Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy assessed Xu Tianxi as unlikely to enter its Inner Courtyard and pressured Xue Lingxun to hinder his progress. Xue Lingxun instead showered him with gifts after spending the night with Xu Fu, leaving Xu Tianxi and Xu Sanshi amused and unsure of her motives.

• Du Weilun brought Xu Tianxi's dossier to Yan Shaozhe, and they judged that his Moon Shadow Martial Soul and level 7 Innate Soul Power gave him little chance of entering the Inner Courtyard.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun to ask Xue Lingxun whether she would cooperate, after learning that Xu Fu had begun handing over his duties and planned to enter secluded cultivation.
• Xue Lingxun decided to treat Xu Tianxi generously and distract him with comforts rather than directly obstruct him, while arranging a private evening with Xu Fu.
• Xu Fu spent the night with Xue Lingxun, who was happy afterward and gave Xu Sanshi a Gold Soul Card.
• Xue Nuan delivered toys, books, and a Gold Soul Card to Xu Tianxi, who asked Xu Sanshi why Xue Lingxun had sent them.
• Xu Sanshi explained what had happened between Xue Lingxun and Xu Fu, and Xu Xiaoyun resolved to ask Xu Fu about it.

Xu Tianxi and Xu Sanshi enjoyed the Xuanming Sect’s lavish meals while Xu Sanshi complained about Shrek and recounted how Ma Xiaotao had used him to suppress her Evil Fire. Xu Xiaoyun checked that Xu Sanshi was unharmed, then revealed a dazzling Soul Bone.

• Xu Xiaoyun invited Xu Tianxi and Xu Sanshi to eat, and Xu Sanshi eagerly raced to the dining hall.
• Xu Sanshi compared the Xuanming Sect’s nourishing soul-beast dishes with Shrek’s inferior cafeteria food and described Shrek’s brutal methods for obtaining Soul Bones.
• Xu Tianxi questioned whether Shrek resembled an Evil Soul Masters’ lair, and Xu Sanshi warned him to keep the thought quiet.
• Xu Sanshi recounted how Ma Xiaotao had forcibly used his water-attributed Martial Soul to suppress her Evil Fire, leaving him exhausted.
• Xu Xiaoyun examined Xu Sanshi, confirmed his source was unharmed, and produced a radiant miniature Right Leg Bone that Xu Tianxi and Xu Sanshi recognized as a Soul Bone.

Xu Sanshi fused with Xu Xiaoyun’s fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, while Xu Tianxi received permission to fuse with a family heirloom Left Leg Bone after reaching three rings. Two years later, Xu Tianxi became a Level 3 Soul Engineer, and Xu Xiaoyun agreed to take him to the Far North Land to hunt an Illusory Sky Moon God Butterfly.

• Xu Sanshi accepted Xu Xiaoyun’s fifty-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark Right Leg Bone and began fusing with it.
• Xu Xiaoyun offered Xu Tianxi a family heirloom Left Leg Bone, but told him to wait until he reached three rings before fusing with it.
• Xu Sanshi completed the fusion, and Xu Xiaoyun suppressed his Soul Power to conceal the Soul Bone and help him stabilize his cultivation.
• Xu Xiaoyun showed Xu Sanshi Sun Moon Empire Soul Tools and explained their power, while Xu Tianxi continued studying Soul Tool knowledge with Yue Lao.
• Two years later, Yue Lao confirmed that Xu Tianxi had successfully made a Level 3 Soul Guidance Core Array and qualified as a Level 3 Soul Engineer.
• Xu Tianxi asked to hunt an Illusory Sky Moon God Butterfly in the Far North Land, and Xu Xiaoyun agreed to take him there.

Xu Tianxi traveled into the Far North Land with Xu Xiaoyun and Yue Lao to find an Illusory Sky Moon God Butterfly for his second Spirit Ring. Xu Xiaoyun captured a suitable butterfly and escaped, leaving the Snow Empress to discover the slaughter and swear revenge.

• Xu Xiaoyun warned Xu Tianxi about the Far North Land’s powerful Ferocious Beasts as they ventured deeper in search of an Illusory Sky Moon God Butterfly.
• The Titan Snow Demon King passed nearby, and Xu Xiaoyun concealed Xu Tianxi and Yue Lao beneath the snow until it left.
• Xu Xiaoyun told Xu Tianxi that Senior Martial Uncle had gained hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings from a Soul Beast in the Far North and a Jade Sea Gyrfalcon at sea.
• Xu Xiaoyun used his Domain of Black Tortoise to kill a swarm of Illusory Sky Moon God Butterflies, and Xu Tianxi chose a three-thousand-year-old butterfly for his Spirit Ring.
• Xu Xiaoyun carried Xu Tianxi and Yue Lao away, and the Snow Empress appeared at the site and vowed to take revenge on the human who had killed her citizens.

Xu Tianxi absorbed a three-thousand-year Illusory Sky Moon God Butterfly Soul Ring and gained the area-effect illusion skill Mirror Flower Water Moon. After demonstrating its battlefield potential, Xu Xiaoyun warned him to keep its power secret, then prepared to send him to Vast Sea City with his Senior Martial Uncle.

• Xu Xiaoyun landed in a northern border village with Xu Tianxi and Yue Lao, and Xu Tianxi recovered from the flight before preparing to absorb his Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianxi killed the Illusory Sky Moon God Butterfly and used his full-moon Spiritual Power to overcome its remnant soul and absorb its three-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianxi gained Mirror Flower Water Moon, an illusion that could affect multiple targets within a hundred meters, and explained its limits to Xu Xiaoyun and Yue Lao.
• Yue Lao called the skill a battlefield massacre weapon, and Xu Xiaoyun warned Xu Tianxi that using it against groups could earn him a notorious reputation.
• Xu Tianxi demonstrated changing his Soul Rings, turning invisible, and transforming the snowy ground into a spring scene, then collapsed from Spiritual Power exhaustion.
• Xu Xiaoyun helped Xu Tianxi recover and said they would travel to Vast Sea City to meet his Senior Martial Uncle.

Xu Xiaoyun taught Xu Tianxi how resources and state of mind shaped cultivation, while warning him not to take on dangers beyond his strength. Xu Tianxi proposed using powerful soul-tool shells to make people obey, and the voyage ended with Xu Xiaoyun spotting Evil Soul Masters approaching through a battle at sea.

• Xu Xiaoyun explained how cultivation resources and a compatible state of mind affected powerful soul masters, using Xiao Changfeng and Yan Shaozhe as examples.
• Xu Tianxi said he planned to avenge his mother by confronting Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, and Xu Xiaoyun warned him to act within his limits.
• Xu Tianxi showed Xu Xiaoyun his Level 2 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and proposed using Level 9 shells to force people to listen to him.
• Xu Xiaoyun explained the danger of using Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, while Xu Tianxi said he could practice on Evil Soul Masters.
• Yue Lao reported that soul masters fighting soul beasts were approaching, and Xu Xiaoyun recognized Ten Thousand Soul Banner and Vengeful Ghost Martial Souls among them.

Xu Xiaoyun and Xu Tianxi ambushed a group of Evil Soul Masters hunting an injured Heavenly Tyrant Bixi, killing them with Soul Skills and thunder Soul Guidance Cannon Shells. After the battle, they approached the surviving Bixi and asked whether it could understand and speak.

• Xu Xiaoyun spotted seven Evil Soul Masters pursuing a wounded Heavenly Tyrant Bixi and decided to intervene with Xu Tianxi.
• Xu Xiaoyun explained that the Bixi was an exceptionally rare sea soul beast and suspected a hundred-thousand-year whale-type beast had injured it.
• Xu Xiaoyun killed the Soul Emperor and Soul King as the other Evil Soul Masters fled.
• Xu Tianxi trapped four Soul Ancestors with Mirror Flower Water Moon, then destroyed them with Fixed Soul Cannon Shells.
• Xu Tianxi chased down and killed the last Soul Ancestor with nine thunder-effect shells, whose explosions nearly overturned the Bixi.
• Xu Xiaoyun and Xu Tianxi approached the Bixi and asked whether it could understand them and speak.

Xu Tianxi and Xu Xiaoyun treated an injured Heavenly Tyrant Bixi, which recounted how a Ferocious Beast-level Deep Sea Demonic Whale attacked its clan before human Soul Masters hunted it. The Bixi befriended its rescuers and promised its elders would reward them, but its grandfather arrived and clashed with Xu Xiaoyun, leaving the Bixi to reveal that its clan’s gratitude ritual involved becoming one with its benefactors.

• Xu Xiaoyun treated the Heavenly Tyrant Bixi’s wounds, and Xu Tianxi learned that the turtle could speak.
• The Heavenly Tyrant Bixi told Xu Tianxi and Xu Xiaoyun that a powerful Deep Sea Demonic Whale had attacked its clan, injured its members, and disrupted its father’s attempt to teleport them away.
• The Bixi said that black-clad human Soul Masters had pursued and bombarded it after it woke on an island, and Xu Xiaoyun decided the Xuan Ming Family would protect it or return it to its clan.
• Xu Tianxi asked the Bixi to help them avoid the Deep Sea Demonic Whale, while the Bixi promised to introduce them to its elders and offer Xu Tianxi physical supplements.
• The Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor arrived in a rush of water tornadoes, and Xu Xiaoyun used a Black Tortoise attack to meet him.
• The Bixi identified the newcomer as its grandfather and told Xu Tianxi that its clan’s gratitude ritual was to become one with its benefactors.

Xu Xiaoyun battled the Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor in a three-move exchange, using his Black Tortoise powers against the ancient sea beast’s control of space and ocean energy. After the ancestor defeated his strongest attack, he gave Xu Tianxi a scale fragment that could help him survive one Life-and-Death Tribulation and invited him to visit the Baxia Clan.

• Xu Xiaoyun combined his first five Soul Rings and unleashed golden Black Tortoise barriers, but the Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor countered them with water dragons and spatial power, forcing Xu Xiaoyun back.
• Xu Tianxi worried that the Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor might kill Xu Xiaoyun, while Little Bixi explained that his grandfather was guiding him through three moves and had surpassed eight hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• The Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor launched a giant sphere of light, and Xu Xiaoyun answered with his Black Tortoise Domain and Ninth Soul Skill, Black Tortoise Divine Seal.
• The Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor neutralized Xu Xiaoyun’s attack and praised his Black Tortoise Bloodline, then gave Xu Tianxi a scale fragment that could help him survive one Life-and-Death Tribulation.
• The Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor invited Xu Tianxi to visit the Baxia Clan, then left with Little Bixi.

After the battle with the Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor, Xu Xiaoyun entered Deep Meditation while Xu Tianxi began planning how to grow strong enough to claim godhood himself. The chapter leaves Xu Tianxi resolved to hide his strength and prepare for future conquest as Jing Hongchen celebrates Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s early achievements.

• Xu Xiaoyun returned to the Soul Guidance Warship and entered Deep Meditation after sensing a chance to break through to the Limit Douluo realm.
• Xu Tianxi accepted the Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor’s Turtle Shell and assessed the danger posed by God King Tang and other powerful figures.
• Xu Tianxi resolved to seize opportunities, unify the continent, and forge a Divine Position if the God Realm would not grant him one.
• Xu Tianxi began considering how to develop combat techniques by combining Spiritual Power, Soul Power, and his Martial Soul’s abilities.
• Yue Lao saw Xu Tianxi surrounded by moonlight and believed he had entered Deep Meditation, while vowing that he would one day humble Shrek.
• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had produced multiple Level 3 Core Arrays, and Jing Hongchen asked whether Lin had come to report another forced sale at the academy.

Jing Hongchen accepted a large Soul Tool order from the mysterious merchant, while Xu Tianxi and Xu Xiaoyun reached Vast Sea City after a long voyage. Xu Tianxi woke from Deep Meditation to learn that Xu Xiaoyun had left him in Xiao Changfeng’s care, and that he would have to continue alone for now.

• Jing Hongchen received a request to sell a batch of level 5 and lower Soul Tools, along with a message asking him to look after the merchant’s child in three years.
• Jing Hongchen assigned the Soul Tool order to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s sixth-year students and arranged for the transaction to be recorded as experimental consumption.
• Yue Lao brought Xu Tianxi and Xu Xiaoyun’s boat to Vast Sea City and contacted the Black Tortoise Merchant Guild.
• Xiao Changfeng welcomed Yue Lao and waited for Xu Tianxi and Xu Xiaoyun to finish their Deep Meditation.
• Xu Tianxi woke in Vast Sea City and met Xiao Changfeng, who told him that Xu Xiaoyun had left and that he would have to walk the road ahead by himself.

Xiao Changfeng told Xu Tianxi that Xu Xiaoyun needed years of recuperation before attempting to become a Limit Douluo, then urged Xu Tianxi to cultivate in the Sun Moon Empire and eventually lead its army against the Three Douluo Kingdoms. He revealed that Xu Tianxi’s mother, Kong Xiyue, came from an exiled Sun Moon Imperial Family branch, and Yue Lao explained how the former emperor’s refusal to avenge a border attack led to the family’s downfall.

• Xiao Changfeng explained Xu Xiaoyun’s age and declining vitality made a breakthrough difficult, and said only a rare heavenly treasure could help him.
• Xiao Changfeng said Xu Tianxi could cultivate in the Sun Moon Empire and one day return with its army to avenge his mother, while the Xuanming Sect supported him from the shadows.
• Xiao Changfeng revealed that Kong Xiyue was born into a branch of the Sun Moon Imperial Family with deep ties to the Sun Moon military.
• Xiao Changfeng described Kong Xiyue’s maternal ancestors’ standing in the Imperial Soul Engineer and Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiments, then said they had been exiled despite their loyalty to the empire.
• Yue Lao recounted that the former Sun Moon Emperor refused military leaders’ calls to retaliate after Dai Hao’s forces attacked the border, then exiled Kong Xiyue’s family amid the resulting unrest.
• Yue Lao said Kong Xiyue’s great-grandfather died outside the palace, her grandfather later died in exile, and Xu Zu rescued her and helped her confront the former emperor’s legacy at the academy tournament.

Xu Tianxi learned that his mother’s family had been vindicated in the Sun Moon Empire and accepted an heirloom token before hearing Xiao Changfeng’s life story and learning more about the Star Luo Empire’s powerful figures. The chapter ended with Xu Tianxi asking Xiao Changfeng to help refine his fighting style.

• Xu Tianxi asked whether he could return to the Sun Moon Empire to avenge his mother, and Yue Lao confirmed the New Emperor had restored the family’s reputation and handed him the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment’s Purple-Gold Token.
• Xu Tianxi ate a seafood meal with Xiao Changfeng, who then recounted how Xu Xiaoyun had rescued him and his mother from the Heaven Dou imperial family and trained him into a powerful Soul Master.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that the Star Luo Empire’s Level Ninety-Eight Star Crown Ancestor was old and might be near death, leaving the empire’s Soul Master strength weaker than its military and Soul Tool capabilities suggested.
• Xiao Changfeng encouraged Xu Tianxi to cultivate toward becoming a Titled Douluo, and Xu Tianxi asked him for guidance on the fighting style he had devised after his Deep Meditation.

Xu Tianxi tested the moon-based techniques he had developed, impressing Xiao Changfeng, who offered to help him train and prepare for the Sun Moon Empire. Xiao Changfeng then revealed the plan behind Xu Tianxi’s public cover and told him Yan Shaozhe had once tried to make his life difficult, leaving Xu Tianxi vowing revenge.

• Xu Tianxi sparred with Xiao Changfeng and demonstrated a powerful punch that combined Spiritual Power and Soul Power, which he had developed after entering Deep Meditation.
• Xiao Changfeng recognized Xu Tianxi’s talent, offered to teach him Divine Beast Celestial Phenomenon, and advised him to keep studying and practicing.
• Xu Tianxi demonstrated moon phases that enhanced his attacks, illusions, and Cold Moon Gaze, and Xiao Changfeng arranged a higher Moon Gazing Platform and advanced Soul Tools for him.
• Xiao Changfeng said Xu Tianxi needed to reach Level 30 within three years and would go to the Sun Moon Empire after gaining his third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that the sect publicly claimed Xu Tianxi had Rank 7 Innate Soul Power and a Moon Shadow Martial Soul, while spreading rumors that he had run away from home.
• Xiao Changfeng revealed that Yan Shaozhe had asked Xue Lingxun to make things difficult for Xu Tianxi, and Xu Tianxi vowed to kill Yan Shaozhe when he was grown.

Yan Shaozhe learned that Xu Tianxi had run away from the Xuanming Sect and discussed the danger of Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with Du Weilun. Two and a half years later, Xu Tianxi sailed with Xiao Changfeng to hunt a Deep Sea Demonic Whale for his third Soul Ring and received a letter from a ninety-thousand-year Heavenly Tyrant Bixi.

• Du Weilun reported that Xu Tianxi had left the Xuanming Sect with his old servant after enduring years of isolation and rejection.
• Yan Shaozhe worried that Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire would become harder to suppress as she grew stronger and warned Du Weilun not to suggest seeking outside help.
• Yan Shaozhe recalled that the missing Ice Phoenix genius Feng Changxiao might have been able to help Ma Xiaotao if he had joined Shrek Academy.
• Two and a half years later, Xu Tianxi and Xiao Changfeng sailed toward the Demonic Whale Sea Area to hunt a Deep Sea Demonic Whale for Xu Tianxi’s third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Changfeng gave Xu Tianxi a letter that a ninety-thousand-year Heavenly Tyrant Bixi had addressed to him.

Xu Tianxi chose a Deep Sea Silver Demonic Whale as his next soul beast target after Little Bixi gave him a sea chart of Demonic Whale territories. He also asked Xiao Changfeng to investigate the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and began planning to help Huo Gua without revealing himself, ending by asking whether they had captured any Evil Soul Master prisoners.

• Xu Tianxi read Little Bixi's letter and studied the sea chart marking Deep Sea Demonic Whale territories and their escape routes.
• Xu Tianxi selected a sea region where a Deep Sea Silver Demonic Whale had appeared, and Xiao Changfeng ordered Yue Lao to steer southwest at greater speed.
• Xu Tianxi asked Xiao Changfeng to gather intelligence on the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and Xiao Changfeng agreed to use his Star Luo connections.
• Xu Tianxi considered the talents of Dai Hao's sons and Huo Gua, while resolving to intercept the Sky Dream Power Bank and Electrolux but keep Huo Gua from being ruined.
• Xu Tianxi decided to help Huo Gua indirectly with aptitude-improving pills and asked Xiao Changfeng whether they had captured any Evil Soul Master prisoners.

Xu Tianxi and Xiao Changfeng lured a Deep Sea Silver Demonic Whale from the ocean and Xiao Changfeng froze it after a fierce display of its powers. Xu Tianxi absorbed its eight-thousand-year Soul Ring through the night and awoke at dawn, having succeeded.

• Xiao Changfeng lured a Deep Sea Demonic Whale with the blood essence of its natural enemies and froze it with a single strike.
• Xiao Changfeng used the ordinary whale’s blood to attract a Deep Sea Silver Demonic Whale, then froze it with his Phoenix Cold Feathers.
• Xu Tianxi killed the immobilized Silver Demonic Whale with a Level 5 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and drew out its Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianxi endured the Soul Ring’s physical strain and the whale’s spiritual assault as Xiao Changfeng watched over him.
• Xu Tianxi opened his eyes at dawn and announced that he had succeeded in absorbing the Soul Ring.

After absorbing the Deep Sea Silver Demonic Whale Soul Ring, Xu Tianxi reached Soul Power Level thirty-three and gained top-tier lightning control alongside stronger Water Element power. Xiao Changfeng explained that he had inherited the whale’s lightning through their compatibility, then asked whether Xu Tianxi had noticed their teacher using the Xuanming Sect’s Soul Ring Combination.

• Xu Tianxi emerged from absorbing the Deep Sea Silver Demonic Whale Soul Ring with a third Soul Ring and greatly strengthened Water Element power.
• Xiao Changfeng noted that Xu Tianxi had reached only Soul Power Level thirty-three and attributed the slow growth to his Ultimate Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianxi showed Xiao Changfeng that he had gained persistent Lightning Element power, which Xiao Changfeng confirmed had become part of his Soul Power.
• Xu Tianxi revealed that using Moonlight Radiance during the soul shock had nearly exhausted the light he had accumulated over two and a half years.
• Xiao Changfeng realized Xu Tianxi’s three Soul Rings together exceeded ten thousand years and asked whether he had seen their teacher use the Soul Ring Combination.

Xiao Changfeng demonstrated the Soul Ring Combination secret art to Xu Tianxi and taught him its incantation, warning him to keep it secret and use it only when necessary. After Xiao Changfeng’s Ice Phoenix Ten Thousand Miles attack accidentally struck a powerful group of Evil Spirit Orcas, they found the orcas dead and their Soul Rings wasted.

• Xu Tianxi recalled Xu Xiaoyun’s Soul Ring combinations and realized Xiao Changfeng intended to teach him the secret art.
• Xiao Changfeng fused his first four Soul Rings and unleashed Ice Phoenix Ten Thousand Miles across the sea.
• Xiao Changfeng warned Xu Tianxi that combining Soul Rings burdened the body and that revealing the secret could invite attacks from powerful Soul Masters.
• Xiao Changfeng recited the secret art’s incantation while Xu Tianxi listened and asked questions.
• Xiao Changfeng sensed that his attack had struck a group of powerful Sea Soul Beasts, so he and Xu Tianxi went to investigate.
• Xiao Changfeng and Xu Tianxi found a frozen group of Evil Spirit Orcas, including a leader exceeding fifty thousand years, and Xiao Changfeng lamented wasting their Soul Rings.

Xiao Changfeng accidentally killed a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas, and Yue Lao absorbed the surviving thirty-thousand-year orca’s soul ring to reach Soul Sage. The orcas yielded a valuable Head Soul Bone for Yue Lao and a sixty-thousand-year Right Leg Bone, leaving Xiao Changfeng and Xu Tianxi astonished.

• Xiao Changfeng regretted killing the Evil Spirit Orcas, but Xu Tianxi reminded him they had rushed into the battle and been caught in his attack.
• Xiao Changfeng chose the surviving thirty-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca’s soul ring for Yue Lao, who killed it and began absorbing the ring to advance to Soul Sage.
• Xiao Changfeng discovered a thirty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone in the orca’s skull and agreed to give it to Yue Lao at Xu Tianxi’s request.
• Xu Tianxi urged Xiao Changfeng to search the other orcas for soul bones, and Xiao Changfeng uncovered a sixty-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca Right Leg Bone.