Chapter Summaries

Xue Xiao Ran learned that the Xu Family had taken the Star Luo Empire throne from the Dai Family and secretly resolved to bring them down. While cultivating in his Sea of Consciousness, he discovered six shining white wings on his back, which the Ice Empress identified as Ultimate Angel wings.

• Zhu Lu thanked Xue Xiao Ran for saving Dai Hua Bin, then left after Xiao Xiao revealed the Zhu Clan's royal status.
• Xiao Xiao explained that the Xu Family had overthrown the Dai Family and named Emperor Xu Jiawei and princesses Xu Jiujiu and Xu Yun.
• Xue Xiao Ran resolved to remember the Xu Family's leaders and find a chance to remove Xu Jiawei from the throne.
• Wang Dong told Xue Xiao Ran that she had used the Clear Sky Hammer to defeat Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu in a tournament.
• Xue Xiao Ran cultivated in his Sea of Consciousness, where the Ice Empress explained that its world changed according to his thoughts.
• The Ice Empress noticed six white wings on Xue Xiao Ran's back and identified them as Ultimate Angel wings.

Xue Xiao Ran revealed his god-bestowed Ultimate Angel Martial Soul to Ice Empress, then let Wang Dong'er enjoy being a girl in their dormitory. After a night of training and rest, he went to the rooftop to cultivate, where an old man at Sea God Pavilion noticed him and made a decision.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Ice Empress that he had three Martial Souls and that a god had bestowed the Ultimate Angel as his third.
• Ice Empress pointed out that using the Ultimate Angel had changed Xue Xiao Ran's ice-blue hair and Jade Eyes to silver and gold.
• Wang Dong'er removed her jade pendant to become Wang Dong'er, then approached Xue Xiao Ran while he cultivated and asked to enjoy being a girl for a while.
• Xue Xiao Ran agreed as long as Wang Dong'er did not get exposed, and she fell asleep on her bed.
• After Ice Empress had beaten him in a simulated spar, Xue Xiao Ran left the dormitory through the window and cultivated on a rooftop.
• An old man eating and drinking on a tree across from Xue Xiao Ran leaped down after appearing to make a decision.

Xue Xiao Ran was taken against his will to Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion after rejecting an invitation to join the academy. He remained trapped there as the Pavilion Master requested to see him.

• An old man asked Xue Xiao Ran to join Shrek Academy, but Xue Xiao Ran said he could study at any academy and already had good teachers.
• The old man revealed that he knew Xue Xiao Ran was the Holy Son of the Carefree Sword Sect and took him to see the Inner Court.
• Xue Xiao Ran refused to enter the Inner Court or join Shrek Academy, but the old man carried him to Sea God Island anyway.
• The old man tossed Xue Xiao Ran into the Sea God Pavilion, where Xue Xiao Ran cursed him and tried to escape.
• The old man stopped Xue Xiao Ran, knocked him into the ground, and carried him inside after the Pavilion Master asked to see him.

Xue Xiao Ran was summoned to the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En met him and learned he was wary, controlled, and committed to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy. After Xue Xiao Ran left, Mu En called him a little monster and urged Shrek’s teachers to look beyond his affiliation as they prepared for the Youth Soul Master Competition.

• Elder Xuanzi brought Xue Xiao Ran to the Sea God Pavilion, where Xue Xiao Ran refused to lower his guard or pay an admission fee.
• Mu En revealed himself, reassured Xue Xiao Ran, and questioned him before dismissing him from the pavilion.
• Xue Xiao Ran warned that he would not go easy on Shrek Academy in the Youth Soul Master Competition, then left toward the sea.
• Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Xian Lin'er, and Xuan Zi debated Xue Xiao Ran’s identity and background after he departed.
• Mu En praised Xue Xiao Ran’s abilities and emotional control, called him a little monster, and told the teachers not to hold his academy affiliation against him.
• Mu En directed Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to consult Xue Xiao Ran about Soul Tools when he arrived, then ordered preparations for the next Youth Soul Master Competition.

Xue Xiao Ran spent time with Wang Dong in Shrek City before asking Bei Bei to help him push his Soul Power to level 30. Their training fight began with Bei Bei using his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and Xue Xiao Ran launched a palm strike from behind him.

• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong went shopping together and talked about competing against each other in the next Youth Soul Master Competition.
• Xue Xiao Ran asked Bei Bei to fight him at level 35 so he could break through from level 29, and Bei Bei agreed.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Bei Bei went to the Simulation Training Ground while Tang Ya and Wang Dong followed as spectators.
• Bei Bei revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and struck Xue Xiao Ran with Thunder Dragon Claw, forcing him back and injuring his palms.
• Xue Xiao Ran used Shadowless Kick to evade Bei Bei, then appeared behind him and attacked with an extreme-cold palm strike.

Xue Xiao Ran pushed Bei Bei to unleash his strongest attack so he could test himself and break through his limits. After surviving Thunder Dragon Head and awakening a mysterious aura, Xue Xiao Ran began breaking through to level 30 while Elder Xuan and the others guarded him.

• Xue Xiao Ran repeatedly sparred with Bei Bei, enduring his attacks and insisting that they continue despite his injuries.
• Elder Xuan arrived and told Bei Bei to continue training, promising to intervene if Xue Xiao Ran could not withstand an attack.
• Bei Bei unleashed Thunder Dragon Head, and Xue Xiao Ran countered with Ice and Snow World Reveals Killing Intent and eighteen Snow Kill Sword strikes.
• Xue Xiao Ran was blasted away, but a mysterious aura appeared around him, and Elder Xuan caught him before he hit the ground.
• Xue Xiao Ran began breaking through to level 30, while Elder Xuan stopped Wang Dong from disturbing him and Wang Dong and Bei Bei volunteered to guard him.

Xue Xiao Ran broke through to level 30 and prepared to leave Shrek Academy to find a suitable Soul Beast. Before he departed, Wang Dong asked whether he liked her, and his answer reassured her; meanwhile, Tang San and Xue Lei Han argued over their children in the God Realm.

• Xue Xiao Ran broke through the level 30 barrier and immediately resumed sparring with Bei Bei after thanking him.
• Five days later, Xue Xiao Ran packed to leave Shrek Academy early and travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for a Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Wang Dong reluctantly asked Xue Xiao Ran not to go, kissed his cheek, and then asked whether he liked her.
• Xue Xiao Ran said he wanted to protect Wang Dong for life and believed he liked her, prompting her to embrace and beat him playfully.
• Tang San and Xue Lei Han argued over Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong, then drew their swords and charged at each other.

Xue Xiao Ran left Shrek Academy with Cang Xue and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his third soul ring. While Xue Xiao Ran absorbed it, Cang Xue confronted Di Tian, who vowed to launch a Beast Tide, and warned him to protect Xue Xiao Ran instead of trying to kill him.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya advised Xue Xiao Ran to cultivate the Tang Sect's techniques and welcomed him to return to Shrek Academy.
• Cang Xue took Xue Xiao Ran toward the Star Dou Great Forest, then sensed Xuan Zi watching them from Shrek City and departed with Xue Xiao Ran.
• Xuan Zi recognized Cang Xue as a powerful Carefree Sword Sect Limit Douluo and vowed to beat Xue Xiao Ran when he returned to Shrek.
• Cang Xue subdued a thousand-year Poison Scale Lizard, and Xue Xiao Ran killed it and began absorbing its purple soul ring.
• Di Tian appeared and declared that he would launch a Beast Tide, but Cang Xue seized him, warned him that Xue Xiao Ran carried the forest's fortune, and told him to protect the boy.

Xue Xiao Ran returned to Sun Moon Royal Academy after acquiring Phantom Poison and studying a Rank 2 Soul Tool’s Soul Core. At dinner, he found Senior Sister Nana distressed and suspected that her claim of trouble at home concealed a plea for help.

• Xue Xiao Ran learned that his new soul skill was Phantom Poison, which created illusions that could disable opponents, and left the Star Dou Great Forest with Cang Xue for the Carefree Sword Sect.
• In Sword City, Xue Xiao Ran met Ji Juechen, who reflected on how much he had learned from fighting, and they later traveled back to Sun Moon Royal Academy together.
• After parting from Ji Juechen at the academy, Xue Xiao Ran examined a Rank 2 Soul Tool’s Soul Core and studied its complex Soul Power pathways.
• At the canteen, Xue Xiao Ran noticed Senior Sister Nana eating alone and looking sorrowful, then asked what was wrong.
• Nana claimed something had happened at home, but Xue Xiao Ran recognized her distress and read her gaze as a plea for help before deciding not to get involved.

Xue Xiao Ran learned about the upcoming school team selection and a Soul Fighting Assessment that could earn Academic Credit, then agreed to take part alongside Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen. During self-study, he noticed Nana suppressing the urge to cry, but she refused to tell him what was wrong and left early.

• Old Zhou announced a selection match in three days to choose reserve members for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy school team.
• Gu Tian Yuan offered the students a chance to earn Academic Credit by fighting transfer students in a Soul Fighting Assessment.
• Meng Hong Chen decided to participate because she had spent most of her Academic Credit, and Xiao Hong Chen agreed to accompany her.
• Xue Xiao Ran agreed to join them because he had little Academic Credit left after buying an Engraving Knife.
• Xue Xiao Ran completed a First-rank Soul Core in half an hour and asked Nana why she seemed upset.
• Nana said Xue Xiao Ran would be better off not knowing what was troubling her, then left the self-study classroom early.

Xue Xiao Ran joined the freshmen’s Soul Fighting Assessment and defeated a Vajra Ape student with his Extreme Poison, Minute Observation, and Shadowless Kick. He left the arena after demonstrating his strength, while the assessment continued.

• Meng Hong Chen defeated a Plant Type student and prepared to fight another freshman.
• Xue Xiao Ran thought about Senior Sister Nana’s troubled emotions before deciding to take the next match.
• Xue Xiao Ran faced a freshman whose martial soul was the Vajra Ape and used his three soul rings to counter the boy’s attacks.
• Xue Xiao Ran spotted the boy’s weakness with Minute Observation and struck him with Shadowless Kick.
• Xue Xiao Ran triggered the Hundred Flowers Poison in the boy’s body, won the match, and left the arena.

After sensing an evil aura near the academy, Xue Xiao Ran secretly followed it into the forest and overheard Senior Sister Nana meeting an old man and mentioning Sacred Spirit. He escaped without being discovered and decided to ask Uncle Cang Xue what Sacred Spirit was.

• The Ice Empress sensed an evil aura, and Xue Xiao Ran concealed himself and followed it toward the forest outside the academy.
• Xue Xiao Ran hid in a tree and overheard Senior Sister Nana speaking with a strange old man about a delivered message and Sacred Spirit.
• The old man's evil aura nearly forced Xue Xiao Ran's Ultimate Angel Martial Soul to emerge, so he cut off his breath to suppress it.
• After the old man vanished, Nana cried, wiped away her tears, and returned to the academy while Xue Xiao Ran remained hidden.
• Xue Xiao Ran wondered whether Sacred Spirit referred to the Sacred Spirit Sect or Holy Spirit Cult and decided to ask Uncle Cang Xue.

Xue Xiao Ran entered the School Team Substitute Selection Tournament, where the last three students standing would earn places on the school team. He teamed up with Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen, and their poison and coordinated attacks gave them control of the melee.

• Xue Xiao Ran learned more about the Holy Spirit Cult from Uncle Dong Yuan and worried that Senior Sister Nana had been forced to join it.
• Xue Xiao Ran attended the selection tournament after telling Teacher Xuan he was confident he could make Rank 2 Soul Tools.
• The referee announced that the last three people standing would enter the school team, and Xue Xiao Ran agreed to team up with Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen.
• The three unleashed their martial souls and spread their combined poisons as students rushed to attack them.
• Meng Hong Chen knocked out a charging student, while Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen fended off other attackers.
• Xue Xiao Ran shattered a vine-based binding skill and shot a poisoned Support System Soul Master with a Level One Ray Soul Tool.

Xue Xiao Ran used his footwork and Hundred Flowers Poison to defeat the students who surrounded him, then defeated Yan Yuyan and Yu Ling Lin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The melee ended with Xue Xiao Ran, Xiao Hong Chen, and Meng Hong Chen standing victorious.

• Xue Xiao Ran evaded the students’ attacks until he released Hundred Flowers Poison and made them collapse from unbearable itching.
• Xue Xiao Ran withdrew the poison after Meng Hong Chen asked him to spare the defeated students, and the referee teacher eliminated them.
• Yan Yuyan and Yu Ling Lin defeated the students on their side of the arena with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yan Yuyan challenged Xue Xiao Ran despite her depleted Soul Power, and she and Yu Ling Lin summoned the weakened Flame Demon King.
• Xue Xiao Ran used Sword Emerges from Carefree Heaven to defeat the Flame Demon King, knocking Yan Yuyan and Yu Ling Lin unconscious and ending the melee.

Xue Xiao Ran moved into the school team dormitory with Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen, where Ma Ru Long introduced them to the team's facilities and rules. The three settled in ahead of a meeting that evening, while Nangong Ling resolved to return to his family and confront his older brothers.

• Xue Xiao Ran packed his belongings and told Nangong Ling he was moving into the school team dormitory, promising to visit the Nangong Family and asking about its views on the Star Luo throne's change of hands.
• Nangong Ling admitted he knew little about the matter as a branch-family member, wished Xue Xiao Ran luck in the Youth Soul Master Competition, and decided to cultivate so he could return to the Nangong Family and punish his older brothers.
• Old Zhou assigned Xue Xiao Ran and the Xiao Hong Chen siblings to Ma Ru Long, who showed them the school team's facilities and explained their access, training, and dormitory arrangements.
• Xiao Hong Chen, Meng Hong Chen, and Xue Xiao Ran introduced their martial souls and Soul Power Levels to Ma Ru Long, who told them to attend Old Zhou's team meeting that evening.
• The three entered the school team dormitory and prepared to choose their rooms, with Xue Xiao Ran hoping to claim the top-floor attic room.

Xue Xiao Ran settled into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s school team dormitory and secretly practiced combining and reclaiming poisons. At lunch, he observed the team’s divisions and learned that Meng Hong Chen still liked him despite his engagement.

• Xue Xiao Ran checked his room for surveillance devices, then used his Purple-grade Demonic Eye to inspect the furniture and Soul Tools.
• Xue Xiao Ran practiced blending many kinds of poison, filling his room with deadly mists that drove Xiao Hong Chen away.
• Xue Xiao Ran drew the poison and its fumes back into his body, converting them into Soul Power, then followed Meng Hong Chen’s note to the Canteen.
• Xue Xiao Ran observed the school team’s separate factions, ate alone, and planned to practice his Ice Silkworm Poison Palm at the Simulation Training Ground.
• Meng Hong Chen admitted she did not know how to approach Xue Xiao Ran because he was engaged, then joked that her grandfather should go to the Carefree Sword Sect and snatch the bride.

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s training ground, Xue Xiao Ran introduced his poisonous martial soul and joined Ma Ru Long’s team for a simulated battle against Lin Xi’s team. The teams prepared to fight without Soul Tools, with Lin Xi targeting Xue Xiao Ran and Ma Ru Long moving to protect him.

• Old Zhou had Ma Ru Long take attendance and asked Xue Xiao Ran, Xiao Hong Chen, and Meng Hong Chen to introduce themselves and their roles.
• Xue Xiao Ran described his three potent poison skills and explained that he could serve as a Support System or Assault System Soul Master.
• Old Zhou divided the school team into two groups, assigning Xue Xiao Ran to Ma Ru Long’s team and Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen to Lin Xi’s team.
• When Ma Ru Long asked whether they could use Soul Tools, Old Zhou forbade them in the simulated battle.
• Xiao Hong Chen whispered to Lin Xi, who decided Xue Xiao Ran should be eliminated first, while Ma Ru Long positioned himself in front of Xue Xiao Ran to protect him.

Xue Xiao Ran and the senior students fought Ma Ru Long’s team as Xue Xiao Ran’s poison and Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen’s support turned the battle. Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Worldly Affection, while Xue Xiao Ran revealed that its poisonous rain could not harm him.

• Ma Ru Long boosted his combat power with the Stimulant while Chu Xia supported him, and Xu Yuan Fei shielded Xue Xiao Ran from the enemy’s attacks.
• Xue Xiao Ran released Hundred Flowers Poison and Phantom Poison, then used Shadowless Kick to make both teams temporarily immune to his toxins.
• Meng Hong Chen joined hands with Xiao Hong Chen, and the siblings activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Worldly Affection.
• Worldly Affection brought down poisonous black rain over Ma Ru Long’s side, while Xu Yuan Fei expanded his Sun Shield to protect the group.
• Xue Xiao Ran stepped beyond the shield and caught the poisonous rain in his palm, saying his Extreme Poison martial soul made him immune to it.

Xue Xiao Ran endured Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen’s poisonous rain and helped Ma Ru Long’s team turn the battle against Lin Xi. After Old Zhou ended the fight, he recruited Yan Yuyan and Yu Ling Lin for a chance to earn places on the school team.

• Xue Xiao Ran extracted the poisonous raindrop from his body, swallowed it, and urged the team to continue fighting.
• Ma Ru Long struck Lin Xi down after Lin Xi’s body grew numb, and Old Zhou stopped the battle.
• Old Zhou arranged an outdoor cookout, while Ma Ru Long assigned the team members to gather food and firewood.
• Old Zhou summoned Yan Yuyan and Yu Ling Lin from the Canteen and offered them a chance to join the school team if they earned Ma Ru Long’s approval during training.
• Yan Yuyan and Yu Ling Lin accepted Old Zhou’s offer and promised not to disappoint the academy.

Jing Hong Chen worried that Shrek Academy would overwhelm his side at the Youth Soul Master Competition, while Xue Xiao Ran analyzed the Worldly Affection fusion skill and explained the benefits and costs of the Path of Ruthlessness to Ice Empress. The chapter ended with Ice Empress considering his suggestion after he vanished in a showy display.

• Jing Hong Chen dismissed Old Zhou’s report, worried that his team was not strong enough to make Shrek Academy wary, and decided to ask Old Ma for help.
• Xue Xiao Ran analyzed Worldly Affection’s poison and concluded that its users were too weak to imbue the fusion skill with their own emotions.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained to Ice Empress how emotional attachments could undermine a cultivator’s purpose, using a man who sought vengeance for his supposedly dead wife as an example.
• Xue Xiao Ran described the Path of Ruthlessness as a way to improve quickly at the cost of emotional bonds and childhood experiences, and said he had chosen freedom and adventure instead.
• Xue Xiao Ran warned Ice Empress that leaving the Path of Ruthlessness would allow her only one chance to do so, then vanished using his Ultimate Angel martial soul.
• Ice Empress considered his suggestion and complained that he had made his departure unnecessarily flashy.