Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun erased the Ice Golem Legion and escaped Tang Hao’s devastating attack, leaving Tang Hao furious over the destruction of his Faith Power collection points. Back at the academy, Lu Jun celebrated with the Ice Empress, who thanked him with a kiss on the cheek.

• Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer struck the spot where Lu Jun had vanished, but Lu Jun and the Ice Golem Legion had already disappeared.
• Tang Hao found that many of his Faith Power collection points had been destroyed and decided to accelerate Tang San’s return by repairing the remaining nodes and gathering his old Divine Sense projections.
• Lu Jun reappeared in his dormitory at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and laughed about making Tang Hao furious.
• The Ice Empress appeared, celebrated the battle, thanked Lu Jun, and kissed his cheek.

After Ice Empress kissed Lu Jun, he wondered why the Tang Sect Headquarters seemed so lightly guarded. Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion Elders arrived at the devastated headquarters, where he ordered a thorough investigation and vowed to make those responsible pay.

• Ice Empress kissed Lu Jun to express her gratitude, leaving him flustered and wondering why the Tang Sect Headquarters had so few defenders.
• Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion Elders reached the ruined Tang Sect Headquarters and found widespread destruction and numerous bodies.
• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali treated survivors while the other Elders searched the ruins and dealt with dangerous Soul Engineer energy.
• The Elders rescued the gravely injured, unconscious Amorous Douluo Zang Xin from an icy alloy wall.
• Yun Ming learned that more than a thousand people had died and that the Tang Sect's core facilities and archives had been devastated by frost monsters.
• Yun Ming ordered every resource and hidden line to be used to investigate the attack and find its mastermind, promising severe retribution.

Di Tian read about the attack on Tang Sect Headquarters, then grew concerned after seeing Di Yue happily chatting on her communication device. He confronted her to find out who she was talking to, and she began to answer with eager pride.

• Di Tian read news that a mysterious ice-attribute expert had attacked Tang Sect Headquarters and left Amorous Douluo seriously injured.
• Di Yue returned home absorbed in her communication device, and Di Tian scolded her for walking without watching where she was going.
• Di Yue said she used Spiritual Power to see all around her, then went into her room and shut the door.
• Di Tian worried that a human might deceive Di Yue and decided to ask who she was chatting with.
• Di Yue opened the door, and when Di Tian asked who she had been talking to, her irritation turned into a proud, eager smile.

Di Yue told Di Tian that she had befriended Lu Jun and invited him to dinner, stunning Di Tian with how quickly she had advanced the Lord’s plan to approach him. The chapter ended with Di Tian reluctantly heading to the market to buy groceries for Lu Jun’s visit.

• Di Yue told Di Tian she had been chatting with Lu Jun and admired the Fortune Force around him.
• Di Yue revealed that Lu Jun had agreed to come to her home for dinner that night.
• Di Tian warned Di Yue that the Lord had spent six years carefully trying to befriend Lu Jun.
• Di Yue declared she could help the Lord by working on two fronts and pushed Di Tian toward the door to buy fresh groceries.
• Di Tian reluctantly set off for the market after Di Yue urged him to hurry back.

Lu Jun visited Di Yue with gifts and accidentally saw her in a revealing nightdress, leaving him flustered until the Ice Empress teased him and calmed him down. After Di Yue welcomed him inside, Di Tian arrived with groceries and found Lu Jun sitting beside her.

• Lu Jun brought gifts to Di Yue's home and saw her in a thin silk slip dress when she opened the door.
• Di Yue blushed, shut the door, and hurried to change while Lu Jun struggled to compose himself.
• The Ice Empress cooled Lu Jun's thoughts and teased him about his adolescent reaction.
• Di Yue returned in casual clothes, accepted Lu Jun's gifts, and invited him to sit beside her.
• Di Tian came home carrying groceries and Ice Crystal Spirit Fish, then spotted Lu Jun beside Di Yue.

Lu Jun visited Di Tian and Di Yue, but Di Tian discovered he had bought ingredients for a meal after Lu Jun had already brought his own. Over dinner, Di Tian explained how Huo Yuhao’s innovations had enabled humans and Spirit Beasts to coexist, leaving Lu Jun impressed by Huo Yuhao’s accomplishments.

• Di Yue introduced Lu Jun to Di Tian, who welcomed him and proudly revealed the ingredients he had bought for their meal.
• Lu Jun told Di Tian that he had brought ingredients and planned to cook, while Di Yue sheepishly admitted she had forgotten to tell Di Tian.
• Di Tian hid his frustration and insisted that professional chefs prepare dinner while Lu Jun enjoyed being a guest.
• The three shared a meal prepared by a Spirit Pagoda chef, and Di Tian explained how artificially raised Spirit Beasts provided food and work for Spirit Beasts.
• Di Tian described how Huo Yuhao’s innovations and cooperation helped Spirit Beasts join human society, and Lu Jun praised Huo Yuhao’s achievements.

After dinner, Di Tian left Lu Jun alone with Di Yue, who invited him to watch a movie in her room. Lu Jun was stunned to discover that her room was a lavish palace-like suite, and Di Yue led him into her private theater.

• Di Tian reminisced about Huo Yuhao, and Di Yue steered the dinner conversation toward happier topics.
• After the meal, Di Tian excused himself and left Lu Jun and Di Yue alone.
• Di Yue invited Lu Jun to watch a movie in the study in her room and pulled him along despite his hesitation.
• Lu Jun saw Di Yue's enormous, luxurious suite, complete with a cultivation room, Soul Tool workshop, ecological garden, and hot spring.
• Di Yue opened the sliding door to her study, which was set up as a private theater.

Lu Jun watched romance films with Di Yue in her private theater, then asked about historical records from the past ten thousand years. Di Yue found an encrypted scan of an ancient book and let him read it, and Lu Jun invited her to look through it with him.

• Di Yue led Lu Jun to her study’s theater, where they watched several romance films and shared snacks late into the night.
• After the final movie, Di Yue asked Lu Jun to call her by her name instead of Miss Di Yue.
• Lu Jun asked Di Yue about records of humanity’s history over the past ten thousand years.
• Di Yue opened an encrypted folder containing a scanned copy of an ancient book that Di Tian had given her, and told Lu Jun its password was 114514.
• Lu Jun asked Di Yue whether she wanted to read the historical record with him.

Lu Jun began reading a sealed history of Huo Yuhao while sharing a split-screen computer with Di Yue, but he hid the record when Di Tian arrived. Di Tian brought them late-night snacks and warned them not to browse material meant for guests, leaving him exasperated by Di Yue’s dismissive behavior.

• Lu Jun and Di Yue used split-screen mode so she could watch videos while he opened the sealed “Historical Records of Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago.”
• Di Yue dismissed the history as uninteresting and returned to watching a dancing ice-crystal beast video.
• When Di Tian entered with late-night snacks, Lu Jun quickly closed the historical record to avoid arousing suspicion.
• Di Tian offered Lu Jun and Di Yue fried chicken wings, grilled spirit beast skewers, ice jelly, and grilled fish made from Huo Yuhao’s recipe.
• Di Tian indirectly warned them not to look through things unsuitable for guests, while Di Yue waved him away and Di Tian lamented that she was no longer as cute as before.

Lu Jun read Di Tian’s authenticated history of Huo Yuhao and discovered major differences in Huo Yuhao’s time at Shrek Academy. Mu En’s unusually late death led Lu Jun to wonder whether Yun Ming might already possess a complete godhood.

• Di Yue and Lu Jun finished their midnight snack, and Lu Jun reopened the encrypted historical record.
• Lu Jun read that Huo Yuhao spared opponents in the Continental Elite Tournament, refused to help Shrek gain an unfair advantage, and was blamed when the academy was eliminated.
• After Shrek Academy turned against Huo Yuhao, Mu En protected him, taught him the World-Dominating Battle Skill, and urged him to choose his own path.
• Lu Jun learned that Mu En died after Huo Yuhao returned from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, leaving him an inheritance and prompting Huo Yuhao to break through to Soul Emperor.
• Lu Jun suspected Tang San’s Sea God Token had extended Mu En’s life and wondered whether Yun Ming might already possess a complete godhood.

Lu Jun learned from Di Yue that Yun Ming possessed a complete divine position, then continued reading Huo Yuhao’s history and discovered that Huo Yuhao had risen to power in the Sun Moon Empire and conquered Douluo Continent. The account ended with Lu Jun alarmed by a detail: Huo Yuhao had fought with a sword.

• Di Yue told Lu Jun that Yun Ming’s complete divine position had let him overpower Di Tian despite Di Tian’s long cultivation and Four-Word Dou Armor.
• Lu Jun read that Huo Yuhao had rejected Wang Dong’er, been expelled from Shrek Academy, crippled his Tang Sect techniques, and left for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi cared for Huo Yuhao after he arrived in the Sun Moon Empire, where he recovered his cultivation and became a powerful Soul Engineer and Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao established the Spirit Pagoda, reached Limit Douluo at twenty-one, and created the Three Soul Core system.
• Huo Yuhao joined Ju Zi in conquering the continent, defeated the Titled Douluo of the former nations, and helped the Sun Moon Empire unify Douluo Continent.
• Lu Jun noticed that Huo Yuhao’s account described him fighting with a sword and grew uneasy.

Lu Jun finished reading Huo Yuhao’s incomplete history, which ended after he conquered the Douluo Continent and faced an unnamed greater challenge. Di Yue woke after sleeping on Lu Jun’s shoulder, and they emerged from the study together, where Di Tian noticed her lingering blush.

• Lu Jun read that Huo Yuhao had conquered the Douluo Continent, but the historical record stopped before revealing what came next.
• Di Yue fell asleep against Lu Jun’s shoulder, and he stayed still beside her until afternoon.
• Di Yue woke, realized she had been leaning on Lu Jun, and apologized in embarrassment.
• Lu Jun reassured Di Yue that her sleep was natural, and they left the study together.
• Di Tian saw them enter the living room, noticed Di Yue’s blush, and suspected something was not right.

After spending the night with Di Yue studying historical records, Lu Jun left with new knowledge about the sealed history and Huo Yuhao. Di Tian learned that Di Yue had shared the records and information he had kept from Lu Jun, and reconsidered whether his caution would undermine their attempt to befriend him.

• Di Tian invited Lu Jun to stay for lunch, where he watched him and Di Yue closely as they ate in an awkward silence.
• Lu Jun thanked Di Tian and Di Yue for their hospitality, then left for Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy as Di Yue waved goodbye.
• After Lu Jun departed, Di Tian asked Di Yue whether she had shown him anything he should not have seen.
• Di Yue admitted she had shown Lu Jun a record about Huo Yuhao and explained why Yun Ming was stronger than Di Tian.
• Di Yue argued that honesty would help her befriend Lu Jun and earn his trust, leaving Di Tian silent and reconsidering his guarded approach.

As the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy prepared to challenge Shrek Academy, Di Tian reassured Di Yue that Lu Jun needed no protection. After a month of cultivation, Lu Jun joined his team for the journey to Shrek City, wary of the dangers awaiting them.

• Di Tian told Di Yue that Lu Jun had destroyed Tang Sect Headquarters and was powerful enough to protect himself on the trip to Shrek City.
• Di Yue accepted Di Tian's explanation and stopped urging him to secretly accompany the team.
• A month later, Lu Jun reached level forty-eight, nearly completed his One-Word Dou Armor, and prepared to depart for Shrek City.
• Lu Jun reflected on the threats in Shrek City, including Yun Ming, a hidden Deity aura, and Gu Yue Na, and hoped the journey would go smoothly.
• Wu Zhangkong gathered the team, whose members included Gu Yue Na, Long Chen and Xie Xie at level forty-one, Yuanen Yehui at level fifty-four, and Xu Xiaoyan at level thirty-six.

Yue Zhengyu rejoined Wu Zhangkong’s team as a Soul King with One-Word Dou Armor, and the seven students departed for Shrek City to challenge its top students. At the train platform, War God Hall Deputy Hall Master Guan Yue arrived to represent the Federation and witness the tournament.

• Yue Zhengyu arrived with Level Fifty-One Soul Power and Spirit Alloy One-Word Dou Armor, completing Wu Zhangkong’s seven-person team.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the team to travel to Shrek City and challenge Shrek Academy’s strongest students, with victory as their only option.
• Lu Jun led Gu Yue Na, Yuanen Yehui, Yue Zhengyu, Long Chen, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan out of the academy as students cheered them on.
• Tang San’s avatar, relieved that Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na had left, asked Tang Wulin whether he wanted to become stronger.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy officials gathered to send off the team, while Guan Yue arrived as the Federation Council’s representative and said he was there to witness the Challenge Tournament.

Guan Yue accompanied the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team to Shrek City, publicly signaling the Federation’s support as Lu Jun and his companions began their journey. On the train, Guan Yue praised Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing, then hinted that he had detected Spirit Pagoda’s concealed Dark Department.

• Guan Yue assured Lu Jun that the Federation would support him during the trip to Shrek City.
• Lu Jun and the other six students boarded the Express Soul Guidance Train with Wu Zhangkong, Long Bing, and Guan Yue.
• Yue Zhengyu and Gu Yue Na discussed Guan Yue’s presence, while Lu Jun urged the group to prepare for the challenge ahead.
• Guan Yue praised Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing, and Long Bing said Wu Zhangkong was no longer part of Shrek Academy or the Tang Sect.
• Guan Yue remarked that Spirit Pagoda’s Dark Department had concealed itself with great skill.

The Dark Department’s four strongest combatants escorted the Soul Guidance Train, and Long Xiao discovered that Leng Yulai had neared level 99 while Gu Chenyu had reached Limit Douluo. Gu Chenyu lamented losing his treasured Soul Forging metal souls, and Gui Yan called Ha Luosa to discuss getting the passengers safely to Shrek City.

• Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing realized the Dark Department’s escort had evaded their perception as the four combatants watched the speeding train.
• Long Xiao questioned Leng Yulai about her sudden cultivation increase, and she told him Gu Chenyu had become a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
• Gu Chenyu complained that he had consumed the Soul Forging metal souls he had saved for decades to break through.
• Gui Yan said he wanted to strangle Gu Chenyu, then called Ha Luosa to discuss escorting the passengers safely to Shrek City.

Gui Yan deployed the Spirit Pagoda’s five experts to protect the Soul Guidance Train as it traveled through dangerous territory. Their defenses closed around the train, while Guan Yue sensed trouble and remarked that someone needed a beating.

• Gui Yan assigned Gu Chenyu to scout ahead while concealing his rank-99 cultivation, Leng Yulai to guard the rear, Long Xiao to monitor the train’s surroundings, and Ha Luosa to remain hidden as their ultimate safeguard.
• The five experts took their positions around the moving train, with Gu Chenyu scouting ahead, Leng Yulai covering the rear, Long Xiao’s Hummingbirds forming a sensory net, and Gui Yan guarding the train itself.
• Ha Luosa vanished into the void, leaving the train protected by the hidden power of all five experts.
• Guan Yue opened his eyes inside the carriage and said that someone needed a good beating.

Guan Yue warned Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing that hostile factions were trying to stop the train, while Gu Chenyu intercepted attackers and shielded the train from three Grade 8 fixed-mounted soul cannon shells. The train continued safely toward Shrek City as the attack was contained.

• Guan Yue told Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing that people were trying to prevent the train from reaching Shrek City safely.
• Gu Chenyu confronted a group of armed thugs ahead of the train and erased their souls with a scarlet ripple.
• Long Xiao warned Gu Chenyu that attackers were approaching from the east and had fired three Grade 8 fixed-mounted soul cannon shells at the train.
• Gu Chenyu released his Blood Demon True Body and formed the Blood Hell Sky Dome between the shells and the train.
• The three shells exploded against the barrier, which held firm and kept the train and its passengers safe.

Gu Chenyu killed the attackers who had fled after their assault on the Soul Guidance Train, while Guan Yue, Wu Zhangkong, and Long Bing discussed the train’s defense. In Shrek City, Yun Ming learned that Guan Yue was aboard and ordered allied sects to stop the train, committing himself to any sin for Shrek’s glory.

• Gu Chenyu sensed the fleeing attackers and extinguished their souls from afar, then ordered the battlefield cleaned up.
• Guan Yue praised Gu Chenyu’s power to Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing and remarked on his unusual taste for Soul Forged metal.
• A Surveillance Group member told Yun Ming that Guan Yue and Spirit Pagoda experts were guarding the train, and Yun Ming condemned the Federation’s cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Yun Ming called an ally, who confirmed that the Clear Sky Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School had prepared to stop the train before it reached Shrek City.
• Yun Ming urged the ally to spare no cost and vowed to bear any sin for Shrek Academy’s glory.