class while Meng Hongchen took the dishes home.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Meng Hongchen why she had not made breakfast for him, and she told him to eat at the cafeteria.

After Wang Qiuer and the others left on an inspection mission, Meng Hongchen grew closer to Ji Lin, prompting Inner Court disciples to wonder if she had stolen Wang Qiuer’s place. Ji Lin and Meng went to the Inspection Pavilion to take a mission, where Han Ruoruo gave them a Soul Emperor-level team assignment that required one more teammate.

• Meng Hongchen pursued Ji Lin by challenging his admirers, including Ma Xiaotao, Wang Qiuer, and Ling Luochen, while Zhang Lexuan watched without reacting.
• After Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao left Shrek Academy for an inspection mission, Meng Hongchen spent time alone with Ji Lin and happily held his arm.
• Ji Lin suggested that he and Meng Hongchen visit the Inspection Pavilion and accept inspection missions.
• Han Ruoruo told Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen that she had taken over as master of the Inspection Pavilion.
• Han Ruoruo gave them a Soul Emperor-level team mission that required three Soul Emperors, so Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen needed to find one more teammate.

Ji Lin formed a three-person team with Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochen to investigate an Evil Soul Master in Dragon City. After preparing for the dangerous journey, they set out from Shrek City toward the northern Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ji Lin learned that academy rules required at least three Soul Emperors or equivalents for the Evil Soul Master mission, so he recruited Ling Luochen as the third teammate.
• Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen clashed over joining the same team, but Ji Lin made them agree to cooperate or he would choose someone else.
• Han Ruoruo warned the team to stay cautious, and the three left the Inspection Pavilion to pack for the mission.
• Xiao Hongchen urged Meng Hongchen not to be too easy with Ji Lin and warned her about ambushes, while she packed outfits and stockings she hoped he would like.
• Ji Lin, Meng Hongchen, and Ling Luochen gathered outside Shrek City's gates and prepared to fly to Dragon City near the Far North.

Ji Lin, Ling Luochen, and Meng Hongchen traveled toward Dragon City to hunt an Evil Soul Master, while the Earth Dragon Sect’s Nan Shui Shui and Nan Qiu Qiu were ambushed in a mountain hollow by a Titled Douluo and his followers. The chapter ended with the sect members surrounded and facing what appeared to be a hopeless fight.

• Ji Lin explained that a wanted Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master had fled into the Heaven Dou Empire and was hiding in Dragon City.
• Nan Shui Shui, Nan Qiu Qiu, Xiao Ye, and other Earth Dragon Sect disciples camped outside Sunset Forest after hunting for soul rings and planned to leave for Dragon City the next morning.
• Nan Shui Shui recognized an old man leading more than twenty black-robed, masked figures as they surrounded the camp.
• The old man said he had hoped to see Nan Shui Shui in Dragon City but would attack her there, then revealed nine soul rings and declared that no one would escape.
• Nan Qiu Qiu realized that the Earth Dragon Sect group was badly outnumbered and likely doomed.