Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu, Black, and Mo Yan discussed the threat posed by Tang San and planned to keep him away from the Golden Tree. Mu En met the group beneath the tree, where Ning Tian learned his identity as the Dragon God Douluo and bluntly questioned how he was still alive.

• Ling Luochen and Xi Xi tried to leave after Yan Shao Zhe dismissed them, but someone blocked their path.
• Black told Mo Yan that the Golden Tree’s forces were still clashing and suspected Tang San might be made a new Child of Fortune.
• Bai Yu offered to deal with Tang San, but Black warned her that provoking the power behind him could bring disaster.
• Black and Bai Yu agreed to keep Tang San away from Sea God Island and the Golden Tree.
• Yan Shao Zhe brought the group to Mu En, who praised Ning Tian’s talent and introduced himself as the Dragon God Douluo.
• Ning Tian asked whether Mu En was not already dead, and Mo Yan teased that he was merely clinging to life.

Mu En tried to persuade Black and Bai Yu to enter Shrek Academy’s Inner Court, hoping to make Black his disciple, while Bai Yu insisted that they only wanted to live there. Mo Yan challenged Mu En’s inconsistent rules by asking why Tang San and Tang Ya could stay, leaving him scrambling to explain.

• Mu En introduced himself as a Limit Douluo, then asked Black and Bai Yu what enrollment benefits they wanted.
• Bai Yu requested early Inner Court admission and residence there, while bluntly criticizing Mu En’s title and questioning his evasive answers.
• Lei Ze told Wu Feng that Bai Yu and Black could defeat them easily, even if Wu Feng and Lei Ze fought together.
• Mu En offered Black the chance to become his disciple, citing their shared connection to light-attributed Dragon-type Martial Souls.
• Mo Yan asked Mu En why Tang San and Tang Ya were allowed to remain in the Inner Court, leaving Mu En unable to justify his favoritism.

Bai Yu and Hei confronted Mu En over his treatment of them, and Tang San’s offer to move to the Outer Court gave Mu En a way to settle the dispute. After leaving the Inner Court, Ning Tian concluded that Hei and Bai Yu had really come to target Tang San, while Lei Ze and Wu Feng failed to follow her reasoning.

• Bai Yu accused Mu En of rejecting her because he wanted Hei as his disciple, and Hei said he would refuse if that was Mu En’s motive.
• Mo Yan mocked Mu En’s explanation that Tang San and Tang Ya were still recovering, prompting Bai Yu to prepare to leave with Hei.
• Mu En apologized, and Tang San offered to move from the Inner Court to the Outer Court.
• Mu En approved Tang San’s move and asked Hei and Bai Yu what they thought, and they accepted the arrangement.
• Ning Tian led Wu Feng and Lei Ze away, then told them she believed Hei and Bai Yu had come to target Tang San on the Holy Lord’s orders.
• Lei Ze stayed silent and Wu Feng remained confused, so Ning Tian called them two useless teammates.

Black, Bai Yu, and Mo Yan weighed their plans to obtain a Dragon Pill, which Black needed to stabilize his Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After spotting Tang Ya and Bei Bei together, they settled on Bai Yu’s proposal to kidnap Tang Ya and use her to bargain for the pill.

• Bai Yu explained that their actions on Shrek Street had been a test, while Black worried that they had excluded Lei Ze from the plan.
• Bai Yu argued that Ning Tian might have guessed their objective, but Black said the pill she had taken would prevent her from betraying them safely.
• Black asked whether becoming Mu En’s disciple could help him obtain the Dragon Pill, and Mo Yan explained how rare Dragon Pills were and how unlikely the Silver Dragon King was to help.
• Mo Yan pointed out Tang Ya and Bei Bei by Sea God Lake, and Bai Yu proposed kidnapping Tang Ya to force Bei Bei to exchange the Dragon Pill.
• Black agreed to leave the kidnapping to Bai Yu, who accused him of hypocrisy, and he replied that hypocrisy could also be a kind of kindness.

In Mingdu, Jin Tianming explained to Huo Yuhao why prejudice against the Sun Moon Empire made the original three nations reject its Soul Tools. Long Xiaoyao, a Limit Douluo, confronted Jin Tianming and invited him to visit, then used pressure to try to make him agree.

• Huo Yuhao marveled at Mingdu’s Soul Tools, and Jin Tianming explained that the original three nations’ hostility toward the Sun Moon Empire had fueled prejudice against its inventions.
• Long Xiaoyao revealed himself at a roadside noodle shop and praised Jin Tianming’s remarks about prejudice.
• Jin Tianming identified Long Xiaoyao as the Dragon Emperor Douluo and challenged him for secretly watching him.
• Long Xiaoyao invited Jin Tianming to visit his place and unleashed invisible pressure to force his response, while Huo Yuhao watched nervously.

Jin Tianming confronted Long Xiaoyao, who revealed that he had come for personal reasons and asked about a relative with a Time-Space Ancient Dragon Martial Soul. Long Xiaoyao warned that events in a few days might require Jin Tianming to consult his family elders, then left while privately wondering about the family’s power.

• Jin Tianming calmly resisted Long Xiaoyao’s pressure and asked whether he had come on his own behalf or under someone else’s orders.
• Huo Yuhao tried to contact Sky Dream Ice Silkworm through their Mental Link, but Sky Dream hid in fear of dragons and did not answer.
• Jin Tianming taunted Long Xiaoyao about currying favor with a godmother, prompting Long to recall a genius with an Extreme Space Dragon-type Martial Soul who had changed his and Mu En’s chances with the woman they loved.
• Long Xiaoyao asked whether Jin Tianming’s family member with a Time-Space Ancient Dragon Martial Soul was alive, and Jin Tianming said he did not know and described turmoil within his family.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Jin Tianming to consult his family elders about what might happen in a few days, then departed without paying for his noodles.
• After Jin Tianming and Huo Yuhao left, Long Xiaoyao watched them from a building and resolved to investigate Jin Tianming’s family if he got the chance.

Jin Tianming returned to Sun Moon Royal Academy with Huo Yuhao and learned that Jing Hongchen wanted the Hongchen Family to join the faction behind Jin Tianming. Jing Hongchen revealed that the Sun Moon Imperial Family had openly allied with the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jin Tianming assured him that he could handle any threat.

• Jin Tianming introduced Huo Yuhao to Jing Hongchen as his little brother and explained that the Body Sect Master had personally trained him.
• Jing Hongchen asked whether Jin Tianming's family had a Limit Douluo and said he wanted the Hongchen Family to join its faction.
• Jing Hongchen brought Jin Tianming and Huo Yuhao to his office, set up a soundproof barrier, and revealed that the Sun Moon Imperial Family had openly colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen said the Crown Prince had accepted someone from the Holy Spirit Cult as his godmother and that Old Kong had done nothing to stop it.
• Jin Tianming told Jing Hongchen that he would prevent trouble in the Sun Moon Empire and said he would eliminate any rival family factions that appeared.

Jing Hongchen worried that cooperating with Jin Tianming could endanger the Hongchen Family, but Jin Tianming reassured him and revealed that Huo Yuhao was White Tiger Duke’s illegitimate son. After discovering the potential of Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Share ability, Jing Hongchen offered to take him as a disciple, and Huo Yuhao accepted.

• Jing Hongchen questioned Jin Tianming about his family’s internal conflicts and admitted he feared staking the Hongchen Family’s future on their alliance.
• Jin Tianming reassured Jing Hongchen and revealed that Huo Yuhao was White Tiger Duke’s illegitimate son, shocking Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to show his martial soul and abilities, and Huo Yuhao released them with Jin Tianming’s approval.
• Jing Hongchen linked with Huo Yuhao through Spirit Share and realized it could greatly support Soul Tool cannons.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his First Spirit Ability could advance, and Jing Hongchen offered to make him his disciple and help him take revenge on White Tiger Duke.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Jing Hongchen’s offer and performed the disciple ceremony.

Huo Yuhao chose Jing Hongchen as his master, while Jin Tianming remained at the academy. Elsewhere, Xu Tianran questioned Zhong Wuwu about a failed operation, and Ye Xishui revealed her fixation on a man she believed was still alive; Mo Yan later reacted to a story about a clone and Ye Xishui.

• Huo Yuhao accepted Jing Hongchen as his master, and Jing Hongchen took him to enroll at the academy.
• Jin Tianming stayed behind and brewed Jing Hongchen's treasured tea until Jing Hongchen returned to warn him to use less.
• Xu Tianran questioned Zhong Wuwu about the missing consecrated one and why the previous Holy Spirit Cult Master had not acted; Zhong Wuwu said the operation had likely failed.
• Long Xiaoyao told Ye Xishui that the target seemed to be from that family, and she urgently asked whether he was still alive.
• Ye Xishui took out a sun-and-moon pendant and vowed to find the man and keep him with her forever.
• Mo Yan reacted to the claim that a future clone had trained Ye Xishui and the Twin Holy Dragons, while Wen Yu teased her for gathering less fate than Lei Ze.

Tian Mucheng offered Jin Tianming a powerful incarnation for protection while Mo Yan and the others argued and gossiped about Yan Shao Zhe’s possible ancestry. After sending everyone out, Tian Mucheng asked Jin Tianming to gather more information about the mysterious incarnation as he prepared for its many possibilities.

• Mo Yan complained to Tian Mucheng about Wen Yu and asked him to take back her authority, but Tian Mucheng scolded them both and sent Mo Yan away when she demanded a body of her own.
• Tian Mucheng offered Jin Tianming a Limit Douluo-level incarnation for protection, and Jin Tianming asked whether the small world had enough energy to sustain it.
• Wen Yu raised the possibility that Yan Shao Zhe was descended from Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, prompting the others to joke that Tian Mucheng might be his ancestor.
• Tian Mucheng expelled the others from the space, then asked Jin Tianming to draw out more information about the incarnation if they questioned him.
• Tian Mucheng considered the incarnation’s many possibilities and decided he needed to prepare in advance.

Jin Tianming reassured Huo Yuhao and invited him to meet his friends, earning Huo Yuhao’s lifelong loyalty and a surge of fortune. At the academy pavilion, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen bickered over a portrait and Xiao Xue, while Ji Juechen threatened Xiao Hongchen for insulting his sword, until Jin Tianming arrived.

• Huo Yuhao offered Jin Tianming a Soul Tool ring to send to his sister, but Jin Tianming reassured him that Mo Yan would look after her and asked him to help in the future.
• Jin Tianming led Huo Yuhao toward his friends, and Huo Yuhao swore to follow him for the rest of his life; Jin Tianming sensed fortune flowing toward him.
• At the pavilion, Xiao Hongchen complained that Jin Tianming was late while Meng Hongchen defended him and revealed Xiao Xue had painted her portrait.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Meng Hongchen’s opinion of his painting skills, then wilted when he learned the portrait was by Xiao Xue.
• Xiao Hongchen called Ji Juechen’s sword lousy, and Ji Juechen pointed it at his neck in anger.
• Jin Tianming arrived, and Xiao Hongchen hurriedly called for his help.

Jin Tianming introduced Huo Yuhao to Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ji Juechen, but Xiao Hongchen doubted the low-level Soul Master's worth as an underling. Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Spirit Share ability, leaving Xiao Hongchen stunned by how perfectly it suited a Soul Engineer.

• Jin Tianming arrived as Ji Juechen held his sword to Xiao Hongchen's throat, and Xiao Hongchen complained while Meng Hongchen pointed out that her brother had started the dispute.
• Jin Tianming introduced Huo Yuhao as a Level Thirteen Control System Soul Master with the Spirit Eyes Main Body Martial Soul, and Ji Juechen and Meng Hongchen introduced themselves.
• Xiao Hongchen questioned why Jin Tianming had taken on such a low-level underling, prompting Jin Tianming to suggest Huo Yuhao demonstrate a spirit ability.
• Huo Yuhao used his white-ringed First Spirit Ability, Spirit Share, through Mental Link, and Xiao Hongchen realized it was tailor-made for a Soul Engineer.

Xiao Hongchen witnessed how Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Share could improve Soul Tool Cannon accuracy and apologized for underestimating him, while Ji Juechen recognized that Huo Yuhao’s abilities could grow. Jin Tianming gave Xiao Hongchen beginner Soul Tool blueprints to teach Huo Yuhao, then warned Huo Yuhao to keep his next lessons secret; Jing Hongchen and Director Lin watched as they discussed the Sun Moon Emperor’s interest in Jin Tianming.

• Xiao Hongchen connected to Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Share, marveled at its shared perspective, and apologized for dismissing him.
• Huo Yuhao shared his vision with Meng Hongchen and Ji Juechen, and Ji Juechen inferred that his spirit abilities had a growth trait.
• Xiao Hongchen learned that Huo Yuhao was Jing Hongchen’s final disciple and asked to learn from him.
• Jin Tianming gave Xiao Hongchen Level One Soul Tool blueprints and privately told Huo Yuhao not to reveal what he learned next.
• Jing Hongchen and Director Lin watched the group from the office window and discussed the Sun Moon Emperor’s desire to obtain Jin Tianming’s armor and immortal herbs.

Ju Zi warned Jin Tianming that Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult were targeting him, and Jin Tianming gave her a Soul Tool Armor blueprint for her revenge. After declaring he would accept death rather than defy the Holy Lord, Jin Tianming recognized Nana as a Holy Spirit Cult agent and forced her to lead him to the people trying to capture him.

• Ju Zi told Jin Tianming that Xu Tianran had been meeting with a black-cloaked Holy Spirit Cult member who seemed to be targeting him.
• Jin Tianming gave Ju Zi his Soul Tool Armor blueprint, and she accepted it without considering handing it to Xu Tianran.
• Ju Zi asked whether Jin Tianming would resist if the Holy Lord ordered his death, and Jin Tianming said he would submit because he was born to be the Holy Lord's warrior.
• Jin Tianming encountered Nana at the training grounds, identified her as a Holy Spirit Cult agent, and ordered her to lead him to the people seeking him.
• Nana led Jin Tianming away as nearby students speculated about his intentions.

Jin Tianming entered a Holy Spirit Cult branch and slaughtered the Evil Spirit Masters who tried to capture him, while Moxie subdued their Branch Elder. After killing the Branch Elder, Jin Tianming noticed someone hidden in the shadows and challenged them to come out.

• The Branch Elder and other Evil Spirit Masters plotted to capture Jin Tianming and offer him to the Cult Leader, using Nana’s parents’ souls to make her lead him there.
• Jin Tianming entered the branch, and the Evil Spirit Masters charged at him until unseen blade arcs killed them.
• Moxie held the Branch Elder at knifepoint as Jin Tianming confronted him and revealed his golden Dragon Marks.
• Jin Tianming crushed the Branch Elder’s head and tore it off, while a cloaked figure shielded him from the falling blood.
• Jin Tianming sensed someone watching from a shadowy corner and demanded that the hidden person reveal themselves.

Mo Yan tricked Mu En into admitting he had once loved a woman who nearly turned him against his old brother. Meanwhile, Ye Xishui confronted Jin Tianming for information about Shengyangyue and killed him, while Moxie and Nana escaped.

• Mo Yan teased Mu En about his romantic past until he admitted that he had once loved a woman who nearly made him turn against his old brother.
• Mu En tried to persuade Mo Yan to join Shrek Academy, but she insisted that he tell her about his past.
• Ye Xishui confronted Jin Tianming at a Holy Spirit Cult branch and demanded to know Shengyangyue's location and where his family was.
• Moxie and Nana prepared to help Jin Tianming escape, but Ye Xishui overpowered him and demanded answers.
• Jin Tianming taunted Ye Xishui, who pierced his chest and killed him; Moxie and Nana escaped before she turned to them.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared beside Ye Xishui as she inspected Jin Tianming's corpse.

Ye Xishui killed Jin Tianming after a clone provoked her, and she vowed to confront his family if its Holy Lord resurrected him. Mo Yan and the other clones learned of the death and suspected Ye Xishui had been testing resurrection, leaving them to wait for Jin Tianming to return.

• Long Xiaoyao warned Ye Xishui that killing Jin Tianming could bring the Holy Spirit Cult retaliation from his family, but she rejected his concern and left.
• Mo Yan told Mu En that Ye Xishui had done something major, then left him wondering what had happened.
• Mo Yan suspected a clone had provoked Ye Xishui into killing Jin Tianming and worried that the situation would worsen.
• Wen Yu suspected Ye Xishui had been testing whether resurrection was possible, while Xu Jiujiu took her out to see Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Bai Yu asked Black about Jin Tianming's death, and Black said the Holy Lord would resurrect him.

Jin Tianming recovered after his deliberate death and revealed that the experience had strengthened his bloodline, while Mo Yan mocked him over the communicator. Mo Yan then considered using Ye Xishui, Xuan Zi, or Mu En’s own descendants to provoke Mu En, and planned to enlist Dugu Luo’s help.

• Tian Mucheng questioned Jin Tianming about his death, and Jin Tianming admitted he had arranged it to experience death before absorbing his fifth Soul Ring.
• Jin Tianming showed Tian Mucheng his newly strengthened bloodline and prepared to travel with him to the Star Dou Great Forest to capture a giant turtle.
• Mo Yan called Jin Tianming and mocked him for being the first to fall in battle, while Jin Tianming said he had deliberately let Ye Xishui succeed.
• Mo Yan told Jin Tianming that a white little devil had appeared and suggested finding her something to do, possibly involving Mu En.
• After Jin Tianming ended the call, Mo Yan asked Dugu Luo whether Mu En would be more angered by his direct bloodline or his grand-disciple, and Dugu Luo suggested using them all.

Jing Hongchen read Jin Tianming’s letter and became alarmed by the revelation that the Holy Lord had resurrected him, while Gu Yuena confronted Tian Mucheng for bringing Jin Tianming to the Star Dou Great Forest. Jin Tianming prepared to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring from a Golden Tortoise.

• Moxie delivered Jin Tianming’s letter to Jing Hongchen and vanished before Jing could question him.
• Jing Hongchen read that the Holy Lord had resurrected Jin Tianming, then consulted Legend of Tang San and feared that the Hongchen Family’s rivalries might be a test to choose a successor Holy Lord.
• Gu Yuena objected when Tian Mucheng brought Jin Tianming into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Essence of Life.
• Di Tian arrived with the Golden Tortoise Tian Mucheng had requested, leaving Gu Yuena furious enough to tackle Tian Mucheng and grab his neck.
• Jin Tianming greeted Di Tian and asked to absorb the Golden Tortoise’s spirit ring; Di Tian accepted his confidence and set the unconscious soul beast down.

Jin Tianming absorbed the Golden Tortoise's Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and persuaded its soul to follow him, while Tian Mucheng asked Gu Yuena for the Essence of Life. Jin Tianming began refining his Soul Power, aiming to break through to rank sixty and become the strongest clone.

• The Golden Tortoise recalled how greed led it to eat Essence of Life, drain its life force, and be brought by Di Tian to become a human's soul ring.
• Gu Yuena stopped shaking Tian Mucheng to watch Jin Tianming absorb the Golden Tortoise's ring, then angrily shook him again when he asked for the Essence of Life.
• Inside Jin Tianming's spiritual world, the Golden Tortoise mistook the Radiant Gold Ancient Dragon for the Golden Dragon King before Jin Tianming took adult form and offered it a chance to follow him.
• The Golden Tortoise agreed to follow Jin Tianming, and his Dragon Clan bloodline began transforming its soul.
• Jin Tianming summoned a golden weapon, then sat down to stabilize his bloodline and refine his Soul Power in preparation for a possible breakthrough to rank sixty.