Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuan and the Lord of Illusory Annihilation went to expel the Fallen God from Soul, learning that the Rakshasa God's seal and the Fallen God's growing power made the task dangerous. The Fallen God prepared for their arrival and began to reveal his strength, though Soul's resistance interrupted him.

• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation explained that Zhao Xuan needed to draw out the Rakshasa God's seal with Divine Slaughter's Domain while she suppressed the Fallen God and Zhao Xuan destroyed his divine soul with lightning.
• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation warned Zhao Xuan that the Fallen God might invade his sea of consciousness, and Zhao Xuan vowed to stop him.
• Zhao Xuan and the Lord of Illusory Annihilation entered the ancient castle and found the Fallen God waiting on the throne.
• The Fallen God guessed they had come to save Soul and expel him, then taunted them and offered to take the Lord of Illusory Annihilation's divine soul.
• The Fallen God used spiritual bodies from the hall to increase his power, but Soul interfered before his aura could rise further.

The Lord of Illusory Annihilation battled the Fallen God inside his ancient castle while Zhao Xuan protected himself with Purple Heaven Divine Lightning. As the Fallen God overwhelmed her defenses with the God of Souls’ stolen techniques, Zhao Xuan unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain, startling his enemy.

• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation told Zhao Xuan that the Fallen God had reached quasi-god strength and began sealing the illusion around the ancient castle.
• The Fallen God sent his sinister Divine Sense toward Zhao Xuan, but Zhao Xuan’s Purple Heaven Divine Lightning repelled it.
• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation pressed her Divine Sense against the Fallen God’s, while the suppressed Lord of Souls weakened his opponent’s advantage.
• The Fallen God abandoned his fallen Divine Authority and attacked Zhao Xuan with pure Divine Sense, then used the God of Souls’ recorded rules to batter the Lord of Illusory Annihilation’s stellar wall.
• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation urged Zhao Xuan to act, and he unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain, making the Fallen God cry out in surprise.

Zhao Xuan used Divine Slaughter’s Domain to destabilize the Fallen God’s seal, letting the Lord of Illusory Annihilation strike with Starfall. The God of Souls briefly regained control, and the chapter ended with Zhao Xuan unleashing Thunder Domain against the trapped Fallen God.

• The Fallen God recognized Zhao Xuan’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and struggled to control the loosening Rakshasa God seal and the God of Souls’ stirring consciousness.
• At the Lord of Illusory Annihilation’s urging, Zhao Xuan attacked the Fallen God with Divine Slaughter’s Domain, drawing the seal’s killing intent out of him.
• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation summoned the Starry Sky Unicorn and used Starfall to destroy the Fallen God’s Divine Sense incarnations.
• The God of Souls briefly took control and urged the Lord of Illusory Annihilation to act, so she trapped the Fallen God in a wall of starlight.
• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation told Zhao Xuan to use thunder, and he unleashed Thunder Domain against the Fallen God.

Zhao Xuan used Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to drive the Fallen God out of the God of Souls and destroy his divine soul. Before vanishing, the Fallen God warned Zhao Xuan that Rakshasa and the others had a grand scheme and chaotic times were approaching.

• The Purple Heaven Divine Lightning damaged both the Fallen God and the God of Souls, allowing the God of Souls to regain consciousness and warn Zhao Xuan.
• The Fallen God split from the God of Souls, broke through the defenses, and invaded Zhao Xuan's Sea of Consciousness to seize his body.
• Zhao Xuan's lightning sea eroded the Fallen God's Divine Authority, but the Fallen God pressed on toward Zhao Xuan's Nascent Soul.
• The World Cleansing White Lotus appeared and rapidly dissipated the Fallen God's corrupted divine soul.
• The Fallen God accepted his death, thanked Zhao Xuan for cleansing him, and warned him about Rakshasa and the others' grand scheme.

After Zhao Xuan helped destroy the Fallen God and free the God of Souls, the God of Souls taught him the Profound Micro Construction Method. Zhao Xuan left the ancient castle, impressing the Lord of Illusory Annihilation with how far he had advanced in her method, while she and the God of Souls began repairing their world.

• Zhao Xuan recovered from the battle and accepted the God of Souls' sincere thanks for helping free him from the Fallen God's control.
• The God of Souls passed Zhao Xuan the Profound Micro Construction Method, explaining that it analyzed the rules forged by humans and Spirit Beast experts.
• Zhao Xuan had his Computer Spirit analyze the method and prepared to leave, while the God of Souls realized the pair had nothing with which to entertain him.
• Zhao Xuan opened a crack in the ancient castle with the Starry Sky Construction Method and left.
• The Lord of Illusory Annihilation marveled at Zhao Xuan's progress, and she and the God of Souls set about repairing their world.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Zhao Xuan reached Shrek Academy but was stopped at the gate by students who doubted his employment contract. Ma Hongjun recognized him, and the students began to realize Zhao Xuan might really be a Special-Class Lecturer.

• After leaving the illusion realm on Ghost Island, Zhao Xuan said goodbye to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in Star Luo City and returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Xuan arrived at Shrek Academy and was startled by its lavish entrance.
• A blond student challenged Zhao Xuan’s claim that he was an instructor, and Zhao Xuan showed him Flender’s employment contract naming him a Special-Class Lecturer.
• The students suspected the contract was forged, and Zhao Xuan restrained himself from forcing his way inside.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Zhao Xuan and rushed to hug him, but Zhao Xuan kicked him into a tree, leaving the students stunned.

Zhao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy with Ma Hongjun and learned that Hermione was teaching theory classes and attracting attention from students. Their visit to Flender’s office ended in disaster when Ma Hongjun’s movements caused Flender’s prized porcelain vase to shatter.

• Ma Hongjun introduced Zhao Xuan to the students on duty as Shrek Academy’s strongest person, and Zhao Xuan accepted the employment contract before heading inside with him.
• Zhao Xuan asked Ma Hongjun about changes in the empire and learned that Hermione was teaching theory classes while waiting for Grandmaster’s instructors to take over.
• Ma Hongjun told Zhao Xuan that students were pursuing Hermione, and Zhao Xuan dismissed the idea that anyone could take her away.
• Zhao Xuan ordered Ma Hongjun to run with weights and lose weight, and Ma Hongjun reluctantly agreed to train by himself.
• Flender admired a blue-and-white porcelain vase in his office and planned to approve more military recruitment slots in exchange for it.
• Ma Hongjun burst into Flender’s office and shook the desk, causing Flender to break the vase; Zhao Xuan saw the shards as Flender confronted Ma Hongjun.

Zhao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender hired him to cover theory classes after Zhao Xuan made him pay over thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins. Zhao Xuan then went to find Hermione, and they happily reunited.

• Flender ordered Ma Hongjun to fight two matches at the Great Soul Arena each day and run laps, with Zhao Xuan adding to the punishment.
• Flender persuaded Zhao Xuan to fill in as a theory instructor, and Zhao Xuan made him settle an employment contract for over thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ma Hongjun told Zhao Xuan that Jade Lord Douluo had been in seclusion for over two years, Dugu Bo was researching in Sunset Forest, and Hermione was teaching three beginner classes.
• Zhao Xuan dismissed Ma Hongjun and went to Beginner Class One, where he called out to Hermione during a break.
• Hermione saw Zhao Xuan and greeted him with delight.

Zhao Xuan reunited with Hermione at Shrek Academy, then faced off against Zhou Ze, a student who had been pursuing her. Teacher Lian Hua recognized Zhao Xuan as a special-grade instructor, leaving Zhou Ze stunned.

• Hermione rushed into Zhao Xuan's arms, and the surrounding students recognized her as a Shrek Academy Soul King and wondered who he was.
• Zhou Ze arrived, saw Hermione embracing Zhao Xuan, and confronted him after Zhao Xuan teased him about coughing.
• Zhou Ze summoned his Shadowless Spear and challenged Zhao Xuan to a duel, despite Zhao Xuan asking if he was sure.
• Teacher Lian Hua arrived and reprimanded Zhou Ze for summoning his Martial Soul outside the arena.
• Lian Hua recognized Zhao Xuan as a teacher, and the students saw his special-grade instructor badge; Zhou Ze dropped his spear in shock.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Zhao Xuan became a teacher and took petty revenge on Zhou Ze by repeatedly calling on him in class. Ning Rongrong arrived with a message that her father, Uncle Ning, was waiting to see Zhao Xuan in the reception room.

• Lian Hua reassured Zhao Xuan that she had not expected him to retaliate against Zhou Ze, then accidentally mentioned the female students who missed his lessons and prompted Hermione to question him.
• Hermione made Zhao Xuan accompany her around the imperial capital for several days before he returned to his usual routine.
• Zhao Xuan visited his parents in Flower Valley's secret realm, then became a Shrek Academy teacher and took over Hermione's spirit-beast course, where Zhou Ze was one of his students.
• Zhao Xuan repeatedly called on Zhou Ze in class, earning a reputation among the junior students as a petty-minded teacher.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Zhao Xuan at the academy, and Hermione asked why she had come; Ning Rongrong revealed that her father was waiting in the reception room.

Zhao Xuan learned that Xue Qinghe was an impostor secretly connected to Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi asked him to help protect the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Princess Xue Qingqing. The chapter ended with Zhao Xuan warning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might be targeted first because of its alliance with the imperial family.

• Zhao Xuan blocked Bone Douluo’s sudden test and greeted Ning Fengzhi after Headmaster Flender left.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that his investigation with Grand Princess Xue Yue had exposed them to Xue Qinghe and uncovered evidence that the real Xue Qinghe had died long ago.
• Ning Fengzhi said Xue Ye believed the evidence that the impostor had caused the deaths of the other princes, and that the impostor was likely a highly secret agent controlled by Bibi Dong.
• Ning Fengzhi relayed Xue Ye’s request for Zhao Xuan to help the imperial family and Xue Yue’s request that he protect Princess Xue Qingqing.
• Zhao Xuan agreed to help if the danger was manageable, then warned Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could be attacked first because it was aligned with the imperial family.

Zhao Xuan warned Ning Fengzhi and Hermione that Spirit Hall might target the Heaven Dou Empire and its allies, including Shrek Academy. Jade Lord Douluo emerged from seclusion with a terrifying increase in power, drawing the attention of Heaven Dou’s leaders and Bishop Salas.

• Zhao Xuan speculated that Spirit Hall might attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi promised to consider countermeasures.
• Zhao Xuan told Hermione about Spirit Hall’s ambitions and worried that Shrek Academy could become a target as its students grew stronger.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione sensed a sword cry from Jade Lord Douluo’s secluded residence and realized he had emerged.
• Jade Lord Douluo’s sword energy tore through the clouds, alarming powerful Soul Masters across Heaven Dou City.
• The Heaven Dou Imperial Family discussed strengthening its cooperation with Shrek Academy, while Bishop Salas reported the disturbance to Spirit City and vowed that Shrek and the other factions would not escape.

Zhao Xuan and Hermione visited Jade Lord Douluo after he broke through the level ninety-five bottleneck, and Jade Lord Douluo asked Zhao Xuan to spar. The two began preparing to fight before Shrek Academy’s gathered teachers and students, who expected Zhao Xuan to win.

• Zhao Xuan and Hermione congratulated Jade Lord Douluo, who had drawn his sword qi within himself after breaking through level ninety-five.
• Jade Lord Douluo showed Zhao Xuan the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, whose sword qi had been exhausted, and said he planned to replant it near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jade Lord Douluo invited Zhao Xuan to spar, and Zhao Xuan accepted.
• At a wasteland outside Heaven Dou City, Ma Hongjun praised Zhao Xuan’s strength, while Flender scolded him for dismissing a Title Douluo.
• Master told Liu Erlong that Zhao Xuan would definitely win, citing his physical strength, spiritual cultivation, and combat experience.
• Jade Lord Douluo heard the group’s remarks and challenged Zhao Xuan to show his true strength; Zhao Xuan agreed.

Zhao Xuan sparred with Jade Lord Douluo, countering his sword techniques with divine consciousness and then answering his vast wind-and-sword storm with a devastating display of lightning. The clash ended with wind and thunder raging across the sky.

• Jade Lord Douluo attacked Zhao Xuan with countless sword images, but Zhao Xuan located his true body and blocked his strike with a Thunder Long Spear.
• Zhao Xuan used his first soul skill, Cannot Move, to halt Jade Lord Douluo, but Hidden Edge sword energies erupted from the Clear Wind Sword.
• Zhao Xuan's Starry Sky Construction Method divine-consciousness barrier repelled the concealed sword energies and surprised Jade Lord Douluo.
• Jade Lord Douluo unleashed Great Evolution—Sword Leaf and Great Evolution—Rainfall, surrounding Zhao Xuan with a massive storm of leaves and sword energy.
• Zhao Xuan slammed his hand downward and summoned Purple Gold divine lightning, filling the sky with thunder above the storm.

Zhao Xuan sparred with Jade Lord Douluo, countering his sword techniques and Ninth Spirit Skill with his strength and Demon God True Body. Jade Lord Douluo ended the fight after his Clear Wind sword qi proved unable to reach Zhao Xuan.

• Zhao Xuan and Jade Lord Douluo clashed with lightning, sword qi, and a powerful exchange of fist force and sword light, while Zhao Xuan shielded the distant Shrek group.
• Zhao Xuan used Thunder God's Hammer to daze Jade Lord Douluo, then activated Connection Blockade and kicked him into the ground.
• Jade Lord Douluo rose, acknowledged Zhao Xuan's rapid improvement, and offered to use his final move.
• Jade Lord Douluo unleashed his Ninth Spirit Skill, Clear Wind, whose sword qi silently cut Zhao Xuan from outside and inside.
• Zhao Xuan transformed into Demon God True Body, whose blood, qi, and lightning annihilated the incoming sword qi, so Jade Lord Douluo dispersed the wind and conceded that Zhao Xuan's skill was monstrous.

After defeating Jade Lord Douluo, Zhao Xuan settled back into teaching at Shrek Academy until Princess Xue Yue arrived with Xue Qingqing and claimed the girl was to become his disciple. Zhao Xuan suspected the princess had invented the arrangement to bind him to the Heaven Dou imperial family.

• Zhao Xuan defeated Jade Lord Douluo, and his superficial wounds healed completely by nightfall.
• Zhao Xuan praised Zhou Ze during class, then learned that a noblewoman and her companions had come to see him.
• Zhao Xuan recognized Princess Xue Yue, Xue Qingqing, and the maid Guli when he met them in the office.
• Princess Xue Yue presented Xue Qingqing to Zhao Xuan as his student and said Ning Fengzhi had told her Zhao Xuan agreed.
• Zhao Xuan doubted that Ning Fengzhi had passed along such a message and suspected Princess Xue Yue wanted to tie him to the imperial family.

Zhao Xuan accepted responsibility for Xue Qingqing after Princess Xue Yue entrusted her to him, then took her to the rear mountain platform to assess her strength. He learned that Xue Qingqing understood the political danger surrounding the royal family and asked both her and her maid Guli to summon their martial souls and attack him.

• Princess Xue Yue gave up on asking Zhao Xuan to take Xue Qingqing as his disciple and entrusted Qingqing to his care, offering to cover her expenses and pay him monthly.
• After Princess Xue Yue left Shrek Academy, Zhao Xuan awkwardly greeted Xue Qingqing, who teased him for praising girls' beauty.
• Zhao Xuan brought Xue Qingqing to the rear mountain platform and asked why she thought the Grand Princess had sent her to him.
• Xue Qingqing explained that she knew her father had sent her elder sisters away and was watching Xue Qinghe, and Zhao Xuan warned that the factions faced a dangerous political crisis.
• Zhao Xuan asked Xue Qingqing to attack him so he could assess her strength, then told her maid Guli to do the same.

Zhao Xuan tested Xue Qingqing and Guli in battle, exposing their weak combat awareness despite their promising Souls and abilities. He stopped Xue Qingqing from injuring herself with a reckless attack, then warned that her desperation could prevent her from achieving her goal.

• Guli introduced herself as a Level 44 Assault-Type Battle Soul Sect Master with the Scythe of Death, while Xue Qingqing revealed her Level 27 Swan Soul.
• Zhao Xuan invited them to attack together, and Guli used Twilight to block his vision before charging at him.
• Xue Qingqing ambushed Zhao Xuan with Falling Feathers, but he redirected the feathers, and Guli's slashes were destroyed by his lightning.
• Xue Qingqing launched a reckless dive with her wing blades, and Zhao Xuan caught her and safely dissipated her momentum.
• Zhao Xuan criticized their combat awareness and warned Xue Qingqing that continuing to damage her body could keep her from achieving her goal.

Zhao Xuan treated Xue Qingqing after her meridians were twisted, then received an invitation from Xue Qinghe to a banquet at Moonlight Pavilion. Learning that its master, Tang Yuehua, possessed a rare domain, Zhao Xuan decided to attend with Hermione.

• Zhao Xuan cleared Xue Qingqing's meridians with Soul Power, then hurried away after she blushed at the sensation.
• Zhao Xuan reflected on the growing political tension between Xue Qinghe's Spirit Hall faction and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, while Oscar remained missing.
• Hermione delivered Xue Qinghe's invitation to Zhao Xuan, who noted its respectful address as "Thunder Douluo."
• Hermione explained that Moonlight Pavilion was an influential noble institution led by Tang Yuehua, who possessed a domain despite her low rank.
• Zhao Xuan accepted the invitation to the banquet and asked Hermione to accompany him, and she agreed.

Zhao Xuan ended Xue Qingqing’s training and reflected on the pressure facing the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. That evening, he and Hermione went to Moonlight Pavilion, where he learned that a recent newcomer had become Tang Yuehua’s disciple.

• Zhao Xuan ended Xue Qingqing’s morning training, but she asked Guli to keep training with her after he left.
• Zhao Xuan considered how Spirit Hall’s power pressured the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Zhao Xuan and Hermione went to a banquet at Moonlight Pavilion in their usual clothes, and Hermione entered after Zhao Xuan presented their invitation.
• Zhao Xuan asked a staff member about recent newcomers and learned that one had caused a disturbance before being accepted as Tang Yuehua’s disciple.