Chapter Summaries

Nana’s extraordinary physical test performance humbled Shrek Academy and boosted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s confidence. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao secretly copied blueprints from Mingde Hall, but Xiao Qiang dismissed the threat for now and anticipated the Body Sect’s arrival as an opportunity to seize Fortune.

• Xiao Qiang praised Nana after she used her enhanced spirit rings and soul bones to outperform the Shrek students in the physical tests.
• Nana’s showing silenced Shrek Academy’s students and lifted the spirits of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s teachers.
• After the tests, Huo Yuhao locked himself in his dormitory and spent two and a half hours drawing blueprints for three Soul Tool testing devices.
• Huo Yuhao boasted that he would carry Mingde Hall’s technology back to Shrek, while Xiao Qiang observed his flawed blueprints through Mental Probe.
• Xiao Qiang decided not to expose Huo Yuhao yet and told Tian Meng to monitor Mingde Hall’s losses as he prepared for the Body Sect’s arrival.

Xiao Qiang assigned instructors to the Shrek exchange students and explained why Ling Luochen could not learn to make Invincible Shields. He offered her options for obtaining them, and she was left considering whether to join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy when a knock sent her hiding under his bed.

• Xiao Qiang chose Rank 7 Soul Engineers to teach the exchange students, avoiding Xuan Ziwen as Huo Yuhao's mentor.
• Ling Luochen asked Xiao Qiang to arrange a teacher who could teach her to make Invincible Shields and Soul Guide Shields.
• Xiao Qiang refused, explaining that Golden Crystal was restricted and that she could not make Invincible Shields without the materials.
• Xiao Qiang told Ling Luochen she could try the black market or formally join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to get Invincible Shields.
• Ling Luochen considered her options, then dived under Xiao Qiang's bed when someone knocked on the door.

Ling Luochen hid beneath Xiao Qiang’s bed while he met with Ning Tian, who sought to secure his help for the declining Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. When Meng Hongchen arrived and heard Jing Hongchen outside, she also hid under the bed, joining Ling Luochen and Ning Tian.

• Ling Luochen hid beneath Xiao Qiang’s bed when Ning Tian arrived for a late-night meeting.
• Ning Tian asked Xiao Qiang to cooperate with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, but he questioned the sect’s strength and resources.
• Xiao Qiang offered to help the sect once if Ning Tian could name something valuable enough to persuade him.
• When Meng Hongchen arrived, Ning Tian hid beneath the bed and found Ling Luochen there.
• Meng Hongchen sat with Xiao Qiang until Jing Hongchen’s voice came from outside, then she looked toward the space beneath the bed.

Xiao Qiang explained Nana’s awakening and revealed his extraordinary cultivation results to Jing Hongchen, while Meng Hongchen, Ling Luochen, and Ning Tian secretly listened beneath the bed. After they emerged, Xiao Qiang prepared to erase their memories of what they had heard.

• Meng Hongchen hid beneath Xiao Qiang’s bed, where Ling Luochen and Ning Tian were already concealed.
• Jing Hongchen visited Xiao Qiang and asked about Nana’s talent, prompting Xiao Qiang to explain her Body Spirit and his method for increasing her Soul Power.
• Jing Hongchen tested Xiao Qiang with a Soul Tool Body Measurement Instrument and was shocked by his level 68 Soul Power and exceptional physical and Soul Power measurements.
• Xiao Qiang told Jing Hongchen that he had fused Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings into his fifth and sixth spirit rings, and Jing Hongchen predicted he could become a Soul Douluo by the next tournament.
• After Jing Hongchen left, Xiao Qiang discovered Meng Hongchen, Ling Luochen, and Ning Tian beneath the bed and threatened to use a Great Memory Erasure Technique on them.

Xiao Qiang warned Jing Hongchen that Mingde Hall’s defenses could be vulnerable, but Jing Hongchen trusted its Rank 9 Soul Tools. The warning came too late: the Clear Sky Sect attacked Mingde Hall’s underground research chamber.

• Xiao Qiang erased Ling Luochen and Ning Tian’s memories of recent events and sent them away.
• Jing Hongchen visited the secret chamber and examined the trapped Soul Beast embryo he planned for Xiao Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that the embryo had a cultivation of over 199,999 years and believed its power would greatly benefit his grandson.
• Xiao Qiang warned Jing Hongchen that Mingde Hall’s defenses might fail during an attack, but Jing Hongchen dismissed the concern.
• An explosion struck the underground research chamber, and the Clear Sky Sect announced its arrival.

The Body Sect attacked Mingde Hall while Huo Yuhao stole prototype mechas and became caught up in the struggle over a soul beast embryo. Snow Empress seized the Titan Snow Demon Ape’s remaining origin, forcing Electrolux to send Huo Yuhao away as the battle at Mingde Hall continued.

• Xiao Qiang located Huo Yuhao with Mental Probe but was held off by a Body Sect Titled Douluo while Huo Yuhao stole Mingde Hall’s prototype mechas and tricked a Soul Douluo into surrendering the embryo.
• Huo Yuhao threw the Sealing God Platform at the Soul Douluo, releasing the Titan Snow Demon Ape; Electrolux’s Invincible Golden Body saved Huo Yuhao from the resulting cold.
• Jing Hongchen and Du Busi fought over the Titan Snow Demon Ape, which detonated its origin and injured them; Electrolux captured a surviving wisp and offered the ape a chance to become Huo Yuhao’s Second Martial Soul.
• Snow Empress killed the Titled Douluo fighting Xiao Qiang, seized the Titan Snow Demon Ape’s remaining origin, and confronted Electrolux.
• Electrolux transferred Huo Yuhao away and faced Snow Empress and the concealed Xiao Qiang, while Du Busi ordered the Clear Sky Sect members to retreat before someone declared the Body Sect the Sun Moon Empire’s protector sect.

Xiao Qiang gained control of Electrolux's Undead Space and used it to impersonate a Body Sect Young Sect Master, turning Du Busi and Jing Hongchen against each other. After testing the Clear Sky Hammer's Exploding Ring, Xiao Qiang found Huo Yuhao grieving over Electrolux and doubted his promise to revive him.

• Xiao Qiang, disguised as Long Aotian, attacked Du Busi's group with the Clear Sky Hammer, killed a Soul Douluo, and used undead creatures to cover his retreat.
• Jing Hongchen pursued Du Busi and accused the Body Sect of being Evil Soul Masters, while Du Busi denied the charge and was caught in the confusion.
• Xiao Qiang revealed that he had replicated Electrolux's abilities, destroyed his remnant soul, and taken control of the Undead Space and the small tower.
• Xiao Qiang used the Clear Sky Hammer's Exploding Ring to kill a Soul Douluo and then recovered from the strain by drinking filtered Life Lake Water.
• Xiao Qiang teleported to Huo Yuhao and saw him crying over Electrolux and vowing to revive him, but Xiao Qiang doubted his sincerity.

Xiao Qiang ordered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy sealed and its people searched, aiming to catch Huo Yuhao and He Caitou with stolen Soul Tool blueprints. As Fan Yu’s group neared inspection, Huo Yuhao offered to use Simulation powered by spiritual power to hide their secret.

• Xiao Qiang used Mental Probe Sharing to give Jing Hongchen precise targets, then sought Elder Ma to mobilize the academy’s remaining forces.
• Xiao Qiang ordered Elder Ma to seal the academy and search everyone, insisting that the Shrek exchange students receive especially thorough inspections.
• Elder Ma hesitated over confronting the exchange students until Xiao Qiang showed him Kong Deming’s token, after which he deployed the defensive formation and sealed the academy.
• Fan Yu’s group found themselves trapped inside with the blueprints after the gates closed and the Soul Guide Shield activated.
• As the inspection line shortened, Huo Yuhao told Fan Yu that his Simulation skill could use spiritual power even if his Soul Power was sealed, and promised to conceal him and He Caitou.

Huo Yuhao’s Simulation failed when Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s inspection Soul Tool sealed his spiritual power, putting Shrek’s stolen blueprints and mech prototype at risk. Fan Yu tried to seize Xiao Qiang to buy time, but Xiao Qiang revealed six red spirit rings and answered Fan Yu’s attack with the Great Desolate Prisoning Heaven Hand.

• Huo Yuhao panicked when the inspection Soul Tool blocked his spiritual power and disabled Simulation.
• Fan Yu realized Huo Yuhao might be exposed, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s guards aimed their Soul Guide Ray Guns at Huo Yuhao, Fan Yu, and He Caitou.
• Xiao Qiang arrived, and Fan Yu accused the academy of planning to detain them and force a confession.
• Fan Yu decided to capture Xiao Qiang to create time to destroy the blueprints and give Shrek a chance to argue its case.
• Fan Yu attacked Xiao Qiang, but Xiao Qiang revealed six red hundred-thousand-year spirit rings and invoked the Great Desolate Prisoning Heaven Hand.

Xiao Qiang used Susanoo to fight Fan Yu, an eighty-sixth-level Soul Douluo, and overcame his Martial Soul Avatar. Fan Yu was left unconscious on Mingde Hall’s metal floor, while the witnesses struggled to believe what they had seen.

• Xiao Qiang explained that his awakened Mangekyo Sharingan had become two independent Martial Souls capable of a self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, letting him use Susanoo despite his weakened state.
• Xiao Qiang’s Susanoo palm clashed with Fan Yu’s attack and gained a slight advantage, astonishing everyone who witnessed the fight.
• Fan Yu activated his Martial Soul Avatar and tried to capture Xiao Qiang before reinforcements from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s guards rushed to protect Xiao Qiang, but Susanoo pinned Fan Yu down and smashed him into Mingde Hall’s metal floor.
• Fan Yu’s Martial Soul Avatar collapsed and he lost consciousness, leaving the onlookers silent before one Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer questioned whether he was really a Soul Douluo.

Xiao Qiang subdued Fan Yu and ordered Huo Yuhao and the other Shrek members detained and thoroughly searched. The search uncovered Starlight Sapphire containing Jing Hongchen’s stolen armor, leaving Fan Yu to realize Shrek’s situation was far worse than he had hoped.

• After revealing Fan Yu’s level and spirit rings, the onlookers questioned Xiao Qiang’s strength and the authenticity of his own spirit rings.
• Xiao Qiang ordered the Shrek students beside Fan Yu detained and searched while Soul Tool recording devices captured the process.
• Nana knocked out two of Huo Yuhao’s teeth and pinned him down as He Caitou and the others were restrained.
• Fan Yu regained a little consciousness and hoped Shrek could settle the matter if the stolen materials were only ordinary Soul Tool blueprints.
• The search found Starlight Sapphire on Huo Yuhao, and Jing Hongchen angrily recognized the armor inside as his stolen property.

Jing Hongchen punished Huo Yuhao and detained the Shrek delegation after the Soul Guide Mech Prototype was found, while Xiao Qiang discovered that Bei Bei carried a Dragon Pill disguised as a Luminous Stone. Xiao Qiang left the academy lounge after confirming his discovery, then collapsed from the strain of his earlier battles.

• Nana and Meng Hongchen tortured Huo Yuhao, and Meng Hongchen crippled his leg with Zhu Qing Ice Silkworm venom.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Fan Yu detained separately and demanded an explanation and compensation from Shrek.
• Xiao Qiang asked Jing Hongchen to let him leave and had Elder Qin escort him to a lounge.
• Tian Meng alerted Xiao Qiang to Bei Bei's golden gemstone, and Xiao Qiang identified the Dragon Pill hidden inside its Luminous Stone disguise.
• Xiao Qiang reached the lounge, spat blood, and lost consciousness from the strain of using Exploding Ring and Susanoo.

Xiao Qiang recovered, learned that Jing Hongchen had been rewarded rather than punished, and used Nana’s Vengeful Spirit and Electrolux’s magic to open the Eye of Life. At Shrek Academy, the Sea God Pavilion struggled to respond to the scandal, ending with Yan Shaozhe asking how Xiao Qiang had defeated Fan Yu.

• Nana told Xiao Qiang that Huo Yuhao and He Caitou had been caught with Soul Tool blueprints and that Shrek’s exchange program might end early.
• Nana used her fourth soul skill, Vengeful Spirit, on Xiao Qiang, who took control of the spirit and placed it in his sea of spirit.
• Xiao Qiang used Electrolux’s magic with Tian Meng to open the Eye of Life through the Life Carving Knife.
• The Sea God Pavilion members discussed Shrek’s exposed thefts and its inability to demand an explanation from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En asked Yan Shaozhe to speak, and Yan Shaozhe questioned how Xiao Qiang had defeated Fan Yu.

Shrek's elders debated whether to trade three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for Fan Yu, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy accepted a lesser exchange and planned to enslave the two students. The chapter left He Caitou and Huo Yuhao facing brutal punishment despite Shrek's decision to abandon them.

• Shrek's elders confirmed that Xiao Qiang had defeated Fan Yu and feared his strength would cost them the next tournament and threaten Shrek's future.
• Mu En explained that Xiao Qiang's twin martial souls, Body Spirit awakening, and self-created Martial Soul Fusion Skill made him an unprecedented genius.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders debated Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's demand for three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to save Fan Yu, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao, and most opposed paying it.
• Xian Lin'er argued that Shrek should save her disciples, but Elder Song and the other elders decided He Caitou and Huo Yuhao were not worth Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Jing Hongchen accepted one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to spare all three, with Fan Yu returned, then ordered Huo Yuhao and He Caitou to be drugged, given ten-year spirit rings, and sent to a cotton plantation as serfs.
• Jing Hongchen ordered his retainers to double the lashes Huo Yuhao received.

Huo Yuhao and He Caitou were brutalized and forced to work as farm slaves, though Shrek managed to improve He Caitou’s conditions. Meanwhile, Prince Xueyun visited Shrek to ask whether the Body Sect had sided with the Sun Moon Empire, and Yan Shaozhe’s confident denial left him alarmed.

• Jing Hongchen had Huo Yuhao and He Caitou’s talents destroyed, then sent them to a cotton plantation where they were whipped and forced to work.
• After half a month, the manager accepted Shrek’s money to improve He Caitou’s food, but refused Huo Yuhao’s money and made him sleep beside the toilet.
• He Caitou grew grateful for his comparatively better treatment as he watched Huo Yuhao suffer.
• Prince Xueyun secretly visited Shrek and asked Yan Shaozhe whether its exchange students had witnessed the Body Sect helping the Sun Moon Empire repel the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe insisted the report was fabricated and mocked the claimed name Long Aotian, leaving Prince Xueyun visibly uneasy.

Prince Xueyun realized that the Body Sect's young sect master, Long Aotian, had pledged to protect Liu Bo and feared the sect had become the Sun Moon Empire's guardian. After the exchange students returned to their studies, Xiao Qiang told Meng Hongchen he was establishing a force called the Hall of Souls.

• Prince Xueyun recognized Long Aotian's name and hurried away to warn the Heaven Dou Empire's emperor about the Body Sect.
• Xiao Hongchen returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Xiao Qiang returned to Shrek Academy after stealing Bei Bei's Dragon Pill.
• Jing Hongchen and Mu En agreed that the remaining exchange students would study for over two years before choosing where to stay, while both academies competed to recruit them.
• Xiao Qiang asked Meng Hongchen how Xiao Hongchen was coping with losing the soul beast embryo, and she described his grief and vow to kill the Clear Sky Sect members.
• Xiao Qiang told Meng Hongchen that he was preparing to establish a force called the Hall of Souls.

Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er asked Mu En why he allowed Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire to poach each other's talents. Mu En explained that Shrek needed Sun Moon Soul Tool expertise after its exchange students failed to obtain blueprints, then argued that Shrek could retain its students through superior Soul Rings.

• Yan Shaozhe entered the Sea God Pavilion after Mu En called him in, where he found Xian Lin'er waiting for the same explanation.
• Mu En said Shrek had to learn Soul Tool Technology because the Sun Moon Empire had surpassed it, and the failed Limit Soldier Plan had closed off the blueprint route.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that a soul master's martial soul, innate Soul Power, Soul Rings, and opportunities determine their potential and ultimate limit.
• Mu En agreed that Soul Rings were an acquired resource at the heart of Shrek's strength and asked whether the Sun Moon Empire could offer exchange students sufficiently powerful Soul Rings.

Mu En explained that Shrek would keep its talented students loyal by promising them powerful experts to help secure exceptionally high-quality spirit rings and soul bones. As letters from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy reached the students, the contest to poach talent began.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er that Shrek's access to the Star Dou Great Forest and Sea God Pavilion experts gave it a decisive advantage in providing high-quality spirit rings.
• Mu En said he had promised Ling Luochen help from a Titled Douluo and a Super Douluo for her future spirit rings, including one who would not be Xuan Zi.
• Mu En promised Xiao Xiao a full set of soul bones at Rank 83 and two Super Douluos to help her obtain spirit rings for her Second Martial Soul.
• Mu En outlined spirit-ring support for Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and the other students, with assistance depending on their value to Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Mu En for using the talent exchange to strengthen Shrek while making the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy bear the cost.
• Letters from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived for Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochen, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and the others.

Ling Luochen and the Lan sisters considered Xiao Qiang’s invitation from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, weighing its offers against their ties to Shrek. Ling Luochen and the sisters decided to visit, while Xiao Xiao stayed behind, remaining loyal to Shrek Academy.

• Ling Luochen explained why Ning Tian had not been invited and reflected on the group’s differing ties to Shrek Academy.
• Ling Luochen considered leaving herself an alternative because she distrusted Shrek’s promises and worried about Xuan Zi’s influence.
• Lan Susu suggested that they visit Xiao Qiang to inspect Soul Tools or discuss business, and Ling Luochen saw a chance to buy Invincible Shields.
• Ling Luochen and the Lan sisters prepared to leave for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xiao Xiao declined to join them and chose to continue supporting Shrek Academy.

Xiao Qiang invited Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Ling Luochen to join his faction, offering powerful Soul Bones and a way to absorb higher-year Soul Rings. The twins considered his offer, while Ling Luochen was captivated by the Extreme Ice that evolved her attribute.

• Ling Luochen, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo went to meet Xiao Qiang, while Xiao Xiao stayed behind.
• Xiao Qiang showed Ling Luochen his Extreme Ice Soul Power, which evolved her attribute and left her distracted by its benefits.
• Xiao Qiang offered the Lan sisters three Soul Bones and a method to absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings as their fourth rings, promising to wait for their loyalty until they succeeded.
• The Lan sisters asked how powerful their later Soul Rings could be, and Xiao Qiang said they could reach roughly seventy thousand years by their sixth rings and would not exceed that afterward.
• The Lan sisters asked whether joining meant they had to call Xiao Qiang Master, leaving him stunned.