Chapter Summaries

Tian Meng tried and failed to break the memory barrier in Xue Xiao Ran’s Sea of Consciousness, while Ice Empress and Snow Empress realized that the divine swords were draining his life. Three days later, Xue Xiao Ran and Huo Yu Hao followed the Sun Moon Empire army north and discovered it was heading toward the Extreme North Icefield.

• Tian Meng entered Xue Xiao Ran’s Sea of Consciousness and struck his memory barrier with his Million-Year Spiritual Power, but only managed to shake it before retreating.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed the disturbed memory seal and learned that Xue Xiao Ran had at most five years to live because the two divine swords were consuming his life force.
• Three days later, Xue Xiao Ran and Huo Yu Hao followed the Sun Moon Empire army as it marched north.
• Huo Yu Hao checked his map and confirmed that the army was heading northeast toward the border and the Extreme North Icefield.

Huo Yu Hao and Xue Xiao Ran tracked the Sun Moon Empire army to the edge of the Extreme North and discovered that the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Regiment was preparing to mine there. Xue Xiao Ran destroyed the excavation equipment, then fled with Huo Yu Hao as the regiment pursued him.

• As the army marched toward the Extreme North, Xue Xiao Ran saw unfamiliar memories of his own life play through his mind.
• Huo Yu Hao and Xue Xiao Ran observed the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Regiment setting up camp and inferred that the Sun Moon Empire intended to mine Extreme North ores.
• Under cover of night, the regiment installed massive metal pillars and prepared its excavation equipment.
• Xue Xiao Ran flew above the camp and struck with Purifying Light, destroying the excavation equipment and disrupting the Soul Engineers' Soul Tools.
• Xue Xiao Ran returned to Huo Yu Hao, told him to retreat, and fled toward the outskirts of the Extreme North as the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Regiment chased them.

Qiu'er proved to Tang Wu Tong that she was Wang Dong'er through their Martial Soul Fusion, leaving Tang Wu Tong unconscious. Meanwhile, Xue Xiao Ran and Huo Yu Hao confronted Long Xiao Yao, and Xue Xiao Ran attacked the Limit Douluo with the Angel God Sword despite the life force it cost him.

• Qiu'er and Tang Wu Tong completed a Martial Soul Fusion, confirming to Qiu'er that Tang Wu Tong was Wang Dong'er.
• Tang Wu Tong collapsed unconscious, and Qiu'er caught her and laid her on the bed.
• Huo Yu Hao and Xue Xiao Ran encountered Long Xiao Yao after reaching the Heaven Dou Empire amid attacks by Evil Soul Masters.
• Long Xiao Yao warned that drawing his sword again would leave Xue Xiao Ran with at most one year to live, but Xue Xiao Ran ignored him and charged.
• Xue Xiao Ran's Spiritual Power materialized as he attacked Long Xiao Yao with the Angel God Sword, breaking through the Limit Douluo's black mist and dragon claw.

Xue Xiao Ran fought Long Xiao Yao, who mortally wounded him and then used the Dragon Pill to save him and alter his memories. He later awakened at Shrek Academy, stronger but confused by memories of a different life, while Long Xiao Yao warned that the Dragon Pill had left him no more than three years to live.

• Xue Xiao Ran attacked Long Xiao Yao after his sword strike forced Dragon God Douluo back, but Long Xiao Yao immobilized him with darkness and stasis.
• Long Xiao Yao stabbed Xue Xiao Ran through the chest, and Xue Xiao Ran’s final counterattack was stopped before he collapsed.
• Long Xiao Yao used the Dragon Pill to heal Xue Xiao Ran, partly undo his memory seal, and prepare him to oppose the Holy Spirit Cult, while warning that he had at most three years to live.
• Xue Xiao Ran awakened at Shrek Academy with increased Soul Power and memories of a different life, and wondered who he really was.

After learning that Tang Ya was at the Heaven Dou Empire’s front line, Bei Bei and the Tang Sect prepared a rescue mission with Shrek Academy’s support. The group reached the battlefield, where Xue Xiao Ran experienced a sudden headache as he viewed the vast opposing armies.

• Huo Yu Hao told Bei Bei that Tang Ya was at the Heaven Dou Empire’s front line, and the Tang Sect members resolved to rescue her.
• Xue Xiao Ran arrived and offered to handle the Evil Soul Master legion, while Bei Bei decided to seek Elder Xuan’s approval before departing.
• Bei Bei led the Tang Sect group to Shrek Academy, where Elder Song and Yan Shaozhe agreed to lead the expedition.
• The group flew toward the front line and saw the Heaven Dou, Dou Ling, and Star Luo allied forces facing the Sun Moon Empire’s army.
• As Xue Xiao Ran watched the two armies, his head suddenly began to ache, and Elder Song sent a Shrek Academy emblem into the air near Tianling City.

Xue Xiao Ran struggled with conflicting memories and chose to remain detached, believing he had only one to three years left to live. As the Tang Sect and Shrek representatives planned their operation with the Heaven Dou Empire, he proposed using his purification domain to disable the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools and rescue Tang Ya, leaving Bei Bei worried about his safety.

• Xue Xiao Ran questioned which of his two sets of memories was real, then resolved to avoid attachments because his lifespan was nearly spent.
• After meditating, Xue Xiao Ran decided he would use more of his lifespan if necessary to wield the divine sword against powerful Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Heaven Dou, Dou Ling, and Star Luo Empires had assembled nine Soul Master Legions and more than twenty Titled Douluo under Prince Xue Yu.
• Bei Bei said the group’s priority was to find and rescue Tang Ya while scouting the Sun Moon Empire’s forces.
• Xue Xiao Ran proposed using his Angel Domain to destroy the enemy Soul Tools’ Soul Cores, then attacking at night while he dealt with the Evil Soul Masters.
• Bei Bei thanked Xue Xiao Ran and urged him to put his safety first, while Xue Xiao Ran left with his gaze growing cold.

Xue Xiao Ran risked his life to scout the Sun Moon Empire camp and was caught by two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo. Elder Song intervened, killed one and captured the other, then ordered Xue Xiao Ran to leave with him.

• Xue Xiao Ran flew above the Sun Moon Empire camp to conduct reconnaissance.
• Two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo appeared and surrounded Xue Xiao Ran with black mist.
• Xue Xiao Ran attacked the first Douluo with his Golden Sword and Twelve-Winged Sacred Angel power, burning his life force and destroying the man's arm.
• Elder Song stopped Xue Xiao Ran's sacred power and confronted the Evil Soul Masters.
• Elder Song killed the wounded Douluo and, with Xue Xiao Ran's Purifying Light weakening Nangong Wan, sealed and captured Nangong Wan.
• Elder Song told Xue Xiao Ran they were leaving.

Xue Xiao Ran told Elder Song that he had only two years left to live and chose to keep his recovered memories and fate from Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er, insisting on walking his final stretch alone. After they returned to Tianling City with the captured Nangong Wan, the others prepared to interrogate him for information about Tang Ya, while Xue Xiao Ran secretly gathered intelligence on the Holy Spirit Cult and reflected on the prophecy tied to his identity.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Elder Song he had at most two years to live and asked him to keep his secret, saying he did not want Tang Wu Tong or Qiu'er to recognize him.
• Elder Song and Xue Xiao Ran returned to Tianling City with the unconscious Nangong Wan, whom Yan Shaozhe identified as the Heavenly Centipede Douluo.
• Elder Song described Xue Xiao Ran's victory over two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos, and Yan Shaozhe urged him to remain in Shrek and cultivate until he reached the Titled Douluo level.
• Huo Yu Hao proposed using Spiritual Power to question Nangong Wan, and Elder Song, Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yu Hao, and Bei Bei took him to a quiet room to begin the interrogation.
• Xue Xiao Ran secretly wrote down information about the Holy Spirit Cult and considered how to conserve his power while pursuing his chosen path.
• Xue Xiao Ran recalled the prophecy that the Heavenly Secrets Dao's Dragon would become a god and wage war in the God Realm, leading to the decision that the Heavenly Secrets had to be shattered.

Xue Xiao Ran entered deep cultivation while Yan Shaozhe and the others interrogated Nangong Wan and learned the Holy Spirit Cult’s structure and the location of Tang Ya. As they planned a rescue without Xue Xiao Ran, Zhong Li Wu investigated the disappearance of Nangong Wan and the Masked Douluo, unaware that the Masked Douluo had been purified.

• Xue Xiao Ran decided to keep his distance from Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er and entered deep cultivation to pursue his eighth soul ring.
• Nangong Wan told Yan Shaozhe that the Holy Spirit Cult was led by the Supreme Pontiff and described its leaders, elders, consecrators, and Saintesses.
• Nangong Wan revealed that the Blue Silver Saintess, Tang Ya, was in a tent beside Cult Leader Zhong Li Wu’s golden tent in the Sun Moon Empire’s military camp.
• Yan Shaozhe knocked Nangong Wan unconscious, and Elder Song insisted that the injured Xue Xiao Ran stay out of the rescue operation.
• Zhong Li Wu and Marshal Lin Hai discussed how Nangong Wan and the Masked Douluo had vanished after being sent to capture the aerial spies.

Elder Song knocked Xue Xiao Ran unconscious to keep him from joining the front-line mission, and Xue Xiao Ran woke in Shrek’s Life Tree room with his life force still failing. He tried to leave Shrek and return to the Carefree Sword Sect, but Xuan Zi refused to let him go and forced him to attend Sea God's Fate.

• Elder Song stopped Xue Xiao Ran from joining the covert operation and knocked him unconscious when he insisted on going.
• Xue Xiao Ran woke in the Life Tree room at Shrek and realized its life force could not restore what he had lost.
• Xuan Zi checked Xue Xiao Ran’s condition and became furious when the Golden Life Tree proved useless.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Xuan Zi he planned to leave for the Carefree Sword Sect and avoid forming bonds before his death.
• Xuan Zi forbade Xue Xiao Ran from leaving Shrek and ordered him to attend the Sea God Pavilion matchmaking convention, then beat him when he refused.

Xue Xiao Ran reluctantly agreed to attend the Sea God's Fate matchmaking event but intended to reject any match and keep his distance from others. He arrived at Sea God Lake as the event began, leaving the chapter with Han Ruo Ruo and Zhang Lexuan appearing before the crowd.

• Xue Xiao Ran examined Di Tian's soul ring, condemned the Beast God, and reached Soul Power Level eighty-three.
• Xue Xiao Ran left Sea God Pavilion and headed to Sea God Lake, where Outer Court students gathered to watch the matchmaking event.
• Xue Xiao Ran entered the Void Domain and resolved to act as the cold, emotionless Holy Son of the Carefree Sword Sect.
• Seventeen veiled girls appeared on the lake as the matchmaking event began.
• Han Ruo Ruo and Zhang Lexuan appeared in bright beams of light, and Xue Xiao Ran closed his eyes and entered the Void Domain again.

At Sea God's Fate, Xue Xiao Ran calmly takes the last position and uses precise Wind Blades to remove the Bamboo Hats of the four remaining women. He leaves after seeing Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er, his emotions suppressed by the Void Domain.

• Han Ruo Ruo and Zhang Lexuan welcome the students and explain the matchmaking event's opening stage.
• The male students race to claim positions on the lake, and Xue Xiao Ran walks across the water without releasing his martial soul.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruo Ruo begin the Mutual Appreciation stage, in which the male students try to remove the female students' Bamboo Hats.
• Xue Xiao Ran watches the other students and notices that four female students still wear their Bamboo Hats.
• Xue Xiao Ran sends a controlled gust across the lake, shredding the four Bamboo Hats with Wind Blades, then leaves after seeing Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er.

During the Sea God's matchmaking event, Xue Xiao Ran received every female student's support in the Love at First Sight stage, while eighteen male students were eliminated. The remaining contestants began the introductions for the next stage, and Xue Xiao Ran was chosen to go first.

• Han Ruo Ruo explained the Love at First Sight rules and warned that male students with no lit lamps would be eliminated.
• The female students left five lamps lit for Male Student Number One, allowing him to continue.
• All seventeen female students left their lamps lit for Xue Xiao Ran, and he was placed first among the remaining contestants.
• The second stage eliminated eighteen male students, leaving eighteen men to continue.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the Second Sight of Love stage, and the draw selected Xue Xiao Ran to introduce himself first.
• Xue Xiao Ran introduced himself as a member of the Carefree Sword Sect.

At the Sea God matchmaking event, Xue Xiao Ran refused to choose any of the five girls and tried to leave, declaring that he followed the Path of Ruthlessness. Three female students stopped him to demand a fight, and he revealed that he was a Soul Douluo with two martial souls he could use simultaneously.

• Xue Xiao Ran introduced himself, and Zhang Lexuan continued the matchmaking event as five female students kept their lamps lit for him.
• Tang Wu Tong, Qiu'er, and three other girls approached Xue Xiao Ran and introduced themselves during the Three Lives Destined selection.
• Xue Xiao Ran rejected all five girls, saying that he cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness, then unfurled Twelve Wings and tried to leave.
• Three female students demanded that Xue Xiao Ran fight them before he left.
• Xue Xiao Ran displayed fifteen soul rings from his Twin Martial Souls and revealed that he could use both simultaneously, stunning the students and elders.

Xue Xiao Ran escaped Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er, but Bi Ji revealed that using his holy power was consuming his lifespan and he had less than two years left. He opened the Gate of Another World to reach Tian Xuan Continent and find his childhood sweetheart, only to arrive amid the ruins of Vast Palace and face its furious experts.

• Xue Xiao Ran froze the domain and fled the academy, with Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er pursuing him.
• Bi Ji and the Eagle King intercepted Xue Xiao Ran in the Star Dou Great Forest, but he broke through and escaped.
• Bi Ji told Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er that Xue Xiao Ran had less than two years to live because his holy flames burned his lifespan.
• Xue Xiao Ran opened the Gate of Another World with his essence blood and stepped through to Tian Xuan Continent.
• Xue Xiao Ran emerged in the ruins of Vast Palace, where its experts confronted him over the destruction.

Xue Xiao Ran reunited with Xie Yixiao at Vast Palace and revealed that he intended to kill the Dragon God to prevent a prophecy from coming true. He warned Xie Yixiao that his life might end within two years and asked him to carry on if he fell, then left through the Gate of Another World.

• Xue Xiao Ran met Xie Yixiao, and Xie Yixiao persuaded Palace Master Shangguan Tianyang to let them speak privately.
• Xie Yixiao noticed that Xue Xiao Ran's life force was unusually vigorous around his head, despite Xue Xiao Ran believing he had only two years to live.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Xie Yixiao that a prophecy foretold the Dragon God would rebel against the God Realm and that he planned to kill him.
• Xue Xiao Ran warned Xie Yixiao that he might die before he could stop the Dragon God and asked him to take over if that happened.
• Xie Yixiao advised Xue Xiao Ran to tell Wu Tong about his condition, but Xue Xiao Ran refused and left through the Gate of Another World.

Huo Yu Hao was brought to a secluded valley, where a golden-haired deity offered to teach him the Dragon Yu Ji Wu Saber Technique in exchange for inheriting his divine position. As the deity explained the God Realm, he weighed his doubts about choosing Huo Yu Hao and considered how the young man might help Xue Xiao Ran in the coming battle.

• A mysterious force transported Huo Yu Hao's soul to a peaceful valley filled with spiritual plants and treasures.
• Huo Yu Hao met a golden-haired young man and an elderly man playing chess, and the young man invited him to come along.
• Huo Yu Hao watched the golden-haired young man use a dazzling saber technique to cook and asked what he wanted from him.
• The golden-haired young man offered to teach Huo Yu Hao the Dragon Yu Ji Wu Saber Technique if he inherited his divine position.
• The deity explained that the God Realm was a continent of pure energy reached through strength and understanding of heaven and earth.
• The golden-haired young man considered choosing Huo Yu Hao because the Asura God watched over the Judgment God's son, and Huo Yu Hao could aid Xue Xiao Ran in the coming battle.

In the God Realm, Rong Nian Bing and Tang San discussed Xue Xiao Ran and Huo Yu Hao, while Tang San left his daughter to pursue her own happiness. Xue Xiao Ran returned from the other world and set out to strengthen himself, as Huo Yu Hao and Ju Zi prepared for the war after the Sun Moon Empire destroyed the Dou Ling imperial family.

• Rong Nian Bing told Tang San that Huo Yu Hao’s relationship with Xue Xiao Ran made him a promising candidate to help, and said Huo Yu Hao was suited to inherit the God of Emotion position.
• Tang San said Tang Wu Tong would have to fight for her own happiness and told Xiao Wu to let the Little Golden Lion go.
• Xue Xiao Ran woke in the cavern, gathered the materials for the Gate of Another World, and flew toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek a poisonous plant as a Soul Ring.
• Xu Sanshi learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s elite Soul Engineer Regiment had wiped out the Dou Ling imperial family and arranged to stabilize the empire and summon his family.
• Huo Yu Hao asked Xu Sanshi to oversee the Dou Ling Empire and its troops, then flew with Ju Zi to prepare for the continuing war against the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yu Hao returned to Shrek City with Ju Zi and urged Bei Bei to find a way to make the Sun Moon Empire withdraw its army. As the deadline passed without an attack, a hidden Titled Douluo struck the Holy Spirit Cult’s camp, leaving Zhong Li Wu unable to identify the attacker.

• Huo Yu Hao and Ju Zi returned to Shrek City, where Huo Yu Hao reflected on her unresolved feelings toward a man she had once hated.
• Huo Yu Hao met Bei Bei and Tang Ya at the Tang Sect and recounted what had happened in the Dou Ling Empire.
• Huo Yu Hao told Bei Bei that Shrek City needed to make the Sun Moon Empire's army withdraw so the empires would not be destroyed one by one.
• The Sun Moon Empire's army remained ninety kilometers from Shrek City after its deadline passed, while both sides stayed on alert.
• An unseen attacker killed a Titled Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult with a single punch, and Zhong Li Wu ordered the camp's surveillance Soul Tools activated.

Xue Xiao Ran returned to Shrek after reaching Titled Douluo, having secretly assassinated Evil Soul Masters in the Sun Moon Empire’s camp. He reunited with Xuan Zi, learned that the empire was demanding Huo Yu Hao’s surrender, and offered to deal with the troops outside the city.

• Zhong Li Wu discovered that a hidden Titled Douluo was killing Holy Spirit Cult members in the camp and suspected the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family was behind the attacks.
• Xue Xiao Ran left the camp after using the assassinations as a misdirection and returned to Shrek City after half a year away.
• Xue Xiao Ran passed the Tang Sect without stopping and met Xuan Zi, who scolded him for disappearing and asked him not to leave Shrek again.
• Xuan Zi told Xue Xiao Ran that the Sun Moon Empire would withdraw its troops if Shrek handed over Huo Yu Hao, whom the Holy Spirit Cult wanted as its Holy Son.
• Xue Xiao Ran confirmed he had reached Titled Douluo and said he would find a way to deal with the army outside the city without surrendering Huo Yu Hao.