Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan was overwhelmed by a huge Blood Melting Snake pack after exhausting her Soul Power protecting her companions. Di Tian rescued her and brought her to the Star Dou Great Forest’s core zone, where he chastised her for being too weak to protect the Young Master.

• Zhang Lexuan fought off wave after wave of Blood Melting Snakes while her Soul Power dwindled.
• The nearly fifty-thousand-year-old Blood Melting Snake King emerged as Zhang Lexuan neared exhaustion.
• Di Tian appeared, frightened the snakes, and pulled Zhang Lexuan through space to safety.
• Zhang Lexuan realized she had been taken to the core zone of the Star Dou Great Forest and asked her rescuer to reveal himself.
• Di Tian revealed himself, criticized Zhang Lexuan’s strength, and warned that she needed to protect the Young Master.
• Zhang Lexuan admitted her mistake and asked Di Tian to punish her.

Di Tian challenged Zhang Lexuan to become strong enough to stand beside Su Yu, then gave her a dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Moon Spirit Flood Dragon Emperor for her eighth Soul Ring. Zhang Lexuan killed it and watched its Soul Ring emerge, preparing to absorb it.

• Di Tian reminded Zhang Lexuan of her oath to care for Su Yu, and she vowed to serve him for life and hoped to marry him if he chose her.
• Zhang Lexuan asked to see Su Yu, but Di Tian told her she was too weak and needed to grow stronger first.
• Di Tian asked how powerful a Soul Ring Zhang Lexuan could withstand, and she said she could handle a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Di Tian brought Zhang Lexuan a dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Moon Spirit Flood Dragon Emperor, whose moonlight-based cultivation suited her Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan restored her Soul Power, released her Martial Soul, and killed the unresisting Moon Spirit Flood Dragon Emperor; its Soul Ring appeared.

Zhang Lexuan began absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring while Xiong Jun fought Xuan Zi in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xuan Zi escaped after losing a foreleg, and Xiong Jun kept the Soul Bone for the Young Master.

• Zhang Lexuan summoned her Martial Soul and began absorbing the blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiong Jun overwhelmed Xuan Zi despite his threats and pleas, and Xuan Zi realized he needed to escape.
• Xiong Jun severed one of the Godly Taotie Bull's forelegs, and Xuan Zi fled in a burst of yellow light.
• Xiong Jun found a Soul Bone in Xuan Zi's severed arm and decided to save it for the Young Master.
• Xiong Jun picked up the severely injured Dark Gold Claw Bear and disappeared.

Xuan Zi fled the Star Dou Great Forest after Xiong Jun severed his arm and found Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Hua Yao, who told him Zhang Lexuan had stayed behind. He abandoned the search and took the survivors away, while Zhang Lexuan completed her absorption and emerged as a rank eighty-three Soul Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year eighth Soul Ring.

• Xuan Zi escaped Xiong Jun with a severed arm and rapidly declining Soul Power.
• Han Ruoruo protected Wu Ming and Hua Yao as they struggled through the forest, and Xuan Zi found them.
• Han Ruoruo explained that Zhang Lexuan had stayed behind and that many of the inner courtyard students had died.
• Xuan Zi insisted they leave without waiting for Zhang Lexuan, then carried Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Hua Yao away.
• Zhang Lexuan completed her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring absorption, reached rank eighty-three, and sensed an unusual closeness to the Soul Beast's remnant soul.

Zhang Lexuan absorbed a Soul Ring and two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones given by Di Tian, raising her Soul Power to level eighty-four before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy learned that eight inner academy students had died and Zhang Lexuan was missing, and the elders questioned how Xuan Zi had led the expedition.

• Zhang Lexuan thanked Di Tian for the compatible Soul Ring, and he told her to credit Su Yu instead.
• Di Tian gave Zhang Lexuan Hundred-Thousand-Year left and right arm bones, and she accepted them after he assured her Su Yu would receive something better.
• Zhang Lexuan spent the night absorbing the Soul Bones, reached level eighty-four, and left for the forest's outskirts at dawn.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders learned that eight inner academy students had died and Zhang Lexuan's whereabouts were unknown.
• Xian Lin'er questioned Xuan Zi's leadership, and an elderly woman said the expedition had encountered a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Claw Bear.

Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy severely injured after Xiong Jun ambushed him and severed his arm, which held a Soul Bone. Mu En explained that Xuan Zi’s strength had fallen to rank eighty-eight and that restoring his former cultivation would be nearly impossible without the lost arm and Soul Bone.

• Elder Lin and Elder Song told Xian Lin'er and the others that Xiong Jun had ambushed Lexuan’s group, caused heavy casualties, and badly injured Xuan Zi.
• Elder Song revealed that Xuan Zi had lost his Soul Bone-bearing arm, and Yan Shaozhe feared the damage to Shrek Academy’s strongest resident combatant would cause a crisis.
• Mu En examined Xuan Zi and said Xiong Jun’s Sky-Tearing Claw had inflicted severe injuries with attack power approaching the Limit level.
• Mu En explained that losing the arm and Soul Bone had reduced Xuan Zi from rank ninety-eight to rank eighty-eight.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that without the severed arm and Soul Bone, restoring his former cultivation would be nearly impossible.

Mu En began treating Xuan Zi and promised to retrieve his lost Soul Bone, while Zhang Lexuan returned safely to Shrek Academy. After reuniting with her fellow students, she met Yan Shaozhe, who learned that she had already obtained her eighth Soul Ring.

• Mu En comforted Xuan Zi, began treating him, and promised to seek his Soul Bone in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy and reflected that the academy no longer felt like home without Su Yu.
• Wu Ming and the Inner Court students welcomed Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo explained that Xuan Zi had ordered the retreat.
• Yan Shaozhe reassured Zhang Lexuan that the academy had not intended to abandon her and offered to help her obtain her eighth Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan told Yan Shaozhe she already had her eighth Soul Ring, prompting him to scold her for choosing one without the academy's help.

Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy with a Hundred-Thousand-Year eighth Soul Ring and a Soul Bone, stunning Yan Shaozhe and the Sea God Pavilion elders. After Yan Shaozhe praised her, she felt lonely and disillusioned with the academy, and missed Su Yu.

• Yan Shaozhe learned that Zhang Lexuan’s eighth Soul Ring came from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Moon Spirit Flood Dragon Emperor and was shocked when she showed him her rings.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that she had found the dying Soul Beast by chance and absorbed its Soul Ring with little resistance; she told Yan Shaozhe she had reached rank eighty-four.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Zhang Lexuan and promised to ask the elders to let her cultivate in the Sea God Pavilion, then hurried off to share the news.
• Back in her dormitory, Zhang Lexuan felt lonely and disgusted by Yan Shaozhe’s change in attitude, reflected on Xiao Yu’s advice, and murmured that she missed him.
• Yan Shaozhe announced Zhang Lexuan’s achievement to the Sea God Pavilion elders, who celebrated her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

The Sea God Pavilion elders discussed Zhang Lexuan’s remarkable cultivation and Mu En judged that she could become a Limit Douluo, recommending that Shrek Academy invest more in her and admit her to the pavilion. Mu En then planned to retrieve Xuan Zi’s lost Soul Bone from the Star Dou Great Forest without provoking conflict.

• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er praised Zhang Lexuan’s achievement of Rank 84 at age twenty-three, and Xian Lin'er suggested she could become a Limit Douluo.
• Mu En agreed that Zhang Lexuan had exceptional potential, recommended that she enter the Sea God Pavilion, and urged the academy to support her growth.
• Mu En explained that Lexuan’s Moon Martial Soul may have helped her absorb the dying Moon Spirit Flood Dragon Emperor’s Soul Ring with little resistance.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to arrange a Sea God Pavilion cultivation room for Lexuan and to seek out talented new students for the academy.
• Mu En announced that he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest to recover Xuan Zi’s lost Soul Bone, while avoiding conflict with Di Tian and the forest.

Mu En ended the meeting and warned Yan Shaozhe to protect Shrek Academy as he departed to recover Xuan Zi's Soul Bone. At Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen learned that Su Yu had become a Level 4 Soul Engineer and granted him exceptional support, while Zhang Lexuan remained uncertain about joining the Sea God Pavilion because of her loyalty to Su Yu.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to take good care of Shrek Academy and left to pursue Xuan Zi's Soul Bone.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged a Sea God Pavilion room for Zhang Lexuan and invited her to join, but she politely declined.
• Zhang Lexuan reflected that Su Yu treated her as family and wondered what he would advise her to do.
• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that Su Yu had passed the Level 4 Soul Engineer assessment just two months after becoming Level 3.
• Jing Hongchen named Su Yu a Mingde Hall seed and promised him unlimited rare metals, excellent meals, and a monthly subsidy of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Jing Hongchen granted Su Yu exceptional Mingde Hall seed treatment, including elite meals and a large monthly subsidy, while quietly extending ordinary Mingde Hall benefits to Wang Dong. The news enraged Xiao Hongchen, but Meng Hongchen reminded him of Su Yu’s talent and backing, and he ended up teasing her about her feelings for Su Yu.

• Jing Hongchen defended Su Yu’s generous treatment, saying the academy rewarded ability, and ordered that Wang Dong receive ordinary Mingde Hall meals in secret.
• Lin Jiayi reported that Wang Dong had settled into the Actual Control Soul Tool Department and advanced to third grade.
• News spread that Su Yu was a Mingde Hall seed who could enter directly upon reaching Rank Five, while Mingde Hall students learned about his special benefits.
• Xiao Hongchen overturned a chair and prepared to confront Jing Hongchen, but Meng Hongchen stopped him and pointed out Su Yu’s achievements, Ultimate Ice, and Ice God Palace backing.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Meng Hongchen about liking Su Yu, and she blushed, punched him, and stomped on his foot.

Xiao Hongchen decided Jing Hongchen was treating Su Yu well because he wanted him to marry Meng Hongchen, and he teased his sister about it until she fled in embarrassment. In Dormitory 212, Su Yu practiced carving a Core Formation and talked with Wang Dong about their cultivation, studies, and friends.

• Xiao Hongchen concluded Jing Hongchen hoped Su Yu would become Meng Hongchen's husband and teased Meng until she ran off, embarrassed.
• Xiao Hongchen declared that he would help Meng win Su Yu over.
• Su Yu carved a Core Formation from Deep Silver but judged it only fourth-grade, not the fifth-grade result he had hoped for.
• Su Yu told Wang Dong he had reached level forty long ago, prompting her to jokingly grab his throat for making her feel inadequate.
• Su Yu and Wang Dong discussed their advancement, classmates, and friends, and Wang Dong felt relieved when Su Yu said he was only acquainted with the girls in his class.

Su Yu and Wang Dong’s playful wrestling led Meng Hongchen to believe they were lovers and that Su Yu did not like women. Su Yu and Wang Dong tried to explain, and Wang Dong realized Meng Hongchen had misunderstood because she lacked close friends.

• Wang Dong mocked Su Yu for having no friends, and Su Yu pinned her down to tickle her until she tickled him back.
• Meng Hongchen entered the dormitory and saw Su Yu and Wang Dong tangled together on the bed, concluding that Su Yu preferred men.
• Wang Dong’s comment that she and Su Yu often fooled around deepened Meng Hongchen’s misunderstanding, and she began to cry.
• Su Yu explained that they had only been roughhousing and pointed out that both were fully dressed.
• Wang Dong learned that Meng Hongchen had no roommates or close female friends and understood why she had misread their playfulness.

Meng Hongchen visited Su Yu to congratulate him on becoming a Level 4 Soul Engineer and a Mingde Hall seed, then warned him that others might resent his benefits. She watched as Su Yu and Wang Dong playfully fought, feeling envious of their closeness.

• Meng Hongchen asked Su Yu whether Wang Dong's claim about his preferences was true, and Su Yu reassured her that he liked girls.
• Meng Hongchen congratulated Su Yu on passing the Level 4 Soul Engineer assessment and explained that his Mingde Hall seed status came with exceptional benefits.
• Meng Hongchen warned Su Yu that jealous students might make trouble for him when he entered Mingde Hall, and Su Yu said he would beat them into submission.
• Wang Dong learned about Su Yu's benefits, grabbed him in a chokehold, and got her butt smacked when Su Yu turned the tables.
• Wang Dong bit Su Yu and then pounced on him, but Su Yu restrained and tickled her until she laughed.
• Meng Hongchen watched Su Yu and Wang Dong playfully tussle and envied their close relationship.

Su Yu, Wang Dong, and Meng Hongchen planned a celebratory dinner after Su Yu became a fourth-level Soul Engineer and a Mingde Hall seed. Xiao Hongchen’s claim that Su Yu would be his brother-in-law sparked a jealous misunderstanding and a confrontation, which Meng Hongchen stopped by challenging them both.

• Su Yu invited Wang Dong and Meng Hongchen to celebrate his advancement over dinner, and Meng Hongchen suggested a barbecue restaurant in Mingdu.
• Meng Hongchen invited Xiao Hongchen, and Su Yu welcomed him when he arrived.
• Xiao Hongchen called Su Yu his future brother-in-law, prompting Wang Dong to believe Su Yu and Meng Hongchen had secretly become a couple.
• Su Yu denied the claim, while Xiao Hongchen scolded Wang Dong for reacting and she angrily insulted him.
• Xiao Hongchen and Wang Dong prepared to fight, but Meng Hongchen ordered her brother to leave and offered to fight Wang Dong herself.

Meng Hongchen took Su Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Hongchen to a barbecue shop in Mingdu, where Meng Hongchen’s attentive treatment of Su Yu made Xiao Hongchen jealous. The group enjoyed the shop’s whole roasted lamb together.

• Meng Hongchen explained the misunderstanding, and Wang Dong realized she had wrongly doubted Su Yu.
• Meng Hongchen led the group through Mingdu’s busy food street to Wu’s Barbecue Shop, where she ordered a whole roasted lamb and other dishes.
• The group went upstairs to a private room, and Xiao Hongchen complained that Meng Hongchen had not asked what he wanted to eat.
• Meng Hongchen tore off a lamb leg for Su Yu, who praised the food, while Xiao Hongchen ate jealously.
• Su Yu tore off lamb forelegs for Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong.

Su Yu, Wang Dong, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen finished a meal in Mingdu, where Xiao Hongchen confronted two men who had attacked the restaurant staff and tried to leave without paying. The men revealed evil Martial Souls, and Su Yu recognized them as Evil Soul Masters.

• Wang Dong devoured the roasted lamb and praised the restaurant, which Meng Hongchen had chosen.
• Su Yu suggested they stroll around Mingdu after paying, but an argument and a crash broke out downstairs.
• Xiao Hongchen rushed down and confronted two Gray-robed Men, while Master Wu supported the injured Wu Feng.
• When the men tried to leave, Xiao Hongchen activated his Martial Soul and attacked them with enlarged Core Formations.
• The two Gray-robed Men revealed their Martial Souls and five Soul Rings, and Su Yu identified them as Evil Soul Masters with Black Blood Mosquito and Soul Devouring Bee Martial Souls.

Su Yu identified two attackers in Mingdu as Evil Soul Masters, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen fought them after Xiao was struck by a spiritual attack. Su Yu froze both Soul Kings, but his victory ended with him locking eyes with an old man in black inside the barbecue shop.

• Su Yu explained that the Black Blood Mosquito and Soul Devouring Bee were evil Martial Souls, and Wang Dong and Meng Hongchen reacted with disgust and alarm.
• Xiao Hongchen fought the two Evil Soul Master Soul Kings, but the Soul Devouring Bee Soul Master used a spiritual attack to stun him.
• Meng Hongchen rushed in, used her Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul, and freed Xiao Hongchen from the attack.
• The Soul Kings tried to escape, but Su Yu froze both of them; Xiao Hongchen killed one with Soul Tool fire, and Su Yu pierced the other with the Azure Ancient Spear.
• Su Yu looked toward the barbecue shop and met the gaze of an old man in black, causing him to stiffen in shock.

After sensing a terrifying Elder in Black at a barbecue restaurant, Su Yu rushed back to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and realized how insignificant his strength was before a true powerhouse. He suspected the man was a Limit Douluo, possibly an Evil Soul Master, and proposed reporting their street fight to the Hall Master.

• Su Yu used Super Sensing to recognize the immense power hidden within the Elder in Black, concealed his reaction, and left the restaurant with Meng Hongchen and the others.
• The Elder in Black remarked on Su Yu's Spiritual Power, Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, unusual Soul Ring configuration, and secret protector, and wondered whose child he was.
• Su Yu hurried back to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where he was left drenched in sweat from the pressure of facing the Elder in Black.
• Su Yu reflected that his strength was nowhere near enough to face a true supreme powerhouse and suspected the Elder in Black might be a Limit Douluo connected to the Evil Soul Masters.
• Su Yu suggested informing the Hall Master that they had killed people in the street, and Meng Hongchen agreed.

Su Yu and the others reported two Evil Soul Kings to Jing Hongchen, who said he would send people after them while secretly weighing the Sun Moon Empire’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult and the Ice God Palace. As Su Yu and Wang Dong headed to the dormitories, Wang Dong grew jealous when he praised Meng Hongchen’s appearance and suggested her older sister was an even better choice.

• Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Wang Dong, and Su Yu told Jing Hongchen they had encountered two Evil Soul Kings and urged him to act.
• Jing Hongchen questioned Su Yu about Evil Soul Masters, then dismissed the group and considered how to balance the Holy Spirit Cult, the Ice God Palace, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jing Hongchen decided he would use the Holy Spirit Cult while trying to win over the Ice God Palace, and planned to sacrifice a group of Evil Soul Masters to maintain appearances.
• Su Yu and Wang Dong left together, and Su Yu reflected that Jing Hongchen’s promised crackdown would not truly sever the empire’s cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Su Yu said Meng Hongchen looked beautiful after her Martial Soul Possession, prompting Wang Dong to ask whether he liked her and to recommend her own older sister instead.