Chapter Summaries

Dugu Luo cured Xu Sanshi after Tang San poisoned him, but warned that Xu Sanshi might be unable to have children. Mu En reprimanded Tang San and Bei Bei, ordered Bei Bei confined, and required Tang San to apologize publicly, while Tang San's resentment toward him deepened.

• Mo Yan brought Dugu Luo to examine Xu Sanshi, and Dugu Luo recognized the poison before turning a chilling gaze on Tang San.
• Mu En reprimanded Tang San for attacking a fellow student, and Tang San silently resented him under the pressure.
• Mu En woke Bei Bei, who immediately asked whether Tang Ya was hurt, then knocked him unconscious again and decided to confine him.
• Mu En told Yan Shao Zhe to dismiss Tang Ya if she failed to reach Rank 40 that year and ordered Tang San to apologize publicly the next day.
• Dugu Luo removed Xu Sanshi's poison but warned that he might never have children, leaving Mu En and Yan Shao Zhe furious.

Dugu Luo confronted Tang San after discovering that Xu Sanshi had suffered severe meridian damage from poison techniques linked to her family. Tang San struggled to conceal how he had learned them, and the chapter ended with Mu En asking what compensation Dugu Luo wanted.

• Mu En examined Xu Sanshi and confirmed that the poison had been removed but his meridians had been badly damaged.
• Dugu Luo questioned Tang San about how Xu Sanshi had acquired the Dugu family's secret poison techniques, and Tang San denied learning them from anyone.
• Dugu Luo challenged Tang San to explain why her ancestor's notes described the same techniques, and Tang San claimed the two ancestors had taught him in dreams.
• Mo Yan laughed at Tang San's excuse while Dugu Luo pressed a claw to his neck and demanded a convincing explanation.
• Mu En asked Mo Yan what compensation she wanted, but Mo Yan said Dugu Luo was the one seeking terms.

Dugu Luo confronted Tang San over his use of the Dugu Family’s poison techniques and knocked him unconscious, while Mu En agreed to let her beat him whenever they met. After deciding to suspend the freshman tournament and investigate Tang San’s killing intent before introducing him to his ancestor, the story shifted to Tian Mucheng’s collapsing body and Shengyangyue’s vow to find him a new one.

• Dugu Luo called Tang San a thief for using the Dugu Family’s poison techniques, and Tang San erupted with killing intent before she knocked him into a wall.
• Dugu Luo asked Mu En for permission to beat Tang San whenever they met, and Mu En agreed as long as she did not kill him.
• Mo Yan left the cleanup to Mu En and departed with Dugu Luo, while Elder Zhuang and Yan Shao Zhe arrived at the office.
• After Elder Zhuang examined Tang San, Mu En ended the freshman tournament and told Yan Shao Zhe to arrange the class assignments.
• Mu En decided to investigate Tang San’s killing intent before considering whether to take him to meet his ancestor.
• In the Ice-Fire Small World, Tian Mucheng’s body began collapsing after he created his seventh avatar, and Shengyangyue vowed to find him a new body.

Shengyangyue hunted Spirit Beasts in the Demonic Forest and killed a Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant, finding a rare Spirit System Head Soul Bone on its corpse. Kong Deming and Xiao Hongchen encountered him and asked to buy the Soul Bone, leaving Shengyangyue to introduce himself.

• Kong Deming and Xiao Hongchen investigated tortured dark-element Spirit Beast corpses in the Demonic Forest and searched for a suitable fourth Soul Ring for Xiao Hongchen.
• Shengyangyue killed a Thousand-Year Spirit Beast and then used Dark Element to evade a Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant's spiritual attack before stabbing it to death.
• Shengyangyue found a thousand-year Spirit System Head Soul Bone on the Evil Eye Tyrant and decided to sell it.
• Kong Deming approached Shengyangyue with Xiao Hongchen and asked to buy the Soul Bone.
• Kong Deming introduced himself and Xiao Hongchen, and Shengyangyue gave them his name.

Shengyangyue sold his Spirit System Soul Bone to Kong Deming for eighty million Gold Soul Coins. After learning Shengyangyue was a fifteen-year-old six-ringed Soul Emperor, Kong Deming offered him extraordinary benefits to join Sun Moon Royal Academy, but Shengyangyue had not yet accepted.

• Kong Deming offered to buy Shengyangyue’s soul bone, and Shengyangyue raised his price to eighty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Shengyangyue exchanged the soul bone for Kong Deming’s Gold Soul Coin card and prepared to leave.
• Kong Deming asked Shengyangyue to study at Sun Moon Royal Academy, and Shengyangyue said he had considered Shrek Academy.
• Kong Deming urged Shengyangyue to choose Sun Moon Royal Academy and promised resources and rapid advancement as a Soul Engineer.
• Shengyangyue revealed that he was fifteen and a six-ringed Soul Emperor, stunning Kong Deming and Xiao Hongchen.
• Kong Deming offered Shengyangyue access to Soul Tools below Rank 9 and famous Soul Masters as teachers, but Shengyangyue had not decided whether to join.

Shengyangyue agreed to join Sun Moon Royal Academy and accompanied Kong Deming and Xiao Hongchen into the Demonic Forest to hunt for Xiao Hongchen’s fourth soul ring. After Kong Deming brought down a Dark Poison Ghost Fish, Shengyangyue absorbed its Dark Element with his curved blade, leaving Kong Deming puzzled by his method.

• Shengyangyue accepted Kong Deming’s offer to join Sun Moon Royal Academy and agreed to wait while Xiao Hongchen hunted for a fourth soul ring.
• Xiao Hongchen confirmed that Shengyangyue was only fifteen and asked about his heterochromatic eyes, but Kong Deming warned him not to pry into Shengyangyue’s martial soul.
• Kong Deming found a Dark Poison Ghost Fish suited to Xiao Hongchen and defeated it himself, leaving Xiao Hongchen to realize that his teacher was treating Shengyangyue as a special case.
• Xiao Hongchen killed the injured Dark Poison Ghost Fish and began absorbing its fourth soul ring.
• Shengyangyue drove his curved blade into the fish’s corpse and absorbed its Dark Element, prompting Kong Deming to question his cultivation method.

Shengyangyue and Kong Deming returned with Xiao Hongchen after Shengyangyue revealed his martial soul could absorb dark soul beasts. Xiao Hongchen challenged Shengyangyue out of jealousy and pride, but Shengyangyue defeated him instantly, holding a blade to his throat.

• Shengyangyue explained that his martial soul could absorb and store Dark Elements from dark soul beasts, but refused to reveal what the ability did.
• After Xiao Hongchen finished absorbing his fourth spirit ring, Kong Deming led the group back toward the academy and spoke to Shengyangyue about the academy and Soul Tools.
• Shengyangyue insulted Xiao Hongchen's talent, and Xiao Hongchen angrily challenged him to a duel.
• Kong Deming counted down and began the duel after Shengyangyue accepted the challenge.
• Before Xiao Hongchen could summon his martial soul or Soul Tools, Shengyangyue pressed a blade against his throat and warned him not to move.

Shengyangyue defeated Xiao Hongchen instantly and revealed that his Martial Soul had both space and dark attributes, impressing Kong Deming. After they returned to Mingdu, Kong Deming went to meet the emperor while Elder Chen dismissed Xiao Hongchen and prepared to speak privately with Shengyangyue.

• Shengyangyue defeated Xiao Hongchen before he could summon his Martial Soul and Soul Tool, and Xiao Hongchen admitted defeat.
• Shengyangyue advised Xiao Hongchen to improve his reaction speed, then confirmed Kong Deming's guess that his Martial Soul had space and dark attributes.
• Kong Deming brought Shengyangyue and Xiao Hongchen back to Mingdu, where onlookers watched them because of Kong Deming's status.
• Elder Chen greeted Kong Deming at the Sun Moon Royal Academy and told him that His Majesty wanted to see him.
• After Kong Deming left for the imperial palace, Elder Chen sent Xiao Hongchen to his dorm and faced Shengyangyue alone.

Shengyangyue underwent testing at the academy, where his Time-Space Ancient Dragon martial soul overwhelmed the equipment and trapped Elder Chen in an illusion. In the palace, Emperor Xu Yu told Kong Deming he had invited someone formidable to meet the fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor.

• Elder Chen tested Shengyangyue's strength and confirmed he was a six-ring Soul Emperor, then took him to the testing room.
• Shengyangyue chose to learn how to use Soul Tools, and the tests revealed that he had four soul bones of indeterminate ages.
• Shengyangyue's martial soul sent Elder Chen into an illusion of a chaotic starry sky, and the testing machine broke down with an "Unable to Query" message.
• Shengyangyue identified his martial soul as the Time-Space Ancient Dragon and asked whether he had to pay for the ruined machine, but Elder Chen said no.
• Xu Yu questioned Kong Deming about Shengyangyue and then summoned Elder Zhong, startling Kong Deming.

Kong Deming learned that Xu Yu had arranged to cooperate with Old Ghost Zhongli, who would send his talented disciple to Sun Moon Royal Academy. At the academy, Elder Chen warned Shengyangyue to conceal his Time-Space Ancient Dragon Martial Soul and its sun and moon symbols.

• Xu Yu introduced Kong Deming to Old Ghost Zhongli, who judged Kong Deming's cultivation and proposed sending his disciple to teach at Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Kong Deming approved the plan, and Old Ghost Zhongli agreed to send his disciple the next day before vanishing into the darkness.
• Kong Deming questioned Xu Yu about cooperating with Old Ghost Zhongli, and Xu Yu explained that he needed to achieve results to keep the throne.
• Elder Chen promised to conceal Shengyangyue's true Martial Soul and warned him to hide its sun and moon symbols from the imperial family.

Shengyangyue moved into a luxurious academy dormitory while Kong Deming reported that the emperor was secretly dealing with Evil Spirit Masters. Elder Chen decided to keep the news hidden and offered to forge Shengyangyue a close-combat Soul Tool, while Old Ghost Zhongli prepared a mysterious disciple and vowed revenge on Wang Xinshi and Shrek Academy.

• Elder Chen told Shengyangyue to forget his earlier test, then sent Kong Deming to escort him to the best dormitory.
• Shengyangyue sensed evil and dark auras around Kong Deming and asked about Dark-attribute Soul Masters, but Kong Deming refused to explain.
• Kong Deming reported the emperor's secret dealings with Evil Spirit Masters to Elder Chen, who ordered him to keep the matter secret.
• Kong Deming asked about Shengyangyue's Martial Soul so he could forge him a close-combat Soul Tool, and Elder Chen said he would make one himself.
• Old Ghost Zhongli confirmed that everything was ready with a hidden disciple, then erupted in rage and threatened Wang Xinshi and Shrek Academy.

Shengyangyue failed to contact his original body and survived a nighttime attack by Ye Xishui, who had been sent to investigate him. The next morning, Xiao Hongchen showed him around Sun Moon Royal Academy, and their breakfast was interrupted by a student's request to join them.

• Shengyangyue tried to reach Tian Mucheng through the Mental Link but found the connection blocked and reflected on how he might avoid his foretold death.
• Shengyangyue repelled an attack in his room, burned a puppet with his half-drawn sword, and wounded the fleeing attacker with his Moon Curved Blade.
• Ye Xishui returned home injured, questioned what kind of martial soul Shengyangyue possessed, and planned to conceal her wounds while carrying out her teacher's mission.
• Xiao Hongchen met Shengyangyue the next morning and showed him around Sun Moon Royal Academy, boasting about the school and his family's future.
• Shengyangyue and Xiao Hongchen sat down for breakfast, where an unfamiliar student asked if they could join them.

Ye Xishui approached Shengyangyue and Xiao Hongchen at breakfast, hoping to get close to Shengyangyue, but Xiao Hongchen repeatedly interrupted their conversation. After Shengyangyue sent Xiao Hongchen to lead them to Kong Deming, Kong Deming invited Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui into his office and told Xiao Hongchen to return to his studies.

• Ye Xishui introduced herself as a transfer student and asked to sit with Shengyangyue and Xiao Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen answered Ye Xishui’s questions for Shengyangyue and eagerly tried to win her attention.
• Shengyangyue left the cafeteria, and Ye Xishui hurried after him while Xiao Hongchen followed them.
• When Ye Xishui asked for directions to Kong Deming’s office, Shengyangyue pointed her to Xiao Hongchen, who led the way.
• Kong Deming told Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui to wait in his office and sent Xiao Hongchen back to study the Level 4 Soul Tool Array.

Xiao Hongchen gave up pursuing Ye Xishui after Kong Deming warned him that she was connected to Evil Spirit Masters. In Kong Deming’s office, Ye Xishui learned Shengyangyue’s identity, while Shengyangyue weighed ways to take her fortune; Kong Deming then took them to the training ground.

• Kong Deming rebuked Xiao Hongchen for wanting to join the lesson and warned him to stay away from Ye Xishui because of her Evil Spirit Master background.
• Xiao Hongchen decided to give up on Ye Xishui and left, heartbroken.
• Ye Xishui and Shengyangyue sat silently in Kong Deming’s office as she questioned why her beauty had no effect on him and he considered three ways to seize her fortune.
• Kong Deming asked Ye Xishui and Shengyangyue about their names, Martial Souls, levels, and ages; Shengyangyue introduced himself as a Level 65 Battle Soul Master with a dragon Martial Soul.
• Kong Deming warned Ye Xishui to behave at the academy, then led her and Shengyangyue to the training ground.

After Ye Xishui and Shengyangyue clashed in the academy office, Kong Deming brought them to the training grounds for a match. Ye Xishui summoned her six soul rings confidently, but froze when Shengyangyue revealed six dazzling rings of his own.

• Ye Xishui refused Shengyangyue’s help, fell to the floor, and blamed him as he left the office.
• Kong Deming warned Shengyangyue to stay away from Ye Xishui, then led them to the training grounds.
• Ye Xishui revealed that her teacher had told her to train Shengyangyue, and she resolved to teach him a harsh lesson.
• Shengyangyue demonstrated his spatial movement, startling Ye Xishui, who recognized his rare spatial-attribute Dragon-type Martial Soul.
• Ye Xishui summoned her Demon Puppet Martial Soul and six soul rings, then froze when Shengyangyue revealed six dazzling soul rings of his own.

Shengyangyue challenged Ye Xishui to prove that Soul Emperors differed, then used his spatial and pure Dark Elements to gain the upper hand in their duel. He disarmed her and held a blade to her neck, but Ye Xishui counterattacked with her demon puppet, which stopped just before striking him.

• Shengyangyue surprised Ye Xishui with his six spirit rings and used spatial movement and a clone to evade her attacks.
• Shengyangyue revealed his pure Dark Element and expanded a domain that swallowed the arena in darkness.
• Ye Xishui activated Demon Twin Bodies, armed herself with close-combat Soul Tools, and sent her demon puppet to fight independently.
• Shengyangyue attacked Ye Xishui with a Dark Element blade that shattered into needles, then disarmed her and placed a blade against her neck.
• Ye Xishui summoned her demon puppet to punch Shengyangyue, but it stopped motionless just before reaching his face.

Shengyangyue defeated Ye Xishui in a spar, then discussed spirit skills and Soul Tool training with Kong Deming. Later, Ye Xishui reported on Shengyangyue to Old Ghost Zhongli, who dismissed the threat and urged her to cultivate for his inheritance.

• Shengyangyue took control of Ye Xishui's demon puppet with his Dark Element, and Ye Xishui conceded defeat.
• Kong Deming told Shengyangyue to call out his spirit skill names, but Shengyangyue argued that doing so would reveal his position.
• Kong Deming offered to teach Ye Xishui Soul Tools if she became his disciple, but she declined because she already had a master.
• Kong Deming said Ye Xishui was complicated, then invited Shengyangyue to share a meal.
• Ye Xishui visited Old Ghost Zhongli and reported that Shengyangyue was a Soul Emperor with a dragon-type martial soul, a space attribute, and some Dark Element.
• Old Ghost Zhongli dismissed Shengyangyue's abilities and told Ye Xishui to cultivate diligently so she could inherit his legacy.

Ye Xishui abandoned her plan to test Shengyangyue, while his clone located Old Ghost Zhongli and returned with the information. The next morning, Shengyangyue confronted Ye Xishui over her attack and revealed that he knew the secret of her Second Martial Soul, leaving her terrified as he began to state what he wanted.

• Ye Xishui returned toward the academy after deciding not to test Shengyangyue again, and a hidden figure watched her before disappearing into the night.
• Shengyangyue received his clone's report on Old Ghost Zhongli's location and decided to act more proactively.
• Shengyangyue invited Ye Xishui to breakfast and asked about her interest in Soul Tools.
• Shengyangyue accused Ye Xishui of attacking him and used her injury to pressure her into a deal.
• Shengyangyue asked when the phoenix would fly, revealing that he knew Ye Xishui's secret Second Martial Soul.
• Ye Xishui asked what Shengyangyue wanted, and he began, “I want you...”

Shengyangyue threatened to reveal Ye Xishui’s Second Martial Soul, but asked her only to watch Old Ghost Zhongli and help him win the next Soul Master Tournament. After an awkward breakfast with Xiao Hongchen, Shengyangyue left Ye Xishui questioning whether Evil Spirit Masters deserved to die and whether she truly considered herself one.

• Ye Xishui agreed to Shengyangyue’s demands after mistakenly thinking he wanted her body, while Shengyangyue secretly gained half of her luck.
• Shengyangyue asked Ye Xishui to report Old Ghost Zhongli’s moves and support him in the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Xiao Hongchen warned Shengyangyue that Ye Xishui was an Evil Spirit Master, angering her, and Shengyangyue predicted she would retaliate against Xiao Hongchen.
• Shengyangyue found Ye Xishui beneath a willow tree and walked with her toward Kong Deming’s office.
• Ye Xishui asked if Evil Spirit Masters deserved to die, and Shengyangyue said they did before asking whether she truly thought of herself as one.

Shengyangyue reconsidered her path as an Evil Spirit Master and entered the academy arena with Ye Xishui and Kong Deming. There, the Sun Moon team learned that two young Soul Emperors might replace members, and Xu Tianyu sensed something unusual about Shengyangyue.

• Shengyangyue left Ye Xishui reflecting on whether she should reject the path of an Evil Spirit Master and trust the boy who might help her escape it.
• Kong Deming led Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui to the academy arena to meet the Sun Moon team and decide which members might be replaced.
• Elder Chen told the seven students that two fifteen- and sixteen-year-old Soul Emperors had joined the academy and that the captaincy could also change.
• Xu Tianyu said the new students should earn their places through a fair contest if they had not relied on pills to reach their level.
• Kong Deming arrived with Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui, and the team recognized that both newcomers had unusually stable Soul Power.
• Xu Tianyu felt fear when he saw Shengyangyue and wondered whether his Purple Blazing Sky Dragon had reacted to a powerful Dragon-type Martial Soul.