Chapter Summaries

A dying man reflected on his sacrifice to create a world without Honkai before vanishing near Earth. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Elder Xuan found a baby boy with strange markings and decided to take him back.

• The wounded man gazed at Earth and hoped everyone could live happily in a world without Honkai.
• As his body disintegrated, the man regretted that he would not see his friends on the Hyperion again.
• A young girl found a baby boy in the Star Dou Great Forest and brought him to Elder Xuan.
• Elder Xuan examined the baby, found faint dark-red markings on his back, and decided to bring him back.

Ling Mo reflected on his unusual Herrscher and Divine Key Martial Souls, his past life in the Honkai World, and the years he had spent supporting himself. On the eve of Shrek Academy’s new term, he prepared to leave his small home and wondered how his arrival might affect the world of Peerless Tang Sect.

• Ling Mo recalled that his First Martial Soul was likely the Herrscher of the End and that his Second Martial Soul had transformed into Yu Du Chen after absorbing its second soul ring.
• Ling Mo considered what forms his Martial Souls might gain from future soul rings and what their Martial Soul Avatars could become.
• Ling Mo returned to his home, examined his appearance, and remembered his friends and life in the Honkai World.
• Ling Mo reflected on how Xuan Zi had cared for him and how he had earned money hunting low-level soul beasts to buy his home.
• Ling Mo realized he would leave his home for Shrek Academy the next day and wondered whether his presence would affect Huo Yuhao and the events of Peerless Tang Sect.

Ling Mo enrolled at Shrek Academy, reflected on his Martial Souls and cultivation, and encountered Huo Yuhao’s first fight with Wang Dong. After seeing the familiar events begin, he decided that enrolling this year had made life more interesting.

• Ling Mo met Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao at Shrek Academy and completed enrollment with Huo Yuhao.
• Ling Mo moved into a dusty dormitory and reviewed how his Soul Rings had awakened his Martial Souls’ original abilities.
• Ling Mo rejected the idea of taking Huo Yuhao’s future Soul Bone and accepted that his slow cultivation came partly from his Martial Souls’ unusual demands.
• Ling Mo spotted Huo Yuhao fighting Wang Dong, then concluded that his choice to enroll that year had given him an interesting goal.

Ling Mo attended Zhou Yi’s class at Shrek Academy, completed her running drills, and watched Huo Yuhao become class monitor. He decided to join the Tang Sect and began planning to meet Ma Xiaotao while pursuing his next Soul Ring and Martial Soul forms.

• Ling Mo arrived in Class One, where Zhou Yi introduced herself and ordered the students who had not fought to run a hundred laps; Ling Mo finished ahead of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• After class, Ling Mo decided to join the Tang Sect to connect with Huo Yuhao and He Caitou rather than study Soul Tool research under Fan Yu.
• The next day, Zhou Yi made the students run in Iron Armor and assigned Ling Mo three pieces; Ling Mo ran alongside Huo Yuhao as the other students fell behind or stopped.
• Zhou Yi removed Wang Dong as class monitor and named Huo Yuhao his replacement, while Ling Mo wondered why his own persistence went unrecognized.
• Ling Mo decided to watch Huo Yuhao and visit Sea God Lake to meet Ma Xiaotao, and he considered which abilities his Divine Key Martial Soul might unlock next.

Ling Mo intervened when Xu Sanshi tried to take Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish by force, then accompanied Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya to the Soul Dueling Arena. After Beibei defeated Xu Sanshi with Huo Yuhao’s help, Ling Mo returned to cultivating so he could strengthen his Herrscher Martial Soul.

• Ling Mo found Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish and watched Jiang Nannan bargain for a lower price.
• Xu Sanshi threatened Huo Yuhao after he refused to hand over the fish, so Ling Mo attacked Xu Sanshi and pulled Huo Yuhao out of reach.
• Beibei and Tang Ya confronted Xu Sanshi, and Tang Ya invited Ling Mo to watch the duel at the Soul Dueling Arena.
• Wang Dong confronted Huo Yuhao about what he had seen, then readily agreed to join the Tang Sect; Ling Mo also asked to join, but Tang Ya decided to observe them first.
• Beibei defeated Xu Sanshi with Huo Yuhao’s assistance, and Huo Yuhao collapsed after exhausting his Soul Power.
• Ling Mo returned to his dormitory to cultivate, hoping to reach Rank 30 before Huo Yuhao’s upcoming opportunities.

Ling Mo reached level twenty-five and faced Zhou Yi’s questions after choosing the support department for the freshman assessment. When Zhou Yi learned that his Void Archive could mimic Soul Tools, she brought him to Fan Yu, who offered to take him as a disciple; Ling Mo declined and returned to his dormitory before the assessment.

• Zhou Yi announced the freshman assessment, assigned teams, and confronted Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Ling Mo over their chosen departments.
• Ling Mo explained his Void Archive martial soul and demonstrated its Mimicry ability to Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi took Ling Mo to the Soul Tool Department, where Fan Yu asked him to mimic a Fixed Soul Cannon and its shell.
• Ling Mo mimicked the cannon and shell, fired at a target, and impressed Fan Yu, who offered to teach him Soul Tool production.
• Ling Mo declined Fan Yu’s offer, returned to his dormitory, and went to sleep ahead of the Newbie Assessment.

Ling Mo's team faced Huo Yuhao's team in the Newbie Assessment, and the clash quickly became difficult despite Ling Mo's early attack. With Feng Yu and Chen Xiao down and Huo Yuhao's trio regrouped, Ling Mo withdrew to create distance as the battle continued.

• Ling Mo, Feng Yu, and Chen Xiao prepared to face Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao after both teams had won seven consecutive fights.
• Wang Dong charged first while Feng Yu rushed to meet her, and Ling Mo attacked Xiao Xiao before using his skills to evade her cauldron and reach Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao dodged Ling Mo's punch, while Xiao Xiao controlled the cauldron to restrain him; Chen Xiao then collapsed, and Wang Dong defeated Feng Yu with successive attacks.
• Ling Mo used Hua Jin - Bending Bamboo against Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, but Xiao Xiao's cauldron blocked his attacks as Wang Dong joined them.
• Ling Mo used Hua Jin - Ink Chrysanthemum to pass through the cauldron's control field and retreat, then admitted that the fight had become troublesome.

Ling Mo lost to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong after they unleashed their Golden Road fusion skill, then finished fifth in the freshmen assessment and became a core disciple assigned to Class One of the Control and Assault Departments. In his new class, Huo Yuhao became a class monitor, and Zhou Yi expelled students who challenged her appointment.

• Ling Mo defeated Xiao Xiao with his Crystal Inverse Blade Saber, but Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Golden Road fusion skill to seal him and win the match.
• Ling Mo reflected that the Golden Road suppressed his Divine Key Martial Soul but did not interfere with his Herrscher Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao's team won the freshmen assessment with ten victories, while Ling Mo's team placed fifth and Ling Mo received core disciple status in the Control and Assault Departments.
• Wu Feng challenged Huo Yuhao in the class monitor election, but Huo Yuhao defeated her after his eyes turned gray.
• Zhou Yi arrived the next day and expelled students led by Dai Huabin for questioning her appointment of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong as class monitors.

Ling Mo obtained Black Abyss White Flower and a second Herrscher Soul Ring with Benares’s help, awakening a stigmata of his own after nearly dying during the ring’s absorption. He discovered that his Soul Rings had changed and set out for the Far North to seek an ice-attribute Soul Beast for his next ring.

• Ling Mo absorbed a six-thousand-year Ghost Vine Soul Ring, unlocking Black Abyss White Flower, then traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Thunderclap Leopard.
• Ling Mo summoned Benares, who helped him defeat the thirteen-thousand-year Thunderclap Leopard and obtain its Soul Ring.
• Ling Mo nearly died absorbing the ring, but Benares’s Honkai Energy awakened a red stigmata on his back and allowed Black Abyss White Flower to heal him.
• Ling Mo explored his Stigmata Space, realized it was now his own, and found that his Herrscher Martial Soul’s Soul Rings had changed to one purple and one black.
• Ling Mo headed for the Far North to seek an ice-attribute Soul Beast, arriving at the snowy region after five days of travel.

Ling Mo discovered the Snow Empress rebuilding inside a cocoon and was nearly killed after attacking her, prompting a mysterious Herrscher-like power to take control of his body, defeat her, absorb her Soul Ring, and destroy her Soul Bone. After returning late to Shrek Academy, Ling Mo entered his Stigmata Space to confront the new guest within it.

• Ling Mo fled a pack of Snow Wolves, recovered in a hidden ice cave, and raised his Soul Power to the peak of level thirty-four by eating four Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotuses.
• Ling Mo found the Snow Empress rebuilding in a White Cocoon and attacked it, but her Soul Power severely wounded him and left him unconscious.
• A Herrscher-like presence took control of Ling Mo, destroyed the Snow Empress's cocoon, transformed her Soul Ring, absorbed it, and reduced her Soul Bone to ashes.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy before Ling Mo, explained his strange experiences to Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, and did not mention Ling Mo.
• Ling Mo returned two days late, told Wang Yan and Zhou Yi that a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast had delayed him, and received punishment.
• Ling Mo cleaned his dormitory and entered his Stigmata Space to speak with the guest he had sensed inside.

Ling Mo met the Snow Empress in his Stigmata Space and learned how she became connected to it and gained access to his memories. After discussing the unexplained secrets surrounding their bond and Ling Mo’s martial souls, he left to visit the old man at his house.

• Ling Mo recognized the woman beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree as the Snow Empress, who called him the strongest human of the Honkai World.
• The Snow Empress explained that her soul had connected to Ling Mo’s stigmata and that the chaos caused by his unconsciousness had given her almost all his Honkai World memories.
• Ling Mo tested the Snow Empress’s memory of him and concluded that she had not gained memories from his original world.
• The Snow Empress recounted how Ling Mo survived her attack and became her soul-ring host, then suggested his arrival in this world might not have been an accident.
• Ling Mo explained that his Divine Keys and Herrscher of the End martial souls gained forms or modes rather than soul skills from soul rings.
• Ling Mo left the Stigmata Space to visit the old man at his house, and the Snow Empress watched him go.

Ling Mo returned to Shrek Academy late and fabricated a story for Xuan Zi to explain his unusual Soul Rings and the young dragon Benares. After Xuan Zi warned him to win the upcoming core disciple assessment, Ling Mo joined Class One’s advancement assessment and faced a Gale Wolf.

• Ling Mo visited Xuan Zi and offered him twenty white-cut chickens before explaining why he had missed registration.
• Ling Mo showed Xuan Zi his two black Soul Rings and blue Soul Ring, then claimed a dying three-hundred-thousand-year Elemental Dragon had sacrificed itself and entrusted him with its child, Benares.
• Xuan Zi questioned Ling Mo about the dragon’s missing Soul Bone and his other Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, then ordered him to take first place in the core disciple assessment in seven days.
• Two days later, Wang Yan and Zhou Yi led Class One to the Beast Arena for its advancement assessment, which had been delayed after Huo Yuhao simulated two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Ling Mo watched Huo Yuhao repel a Flame Lion King, then chose a Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his own assessment and faced a Gale Wolf with a sinister smile.

Ling Mo enjoyed a carefree day in Shrek’s commercial district while the Sea God’s Pavilion Conference decided Huo Yuhao could study in both departments. The conference then learned that Ling Mo possessed four ultimate attributes and two Domain Skills, leaving the academy elders astonished as Ling Mo remained unaware of their discussion.

• Ling Mo reached Soul Power Level forty after the snow lotuses and planned to seek a Soul Ring once he had absorbed their remaining effects.
• At the Sea God’s Pavilion Conference, Mu En ruled that Huo Yuhao could study in both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department.
• Xuan Zi revealed that Ling Mo had Ultimate Twin Martial Souls, including a Second Martial Soul with ultimate wind, lightning, ice, and space attributes.
• Xuan Zi told the elders that Ling Mo’s God-rank Soul Ring granted two Domain Skills, one of which rapidly healed injuries within a sea of flowers.
• Ling Mo strolled through the commercial district with Benares, eating and feeding her while the elders discussed his abilities.

Ling Mo obtained Golden Radiance and Whale Rubber at the Treasure Appraisal Convention, then joined Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong on their return from Shrek City. When six Soul Masters ambushed them, Benares unleashed her power and killed the attackers, leaving Ling Mo to face the arriving academy members.

• Ling Mo used his free item privilege to take the Golden Radiance spirit bone and bought Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber at the Treasure Appraisal Convention.
• Ling Mo met Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, who bought Soul Tool blueprints, rare metal, and Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Ling Mo released Benares and explained her origins to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, while Huo Yuhao asked to inspect Ling Mo's God-rank Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao detected six ambushers and led Wang Dong and Ling Mo toward Shrek City as the Soul Masters pursued them.
• Benares grew to her towering form, unleashed lightning and an ice tornado, and killed all six Soul Masters.
• Ling Mo calmed Benares with praise and a promise of food as academy teachers and older students approached.

Ling Mo failed to absorb the Golden Radiance soul bone and entered the Shrek Seven Devils selection tournament, where he defeated the assembled finalists. Xuan Zi revealed that Ling Mo and Huo Yuhao were already designated for the reserve team and ordered Ling Mo to stay behind.

• Ling Mo could not absorb the Golden Radiance soul bone and considered giving it to Wang Dong in exchange for a favor.
• Xuan Zi began the core disciple selection tournament, a free-for-all in which the last seven standing would win.
• Ling Mo stayed out of the early team battles as Huo Yuhao and the others eliminated the remaining competitors.
• Ling Mo revealed his six spirit rings, including a blue ring that the Ice Empress recognized as bearing the Snow Empress's aura.
• Ling Mo defeated Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Beibei, and Jiang Nannan, leaving himself and the original Shrek Seven Devils in the arena.
• Xuan Zi explained that Huo Yuhao and Ling Mo were designated Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team members, warned Xiao Xiao she might be cut, and told Ling Mo to stay behind.

Ling Mo refused to reveal the origin of his blue spirit ring and told Huo Yuhao to respect one another’s secrets. After a month of cultivation, he obtained a fourth spirit ring and headed for the tournament venue in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao asked Ling Mo about the blue spirit ring after Ice Empress sensed Snow Empress’s aura, and Ling Mo said a super soul beast had sacrificed itself to him in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• When Huo Yuhao pressed him about the Far North, Ling Mo questioned the origin of Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing and explained that he would not pry into Huo Yuhao’s secrets if Huo Yuhao stopped investigating his ring.
• Huo Yuhao left without pursuing the matter, and a month later Xiao Xiao remained in the lineup while Ling Mo became a special eighth member of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• After absorbing the snow lotus’s remaining medicinal power, Ling Mo went to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek his fourth spirit ring, following Xuan Zi’s instruction to travel directly to Star Luo City afterward.
• With Bella protecting him, Ling Mo absorbed a nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Tree Demon spirit ring over two days and one night, then looked at the pair of guns in his hands.

Ling Mo joined Shrek Academy’s reserve team in Star Luo City after learning that an accident had left most of the main team dead or injured. Shrek opened the tournament with a decisive win, while Ling Mo reflected on his lack of belonging in the Douluo World, and the team returned to plan for the group matches.

• Ling Mo discovered that the Divine Key had unlocked the Key of Destruction, the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment, and decided against adding a fourth soul ring to his Herrscher Martial Soul.
• Ling Mo reached Star Luo City and learned from Wang Yan that an accident had killed one main team member and seriously injured three others, leaving the reserves to compete until reinforcements arrived.
• Wang Yan explained the tournament format and reassured the reserve team before Shrek Academy attended the opening ceremony as the first academy scheduled to compete.
• Ma Xiaotao encouraged the nervous reserves, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used the Golden Road to eliminate the Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy’s entire team.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he came from Shrek and the Tang Sect, and Ling Mo privately questioned his sense of belonging in the Douluo World.
• The Shrek team returned to its quarters after the match, where Wang Yan arrived to discuss strategy for the group round-robin matches.

Wang Yan gathered the Shrek team to learn their abilities and arrange tactics for the tournament’s round-robin stage, while Ling Mo kept his Second Martial Soul and some of his powers secret. Shrek defeated Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy in an individual battle, and the team realized that stronger opponents—and hidden strength among their own members—awaited.

• Wang Yan asked the team about their recovery and had Beibei, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Ling Mo explain their Soul Skills; Ling Mo concealed his Second Martial Soul and described Creation and Decomposition as powers that only affected himself.
• Wang Yan arranged Shrek’s team, individual, and two-two-three battle lineups for the round-robin stage.
• Xu Sanshi fought Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy’s captain, Situ Yu, and rammed him off the platform with his Mysterious Nether Shield.
• Ling Mo suggested improvements to the Soul Engineers’ Fortress Tactic, prompting He Caitou to consider a faster, more agile armor design.
• Beibei and the others watched tournament matches from the rooftop, and Beibei revealed to Huo Yuhao that he and Xu Sanshi had concealed their true strength during the selection trials.

Ling Mo bought the cursed Fierce Blade Soul Devourer at auction and used Honkai Energy to cleanse it so Bella could absorb its Life Gold and enter dormancy. Shrek Academy advanced to the elimination rounds undefeated, and Ling Mo realized the auction invitation might lead to the sale of the Snow Empress embryo.

• Wang Yan took the reserve team to a Soul Tool auction, where Ling Mo bought Fierce Blade Soul Devourer in his own name.
• Ling Mo cleansed the carving knife with Honkai Energy and let Bella absorb its Life Gold, after which she fell dormant.
• Shrek defeated Zheng Tian Academy without Ling Mo taking the field, as Xu Sanshi and Beibei won their matches.
• Shrek won its remaining group matches and finished the round-robin stage in first place.
• Qing Ya invited Shrek Academy to a top-tier auction, and Ling Mo remembered that the Snow Empress embryo was supposed to be sold there.

Ling Mo won the Class Nine Soul Tool Ksitigarbha Soul at the auction and awakened Fei Yu Maru by channeling Honkai Energy into it. Fei Yu Maru reunited with him but learned they could not return to the Honkai World.

• Dai Yueheng bought the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade, while Shrek acquired the Ice Scorpion soul bone after learning it required an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.
• Ling Mo's Moon God's Protection sold for eighty-four million Gold Soul Coins, and he used part of the proceeds to buy Ksitigarbha Soul for forty-one million.
• Ling Mo infused Ksitigarbha Soul with Honkai Energy overnight, awakening Fei Yu Maru, who recognized him through their soul connection.
• Fei Yu Maru told Ling Mo that she, Big Sis, and Sister Kallen had fallen unconscious after Ksitigarbha Soul lost its connection to him.
• Ling Mo explained that they could not return to the Honkai World, and the Snow Empress met Fei Yu Maru in the Stigmata Space.