Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao challenged Zhao Wuji to a one-on-one fight after Zhu Zhuqing declared she was leaving Shrek Academy of her own choice. The chapter ended as Zhao Wuji transformed into a giant bear and Lin Xiao activated several Phoenix abilities and merged with his Flame Phoenix Armor.

• Dai Mubai tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to stay and resist Dai Weisi, but she rejected his arguments after considering Lin Xiao's analysis.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji confronted Lin Xiao, but Zhu Zhuqing declared that she had graduated and was leaving voluntarily.
• Dai Mubai pretended he would change, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to reconcile with him.
• Lin Xiao challenged Zhao Wuji, who accepted after Lin Xiao called him a coward.
• Lin Xiao revealed that he was a Soul Emperor with three ten-thousand-year soul rings, while Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar and transformed into a giant bear.
• Lin Xiao began activating his Phoenix transformations and merging with his Flame Phoenix Armor.

Lin Xiao fought Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, using his Phoenix Domain and Soul Power Armor to overpower him. The battle continued underground as the Shrek group watched in shock, while Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang San’s defeat on Lin Xiao’s superior resources.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and used gravity skills to draw Lin Xiao toward his Vajra Palm.
• Lin Xiao unleashed the Phoenix Domain, and its Soul Devouring Fire injured Zhao Wuji despite his Immovable Bright King Body.
• Zhao Wuji used Vajra Roar to scatter the flames, then hurled a tracking boulder at Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao flew above the boulder and charged Zhao Wuji, trading a storm of armored punches that drove him into a deep pit.
• The Shrek group watched the underground battle as Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Flender reacted with fear and disbelief.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed Lin Xiao’s Soul Power Armor and privately concluded that Tang San had lost because Lin Xiao had better resources.

Lin Xiao battered Zhao Wuji underground, but Zhao Wuji revealed that he had lured Lin Xiao into a trap and used his control of earth to crush him. Aboveground, Flender realized Zhao Wuji might kill Lin Xiao and flee, while the others reacted with fear, delight, or schemes; Lin Xiao's fate remained unknown.

• Lin Xiao shattered Zhao Wuji's arms and bear paws with relentless punches and Flame Burst.
• Zhao Wuji revealed his murderous intent and drew tons of earth and rock together to crush Lin Xiao underground.
• Flender suspected Zhao Wuji had set a trap, summoned his Cat Owl Avatar, and began digging for him and Lin Xiao.
• Flender warned Yu Xiaogang that Zhao Wuji might kill Lin Xiao and flee, leaving Shrek Academy to face Dugu Bo's wrath.
• Yu Tianheng celebrated the possibility of Lin Xiao's death, while Dai Mubai planned to use it to manipulate Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched in terror as Lin Xiao's fate remained uncertain.

Lin Xiao survived Zhao Wuji’s attempt to kill him and unleashed an explosion that devastated Shrek Academy, leaving Zhao Wuji crippled. Lin Xiao left with Zhu Zhuqing, and a month later Zhao Wuji vanished after his enemies found him.

• Zhao Wuji tried to escape, but Lin Xiao’s underground explosion wrecked Shrek Academy and left Zhao buried beneath the earth.
• Lin Xiao found Zhao Wuji barely alive, treated him to keep him suffering, and told Flender that Zhao had tried to kill him.
• Liu Erlong charged at Lin Xiao, but Flender diverted her by urging her to check on the badly injured Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Xiao carried Zhu Zhuqing away while Xiao Wu quietly left; the Shrek students later suffered no major casualties, though Yu Xiaogang needed a long recovery.
• Zhao Wuji woke after three days as a cripple, and a month later his enemies found him and he disappeared from Shrek.

Lin Xiao sent Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Great Forest to recruit the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python while he pursued Phoenix God remains with Feng Yu. After Ah Yin unexpectedly took human form, Lin Xiao and Xiao Wu reached the forest’s Core Area, where the Titan Giant Ape appeared.

• Lin Xiao marked Xiao Wu with a reinforced Fire Lotus restriction, gave her a Storage Ring full of carrots, and tasked her with winning over the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The next day, Lin Xiao and Xiao Wu traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest and met Ah Yin, who gave Xiao Wu Blue Silver Grass seeds to plant around the Lake of Life.
• Ah Yin absorbed the Blue Silver King's life force and suddenly took human form, explaining that her unusual situation let her switch between forms.
• Lin Xiao took Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Area, where the Titan Giant Ape arrived amid a rumbling of the earth.

Lin Xiao left Xiao Wu with Tai Tan, who took her back to the Lake of Life, where she reunited with Da Ming and secretly planted Blue Silver Grass seeds. Meanwhile, Ah Yin worried that Tang Hao was approaching, and Tang Hao took Tang San to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.

• Tai Tan arrived to take Xiao Wu home, reacted with hostility when she called Lin Xiao her master, and let Lin Xiao leave after Xiao Wu told him not to attack.
• Tai Tan carried Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life, where she planted Blue Silver Grass seeds and reunited with Da Ming.
• Ah Yin sensed two humans approaching the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds and wondered whether Tang Hao was among them, troubled by Lin Xiao's doubts about Tang Hao's past actions.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, not ordinary Blue Silver Grass, and said he was taking him to awaken its bloodline.
• Tang San grew excited at the prospect of having a Martial Soul equal in quality to the Clear Sky Hammer.

Ah Yin concealed her identity as the Blue Silver King to test Tang Hao and Tang San, hoping to reunite with her family if they proved worthy. After Tang San’s reaction exposed his secret and the father and son prepared to attack, Ah Yin unleashed the vines around them.

• Tang San entered the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds and followed the Blue Silver King’s summons, believing he could awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Ah Yin recognized Tang San as her child and decided to hide her identity while testing him and Tang Hao.
• Ah Yin questioned Tang Hao about her fate and urged him to bring her back to the clan grounds, but he angrily insisted she was dead and demanded that the Blue Silver King awaken Tang San’s bloodline.
• Ah Yin asked Tang San whether the soul in his body came from somewhere else, and Tang San reacted with killing intent and ordered Tang Hao to attack her.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and a poisoned Hidden Weapon as Ah Yin laughed and unleashed countless Phoenix Blood Blue Silver Grass vines at the father and son.

Ah Yin learned that Tang Hao had deceived her and that Tang San was not truly her son, then fought them at the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds. After Ah Yin sought Lin Xiao’s forgiveness, she revealed that she had reclaimed the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline from Tang San, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Ah Yin attacked Tang Hao and Tang San with Phoenix Blood Blue Silver Vines, and Tang Hao realized she was alive and revealed to Tang San that she was his mother.
• Ah Yin rejected Tang Hao’s pleas, but Tang Hao unleashed fire with the Great Sumeru Hammer; Ah Yin contained and extinguished the flames.
• Ah Yin immobilized Tang Hao and Tang San, but a Blood-Colored Barrier formed around Tang San and repelled her vines.
• Lin Xiao sensed the Blue Silver Grass calling for help and hurried to the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds, where Ah Yin apologized and explained what had happened.
• Ah Yin told Lin Xiao she had reclaimed the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline she had once given Tang San, leaving him permanently without it.

Lin Xiao learned from Tang Hao that Ma Hongjun’s fall and hatred were tied to jealousy of him, and decided to go to Slaughter City to settle their conflict. He left Ah Yin to decide Tang Hao’s fate but ordered her not to enter the Human World without permission.

• Ah Yin showed Lin Xiao Tang Hao and Tang San, explained her desire to torment Tang Hao, and accepted Lin Xiao’s warning not to let hatred consume her.
• Lin Xiao used his spiritual power to suppress and awaken Tang Hao, who revealed that he had ignored Tang San’s abnormalities while pursuing revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said Ma Hongjun had fallen because of his jealousy toward Lin Xiao and would seize any chance to hurt him.
• Feng Yu urged Lin Xiao to deal with Ma Hongjun, and Lin Xiao decided to head to Slaughter City after making arrangements.
• Lin Xiao told Ah Yin to leave Tang San alone for now, decide Tang Hao’s fate herself, and stay out of the Human World without his permission.
• Ma Hongjun sensed something in Slaughter City, while Gu Yuena briefly awoke at the Lake of Life and wondered where the big Ice Silkworm had gone.

Lin Xiao reached Slaughter City and forced his way inside after slaughtering the tavern’s patrons and defeating Terror Knight Scott. He entered the city as number 9520, calling everyone within its domain a prisoner and himself a special one.

• Lin Xiao arrived at the desolate town and killed a man who insulted him, while Feng Yu warned him to keep their communication and her presence concealed.
• When the tavern server demanded a Bloody Mary, Lin Xiao refused and killed the tavern’s patrons, then revealed the passage into Slaughter City beneath the counter.
• Lin Xiao put on a Ghost Mask, entered the tunnel, and found Slaughter City beneath an artificial purple moon where Soul Skills were restricted.
• Terror Knight Scott charged Lin Xiao at the city gate, but Lin Xiao stopped his spear, knocked him down, and took Identity Token 9520.
• Lin Xiao entered Slaughter City and told Scott that everyone in the domain was a prisoner, though he was a special prisoner.

Lin Xiao entered Slaughter City, learned that Ma Hongjun held power there as the Phoenix Lord, and explored the Inner City’s violent decadence. Seeing an opportunity for his Soul Devouring Fire to evolve, he began burning anyone who attacked him, sending the crowd fleeing.

• The Black Veil Lady guided Lin Xiao through the city gates and warned him that Ma Hongjun was revered as the Phoenix Lord, the King’s favored person.
• Lin Xiao entered the Inner City and observed its indulgence, scheming, and sudden killings while considering how the gods had shaped Slaughter City.
• Lin Xiao told the Black Veil Lady he was eager to join the contest unfolding in the city and gave her the name 9520.
• Lin Xiao decided the Inner City’s sinful souls might help his Soul Devouring Fire evolve and walked through the crowd despite its attempts to seduce and attack him.
• Dark Fire burned Lin Xiao’s attackers to ashes, and the panicked crowd shouted threats while fleeing instead of charging him.

Lin Xiao continued harvesting souls in Slaughter City while his Soul Devouring Fire evolved toward purifying darkness from souls. When Hu Liena asked him to help against Ma Hongjun, she warned that Ma Hongjun was plotting against the Ghost Face Flame Monarch.

• Lin Xiao's Soul Devouring Fire devoured the Fallen Ones' souls, and he began considering purification as its evolutionary direction.
• After a month and fifteen challenge matches, Lin Xiao remained in Slaughter City to gather souls and pursue the fire's evolution.
• The Fallen Ones fled from Lin Xiao, who used his flames to select more victims as kindling.
• Lin Xiao recognized Hu Liena, who had been drugged, but initially walked past her.
• Hu Liena asked Lin Xiao for help and accused Blood Phoenix Ma Hongjun of arranging the drugging after repeatedly trying to force himself on her.
• Hu Liena warned Lin Xiao that Ma Hongjun resented talented men and was gathering people to target him.

Lin Xiao heard Hu Liena describe Ma Hongjun’s depravity and learned that Ma Hongjun had changed further after meeting the Slaughter King. He suspected Ma Hongjun was tied to the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and resolved to kill him, while keeping the captured informants alive for punishment.

• Hu Liena refused to surrender to Ma Hongjun and prepared to kill herself, but a woman threatened that her corpse would be abused and displayed.
• Lin Xiao questioned the people hiding in the street after using Spiritual Detection and Soul Devouring Fire to capture three men and one woman.
• The captives revealed that the Slaughter King had ordered a search for the Saint Child who controlled darkness and Destruction.
• The captives said Ma Hongjun had long since fallen and had become increasingly inhuman after meeting the Slaughter King.
• Lin Xiao suspected Ma Hongjun had been corrupted or parasitized by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and decided Ma Hongjun could not be allowed to leave Slaughter City alive.
• Although the captives begged for quick deaths after answering his questions, Lin Xiao said he would not grant them and admitted he was not a good person.

Lin Xiao rescued Hu Liena from four Fallen Ones, rejected her advances under the aphrodisiac’s effects, and helped her refine the drug. After Hu Liena recovered, Lin Xiao insisted she honor their planned cooperation as they prepared to face Ma Hongjun and walk the Hell Road.

• Lin Xiao used Soul Devouring Fire to torment and kill the four Fallen Ones, then collected their souls.
• When Hu Liena, overcome by an aphrodisiac, pounced on him, Lin Xiao slapped her away and gave her pills to calm her mind and counteract the drug.
• Lin Xiao decided to keep his identity hidden from Ma Hongjun and use Hu Liena as bait while pursuing the Hell Road.
• After Hu Liena expelled most of the aphrodisiac, she tried to leave, but Lin Xiao reminded her that she had agreed to cooperate with him and owed him a life-saving favor.
• Hu Liena feared that cooperating with Lin Xiao was like making a deal with a tiger, but Lin Xiao pressed her to stay.

Hu Liena agreed to serve Lin Xiao after he made clear that her role was to gather intelligence and manage his daily needs, while warning her against trying to poison or assassinate him. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun learned that Ghost Face Flame Monarch had disrupted his attempt to capture the Fox Woman and vowed to confront the newcomer in his territory.

• Hu Liena asked Lin Xiao why he wanted her to follow him, and he said he liked trouble before ordering her to gather intelligence and handle his daily affairs.
• Hu Liena warned Lin Xiao that she could poison or assassinate him, and he told her she would get only one chance before he killed her.
• An Enchantress told Ma Hongjun that the Fox Woman had fled into Lin Xiao's area and that the four Hunters who pursued her had not returned.
• Ma Hongjun killed the Enchantress after questioning whether she feared him more than Ghost Face Flame Monarch.
• Ma Hongjun dismissed Lin Xiao as a newcomer and vowed that even a fierce dragon would have to submit in his territory.

Lin Xiao survived a coordinated attack in the Hell Slaughter Arena and sensed that the Blood-Colored Bat within the attackers was connected to Ma Hongjun and the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King. The Slaughter King and Ma Hongjun both suffered the consequences of Lin Xiao’s attack, and the Slaughter King summoned Ma Hongjun to demand an explanation about Ghost Face Flame Monarch.

• Nine hardened fighters attacked Lin Xiao together in the Hell Slaughter Arena, but he used his Golden Crow Reflection to defeat the Blood-Colored Bat’s mental attack and burned all nine opponents to ashes with Dark Flames.
• Lin Xiao told Hu Liena that someone, most likely Ma Hongjun, had arranged the ambush, then considered whether the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had parasitized Ma Hongjun.
• The Slaughter King convulsed after the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King was hurt, fell from the Crystal Throne, and devoured the blood in a Blood Pool to recover.
• The Slaughter King ordered the Black Veil Woman to bring Ma Hongjun to him.
• After Ma Hongjun calmed the Blood-Colored Bat inside him by gulping blood, the Slaughter King asked him who Ghost Face Flame Monarch was and realized that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King feared Lin Xiao.

The Slaughter King warned Ma Hongjun not to provoke the God of Slaughter, then planned to use Lin Xiao’s growing bloodshed to corrupt him and make him a vessel for the Blood Red Bat King. Lin Xiao recognized the scheme after Hu Liena began losing control, but his powerful bloodline and evolving Soul Devouring Fire made him largely immune.

• The Slaughter King scolded Ma Hongjun for targeting the Demon Fox and warned that a God of Slaughter could threaten Slaughter City.
• Ma Hongjun asked how to handle Lin Xiao, and the Slaughter King ordered him to befriend Lin Xiao and get him out—or let him die in Slaughter City.
• The Slaughter King revealed his plan to push Lin Xiao into frequent Hell Slaughter Arena fights and allow his killings to continue until the Blood Red Bat King could possess him.
• Lin Xiao noticed that the arena schedule and lack of restrictions on his killings seemed suspicious, but chose to keep slaughtering rather than act cautiously.
• After Hu Liena showed signs of being consumed by killing intent, Lin Xiao realized the Slaughter King was behind the scheme and concluded that his bloodline and Soul Devouring Fire could resist its effects.

Lin Xiao slaughtered hundreds of Fallen Ones in Slaughter City, evolving the Soul Devouring Fire into the prototype Black Sun Purifying Fire. The Slaughter King saw the massacre as a chance to control Ghost Face Flame Monarch, while Ma Hongjun suspected the masked fighter’s identity.

• Lin Xiao used black lotus flames to devour the souls of Fallen Ones throughout a street and gathered them into an Eclipse-shaped mass.
• The Soul Devouring Fire evolved into the prototype Black Sun Purifying Fire, which could erase desires and murderous thoughts and make people forget.
• Lin Xiao formed the flames into an Underworld Crow, then absorbed it into his finger and considered using his soul skill to seize souls for a temporary boost.
• Fallen Ones across Slaughter City witnessed the massacre and feared that Ghost Face Flame Monarch would destroy the city.
• The Slaughter King decided to lure Ghost Face Flame Monarch into his control, and Ma Hongjun wondered who was behind the mask.

Lin Xiao slaughtered the Fallen Ones across three streets of Slaughter City, storing their souls while the Slaughter King hurried to stop him. The Slaughter King confronted Lin Xiao and offered him a place in the city, while Ma Hongjun proposed they become sworn brothers.

• Lin Xiao moved from the first street to the second and third, killing the Fallen Ones and storing more than a thousand powerful Soul Masters’ souls in his Million Year Black Gold Soul Ring.
• The Slaughter King learned that Lin Xiao was advancing through the city and rushed toward the Inner City with Ma Hongjun to stop him.
• Lin Xiao reflected on how Slaughter City’s Killing Intent and poisonous air affected people, noting that Hu Liena struggled to resist her urge to kill.
• As Lin Xiao prepared to attack the fourth street, the Slaughter King arrived, interrupted his Spiritual Detection, and offered him wealth, power, and women if he joined Slaughter City.
• Ma Hongjun suggested that Lin Xiao become his sworn brother and share in drinking human blood and pursuing women, but Lin Xiao found him repulsive.

Lin Xiao refused Ma Hongjun’s demand to join Slaughter City unless the Slaughter King killed him, then revealed his superior Phoenix bloodline and began beating him. The Slaughter King recognized Lin Xiao as the Saint Child and secretly decided to enslave or kill him so he could devour his blood.

• Ma Hongjun threatened Lin Xiao and demanded that he join Slaughter City, then asked about the woman traveling with him.
• Lin Xiao pointed at Ma Hongjun and said he would join only if the Slaughter King killed him.
• Ma Hongjun transformed into a Blood Phoenix and attacked Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao’s Phoenix aura suppressed him and exposed his identity.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Lin Xiao and used a blood-controlling ability, but Lin Xiao’s Phoenix Fire countered it.
• Lin Xiao struck Ma Hongjun with Phoenix Burst Strike, wounding him while Jet-Black Phoenix Fire burned his blood and hindered his recovery.
• The Slaughter King recognized Lin Xiao as the Saint Child and began plotting to enslave or kill him and devour his blood.