Chapter Summaries

Shengyangyue challenged all seven members of the Sun Moon Royal Academy team at once, while Ye Xishui doubted his arrogance. After the team attacked him with Soul Tools, he used absolute spatial control to stop their shells and send them back.

• Kong Deming told Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui to choose opponents, and Shengyangyue volunteered to face all seven team members together.
• Shengyangyue introduced himself as a Rank 65 Soul Emperor and taunted the team, prompting Xu Tianyu and the others to prepare tactics.
• Xu Tianyu released his Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul, and the seven fighters activated their Martial Souls and Soul Tools.
• A red-haired team member fired a barrage of Soul Tool shells at Shengyangyue, who froze them in midair with his spatial ability.
• Shengyangyue turned the shells toward the seven and fired them back before they could activate the Soul Device Shield.

Shengyangyue used his darkness domain to isolate Xu Tianxin’s teammates and outmaneuver the remaining group. Xu Tianxin remained determined to find a way to defeat him as Shengyangyue prepared a simpler attack.

• Shengyangyue sent two teammates into the darkness, and Ma Shengtian fired his Soul Tool Cannon at him before Xu Tianxin calmed him down.
• Xu Tianxin recognized the darkness as a domain and ordered his teammates to stand back-to-back, but Shengyangyue emerged from underground and carried Ye Hua into the darkness.
• Ma Shengtian charged after Ye Hua and disappeared, leaving Xu Tianxin with Wang Kui and Liu Hui to plan a counterattack.
• Liu Hui unleashed his Fifth Spirit Skill while Xu Tianxin and Wang Kui attacked the ground, but Shengyangyue approached Xu Tianxin from behind using a clone.
• Xu Tianxin’s Purple Blazing Heaven Claw struck the clone, and he resolved to find a way to break the domain as Shengyangyue formed a Dark Element throwing blade.

Shengyangyue used his Dark Element domain, feints, and Moon's Encroachment to wear down Xu Tianxin without revealing his martial soul or soul rings. Xu Tianxin conceded, leaving Elder Chen and Kong Deming impressed by Shengyangyue's victory and baffled by his fighting style.

• Elder Chen criticized the Sun Moon Royal Academy students for being caught off guard by Shengyangyue's domain, while Kong Deming defended Xu Tianxin and praised Shengyangyue.
• Ye Xishui watched the dense Dark Element and weighed whether to cooperate with Shengyangyue or find a weakness to control him.
• Xu Tianxin dodged Shengyangyue's feint, but a hidden blade pierced his palm and inflicted Moon's Encroachment, draining his Soul Power.
• Xu Tianxin asked to settle the match in one move, but Shengyangyue refused and stayed hidden in his domain rather than waste Soul Power or reveal more abilities.
• Xu Tianxin sat down and eventually conceded, unable to overcome Shengyangyue's domain and Self-Created Soul Skill.

Shengyangyue defeated Xu Tianxin, who conceded the captain’s position, and Elder Chen took Shengyangyue aside to present him with a custom Soul Tool and cultivation resources. As Ye Xishui prepared to spar next, Shengyangyue named his new blade the Space Blade and confirmed he planned to absorb a dark-attributed soul beast.

• Shengyangyue absorbed the Dark Element from Xu Tianxin’s injured palm, and Xu Tianxin accepted giving up the captain’s position.
• Elder Chen summoned Shengyangyue to his office and gave him a Class 6 close-combat Soul Tool forged with space-element iron.
• Shengyangyue named the blade the Space Blade, and Elder Chen explained it could be upgraded when Shengyangyue reached a higher realm.
• Elder Chen gave Shengyangyue cultivation resources and one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, then asked whether he planned to absorb a dark-attributed soul beast.
• Shengyangyue confirmed his plan, and Elder Chen realized his domain drew dark attributes from absorbed soul beasts.
• Elder Chen told Kong Deming that another student would spar, and Kong Deming instructed Ye Xishui to get ready.

Shengyangyue received cultivation materials and Rank 8 Soul Tool Bombs from Elder Chen, then agreed to cooperate with Ye Xishui so she could escape Old Ghost Zhongli. The chapter left them with a plan to travel together on an exchange-student program after the Soul Master Tournament.

• Elder Chen gave Shengyangyue two spatial storage rings containing cultivation resources and five Rank 8 Soul Tool Bombs.
• Ye Xishui brought Shengyangyue to a secluded place and asked about his purpose at Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Ye Xishui admitted she wanted to escape Old Ghost Zhongli and proposed that they cooperate.
• Ye Xishui planned to travel with Shengyangyue on an exchange-student program after the tournament and offered to share Old Ghost Zhongli's movements and help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Shengyangyue agreed to cooperate and gave Ye Xishui the notebook containing Soul Tool manufacturing methods he had promised her.

Xu Yu rejected Xu Tianxin’s plea for war and planned to use Shengyangyue’s tournament success to strengthen his control. Meanwhile, Shengyangyue tested the Space Blade, and Ye Xishui studied his Soul Tool Notebook before finding the name “Jin.”

• Xu Tianxin told Xu Yu that Shengyangyue’s talent could help the Sun Moon Empire win the Soul Master Tournament and urged him to reconsider unifying the empire through war.
• Xu Yu dismissed Xu Tianxin, resolved to help Kong Deming grow in power, and considered whether to recruit or destroy Shengyangyue.
• Shengyangyue infused the Space Blade with traces of Yang Power and Moon Power, then decided to cultivate and spend the next year strengthening his relationships with his partners.
• Ye Xishui read Shengyangyue’s notebook, which detailed Soul Tools from Rank 1 through Rank 9, and wondered why he had come to the Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Ye Xishui noticed the character “Jin” beneath the notebook and wondered whether the Rank 9 Soul Engineer was surnamed Jin.

Ye Xishui returned a family notebook to Jin Tianming and spoke with him about Shengyangyue, the emperor’s spies, and Kong Deming. When Kong Deming arrived to investigate Xu Tianran, Ye Xishui confronted him and prepared to settle an old score.

• Ye Xishui gave Jin Tianming a notebook that had belonged to his family faction, and he pretended it was his while she wondered whether Shengyangyue had stolen it.
• Jin Tianming denied that his family had confined Shengyangyue over the notebook, then warned Ye Xishui that the person who had befriended her other godson was dangerous and radical.
• Ye Xishui sensed an important visitor and went with Jin Tianming and Xu Tianran to meet Kong Deming, who had come to investigate Xu Tianran’s ties to Evil Spirit Masters.
• Ye Xishui accused Kong Deming of helping drive Shengyangyue away, while Kong Deming insisted that he and Elder Chen had planned for Shengyangyue to succeed them.
• Ye Xishui unleashed her killing intent and pinned Kong Deming with the pressure of a rank ninety-nine powerhouse, intent on settling their old score.

Kong Deming entered Xu Tianran’s palace and met with Jin Tianming and Ye Xishui, while the Sun Moon Emperor concluded that the Crown Prince was safe. Their conversation turned to Shengyangyue, his old weapon, and the rivalry between Kong Deming and Ye Xishui.

• Ye Xishui challenged Kong Deming over his interference in the succession struggle, then let Jin Tianming speak with him about Yangyue.
• The Sun Moon Emperor recalled his spies after learning Kong Deming had entered Xu Tianran’s palace, then suffered a violent coughing fit and worried about his failing health.
• Ye Xishui isolated the palace and released her control over Xu Tianran, and Kong Deming recognized that the Crown Prince before him was not real.
• Jin Tianming told Kong Deming that Yangyue’s teacher had been him, but answered Ye Xishui’s question about whether Yangyue was alive with “Secret.”
• Kong Deming showed Jin Tianming the Space Blade, and Ye Xishui mocked it and claimed the Yang Shui Yue Xi Blade she had forged was stronger.

Jin Tianming secured Kong Deming’s acceptance of a Xu-surnamed successor after Xu Tianran’s death, while Ye Xishui agreed to upgrade the Space Blade into a close-combat Soul Tool. Kong Deming then reassured the ailing Sun Moon Emperor that the Crown Prince had not been replaced, leaving the Emperor unaware that Xu Tianran was dead.

• Ye Xishui offered to forge Jin Tianming a Soul Tool, and Jin Tianming asked to have both hers and Kong Deming’s, echoing Shengyangyue.
• Kong Deming demanded that the next Emperor bear the surname Xu, and Jin Tianming agreed while joking about naming him Xu Yangyue.
• Kong Deming gave Jin Tianming the Space Blade and left to report to the Sun Moon Emperor, while Ye Xishui revealed she had stayed behind to protect Jin Tianming.
• Ye Xishui took the Space Blade to upgrade it and count the work as repayment to Elder Chen and as Jin Tianming’s new close-combat Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming told the Sun Moon Emperor that the Crown Prince had not been replaced, then left without revealing Xu Tianran’s death.

During Sun Moon Royal Academy’s final training camp before the Soul Master Tournament, Ye Xishui sought Shengyangyue’s advice on Soul Tools while the other students kept their distance from her. When the team formed pairs for training in the Demonic Forest, Ye Xishui and Shengyangyue were left together, isolated by the others.

• A year after the team reshuffle, Ye Xishui asked Shengyangyue about his cultivation and showed him a close-combat Soul Tool for critique.
• Shengyangyue told Ye Xishui that her Soul Tool had regressed, then teased her instead of explaining why.
• Kong Deming instructed the team to form pairs for their final training session in the Demonic Forest.
• The students avoided pairing with Ye Xishui, and one support-type Soul Master asked Kong Deming to improve his Soul Tool cannon platforms instead.
• Ye Xishui apologized to Shengyangyue for getting him isolated with her, and he accepted the exclusion as a restrained response to her reputation as an Evil Spirit Master's disciple.

Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui were ambushed in Demonic Forest by a ten-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant while Kong Deming sensed a separate Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast nearby. Shengyangyue used shadow clones to distract the Evil Eye Tyrant, and he and Ye Xishui vanished as it destroyed the clones.

• Ye Xishui sensed a threat and joined Shengyangyue in preparing to fight in Demonic Forest.
• Kong Deming sensed a terrifying aura, activated the students' Soul Device Shields, and faced a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui identified the approaching beast as a ten-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant and decided to fight rather than flee.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant overwhelmed them with Spiritual Power pressure, forcing Ye Xishui to her knees while Shengyangyue pretended to suffer and searched for an opening.
• Shengyangyue sent hidden clones to attack the Evil Eye Tyrant, then escaped with Ye Xishui while it destroyed the clones and unleashed its pressure across the forest.

Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui escaped deeper into the Demonic Forest and prepared to face the Evil Eye Tyrant, while Xu Yu and Old Ghost Zhongli discussed their plans for Shengyangyue. Shengyangyue revealed his Yang Power and waited in an open area as the Evil Eye Tyrant approached.

• Shengyangyue carried Ye Xishui to a safer place, where she recovered and warned him not to use Dark Power.
• Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui suspected someone was controlling the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and Evil Eye Tyrant, then agreed to fight together and flee separately if their plan failed.
• Xu Yu revealed to Old Ghost Zhongli that he suspected Shengyangyue had lied about his Hidden Family and wanted to recruit him for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Xishui prepared to attack with her Soul Tools while Shengyangyue transformed his eyes and aura by using Yang Power.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant arrived before Shengyangyue in the open area.

Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui ambushed the Evil Eye Tyrant, but their first strike failed and left Ye Xishui helpless under its spiritual pressure. Shengyangyue used his stored Yang Power to destroy the beast and save her, leaving Ye Xishui grateful and determined to forge a better Soul Tool than his Blade of Void.

• Shengyangyue confronted the Evil Eye Tyrant with the Yang Sword and used his dragon eyes to distract it while Ye Xishui attacked from behind.
• Ye Xishui pierced the Evil Eye Tyrant's head, but it broke free, blasted them away, and pinned her down with spiritual pressure.
• Shengyangyue chose to protect Ye Xishui and unleashed his stored Yang Power, burning the Evil Eye Tyrant to nothing.
• Ye Xishui thanked Shengyangyue and offered to forge him a Soul Tool, then vowed to make one better than his Blade of Void.

After Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui survived the Evil Eye Tyrant’s ambush, Kong Deming found them and promised compensation while growing suspicious of their closeness. The chapter ended with Shengyangyue asleep in Ye Xishui’s lap as Kong Deming returned with the other students and resolved to discuss the pair with Elder Chen.

• Xu Yu learned from Old Ghost Zhongli that Shengyangyue’s flame shared an origin with his Sun Martial Soul and suspected the young genius had the Extreme Fire attribute.
• Old Ghost Zhongli vanished, while Xu Yu considered recruiting Shengyangyue as a guardian and royal retainer.
• Kong Deming found Ye Xishui tending to Shengyangyue and promised them compensation after hearing Ye Xishui explain the ambush.
• Kong Deming noticed Ye Xishui’s tenderness toward Shengyangyue and wondered if they had become romantically involved.
• Shengyangyue rested his head on Ye Xishui’s lap and fell asleep, and Kong Deming returned with the other students determined to speak with Elder Chen.

Kong Deming told Elder Chen that the emperor had schemed against Shengyangyue, prompting Elder Chen to rally powerful Soul Engineers and confront the palace. Meanwhile, Ye Xishui invited Shengyangyue to an auction, and he tried to work out how to obtain the rest of her fortune as his memories began to fade.

• Kong Deming told Elder Chen what had happened, and Elder Chen set off for the palace with several old friends to demand an explanation from the emperor.
• Ye Xishui asked Shengyangyue to go with her to an auction in Mingdu, and he agreed.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Shengyangyue about Ye Xishui, then learned that someone had already invited him to the auction.
• Shengyangyue considered how to obtain the remaining half of Ye Xishui's fortune and realized his memories were fading.
• Shengyangyue took out a notebook and hurriedly wrote down the memories he could still recall.

Shengyangyue considered the risks of stealing the fortunes of three brilliant figures and resolved to adapt his plans as needed. At the imperial palace, Elder Chen forced Xu Yu to promise that Evil Spirit Masters would stay away from the Sun Moon team’s students and that the students would receive compensation, while Xu Yu secretly vowed to eliminate Shengyangyue after the tournament if he refused to submit.

• Shengyangyue reflected on the Yang Power he had spent in the Demonic Forest and considered how to seize the fortunes of three figures without attracting the attention of the heavens.
• Elder Chen gathered several Rank 9 Soul Engineers and confronted Xu Yu over the emperor’s use of Evil Spirit Masters against the Sun Moon team’s students.
• Elder Chen warned Xu Yu that the Worship Hall would intervene unless the emperor gave a clear explanation and guarantee.
• Xu Yu promised to keep Evil Spirit Masters away from the students and provide generous compensation in Soul Tools and cultivation resources.
• Elder Chen accepted Xu Yu’s promise and left the palace with the other Soul Engineers.
• After the group departed, Xu Yu smashed objects in anger and vowed to eliminate Shengyangyue after the Soul Master Tournament if he would not submit.

Ye Xishui took Shengyangyue out of Sun Moon Royal Academy by the hand and brought him to an auction house, while Elder Chen and Kong Deming worried about the consequences of their growing closeness. Kong Deming decided to consider keeping Ye Xishui at the academy and followed the pair to keep watch.

• Ye Xishui startled Shengyangyue when he caught her reading a suggestive book, then denied that she wanted to pursue him.
• Ye Xishui grabbed Shengyangyue's hand and led him out of the academy, leaving the students nearby envious.
• Elder Chen questioned Kong Deming about the pair, and Kong Deming explained their history and proposed keeping Ye Xishui at the academy.
• Elder Chen cautioned Kong Deming to wait for a better opportunity, then sent him after Ye Xishui and Shengyangyue.
• Ye Xishui brought Shengyangyue to an auction house, said her master was in secluded cultivation, and entered with him using invitation cards.

At the Mingdu Auction House, Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui spotted Mu En and his Shrek Academy companions among the attendees. Mu En approached them and became infatuated with Ye Xishui, but she left without responding, and she later described Shengyangyue’s Sun Power as warm, mysterious, and dangerous.

• Ye Xishui obtained auction badges for herself and Shengyangyue, and Shengyangyue spotted Mu En’s group in the crowded hall.
• Shengyangyue told Ye Xishui that the group appeared to be Shrek Academy students, and she recognized their unfamiliar auras.
• Mu En introduced himself as Mu Xiaogang and approached Ye Xishui, but she ignored him and left with Shengyangyue.
• Mu En’s teammates teased him after the rejection, but he continued watching Ye Xishui and chased after her with the others following.
• Ye Xishui explained that Mu En’s Light Power seemed hypocritical and repulsive, then described Shengyangyue’s Sun Power as warm yet mysterious and scorching.

Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui reached the auction house’s inner hall, while Mu En and his Shrek Academy companions were caught trying to enter without badges. As the group fought the guards, Ye Xishui suspected Shengyangyue had taken their badges, and he claimed he had simply picked them up.

• Ye Xishui guessed that Shengyangyue wanted to ignite her, and he confirmed it before warning her to stay away.
• Mu En and his companions were stopped at the inner hall entrance when they could not find the badges that should have accompanied their invitations.
• The guards grew suspicious when the group could not explain their invitations, then called for them to be seized as spies.
• Mu En revealed that the group were Shrek Academy students, prompting the guards to close in; he and his companions decided to fight their way out.
• Ye Xishui called the brawling students idiots and asked Shengyangyue whether he had made their badges disappear; he said he had picked them up off the ground.

Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui watched as Kong Deming subdued Mu En and the Shrek Academy students after they caused trouble at the auction. Kong Deming prepared to kill them, but someone appeared and stopped his weapon.

• Kong Deming rushed into the auction house after sensing a fight and found Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui unharmed.
• A Shrek student told Kong Deming that the group had killed the noble, provoking him to intensify his pressure and force them to their knees.
• Mu En invoked his teacher Wang Xinshi, but Kong Deming refused to spare the Shrek students and advanced with a close-combat Soul Tool.
• As Kong Deming was about to strike Mu En, a newcomer blocked his weapon and pleaded with him to spare the students.