Chapter Summaries

After returning to Carefree Peak with no memories, Xue Xiao Ran trained the disciples and then left the sect on a secret mission to attack the Holy Spirit Cult. His destruction of Sun Moon Empire detection Soul Tools drew the attention of a military patrol.

• Chen Dao lost a wooden-sword duel with Xue Xiao Ran and thanked him for helping him understand his martial soul.
• Xue Xiao Ran finished instructing the disciples, studied a map, burned it, and left Carefree Sword Sect with his sword.
• Cang Xue and Elder Xue discussed Xue Xiao Ran’s lost memories and his growing strength as he departed.
• Xue Xiao Ran masked himself, flew on Twelve Wings, and destroyed the floating detection Soul Tools while heading toward his target.
• A Sun Moon Empire patrol found the remains of a detection Soul Tool and concluded that a powerful intruder had destroyed it.
• The patrol captain ordered his squad to report the attack and withdrew from the forest.

Xue Xiao Ran continued his half-month campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult, destroying its strongholds while searching for its members rather than rescuing their hostages. After escaping a patrol in the city, he left two more bodies behind as a furious eight-ringed figure pursued him into the crowd.

• Xue Xiao Ran killed the Holy Spirit Cult men in an alley, dismissed their hostages as irrelevant, and burned the scene clean with Golden Flame.
• The Holy Spirit Cult ordered its forces to find and kill the attacker, while Xu Tian Ran helped search for him and Soul Master patrols were deployed.
• Wounded from his battles against the cult, Xue Xiao Ran leaped from a tower, evaded six Soul Rays, and disappeared into a crowd.
• Two people were found dead with nearly invisible sword wounds, and a black phantom blamed the Soul Engineer Guards before pursuing Xue Xiao Ran.
• The Soul Engineer Guards chose not to risk their lives for the cult members and withdrew with the frightened civilians.

Xue Xiao Ran, now known as the Evil Sword, continued his hunt against the Holy Spirit Cult in the Sun Moon Empire, killing two Soul Douluos and learning that the cult was holding Youth Soul Master Competition participants hostage. He reached the cult’s hideout and revealed his Twelve-winged Angel form as he faced a woman wielding a bone whip.

• Xue Xiao Ran killed two Soul Douluos with his divine swords and Golden Flame after they confronted him for targeting the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xue Xiao Ran entered the city undetected and waited for night while his Heavenly Eye searched its streets.
• Xue Xiao Ran forced a middle-aged aristocrat to reveal that Holy Spirit Cult members were guarding Youth Soul Master Competition participants near the sewers, then killed him.
• Xue Xiao Ran followed the location of a disturbance to a dilapidated building, where he found a woman holding a fat old woman captive.
• Xue Xiao Ran fought the woman, burned away her black mist, and revealed his Twelve Wings, leaving her stunned that an Angel had more than six wings.

Xue Xiao Ran killed the woman and encountered Huo Yu Hao's group, who recruited him for their mission to rescue hostages from the Holy Spirit Cult. He left ahead of the others, and Ye Guyi revealed that his martial soul had twelve wings as he began slaughtering Evil Soul Masters.

• Xue Xiao Ran killed the woman, who thanked him before her body crumbled to dust.
• Huo Yu Hao, Xu Sanshi, and Ye Guyi recognized Xue Xiao Ran, but he said he did not know them or have brothers.
• Xu Sanshi persuaded Xue Xiao Ran to join their effort to rescue hostages and fight the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yu Hao explained that Xue Xiao Ran seemed to have forgotten his companions, then planned an assault on the water prison with Xu Sanshi and Ye Guyi.
• Xue Xiao Ran leaped away from the base, and Ye Guyi revealed that he possessed a twelve-winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Huo Yu Hao's group set out to catch up with Xue Xiao Ran, who was already a hundred li away slaughtering Evil Soul Masters.

Xue Xiao Ran fought the Holy Spirit Cult in the city, destroyed an eighth-grade Soul Missile, and rescued the hostages. He escaped after using divine power left him close to physical collapse, promising to return for the remaining Evil Soul Masters.

• Xue Xiao Ran fought through the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces while the Soul Douluo ordered a squad to guard the hostages.
• Xue Xiao Ran used Purification to kill the Soul Douluo and cleanse the battlefield with sacred light.
• Xue Xiao Ran sensed the Sun Moon Empire’s eighth-grade Soul Missile and destroyed it with Sacred Light before it could strike the city.
• Xue Xiao Ran dissolved the Evil Soul Masters’ Soul Rays and killed a female Evil Soul Master with Evilbreaker, though divine power caused severe backlash.
• Xue Xiao Ran flew away from the pursuing forces, and the disciple of the Zhongli Three Brothers learned that the hostages had disappeared.

Xu Tian Ran learned that Xue Xiao Ran had freed the hostages in Sunrise City, and Zhong Li Wu punished the failed defenders before warning that war was likely. In the Demonic Forest, Xue Xiao Ran met a tearful golden-haired woman who claimed to be his girlfriend, though he did not remember her.

• Xu Tian Ran questioned the commanders after the hostages escaped and learned that the Evil Sword had killed the guards in Sunrise City.
• Zhong Li Wu identified the attacker as an Angel-lineage enemy and ordered three Holy Spirit Cult members to tear off their right big toes.
• Zhong Li Wu killed the two Soul Engineer commanders, took their souls, and warned Xu Tian Ran that war was likely.
• Xu Tian Ran ordered Wang Yi Heng to summon the generals in Ming Capital for a meeting.
• Xue Xiao Ran entered the Demonic Forest and asked a golden-haired, red-eyed woman who she was.
• The woman said she was Xue Xiao Ran's girlfriend, but he did not recognize her.

Xue Xiao Ran rejected Qiu’er’s invitation to Shrek Academy and returned to the Carefree Sword Sect, while Cang Xue and Ice Phoenix worried about his lost memories and growing killing intent. Meanwhile, the Golden Dragon King awakened, sensed his mortal enemy’s aura at Shrek, and ordered Di Tian to unleash a Beast Tide.

• Qiu’er recognized Xue Xiao Ran and urged him to go to Shrek Academy, but he said he did not know her and flew away.
• Cang Xue and Ice Phoenix determined that Xue Xiao Ran’s killing aura resembled Divine Slaughter’s Domain but was actually the sacred Angel Domain, and they discussed his blurred memories.
• Titan told Cang Xue that Tang Wu Tong was rushing to Shrek Academy to look for Xue Xiao Ran, and Cang Xue explained that he could no longer order the Holy Son to leave the sect.
• Ice Phoenix volunteered to persuade Xue Xiao Ran to go to Shrek Academy, while she and Cang Xue worried that he would not recognize Tang Wu Tong.
• The Golden Dragon King awakened after sensing his mortal enemy’s aura near Shrek, and Di Tian prepared to unleash the Beast Tide to draw the enemy out.

After learning that Xue Xiao Ran had lost his memories and gone to the Carefree Sword Sect, the Tang Sect learned Shrek City was under threat. Di Tian led a massive Beast Tide toward the city, and its defenders prepared for battle.

• Huo Yu Hao told Bei Bei that Xue Xiao Ran had helped rescue the hostages in Sunrise City and could not remember his friends after losing his memories.
• A sudden darkness spread across the sky, and Xuan Zi summoned Shrek Academy's Inner Court disciples to the southern city wall.
• Bei Bei sent the Tang Sect members to the wall and assigned Huo Yu Hao to arrange the transport of their stored Soul Tools.
• Shi Xing saw an immense, orderly Beast Tide approaching Shrek City from the south.
• Di Tian led the Soul Beasts toward the city while Bi Ji worried about the deaths the battle would bring.

Ice Phoenix persuaded Xue Xiao Ran to study at Shrek Academy, while Di Tian led a Beast Tide against Shrek to search for someone and kill them. The battle began, and Bi Ji and the Monkey King questioned why the soul beasts were fighting.

• Ice Phoenix asked Xue Xiao Ran to attend Shrek Academy, citing the Sea God Pavilion and Life Tree, and he agreed to leave that day.
• Xue Xiao Ran refused Cang Xue’s offer of an escort, revealed he had reached level seventy, and flew toward Shrek Academy.
• At Shrek, Xuan Zi confronted Di Tian and demanded to know why he had brought a Beast Tide.
• Di Tian demanded permission to search Shrek for someone he wanted to kill, but Xuan Zi refused and declared that Shrek would fight.
• Di Tian attacked Xuan Zi with black flames as Bi Ji watched, while the Monkey King asked what they should do about the pointless battle.

Bi Ji and the other kings questioned Di Tian’s decision to attack Shrek, while Shi Xing rallied Shrek’s defenders as the Soul Beast army approached. Shrek’s Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons devastated the leading ranks of the Beast Tide, and Shi Xing ordered a second volley.

• Bi Ji, the Monkey King, and the Eagle King expressed dissatisfaction with Di Tian’s attack and hoped Shrek Academy would survive.
• Shi Xing restored the defenders’ resolve and directed them to prepare Shrek City’s southern wall for battle.
• Huo Yu Hao and the Tang Sect members positioned thirty-two Level Six Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons on the wall as Shrek’s Inner Court students took their positions.
• Di Tian and Elder Xuan clashed in the sky, and Di Tian declared that he would kill his old nemesis for the Golden Dragon King.
• Shi Xing ordered the first volley, and the cannons killed or wounded countless Ten-Year and Hundred-Year Soul Beasts at the front of the Beast Tide.
• Shi Xing urged the Shrek City Defense Army to fight for Shrek and ordered the cannons to fire a second volley.

Xue Xiao Ran sensed that the Star Dou Great Forest had launched a Beast Tide against Shrek Academy and agreed to let Qiu'er accompany him to stop it. At Shrek, Mu En and Xuan Zi confronted Di Tian, while Mu En transformed Xuan Zi into Taotie and trusted that Xue Xiao Ran would eventually defeat Di Tian.

• Xue Xiao Ran sensed the Beast Tide and identified the Golden Dragon King as the one behind it.
• Qiu'er caught up to Xue Xiao Ran, revealed she was a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and asked to help stop the Beast Tide.
• Xue Xiao Ran accepted Qiu'er as his companion, and they flew toward Shrek Academy.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi faced Di Tian above Shrek Academy, and Di Tian declared his master would conquer the God Realm.
• Mu En fused with Xuan Zi's martial soul and transformed him into Taotie, one of the Dragon God's nine sons.
• Mu En believed Xue Xiao Ran would grow strong enough to kill Di Tian and thwart the Dragon God's objective.

As Taotie trapped Di Tian, several Star Dou kings questioned his war and quietly refused to follow his orders. Shrek’s defenders spotted the Holy Spirit Cult approaching, and Xue Xiao Ran sensed Evil Soul Masters near the city and resolved to kill them.

• Taotie swallowed Di Tian in golden light, while Di Tian ordered the Star Dou army to attack Shrek City.
• Eagle King told Bi Ji and Monkey King that Di Tian’s war served the Golden Dragon King’s aims, and Peng King shared his doubts about the order.
• Xian Lin'er and Elder Song spotted strange lights moving toward Shrek, and Eagle King, Peng King, and Monkey King withdrew with Bi Ji.
• Xian Lin'er used a Telescopic Soul Tool to identify the approaching creatures as members of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xue Xiao Ran sensed Evil Soul Masters near Shrek and decided to kill them.

Xue Xiao Ran and Qiu'er rushed back toward the Star Dou Great Forest after discussing the Beast Tide and the Golden Dragon King’s awakening. Meanwhile, Huo Yu Hao secretly sent an Undead Army into the battle near Shrek City, resolving to keep his power from defining him.

• Qiu'er asked Xue Xiao Ran how he planned to stop the Beast Tide, and he explained that the Golden Dragon King had awakened while the Silver Dragon King remained sealed and asleep.
• Xue Xiao Ran learned Qiu'er's name and warned her to remain a guardian beast, then sensed that an Evil Soul Master was controlling corpses to help Shrek Academy resist the Soul Beasts.
• Qiu'er vowed to kill the Evil Soul Master, and she and Xue Xiao Ran flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yu Hao secretly summoned the Gate of the Undead and sent its creatures into the battlefield, avoiding exposing his evil martial soul to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• As the Undead Army surged into the Soul Beasts, Huo Yu Hao reflected that he must not rely too much on this power and thought tenderly of Senior Sister Ju Zi.

The Star Dou Soul Beasts retreated after Eagle King and the other kings rejected Di Tian’s command, leaving him trapped and near escape. Two mysterious Golden Swords then killed Di Tian, ending the battle as Shrek Academy’s defenders celebrated and prepared to negotiate with Star Dou.

• Eagle King ordered the Star Dou forces to retreat, and Bi Ji, Peng King, and the other kings followed while Bear Lord was dragged away.
• Elder Song confronted the retreating Soul Beasts, while Di Tian continued struggling against the weakening seal and vowed revenge.
• Two Golden Swords pierced Di Tian, drained his life force, and killed him despite his attempts to resist.
• Xuan Zi and Elder Song recognized that the mysterious swords had saved Shrek, and the defenders cheered as the Skeleton Army withdrew.
• The Tang Sect collected Di Tian’s Blood-red Soul Ring, and Xuan Zi ordered his corpse returned to Star Dou before leaving to speak with them.

After Di Tian’s death, Bi Ji and the Star Dou Great Forest’s kings sought peace with Shrek and negotiated a new non-aggression treaty. Huo Yu Hao proposed sharing Soul Spirit research to help humans and soul beasts coexist, and Xuan Zi offered to explain a way for both to progress together.

• Bi Ji wept as Eagle King and Peng King buried Di Tian, then the kings prepared to explain the war to Shrek and negotiate a new treaty.
• Huo Yu Hao told Xuan Zi he wanted to share Soul Spirit research with Star Dou, and Xuan Zi appointed him as a Sea God Pavilion representative.
• Huo Yu Hao reported that Xue Xiao Ran had an Angel Martial Soul with twelve wings but no memories of him or Shrek; Mu En confirmed that the person was Xue Xiao Ran and said he would return.
• Bi Ji led the Star Dou representatives in admitting that Di Tian had started the unjustified war, and both sides drafted a new non-aggression treaty.
• Xuan Zi offered to teach the Star Dou representatives a way for humans and soul beasts to progress together, and Eagle King accepted after Bi Ji nodded.

Huo Yu Hao proposed Soul Spirits as a way for Soul Masters and soul beasts to cooperate, and the two sides prepared a live fusion test. Meanwhile, Xue Xiao Ran recovered in a cave while Qiu'er kept watch and lit a candle in the rain.

• Huo Yu Hao explained the Soul Spirit research to the Star Dou Great Forest rulers, and Bi Ji agreed to cooperate if soul beasts were not slaughtered indiscriminately.
• Bi Ji and Xuan Zi assembled injured and dying soul beasts and human volunteers for a public test, including Dai Hua Bin, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.
• Dai Hua Bin volunteered first, and Huo Yu Hao told him to relax and sincerely accept an Equal Contract fusion with a soul beast.
• Xue Xiao Ran rested weakly in a stone cavern as Qiu'er guarded the entrance, watched the sky darken, and lit a candle when rain began.

Xue Xiao Ran recovered enough to leave the cave while Qiu'er mourned Di Tian, and Huo Yu Hao continued the Soul Beast contract process under the kings’ watch. The chapter left Huo Yu Hao beginning a voluntary fusion between Dai Hua Bin and an aged Giant Palm Black Tiger.

• Xue Xiao Ran emerged from the cave, ate rations, and remained too weak to fly, while Qiu'er reflected on Di Tian’s death.
• A Ten-Thousand-Year tiger Soul Beast tried to attack Huo Yu Hao and self-destruct, but Huo Yu Hao killed it with an ice pillar.
• Eagle King and Peng King threatened Bear Lord after he accused Huo Yu Hao of killing one of his clansmen, and Eagle King ordered the contract process to continue.
• Huo Yu Hao chose an aged Giant Palm Black Tiger, and it agreed to form a contract with Dai Hua Bin in hopes of continuing to live.
• Huo Yu Hao instructed Dai Hua Bin and the Giant Palm Black Tiger to cooperate, then began the fusion as Dai Hua Bin released his six Soul Rings.

Dai Hua Bin successfully formed an Equal Contract with the Giant Palm Black Tiger, and Huo Yu Hao’s experiments gave Soul Spirits to most of the participating Shrek Academy students. Three months later, Xue Xiao Ran reached Shrek Academy and chose to register for the Inner Court.

• Dai Hua Bin’s Giant Palm Black Tiger became his Soul Spirit, and Bi Ji confirmed that it retained its original consciousness.
• Huo Yu Hao completed one hundred experiments, with ninety-one soul masters successfully gaining Soul Spirits.
• Three months later, Xue Xiao Ran arrived at Shrek City with Qiu'er, who then returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xue Xiao Ran entered Shrek City and went to Shrek Academy to register.
• After learning about the Outer Court and Inner Court, Xue Xiao Ran chose the Inner Court.

Xue Xiao Ran returned to Shrek Academy with level seventy-three Soul Power, but he did not recognize Cai Mei'er or remember ever attending the school. After he demonstrated his skill crossing Sea God Lake, Cai Mei'er took him to Sea God Island, where a crying girl ran into his arms and he asked who she was.

• Xue Xiao Ran told a teacher that his Soul Power Level was seventy-three and applied to enter the Inner Court.
• Cai Mei'er recognized Xue Xiao Ran, but he said he did not know her and had never been to Shrek Academy.
• Xue Xiao Ran said an elder had sent him to Shrek, and Cai Mei'er waived his assessment because his Soul Power exceeded level seventy.
• Xue Xiao Ran formed an ice path across Sea God Lake and followed Cai Mei'er to Sea God Island.
• Cai Mei'er told Xue Xiao Ran to wait while she went to Sea God Pavilion, and a crying girl rushed into his arms.
• Xue Xiao Ran looked at the girl and asked, "Who are you?"

Tang Wu Tong found Xue Xiao Ran at Shrek Academy, but he did not recognize her and left with Cai Mei'er. Xue Xiao Ran joined Shrek's Inner Court and accepted a mission to go to the border with a squad, while Tang Wu Tong's identity and memories remained a concern to his companions.

• Tang Wu Tong learned that Xue Xiao Ran was at Shrek Academy and ran into his arms, but he said they had never met and left with Cai Mei'er.
• Elder Xuan and Elder Song offered Xue Xiao Ran admission to the Inner Court and assigned him to a squad bound for the border; he accepted the mission.
• Xue Xiao Ran received his Inner Court uniform and nameplate, then passed Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yu Hao, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao.
• The group discussed Xue Xiao Ran's amnesia and Tang Wu Tong's resemblance to Wang Dong'er, then saw Tang Wu Tong arrive with red eyes after crying.