Chapter Summaries

Lu Fa confronted the Evil Soul Master known as the Plague Messenger, who had come to abduct Mo Wu. Lu Fa protected Mo Wu and Mo Lan, then unleashed his Platinum Behemoth powers and badly wounded the Plague Messenger.

• After Wu Changkong left, Lu Fa detected the Plague Messenger hiding in the office and threw Mo Wu toward Mo Lan to protect him.
• The Plague Messenger revealed himself, summoned six Soul Rings, and demanded that Mo Wu go with him, threatening Mo Lan.
• Lu Fa decided to defend Mo Wu, activated his Battle Armor Xiu and four Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and absorbed the Plague Messenger's green poison mist.
• Lu Fa attacked with his Platinum Behemoth claws, which cracked the Plague Messenger's Scepter and slashed his chest, blasting him into the office wall.

Lu Fa killed the Plague Messenger after absorbing his poison and overwhelming his attacks, then Mo Wu identified Lu Fa to the arriving Mecha Guard as his rescuer. Later, Lu Fa told Mo Wu and Mo Lan that he was the class monitor of First Grade Class One at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, revealing how young he was.

• Lu Fa pursued the injured Plague Messenger, who released Plague Poison to distract him with Mo Wu and Mo Lan.
• Lu Fa absorbed the Plague Messenger's Origin Poison with Devouring Heaven and Earth and tore the Plague Messenger apart with his Platinum Claws.
• The Heaven Dou City Mecha Guard surrounded Lu Fa, but Mo Wu identified him as the man who had saved them and told the guards to lower their weapons.
• Mo Wu and Mo Lan thanked Lu Fa in a new office, and Mo Wu asked which academy he attended.
• Lu Fa said he was the class monitor of First Grade Class One at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, surprising Mo Wu and Mo Lan.

Mo Wu recognized Lu Fa's potential, while Tang Wulin questioned Nan Fusheng about the powerful young Battle Armor Master. After Nan Fusheng completed his assessment challenge, Wu Changkong changed the students' Final Exam format, and Fors and Xu Xiaoyan both moved to join Nan Fusheng's group.

• Mo Wu learned Lu Fa was a young student at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and resolved to build a friendship with him.
• Tang Wulin asked Nan Fusheng about Lu Fa, and Nan Fusheng explained that he had heard of him from Fors before teleporting him during the Soul Train hijacking.
• Nan Fusheng found a Soul King Doppelganger in Heaven Dou City and staged a challenge that let him complete his assessment.
• Wu Changkong told Nan Fusheng that the Final Exam format had changed because Evil Soul Masters had attacked the city and the students now had to act in groups.
• Fors linked arms with Nan Fusheng and said she would take the assessment with him, prompting Xu Xiaoyan to ask to join their group.

Nan Fusheng helped Fors and Xu Xiaoyan clear Heaven Dou City's challenge, then found the Soul Train station closed and bought a car with Lu Fa's help. The group set off toward Tianding City, leaving their other city challenges for later.

• Xu Xiaoyan insisted on joining Nan Fusheng and Fors, and Shen Yi agreed to oversee their group while Wu Changkong took Tang Wulin's.
• Nan Fusheng helped Fors and Xu Xiaoyan defeat the Soul King, completing their Heaven Dou City challenge.
• Nan Fusheng discovered the Soul Train station was closed and could not afford a Soul-Powered Car.
• Lu Fa gave Fors a card with one million Federal Coin and thanked Nan Fusheng for his help with the Soul Train Incident.
• Fors drove the group out of Heaven Dou City, and Nan Fusheng said they would challenge Tianding City next.

Nan Fusheng took Xu Xiaoyan and the others to Tianding City to give her the promised surprise before their Final Exam. Meanwhile, his special doppelganger Cai Xukun streamed in Tianling City as the group arrived at Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy.

• Nan Fusheng chose to travel through Tianling City to Tianding City, promising Xu Xiaoyan a surprise for reaching level 30.
• The group abandoned their new Soul Car in Tianling City and boarded a Soul Train, while Nan Fusheng sensed his final special doppelganger nearby.
• Cai Xukun, Nan Fusheng's second doppelganger, streamed in Tianling City and told his fans he would show them his influence.
• After reaching Tianding City, Nan Fusheng and the others took a taxi to Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, while Shen Yi stayed behind.

Nan Fusheng, Fors, and Xu Xiaoyan visited Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to arrange a sparring match for their assessment. Li Yunlong brought them to the Star-Gazing Platform, where an elderly man and a purple-haired young man arrived, leaving Xu Xiaoyan poised to discover Nan Fusheng’s surprise.

• Li Yunlong welcomed Nan Fusheng and his companions into Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy and revealed that he had graduated from Shrek Academy.
• Nan Fusheng explained the assessment’s sparring requirements, and Li Yunlong arranged suitable opponents at the academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked how Nan Fusheng knew Li Yunlong, and Nan Fusheng said they had met while he was traveling during school breaks.
• Li Yunlong led the group to the academy’s open-air Star-Gazing Platform and hinted that Nan Fusheng had prepared a surprise for Xu Xiaoyan.
• An elderly man and a purple-haired young man arrived on the platform, both wearing Monocles.

Nan Fusheng brought Xu Xiaoyan to the Star-Gazing Platform, where she absorbed Star Power and transformed her Martial Soul into a Star Staff. She emerged with stronger abilities and a new Assault-Control role, then embraced and kissed Nan Fusheng.

• Ye Lingfeng introduced his grandson Ye Lingyun, a Rank 54 Soul Master, as the opponent for Nan Fusheng's group.
• Li Yunlong prepared the Star-Gazing Platform, and Xu Xiaoyan stepped onto it to undergo an experiment.
• The platform gathered Star Power around Xu Xiaoyan for more than an hour as her Martial Soul began to change.
• Xu Xiaoyan's Martial Soul shed its Ice Attribute and became a Star Staff, changing her three Spirit Skills and making her an Assault-Control System Soul Master.
• Xu Xiaoyan embraced and kissed Nan Fusheng, relieved that she had grown stronger and overcome her sense of inadequacy.

Xu Xiaoyan and Fors helped Nan Fusheng defeat Ye Lingyun in her final assessment, where she displayed her new Spirit Skills. She then learned a carefully embellished account of Nan Fusheng’s past visit to the Star-Gazing Platform and felt moved by what she believed he had suffered.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Fors competed to hug Nan Fusheng before Li Yunlong reminded them about Xu Xiaoyan’s final assessment.
• Nan Fusheng restrained Ye Lingyun, Xu Xiaoyan supported him with Star Wheel Ice Chain, and Fors defeated Ye Lingyun with Five Elements Divine Light.
• Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated her new Second Soul Skill, Starlight Feedback, and Third Soul Skill, Brilliant Starlight.
• Nan Fusheng asked Ye Lingfeng for information on promising Spirit Masters and officials in Tianding City, and Ye Lingfeng listed three young candidates.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Li Yunlong about Nan Fusheng’s agreement, and Li Yunlong claimed Nan Fusheng had been badly injured after seeking to experiment on the Star-Gazing Platform.
• Xu Xiaoyan believed Nan Fusheng had endured great pain and resolved to keep what she had learned to herself.

Cai Xukun revealed that Nan Fusheng’s doppelganger had secretly attacked Tianling City’s Security Team, then set off. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and his companions attacked a young Five-Ring Soul King near the Tianling Spirit Pagoda, but their attempt to subdue him went wrong when he unleashed his full power.

• Cai Xukun explained that Nan Fusheng’s doppelganger had ambushed a rival and the Tianling City Security Team, then told his audience they would set off.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Xu Li Zhi, and Ye Xinglan planned to provoke a Spirit Pagoda Law Enforcement Team and impersonate the Inspection Team to escape.
• The five friends disguised themselves in white uniforms and surrounded a young Spirit Master outside the Tianling Spirit Pagoda.
• Tang Wulin and his companions used their Martial Souls and Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Golden Light Array to suppress the young man’s water-based abilities.
• Ye Xinglan and Xie Xie nearly struck the young man lethally, prompting him to blast them away with streams of pitch-black water and reveal five pitch-black Soul Rings.

Tang Wulin and his companions were mistaken for Evil Soul Masters after they attacked Cai Xukun, who accused them of ambushing Tianling City's Security Team. Cai Xukun fought them with strange black Water Spheres, leaving Xu Lizhi trapped beneath one as the group struggled to free him.

• Tang Wulin tried to explain that attacking Cai Xukun had been a misunderstanding, but Cai Xukun accused the group of being Evil Soul Masters and planning the Security Team ambush.
• Cai Xukun revealed his rank and whale-like martial soul, then attacked the five with his first soul skill, Kun Ball.
• Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Golden Light Array failed to dispel the black Water Spheres, which changed direction to pursue their targets.
• Tang Wulin crushed one sphere with his Golden Dragon Claw and discovered that its droplets absorbed Soul Power and blood essence.
• Ye Xinglan and Xie Xie were splashed, while Xu Lizhi became trapped under a giant Water Sphere that resisted Tang Wulin's attack and grew when Ye Xinglan touched it.
• Gu Yue said she could not free Xu Lizhi safely because the sphere absorbed Soul Power and freezing it could injure his head.

Tang Wulin and his companions tried to free Xu Lizhi from Cai Xukun’s strange black Water Sphere and learned that Cai’s Martial Soul resembled the legendary Kun. Tang Wulin attacked, but Cai absorbed his power and struck him down, leaving the fight unresolved.

• With Xu Lizhi running out of air, Tang Wulin rallied the others to defeat Cai Xukun instead of backing down.
• Ye Xinglan identified Cai’s whale-like Martial Soul as resembling the ancient Kun, said to possess Ultimate Dark and Water attributes.
• Tang Wulin charged Cai while Gu Yue gathered the surrounding elements for an attack.
• Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Shocks the Heavens swallowed Cai’s arm, but Cai seized his Golden Dragon Claw and drained his Soul Power.
• Cai phased his right arm through Tang Wulin’s defense and punched him in the abdomen, forcing Tang Wulin to one knee.

Cai Xukun overwhelmed Tang Wulin and his companions with his strength and Dark Water, leaving them drained and unconscious or barely able to stand. He demanded that the remaining three surrender while his livestream viewers debated whether they were Evil Soul Masters.

• Cai Xukun hurled Tang Wulin into Ye Xinglan, then trapped Xie Xie with black water that drained his Soul Power and blood energy until he passed out.
• Cai Xukun set Xie Xie aside and reflected that he had engineered the group's earlier mistakes to justify teaching them a lesson.
• Gu Yue attacked Cai Xukun with a five-element sphere, but his Dark Water swallowed the Elemental Storm and spread across the ground, draining the group's strength.
• The Water Sphere around Xu Lizhi broke apart, leaving him unconscious, and Cai Xukun demanded that Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan surrender.
• Cai Xukun checked his livestream chat as viewers reacted to the fight and urged him to capture the youths as Evil Soul Masters.

Tang Wulin turned the Law Enforcers’ arrival into a chance to avoid being taken to the Spirit Pagoda, then led his companions in a sudden attack on their three Mechas. After disabling all three, Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan fled with the others.

• Three yellow Mechas arrived, and Tang Wulin accused Cai Xukun of attacking his group while Cai Xukun insisted they had attacked him first.
• The Law Enforcers ordered both sides to return to the Spirit Pagoda so they could check the surveillance footage, and Cai Xukun agreed to go with them.
• As the group traveled, Xu Lizhi woke up and gave Tang Wulin a Red Bean Bun; Tang Wulin signaled Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan to prepare to escape.
• Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, and Gu Yue attacked the three Mechas, disabling two and destroying the third.
• Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan fled, while Xu Lizhi carried the unconscious Xie Xie and Gu Yue escaped with them.

Tang Wulin and his companions fled Cai Xukun after he accused them of being Evil Soul Masters, but Wu Changkong arrived and shielded them from his attack. When Cai Xukun slandered Shrek Academy and Wu Changkong’s teacher, Wu demanded an apology and prepared to fight.

• Cai Xukun used his livestream to portray Tang Wulin and his companions as attackers and pursued them with his fourth soul skill.
• Wu Changkong blocked Cai Xukun’s Water Spheres with his soul skills and explained that the children were his disciples taking the Academy’s Final Exam.
• Cai Xukun rejected Wu Changkong’s explanation, accused him and the children of being Evil Soul Masters, and linked them to the Tianling City Security Team tragedy.
• Wu Changkong demanded that Cai Xukun retract his insults against Shrek Academy and his teacher, then pointed the Skyfrost Sword at him.
• Cai Xukun challenged Wu Changkong, who faced him with seven Soul Rings as the dispute became a battle over the Academy’s honor.

Wu Changkong fought Cai Xukun after Cai provoked him by insulting Shrek Academy, only to discover the power of Cai’s Kun Martial Soul. Cai broke through to Spirit Emperor during Wu’s strongest attack, leaving the two ready to continue their battle.

• Wu Changkong attacked Cai Xukun with Frost Mark, but Cai’s Kun Ball swallowed the attack and absorbed some of Wu’s Soul Power.
• Cai Xukun used Kun-Kun Meteor Shower to strike Wu Changkong with attacks that drained Soul Power and caused dizziness through spiritual damage.
• Wu Changkong used Frost Language Ice Wheel, but Cai Xukun’s Kun-Kun Destruction Kill shattered six giant swords and threatened him with destructive black light.
• Wu Changkong activated Sky Ice and Martial Soul Avatar, then slashed at Cai Xukun with his giant Skyfrost Sword.
• Cai Xukun blocked Wu Changkong’s attack, broke through to Spirit Emperor, and revealed his Two-word Battle Armor before challenging Wu to continue.

Cai Xukun used his assumed Spirit Pagoda identity to send the Law Enforcement Team after the fleeing Evil Soul Masters, then fought Wu Changkong with his Blackie Sword and Extreme Kun Shield. Their clash escalated into a devastating exchange, leaving the outcome of their battle unresolved.

• Cai Xukun showed the Spirit Pagoda token to three Purple-rank Mechas and sent them to pursue the fleeing Evil Soul Masters.
• Cai Xukun revealed his Blackie Sword and Extreme Kun Shield and amplified himself with Kun-Kun Demon God Transformation.
• Wu Changkong countered Cai Xukun with Frost Condensation and Skyfrost Slash, and the two battled while exchanging attacks.
• Wu Changkong unleashed four soul skills together and brought down a giant Skyfrost Sword in an attempt to end the fight quickly.
• Cai Xukun threw aside his shield and met Wu Changkong's strike with Power of Kun, Kun-Kun Destruction Kill, and Kun-Kun Demon God Transformation, creating a huge void and setting off Spirit Pagoda alarms.

Cai Xukun and Dapeng defeated Wu Changkong in their aerial battle. Cai Xukun caught the unconscious Wu Changkong before he could fall, while Dapeng returned to his body.

• Wu Changkong and Cai Xukun clashed, and Wu Changkong realized he was being overpowered despite using his full strength.
• Dapeng approached with a Kun Ball, dodged Wu Changkong’s Frost Marks with dancing footwork, and joined Cai Xukun’s attack.
• Cai Xukun drove Wu Changkong downward, where Dapeng threw its Kun Ball and phased through the Skyfrost Sword to strike his chest.
• Dapeng drained and sealed Wu Changkong’s Soul Power, causing him to lose consciousness and fall from the air.
• Cai Xukun caught Wu Changkong, praised Dapeng, and reflected on how the intended Kunpeng Soul Spirit had turned into a chicken.

Cai Xukun handed the captured Wu Changkong to Tianling City's Security Team and continued his livestream, while Wu Changkong woke up in custody and faced accusations of aiding Evil Soul Masters. Wu Changkong learned that his students had escaped, but his own fate remained uncertain as the captain confronted him with the charges.

• Cai Xukun learned that the Purple-rank Mechas had failed to catch Tang Wulin and the others, then transferred Wu Changkong to Tianling City's Security Team.
• Cai Xukun's livestream audience praised his strength, and he announced he would pause streaming to cultivate while leaving the escaped attackers to the Security Team.
• Wu Changkong woke in a holding cell with Soul Power Sealing Cuffs and was brought in for interrogation.
• Xing Daorong challenged Wu Changkong's claim that he was a Shrek Academy teacher and listed charges including aiding Evil Soul Masters and attacking the Spirit Pagoda Law Enforcement Team.
• Wu Changkong asked about his students, and Xing Daorong told him they had escaped before demanding that he answer for the accusations.

Wu Changkong was detained after attacking Cai Xukun, and a shaved head left him unable to prove his identity to the Security Team. Meanwhile, Tianling City’s Spirit Pagoda put its Law Enforcement Brigade on alert and chose not to intervene on his behalf, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Xing Daorong questioned Wu Changkong, doubted his Shrek Academy identity document, and showed him that his long blue hair had been shaved off.
• Wu Changkong grieved over his lost hair and Long Bing, while Xing Daorong refused to let him display his Martial Soul and continued detaining him.
• The Tianling City Spirit Pagoda Tower Master reprimanded his officials for failing to respond to the threat and ordered the Law Enforcement Brigade into orange alert status.
• The Tower Master confirmed the streamer was the disciple of the Skysea City Spirit Pagoda Tower Master and ended the meeting without ordering the children or streamer brought in.
• The Tower Master refused his son’s suggestion to help Wu Changkong, then spoke of needing outside pressure and hinted at a five-year plan.

Nan Fusheng’s group and Tang Wulin’s group each had one match left in their Final Exams and headed for Ming Capital. Ye Xinglan suggested that Tang Wulin’s group challenge a prestigious academy there, once a rival of Shrek Academy.

• Xu Xiaoyan learned that Nan Fusheng’s group had won nine matches and planned to save their final match for Ming Capital.
• Shen Yi confirmed that Nan Fusheng’s group only needed one more match before returning to the academy and passing the exam.
• After the incident in Tianling City, Tang Wulin’s group stopped challenging random Soul Masters and began challenging Soul Master Academies instead.
• Tang Wulin contacted his martial uncle, Zhen Hua, for help after learning that Wu Changkong had been captured.
• Tang Wulin’s group traveled toward Ming Capital with one match remaining, and Ye Xinglan suggested they challenge a renowned academy there.