Chapter Summaries

After winning the Exchange Competition, Lin Xingyu became famous in Shrek Academy and left for Heaven Dou City with Mu Ye to prepare stronger pills. The chapter ended with him examining the peak eighth-grade Pill Furnace Zhen Hua had prepared for his alchemy.

• Cai Yue'er announced that the first and second grades had won, and the spectators reacted to the damage Lin Xingyu had inflicted on the arena and its Soul Guiding Shield.
• Lin Xingyu gained attention across the Outer Court, rejected invitations, and burned a letter handed to him while Xu Xiaoyan watched.
• Lin Xingyu asked Wu Changkong for leave to visit the Body Sect, and Wu Changkong approved up to two months away.
• Lin Xingyu left Shrek Academy the next day, and Mu Ye flew him to Heaven Dou City to meet Zhen Hua.
• Zhen Hua gave Lin Xingyu a Storage Soul Device containing the materials he had requested, while Mu Ye and Zhen Hua helped him prepare for refining stronger pills.
• Lin Xingyu spent the day studying with his teachers, then examined the peak eighth-grade Pill Furnace in Zhen Hua's Alchemy Room.

Lin Xingyu spent more than half a month refining the Mysterious Crystal Jade Soul Pill with Mu Ye’s help, using precious spiritual herbs and Soul Guide equipment. The pills succeeded despite their irregular shapes, and Lin Xingyu gave portions to Mu Ye and Zhen Hua to help restore the vitality they had lost through their work.

• Lin Xingyu inspected the equipment and began refining the pill with three precious ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs as its main ingredients.
• Lin Xingyu used the Water Refining Method to extract an emerald-green crystal from the Moon Spirit Flower, then used the Fire Refining Method to process the remaining ingredients.
• Mu Ye operated Soul Guide devices to supply Heaven and Earth Origin Energy while Lin Xingyu combined the medicinal liquids and sealed the furnace to nurture the pills.
• Three days later, Lin Xingyu, Mu Ye, and Zhen Hua opened the furnace and found that the pills worked well despite their irregular shapes.
• Lin Xingyu gave Jade Bottles of pills to Mu Ye and Zhen Hua, explaining that they could help restore the losses from Heavenly Forging and benefit A Ruheng.

After spending two months learning pill refinement and forging in Heaven Dou City, Lin Xingyu returned to Shrek Academy just before the final exam and gave his classmates gifts. Tang Wulin then asked to buy a pill to strengthen his physique, but balked when Lin Xingyu named its price.

• Lin Xingyu, Zhen Hua, and Mu Ye divided the twenty-one Mysterious Crystal Jade Soul Pills, while Mu Ye returned to the Body Sect to refine his mecha with Bloodline Power.
• Zhen Hua trained Lin Xingyu in forging until he became an all-round peak sixth-rank Forging Master, and Mu Ye shared a book about fusing mecha and Battle Armor after hearing how Lin Xingyu had forged an External Soul Bone into a weapon.
• Wu Changkong called to warn Lin Xingyu that the final exam was three days away, so Mu Ye escorted him back to Shrek City.
• Lin Xingyu reunited with his classmates and gave Tang Wulin alloy formulas, Xie Xie a mecha model, Xu Lizhi local foods, Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue gemstone jewelry, Ye Xinglan a longsword, and Wu Sidao a mecha-repair guide.
• Tang Wulin visited Lin Xingyu to ask about buying pills for strengthening his physique, and Lin Xingyu offered him a Nine Dragon Great Pill for five million.

Tang Wulin tested the Nine Dragon Great Pills and learned they could reduce the Spiritual Items needed to break his seals, while Old Tang attempted to analyze their ingredients. At Shrek Academy, Shen Yi and Wu Changkong explained the final exam, and Lin Xingyu set out for Heaven Dou City to seek financial help from Zhen Hua.

• Tang Wulin swallowed a Nine Dragon Great Pill, and Old Tang said its effects could lower the age requirement for Spiritual Items needed to unseal him.
• Tang Wulin took the remaining two pills while Old Tang tried to analyze their ingredients, but Old Tang fell silent before giving him an answer.
• Shen Yi announced the semester’s elimination rules, and Wu Changkong explained that students had to reach Mingdu within fifteen days, pass through ten cities, and defeat stronger opponents alone without their belongings.
• Lin Xingyu arrived at the exam gathering point dressed as a young noble, then told his classmates he would borrow money after leaving the academy.
• Lin Xingyu took a Soul Tool Taxi to the Soul Tool Train station and paid the driver with an accessory before heading toward Heaven Dou City to seek help from Zhen Hua.

Lin Xingyu helped passengers defeat six bandits aboard the Soul Tool Train, then followed Wu Changkong to Heaven Dou City’s award ceremony, where they uncovered an attack by the six-ring Evil Soul Master Plague Envoy. After Plague Envoy escaped the ceremony, Lin Xingyu tracked him down and killed him, leaving him to reflect on his first experience of killing.

• Lin Xingyu used Eye Strike and his Valiant Trait to help passengers subdue six bandits on the train, and the train arrived safely in Heaven Dou City.
• Mo Wu ordered Heaven Dou City’s forces to arrest suspicious people and increased the rewards for passengers who had fought the bandits.
• At the award ceremony, Lin Xingyu sensed Plague Envoy hiding near Mo Wu, and Wu Changkong attacked when the Evil Soul Master revealed himself.
• Plague Envoy escaped after Wu Changkong and the other Soul Masters stopped his attack from harming the crowd.
• Lin Xingyu tracked Plague Envoy through the city, trapped him in fog and Glazed Color flames, and beheaded him with one strike.
• Lin Xingyu burned Plague Envoy’s corpse, took his Storage Soul Device, and teleported away after considering how calmly he had handled his first kill.

Lin Xingyu reflected on his victory over Plague Envoy, then completed his assessment with Tang Wulin and reunited with his classmates. He proposed traveling to Heavenly Spirit City to challenge its academy in a private exchange competition, giving the group a legitimate way to find opponents.

• Lin Xingyu examined Plague Envoy's belongings and concluded that intense emotions and faith could influence a Martial Soul, while Yun Ming sensed that the Holy Spirit Cult might be planning a major move.
• Wu Changkong searched for Lin Xingyu after the battle, then went to the Blacksmith's Association and learned that the students would complete their assessments together for safety.
• Lin Xingyu met Tang Wulin at Zhen Hua's office, completed his assessment, and borrowed a Mysterious Crystal Jade Soul Pill for his upcoming breakthrough to level fifty.
• Wu Changkong gathered Lin Xingyu with the other students, and Lin Xingyu took Xu Lizhi to Zhen Hua to arrange a suitable assessment opponent.
• After the group recovered from their matches, Lin Xingyu proposed going to Heavenly Spirit City and holding a private exchange competition with its academy.

Lin Xingyu and the Shrek students planned to challenge advanced academies on their journey to Mingdu, arranging transport and discussing their cultivation and futures along the way. They reached Tianling Academy, where Lin Xingyu proved his strength and secured an exchange match with the school.

• Lin Xingyu persuaded the students to present themselves as Shrek Academy’s strongest Outer Court team, while Wu Changkong silently watched their plan take shape.
• Xie Xie mapped a route to visit academies, and Gu Yue suggested traveling by Soul Tool Cars; Lin Xingyu bought three cars for the group.
• During the drive to Tianling City, Lin Xingyu revealed that he was rank forty-nine and advised Xie Xie on strengthening his martial soul, while Xie Xie, Xu Lizhi, and Tang Wulin discussed their futures.
• The group arrived at Tianling Academy and gave the gate guard a formal letter requesting an exchange match.
• Lin Xingyu showed Dean of Instruction Bai Chen his four black soul rings and said the group competed in their personal capacity; Bai Chen welcomed them and agreed to arrange opponents.

Lin Xingyu’s group continued its exchange challenge across academies, using connections and money to arrange opponents as they traveled toward Mingdu. At Destined City’s Star Gazing Platform, they defeated every opponent from Destined Star Soul Master Academy, leaving its students shaken.

• Lin Xingyu’s group easily won their matches at a local academy, then continued west and planned to reach Destined City before traveling to Mingdu by Soul Tool Train.
• Xu Xiaoyan arranged the group’s visit to Destined Star Soul Master Academy through her acquaintance Li Zhilong, who invited her to cultivate there after graduation.
• Li Zhilong brought the group to the Star Gazing Platform, where Lin Xingyu examined its construction and memorized its Soul Guide Arrays.
• Li Zhilong arranged two two-on-two matches and a seven-on-seven match against his academy’s students, with Teacher Zhang assigned to fight Lin Xingyu.
• Lin Xingyu’s group won every match, and Xiao Tiantian and the other Destined Star Soul Master Academy students were left doubting themselves.

Lin Xingyu cultivated on the Star Gazing Platform and learned to guide the Power of Stars by grasping the stars’ trajectories. As the starlight triggered his seventh Blood Replacement and a simultaneous breakthrough, his Martial Soul completed its Second Evolution into the Crimson Gold Dharma Form.

• Li Zhilong invited Lin Xingyu and the Shrek Academy students to cultivate on the Star Gazing Platform, where Xu Xiaoyan and Ye Xinglan drew especially strong Power of Stars.
• Ye Xinglan gained new insights into the Power of Stars, strengthening her Sword Intent and nurturing her Stargod Sword.
• Lin Xingyu studied the star array’s pull, learned to guide the Power of Stars himself, and sensed an unusually strong connection to a star aligned with war, slaughter, destruction, turmoil, and conflict.
• As the Power of Stars rapidly raised his Soul Power, Lin Xingyu swallowed a Mysterious Crystal Jade Soul Pill, released his suppression, and completed his seventh Blood Replacement.
• Lin Xingyu’s Martial Soul underwent its Second Evolution, becoming the Crimson Gold Dharma Form and absorbing lightning and stars as innate attributes.

Lin Xingyu’s breakthrough to Soul King transformed his martial soul and triggered a vast energy vortex, new starlight, and a resonance with the laws that drew Old Tang’s attention. As Lin Xingyu’s Martial Path Divine Ability began to form, his High-Dimensional Vision shattered the golden runes and started condensing a new one in green light.

• Li Zhilong and Wu Changkong evacuated the students as Lin Xingyu’s breakthrough stirred dangerous Power of Stars across the Star Gazing Platform.
• Ye Xinglan absorbed a portion of the altered starlight, while Li Zhilong recorded the five newly drawn beams of starlight as experimental data.
• Xu Xiaoyan woke to learn that Lin Xingyu had become a Soul King, and Gu Yue sensed that his breakthrough was causing Law Resonance.
• Old Tang explained Law Resonance to Tang Wulin, revealed that he had analyzed the pill’s raw materials, and decided Lin Xingyu might become a future variable.
• Lin Xingyu’s martial soul fused thunder and flame into a stable weapon, and golden runes began forming in his heart as his Martial Path Divine Ability emerged.
• Lin Xingyu’s High-Dimensional Vision shattered the forming golden runes and began condensing a new rune in green light.

Lin Xingyu formed the Life Surge divine ability, which converted elements into life vitality and could restore both his body and soul. After meditating for thirty-six days under Mu Ye’s protection, he awoke fully transformed.

• Lin Xingyu sensed a vast collective consciousness and formed the Life Surge divine ability, which could sustain and rapidly reconstruct his body and soul.
• Mu Ye arrived at Destined Star Soul Master Academy in a Red-tier Mecha and took over protecting Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan during their Deep Meditation.
• Gu Yue sensed Lin Xingyu’s life vitality and thought it resembled the Life Gold she had encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wu Changkong left Shen Yi to watch over Ye Xinglan and led the other students to Mingdu, where they completed their assessment with an exchange spar.
• After thirty-six days on the Star Gazing Platform, Lin Xingyu completed his transformation, opened his eyes, and asked Mu Ye how long he had meditated.

After awakening from a long meditation, Lin Xingyu returned to Heaven Dou City and told Mu Ye and Zhen Hua about his breakthrough, new abilities, and the changes to his Martial Soul. He named his newly acquired innate domain the Myriad Abyss Domain and revealed that both his Soul Bones had likely reached the Hundred Thousand Years level.

• Ye Xinglan awoke after thirty-six days of meditation, and Shen Yi examined her before giving her medicinal pills from Mu Ye.
• Ye Xinglan explained that the Star Power had purified and stabilized her Martial Soul, strengthened its ability to annihilate Soul Power, and raised her to rank forty-three; she and Lin Xingyu chose to take Makeup Exams.
• Mu Ye brought Lin Xingyu back to Heaven Dou City, where Lin Xingyu recovered while eating and using Life Surge to nourish his body.
• Lin Xingyu showed Mu Ye and Zhen Hua his fifth Soul Skill, Crimson Gold Incarnation, and said he could soon condense a Soul Core after recovering.
• Lin Xingyu revealed that his Martial Soul had gained lightning and Star Attributes and displayed an innate domain that he named Myriad Abyss Domain.
• Lin Xingyu said his two Soul Bones had probably reached the Hundred Thousand Years level.

Lin Xingyu experimented with his Life Origin Liquid, Myriad Abyss Domain, and Spirit Metal to fuse Sea Soul Beast souls into animated Battle Armor. He created thirteen armored subordinates and strengthened his domain, then considered ways to make use of the souls’ power and speed up producing more armor.

• Lin Xingyu prepared to condense a Vitality Soul Core, and Mu Ye advised him to study Soul Core cultivation and return to the Body Sect before beginning.
• Lin Xingyu used Life Origin Liquid made from Soul Beast meat, then shattered the Plague Envoy’s Soul Seizing Soul Device and absorbed its Sea Soul Beast souls into his Myriad Abyss Domain.
• Lin Xingyu fused a Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Scale Fish soul into Spirit Metal Battle Armor, refined them with his Soul Skills, and used Life Origin Liquid to animate the armor.
• Lin Xingyu discovered that the armored souls could fight but were too unintelligent to act independently, so he considered linking their Soul Power and Spiritual Power to someone through an array or Soul Skill.
• Lin Xingyu made thirteen sets of armor from the stronger souls, gaining thirteen subordinates and further enhancing his domain.

Lin Xingyu condensed a Soul Core by uniting his Soul Power, Bloodline Power, Spiritual Power, and Martial Dao Will, reaching rank fifty-two as the process transformed Body Sect's main peak into a forest. After awakening, he learned that Mu Ye had put off Shrek Academy's messages for him, and he was told to reply.

• Lin Xingyu decided to condense his Soul Core, and Mu Ye agreed to protect him while A Ruheng observed.
• Lin Xingyu used High-Dimensional Vision to fuse his Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and Spiritual Power, then stabilized the forming Soul Core with his Martial Dao Will.
• Lin Xingyu's Soul Core manifested the Life Surge rune and drew in Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, producing life-filled green rain for seven days and seven nights.
• Mu Ye collected the green rain while A Ruheng meditated, and the energy transformed the area around Body Sect's hall into a primeval forest.
• Lin Xingyu awoke at rank fifty-two, mistook the overgrown surroundings for the aftermath of an invasion, and learned that Mu Ye had put off Shrek's messages for him.

After returning to Shrek Academy as a newly advanced Soul King, Lin Xingyu reunited with his teammates and accepted a Makeup Exam mission with Ye Xinglan. They arrived in Fengyan City to investigate and eliminate Governor Huang Xing'en, who had colluded with Evil Soul Masters, while Lin Xingyu suspected the city held clues to a larger gathering point.

• Lin Xingyu returned to Shrek Academy, where Wu Changkong arranged for him and Ye Xinglan to take the Makeup Exam together.
• Lin Xingyu greeted his teammates, gave them bottles of life-force-rich water, and sensed that Gu Yue was unusually interested in his vitality.
• Wu Changkong assigned Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan to investigate Fengyan City Governor Huang Xing'en, a Soul King with proven ties to Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan arrived in Fengyan City, and Ye Xinglan proposed killing Huang Xing'en at once.
• Lin Xingyu argued that they should first capture and question Huang Xing'en, then search for evidence of an Evil Soul Master gathering point.

Gu Yue found that Lin Xingyu’s Life Origin Liquid could restore her origin, though only a little, and decided to keep an eye on him. Meanwhile, Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan tracked Governor Huang Xing'en to an Evil Soul Master stronghold, where Lin Xingyu killed the group and captured Huang Xing'en’s soul after he tried to die before questioning.

• Gu Yue tested the Life Origin Liquid, confirmed its powerful healing effect, and resolved to pay closer attention to Lin Xingyu.
• Lin Xingyu identified Huang Xing'en’s unusually regular trips to the south of Fengyan City as a clue, then followed him there with Ye Xinglan.
• Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan located a villa where Huang Xing'en met three black-robed Evil Soul Masters, and Lin Xingyu burst in during their argument.
• Lin Xingyu killed the leading Soul Emperor and the two Soul Kings, while Huang Xing'en surrendered and revealed that he had hidden rare resources beneath his home cultivation room.
• Huang Xing'en attempted suicide, but Lin Xingyu killed him and drew his soul into the Myriad Abyss Domain; Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan then found a thousand-year Soul Bone.

After returning to Shrek Academy from the mission, Lin Xingyu used Yuanen Yehui’s blood to connect with the Demon Plane and converted the invading dark power into life essence. He discovered how the connection worked and began considering how to help Yuanen Yehui, while Demon Lord Alba remained unaware that Lin Xingyu was exploiting his power.

• Lin Xingyu and Ye Xinglan cleared the battlefield, reported Huang Xing'en’s evidence, and returned to Shrek Academy, where Wu Changkong gave them full marks.
• Lin Xingyu went to his workshop and swallowed the blood drawn from Yuanen Yehui, using Life Surge to control the dark power that entered his body.
• Lin Xingyu formed a connection with the Demon Plane and converted the incoming power into life essence, which gathered in his Soul Core as Life Origin Liquid.
• Demon Lord Alba noticed the new beacon and celebrated, then gave a Bloodline Fruit to a Demon Person, sparking a violent street brawl.
• Lin Xingyu used High-Dimensional Vision to study the connection, identified how it transmitted power, and considered ways to disrupt it and examine Yuanen Yehui’s condition.

Yuanen Yehui rushed to Lin Xingyu’s workshop after he reported progress on her Demonic Power, hoping he could sever her connection to the Demon Plane. His examination revealed that her inherited bloodlines were far more complex and resistant to alteration than his own simulated Demonic Power, leaving him with only preliminary ideas for balancing them.

• Yuanen Yehui hurried to Lin Xingyu’s workshop after receiving his message about progress on her Demonic Power.
• Lin Xingyu explained that his simulated Demonic Power came from the Demon Plane and that he could cut off its connection at will.
• Yuanen Yehui asked whether Lin Xingyu could sever her own connection, and he said he needed to examine her innate martial soul first.
• Yuanen Yehui entered Martial Soul Possession and let Lin Xingyu examine her body with High-Dimensional Vision.
• Lin Xingyu found numerous self-repairing energy circuits fused with Yuanen Yehui’s bloodline and martial soul, making them impossible to alter precisely.
• Lin Xingyu identified Titan Giant Ape and Fallen Angel bloodlines in Yuanen Yehui and lightly guided them toward a more balanced state.

Lin Xingyu explained three ways to deal with the connection between Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel bloodline and the Demon Plane. Yuanen Yehui rejected the first two and weighed the risks of his proposed Martial Soul fusion, leaving her decision unresolved.

• Lin Xingyu said Yuanen Yehui could leave her bloodline alone for now and confront the Demon Plane when she reached Titled Douluo, but she rejected the plan.
• Lin Xingyu proposed destroying her demon bloodline and replenishing her with life-rich treasures, though this would weaken her Martial Souls, and Yuanen Yehui rejected that option too.
• Lin Xingyu suggested using the link between Yuanen Yehui’s Twin Martial Souls to fuse them, purging harmful traits and creating a stronger Martial Soul.
• Yuanen Yehui asked about the fusion plan’s risks and requirements, and Lin Xingyu said they should wait until both reached Soul Saint and that life-rich treasures could raise the success rate above ninety percent.
• Lin Xingyu asked which option Yuanen Yehui would choose, and she remained undecided.

Yuanen Yehui accepted Lin Xingyu’s help suppressing the Demonic Power and considered his offer to join him in the future, while Lin Xingyu arranged a two-month leave to train in Spirit Ascension Platforms. He entered the Heaven Dou City platform with Aya and the Thunderclap Hellvine to test their combat progress.

• Yuanen Yehui chose Lin Xingyu’s first and third proposed solutions, and he prepared spirit-enhancing medicine to help her harmonize her powers and weaken the Demonic Power’s influence.
• Lin Xingyu praised Yuanen Yehui’s potential and invited her to follow him someday; she said she could not leave the Tang Sect but would help him when needed.
• Lin Xingyu asked Wu Changkong for leave to visit Spirit Ascension Platforms, and Wu approved two months for him to train and gain combat experience.
• Lin Xingyu met Mu Ye in Heaven Dou City, who arranged Spirit Ascension Platform tickets for him to use across several cities.
• Lin Xingyu entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform with Aya and the Thunderclap Hellvine, intending to test their progress against Soul Beasts.