Chapter Summaries

Xue Xiao Ran reunited with Tang Wu Tong after returning to Shrek Academy, apologized for leaving, and promised to stay by her side. He then met Qiu'er, who had been searching for him, and greeted her as he returned.

• Xue Xiao Ran left the Sea God Pavilion and reunited with Tang Wu Tong, who wept and struck his back before he embraced her and apologized.
• Xue Xiao Ran took Tang Wu Tong to the dormitory rooftop, where they reconciled and kissed.
• Tang Wu Tong explained that she and Qiu'er had cultivated together through Martial Soul Fusion and asked Xue Xiao Ran whether Qiu'er had a place in his heart.
• Xue Xiao Ran admitted that Qiu'er mattered to him but told Tang Wu Tong that he loved her most, and he kept his limited lifespan secret.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Tang Wu Tong returned to her dormitory and found Qiu'er there; he smiled and told her he was back.

Xue Xiao Ran reunited with Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er, learned that both women loved him, and watched them cultivate their Power of Autumn and Winter. After his Soul Power advanced during the night, he prepared to visit the Tang Sect, but Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er insisted on coming with him.

• Qiu'er left the living room when Xue Xiao Ran returned, and Tang Wu Tong told him he would sleep on the sofa.
• Xue Xiao Ran agreed to visit the Tang Sect the next day and asked Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er to demonstrate their Martial Soul Fusion.
• Tang Wu Tong told Qiu'er that Xue Xiao Ran loved them both, and Qiu'er wept with happiness as Tang Wu Tong claimed the role of big sister.
• Xue Xiao Ran watched the women cultivate the Power of Autumn and Winter, joined their sacred aura, and found his hair turning pure white.
• After cultivating through the night, Xue Xiao Ran felt his Soul Power nearing a supreme realm and considered the women’s fusion technique’s strength against Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er dressed up and announced they would accompany Xue Xiao Ran to the Tang Sect, but he objected because he wanted to avoid attention.

Xue Xiao Ran returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Tang Wu Tong, Qiu'er, and Bei Bei after recovering his memories. He left Bei Bei with the news that he was back, while his former life and accomplishments became known throughout the Inner Court.

• Xue Xiao Ran let Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er follow him and told a jealous Inner Court disciple that they were his women.
• The disciple learned Xue Xiao Ran's identity, and Xuan Zi's account of his accomplishments spread through the Inner Court.
• Xue Xiao Ran walked with Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er to the Tang Sect and reflected on its growth under Bei Bei's leadership.
• Tang Wu Tong led Xue Xiao Ran to Bei Bei's room, where Bei Bei recognized him and embraced him after learning he remembered everything.

Xue Xiao Ran discussed the Sun Moon Empire's demand for Huo Yu Hao with Bei Bei, then proposed seeking help from the Star Dou Great Forest. He traveled there with Qiu'er and Tang Wu Tong and reunited Qiu'er with Bi Ji.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Bei Bei that the Holy Spirit Cult wanted Huo Yu Hao, and Bei Bei worried that Huo Yu Hao might leave Shrek Academy alone.
• Xue Xiao Ran revealed that he had a plan to break the deadlock, and he reassured Qiu'er that he would not ask soul beasts to die for him.
• Xue Xiao Ran, Qiu'er, and Tang Wu Tong left through the southern city gate and crossed the Star Dou Great Forest without trouble because the soul beasts respected Qiu'er.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Tang Wu Tong how he had first met Qiu'er as the three traveled to the forest's core region.
• Bi Ji embraced Qiu'er at the lakeside, welcomed her back, and felt happy to see that Xue Xiao Ran had accepted her.

Xue Xiao Ran warned Bi Ji that Evil Soul Masters in the Soul Master Legion were turning Soul Beast souls into Soul Refining Beast Puppets, prompting her to send the Eagle King to investigate. After discussing Xue Xiao Ran’s relationships with Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er, they learned the warning was true, and the chapter ended with Bi Ji confronting the cruelty inflicted on her people.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Bi Ji that Evil Soul Masters had infiltrated the Soul Master Legion near the Star Dou Great Forest and were refining Soul Beast souls.
• Bi Ji sent the Eagle King to investigate, and Xue Xiao Ran recounted the assassination attempt at the military camp.
• Bi Ji asked about Xue Xiao Ran and Jin'er, and Xue Xiao Ran affirmed his love for Tang Wu Tong while acknowledging Qiu'er’s place in his heart.
• Bi Ji accepted Tang Wu Tong as the eldest sister and asked her and Xue Xiao Ran to treat Qiu'er well.
• The Eagle King returned and confirmed that Evil Soul Masters had imprisoned, tortured, and driven the souls of Soul Beasts mad.

Xue Xiao Ran persuaded Bi Ji and Eagle King to cooperate against the Evil Soul Masters, offering to shield their forces from Soul Tool attacks. As he and Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er headed toward the enemy camp, Tang Wu Tong asked him to share the secrets and burdens behind his changed appearance.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Eagle King that they shared an enemy and promised to hold off a powerful Titled Douluo while his domain purified Soul Tool attacks.
• Bi Ji and Eagle King agreed to cooperate because the Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered soul beasts and enslaved their souls, and Eagle King took responsibility for the plan.
• After learning the plan, Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu'er flew toward the forest's outer region to act as the vanguard.
• Xue Xiao Ran warned Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er about fighting on the front lines and told Qiu'er not to push herself too hard.
• Tang Wu Tong asked Xue Xiao Ran not to push himself and urged him to share his secrets and burdens with her and Qiu'er.

Xue Xiao Ran and his companions discovered that the Star Dou Great Forest had fully mobilized against the Sun Moon Empire, and its kings pledged their support for Qiu'er and Xue Xiao Ran. The Soul Beasts launched a surprise attack on the army camp, leaving its commander facing an overwhelming assault.

• Wu Tong and Qiu'er reassured Xue Xiao Ran that they would stand by him, and he brushed aside their concerns as they headed toward the battlefield.
• Xue Xiao Ran realized that the Star Dou Great Forest had sent its full force, and Bi Ji welcomed him as Qiu'er's partner and promised her support.
• Bi Ji warned Xue Xiao Ran not to mistreat Qiu'er, and he promised to treat her as well as he treated Wu Tong.
• The Eagle King announced that five thousand Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, one thousand Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and the kings would fight under his command.
• Soul Beasts poured from the forest and attacked the Sun Moon Empire's camp, while its commander armed himself and recognized the threat of the Star Dou Great Forest's kings.

The Sun Moon Empire forces fought the Star Dou Great Forest’s Beast Tide, but their Soul Tool attacks failed and the battle turned against them. As the commander ordered a retreat, Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu’er attacked Zhong Li Wu, leaving the Holy Spirit Cult leader badly wounded by Xue Xiao Ran’s Sacred power.

• The Sun Moon Empire commander ordered the Soul Engineer Corps to fire, but their Soul Tool barrage dissolved before reaching the Soul Beasts.
• The Beast Tide charged after a wolf howl, and Eagle King, Peng King, and Bear Lord tore through the Sun Moon Empire forces.
• Bear Lord accused the soldiers of slaughtering Soul Beasts and refining their souls, and the commander ordered his troops to retreat.
• Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu’er attacked Zhong Li Wu as he refined the fallen soldiers’ souls, disrupting his ritual.
• Xue Xiao Ran pierced Zhong Li Wu’s palm with Sacred power, crippling it and forcing Zhong Li Wu to recognize him as the attacker from the military camp.
• The three nearby Titled Douluo called out to Zhong Li Wu, unaware that a golden figure watched them from a distance.

Xue Xiao Ran fought Zhong Li Wu and three Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo until the Golden Goddess intervened, killing two and forcing the others to flee. After declaring victory, he arranged burials for the fallen and offered wounded soul beasts a place in the Spirit Pagoda, then reunited with Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er.

• Zhong Li Wu mistook Xue Xiao Ran’s nod for an agreement to withdraw, but Xue Xiao Ran charged him and fought him alongside three Titled Douluo.
• Xue Xiao Ran endured their attacks without drawing his divine swords, while Bi Ji stopped the three soul beast kings from intervening.
• The Golden Goddess appeared and sent her golden sword streaking toward the battle, and Xue Xiao Ran fell away as it struck the Evil Soul Masters.
• The golden flames killed two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo, while Zhong Li Wu and the last Titled Douluo fled.
• Xue Xiao Ran declared victory, learned that nearly a hundred soul beasts had died, and promised them proper burials and wounded survivors entry to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er embraced Xue Xiao Ran after he returned to the ground.

After the beast tide defeated the enemy army, Xue Xiao Ran left Star Dou Great Forest with Qiu'er and Tang Wu Tong and promised to help the struggling Dou Ling Empire. Xu Sanshi faced a worsening military and political crisis as cities fell and a powerful general withheld his support.

• Xue Xiao Ran assured the Eagle King that the victory would strengthen cooperation between Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek Academy, and Bi Ji entrusted Qiu'er to him.
• Qiu'er left Star Dou Great Forest with Xue Xiao Ran and Tang Wu Tong, who comforted her as they headed toward Shrek City.
• Xuan Zi questioned Xue Xiao Ran about the battle, learned Qiu'er had made the beast tide possible, and told him the Dou Ling Empire was in trouble.
• Xue Xiao Ran said he would go to the Dou Ling Empire to address its outdated soul tools and departed.
• Xu Sanshi received news that Dancing Cloud City had fallen, while Jiang Nannan offered him comfort.
• Xu Sanshi struggled to consolidate power after the palace's destruction as a returning army commander stationed his troops elsewhere and refused to recognize his authority.

As two rebel armies threatened Lingdou City, Xu Sanshi weighed how to protect the Dou Ling Empire without worsening the bloodshed. His mother urged decisive action and offered the court’s support, but an assassin struck during their discussion, leaving Xu Sanshi and his companions confronting a Titled Douluo.

• Xu Sanshi rejected Nan Qiu Qiu’s suggestion to assassinate the rebel leaders, fearing failure and further harm to the empire.
• Ye Guyi recalled Xue Xiao Ran, Wu Tong, and Qiu’er’s achievements and said they were heading to the Dou Ling Empire with the Tang Sect Soul Engineer Corps.
• Xue Lingxun urged Xu Sanshi to crush the rebellion quickly and asked him and Nan Nan to have their future first son inherit the Sun Moon Empire’s throne through the Xue family.
• Ji Juechen spotted an assassin attacking Xu Sanshi, who switched places with Nan Qiu Qiu and blocked the dagger with his Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Sanshi activated his Black Tortoise Domain as Ji Juechen locked onto the attacker with his Sword Intent and Ye Guyi revealed her six-winged Angel form.

Xu Sanshi and his companions were trapped in the imperial palace by a force led by Xue Leng and Xue Kui, who revealed their alliance and their plan to seize the throne. Facing overwhelming numbers, the Shrek group prepared to fight their way out, with Ye Guyi as their only Titled Douluo.

• Ye Guyi's breakthrough made her a Titled Douluo, and her Holy Light revealed the hidden attackers in the palace.
• Xu Sanshi evaded an assassin while Ji Juechen's Sword Intent forced the attacker to retreat.
• More than twenty enemies surrounded Xu Sanshi's group, and Jiang Nannan and Xue Lingxun returned with additional allies, leaving them encircled.
• The gloomy-faced young man revealed himself as Duke Xue Leng and identified the middle-aged man beside him as Marquis Xue Kui.
• Xue Kui admitted that Xue Leng was his son and that he had led a brutal campaign to make his son appear a stronger claimant to the throne.
• Five Titled Douluo and numerous other powerful enemies closed in as Ye Guyi prepared to fight with Xu Sanshi's group.

Ye Guyi and the Tang Sect members fought off the attackers by combining their abilities, wounding Mad Lion Douluo and protecting Ye Guyi from an assassin. A mysterious voice destroyed the assassin and identified the attackers as remaining forces of the Sun Moon Empire.

• Ye Guyi, aided by a hidden black sword strike, broke through Mad Lion Douluo's defenses while Xu Sanshi shielded the Tang Sect members with his Black Tortoise Shield and Domain.
• Ye Guyi summoned Sacred Light from the sky, shattered Mad Lion Douluo's Invincible Shield, and wounded him before exhausting her strength.
• Nan Qiu Qiu carried the weakened Ye Guyi as a black-clad Titled Douluo tried to stab her, but Jiang Nannan blocked the attack with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Nan Qiu Qiu and Jiang Nannan's Soft Bone Python drove the assassin back and bought the group time.
• A pillar of light destroyed the black-clad assassin, and an unseen speaker asked whether the remaining forces of the Sun Moon Empire were responsible.

Xue Xiao Ran regained his memories and rescued Xu Sanshi and the others, defeating the Titled Douluo who had seized the Dou Ling Empire’s palace. With Xue Kui and Xue Leng captured, Xu Sanshi summoned the empire’s officials to decide what would happen next.

• Xue Xiao Ran appeared in the great hall and froze four Titled Douluo with a single sword strike powered by Absolute Zero.
• Xue Qiu'er and Tang Wu Tong brought in Xue Kui and Xue Leng, while Xue Xiao Ran reunited with his former companions and confirmed that he remembered everything.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained that his martial soul had transformed after absorbing Extreme Ice and that he had used Carefree Roam from the Carefree Sword Technique.
• Xu Sanshi introduced Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu'er to his mother, Xue Lingxun, who said the captured enemies deserved to die.
• Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er killed the Level Nine Soul Engineer outside the hall, and Xu Sanshi called the Dou Ling Empire’s officials to the palace without allowing anyone to disturb the scene.

Xu Sanshi confronted Xue Kui and Xue Leng in the imperial hall, exposing their role in the attack on the Dou Ling Empire’s palace and boasting that Xue Xiao Ran was a Limit Douluo. The officials were left stunned by the claim, though Xue Xiao Ran knew it was not yet true.

• Xu Sanshi questioned the officials about the bound Xue Kui and Xue Leng and revealed that their forces included five Titled Douluo and a Level Nine Soul Engineer.
• Xu Sanshi explained that the Sun Moon Empire’s Beast King Class Soul Engineer Regiments had attacked the palace, and that Yu Hao and Wu Tong had destroyed half of both regiments and killed a commander.
• Xue Leng and Xue Kui disputed Xu Sanshi’s account, with Xue Kui arguing that the Sun Moon Empire’s strongest regiments could not have been defeated so easily.
• Xu Sanshi claimed that Xue Xiao Ran was a Limit Douluo in his twenties, shocking the officials while Xue Xiao Ran recognized that the boast was premature.

Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu'er entered Sun Moon Empire-controlled Heaven Dou City, where he found Jing Hong Chen and decided to visit him. They left to tell him about Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen, while Xue Xiao Ran also resolved to reclaim the Tang Sect courtyard in the city.

• Xue Xiao Ran flew with Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er to Heaven Dou City and reflected on the Sun Moon Empire’s growing control of the continent.
• Xue Xiao Ran explored the rebuilt city and used his Spiritual Power to locate Jing Hong Chen in the imperial palace.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er that Jing Hong Chen was in the city, and they agreed to tell him about Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen.
• Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu'er slipped past the palace’s detection Soul Tools and entered the imperial palace at night.
• Xue Xiao Ran remembered the Tang Sect’s history in Heaven Dou City and resolved to reclaim its courtyard for Tang Ya.

Xue Xiao Ran reunited with Jing Hong Chen in the Heaven Dou palace and told him that Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen had become Titled Douluo. After Jing Hong Chen shared information about the Sun Moon Empire army, Xue Xiao Ran and his companions set out to intercept the Soul Engineers.

• Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu'er entered the imperial palace and found Jing Hong Chen drinking alone.
• Xue Xiao Ran revealed himself to Jing Hong Chen, who asked anxiously whether Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen were still alive.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Jing Hong Chen that the siblings had become Titled Douluo and connected him with them using a Communication Soul Tool.
• Jing Hong Chen spoke with his grandchildren while Xue Xiao Ran, Tang Wu Tong, and Qiu'er left the palace.
• Jing Hong Chen provided Xue Xiao Ran with the Sun Moon Empire army's location, and Xue Xiao Ran decided to intercept its Soul Engineers before they joined the army.

Xue Xiao Ran found the Sun Moon Empire’s army concealed in a basin, where its Soul Tool Fortresses formed a trap for the Holy Spirit Cult. As he and his companions watched from hiding, Death God Douluo Ye Xi Shui arrived to attack the army’s defenses.

• Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er questioned Xue Xiao Ran about his unease as they flew toward the basin.
• Xue Xiao Ran used his Divine Eye to locate the Sun Moon Empire’s army and detect its concealed Soul Tool Fortresses and surveillance Soul Tools.
• Xue Xiao Ran concluded that the army had prepared a formation to confront Death God Douluo, Dragon Emperor Douluo, and the Holy Spirit Cult, and chose to wait nearby.
• A thunderous attack struck the southeast Soul Tool Fortress, weakening its shield as Soul Engineers gathered near the Marshal’s Tent.
• The general dismissed the approaching attacker’s chances, and Xue Xiao Ran identified the blood-red figure as Death God Douluo Ye Xi Shui.

Death God Douluo Ye Xi Shui attacked the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool Fortress positions while Long Xiao Yao blocked the army’s linked attacks. Watching from afar, Xue Xiao Ran chose to let the Holy Spirit Cult and the Empire weaken each other, while Xu Yuan Fei prepared to report their strength to Imperial Brother.

• Ye Xi Shui demanded that Marshal Xu Yuan Fei hand over the culprits, but Xu Yuan Fei denied knowing what she meant and challenged her to attack the army.
• Long Xiao Yao appeared as a black dragon and blocked a linked beam fired by eight Soul Tool Fortresses.
• Four Beast King Class Soul Engineer Regiments fired at Ye Xi Shui, who instead struck at Xu Yuan Fei’s Marshal’s Tent; nearly ten regiments combined their defenses to stop her attack.
• Qiu'er asked Xue Xiao Ran whether they should intervene, but Xue Xiao Ran said he wanted the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire to suffer heavy losses.
• Xu Yuan Fei watched Ye Xi Shui and Long Xiao Yao with concern and decided to report the enemy’s strength and intentions to Imperial Brother.

Xue Xiao Ran watched Long Xiao Yao and Ye Xi Shui devastate the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool Fortress before they withdrew, then faced them when they appeared before him. Ye Xi Shui challenged him after his aura matched hers, and the chapter ended as Xue Xiao Ran prepared to answer her threat.

• Long Xiao Yao and Ye Xi Shui escaped the Soul Tool Fortress after destroying much of its defenses and killing sixty-seven Soul Engineers.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Tang Wu Tong and Qiu'er that even he would struggle to block the linked Soul Tool attack, and praised Long Xiao Yao’s strength.
• Long Xiao Yao and Ye Xi Shui appeared before Xue Xiao Ran, who made clear his hostility toward Ye Xi Shui.
• Ye Xi Shui pressured Xue Xiao Ran with her aura, but he resisted and forced her to take a step back.
• Ye Xi Shui recognized that Xue Xiao Ran had grasped the Second Soul Core and threatened to test him with her Death God Tower, while Xue Xiao Ran raised his hand to meet her challenge.