Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianxi argued that Soul Masters and Soul Tools could be integrated at deeper levels, leaving Lin Jiayi stunned by his proposals. His final idea was a Lifebound Soul Guided Device built around a person’s Martial Soul, a theory Lin recognized from Old Man Kong’s legends.

• Xu Tianxi explained that Soul Tools complemented Soul Skills and that a Soul Engineer’s physique and Soul Power could strengthen the tools they used.
• Xu Tianxi cited Armored Soul Tools and Soul Bone Armor as examples of equipment that could integrate with the body, then proposed developing close-fitting Soul Tool armor.
• Xu Tianxi claimed Shrek, the Tang Sect, and other victors had sealed away knowledge from the Spirit Hall’s legacy after the war.
• Xu Tianxi told the class he had discussed Soul Tool research with Xiao Hongchen and proposed using a Martial Soul as the foundation for a Lifebound Soul Guided Device.
• Lin Jiayi recognized the Lifebound Soul Guided Device as a theory attributed to Old Man Kong and marveled at Xu Tianxi’s talent.

After Xu Tianxi’s Soul Tool insights astonished the academy, Xiao Hongchen vowed to surpass him, but Lin Jiayi caught him on the roof and took him to the Academic Affairs Office for punishment. The next day, Meng Hongchen secretly approached Xu Tianxi in the library and asked him to use his illusion skill to help her show him something.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen discussed Xu Tianxi’s talent, and Xiao vowed to prove himself by studying Soul Tools harder.
• Xiao Hongchen laughed loudly on a classroom roof, so Meng Hongchen fled while Lin Jiayi caught him and escorted him to the Academic Affairs Office.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy announced a new rule forbidding students from climbing onto classroom roofs.
• Meng Hongchen met Xu Tianxi in disguise at the library and asked him to activate his illusion skill.

Meng Hongchen tutored Xu Tianxi for his Rank 1 Soul Engineer exam and agreed to support his future research in exchange for hearing his ideas. After Xu Tianxi proposed ways to mechanize rare-metal processing, Meng summoned Xuan Ziwen, who arrived and tried to take him to the laboratory, prompting Meng to claim Xu was her person.

• Meng Hongchen concealed herself with Xu Tianxi and gave him notes and past questions to help him pass the Rank 1 Soul Engineer exam.
• Xu Tianxi agreed to share his future research ideas with Meng Hongchen, who offered to seek funding from her grandfather, Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Tianxi sketched ideas for using water power and stored Soul Power to automate and improve rare-metal processing.
• Meng Hongchen called Xuan Ziwen, the chief researcher of Mingde Hall, to hear Xu Tianxi's ideas.
• Xuan Ziwen recognized Xu Tianxi as the student who had confounded Lin Jiayi and began pulling him toward his laboratory.
• Meng Hongchen stopped Xuan Ziwen, insisting that Xu Tianxi was her person.

Xuan Ziwen tried to recruit Xu Tianxi into his laboratory, prompting Meng Hongchen to compete with him as Xu Tianxi’s mentor. Two and a half months later, Xu Tianxi passed his Level 2 Soul Engineer exam, and Xuan Ziwen renewed his attempt to claim him as a student, sending Lin Jiayi rushing to warn the dean.

• Xuan Ziwen praised Xu Tianxi’s Soul Tool ideas, offered to guide his advancement, and gave him a Soul Guidance Door Card to his laboratory.
• Meng Hongchen resented Xuan Ziwen’s attempt to recruit Xu Tianxi and vowed to train him herself, then pulled him back to the study table to teach him.
• Two and a half months later, Xu Tianxi took the Level 2 Soul Engineer exam, and Lin Jiayi awarded him full marks on the theory portion before checking his practical work.
• Xuan Ziwen told Lin Jiayi that he had already given Xu Tianxi a laboratory door card and wanted to mentor the talented student.
• Lin Jiayi left the examination hall and called the dean to warn him that someone was trying to take Xu Tianxi.

Jing Hongchen learned that Xuan Ziwen had taken an interest in Xu Tianxi and rushed to the examination hall, while Xiao Hongchen discovered Xu Tianxi was attempting the Level 2 Soul Engineer exam. Seeing his grandfather hurry toward the hall, Xiao Hongchen felt abandoned and headed to the library to cultivate.

• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that Xuan Ziwen was invigilating Xu Tianxi's Level 2 examination, and Jing Hongchen flew toward the exam hall.
• Xiao Hongchen complained to Li SanShui about being confined for two and a half months, then asked him about Xu Tianxi.
• Li SanShui told Xiao Hongchen that Xu Tianxi had registered for the Level 2 examination and was likely nearly finished.
• Xiao Hongchen saw Jing Hongchen flying toward the exam hall and suspected he was rushing there because of Xu Tianxi.
• Xiao Hongchen gave Li SanShui a Soul Tool and went to the library to begin arduous cultivation, while Li SanShui revealed that Meng Hongchen had accompanied Xu Tianxi to the exam hall.

Jing Hongchen tried to secure Xu Tianxi as a student, but Xuan Ziwen invoked Kong Deming’s interest and forced him to back down. A year later, Xu Tianxi passed the Level 5 Soul Engineer examination, setting another academy record.

• Meng Hongchen joined Jing Hongchen outside the examination hall and helped him confront Xuan Ziwen over Xu Tianxi.
• Xuan Ziwen told Jing Hongchen that Kong Deming had asked him to teach Xu Tianxi, Meng Hongchen, and the others, and Jing Hongchen conceded rather than challenge Kong Deming.
• Jing Hongchen rewarded Xu Tianxi with a Purple Gold Card that let him borrow Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Cannon Shells from the academy warehouse.
• Xu Tianxi promised Jing Hongchen that he would catch up to Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, while Meng Hongchen encouraged him to break Xiao Hongchen’s record.
• A year later, the academy announced that fifth-year student Kong Tianxi had passed the Level 5 Soul Engineer examination in five months.

After passing the Level 5 Soul Engineer examination, Xu Tianxi persuaded Jing Hongchen to approve a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest by claiming he had foreseen an opportunity there. Jing Hongchen agreed to send Xuan Ziwen and Xiao Hongchen with him, then secretly contacted Kong to arrange backup in case Shrek’s hidden Limit Douluo threatened them.

• Xu Tianxi passed the Level 5 Soul Engineer examination, and Jing Hongchen awarded him his badge as students watched the broadcast.
• Xu Tianxi asked to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest, claiming his Martial Soul had shown him a rare opportunity there.
• Xu Tianxi warned Jing Hongchen that Shrek’s Dragon God Douluo, Mu En, was a living Level Ninety-Nine Limit Douluo and could endanger him.
• Xu Tianxi showed Jing Hongchen a Shrek Inner Courtyard Token and criticized Shrek, convincing him to approve the expedition.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Xuan Ziwen and Xiao Hongchen to accompany Xu Tianxi, then called Kong to request backup if they ran into trouble.

Tang San secretly prepared to manipulate a mysterious new star through his daughter, while Xiao Hongchen agreed to join Xu Tianxi’s expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest. Huo Yuhao fled the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, took his mother’s surname, and headed for the forest to begin his path toward revenge.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu he worried about the Tang Sect’s decline and the mysterious new star, then secretly planned to control the new star and Rong Nianbing to advance his schemes.
• Tang San used his power to freeze Tang Wu Tong and decided to make her bait for the new star, promising she would share the newcomer’s benefits.
• Xiao Hongchen trained with his Soul Guided Cannons until Xu Tianxi and Xuan Ziwen invited him on a practical expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Hongchen accepted the expedition after Xu Tianxi promised to lead it and made him agree not to start fights; Xu Tianxi gave him a safety guide.
• Huo Yuhao slipped out of the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, vowed to avenge his mother, changed his name from Dai Yuhao, and ran north toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen entered the Star Dou Great Forest area and encountered Huo Yuhao while he grilled fish. When Tang Ya learned that Huo Yuhao had no family left, she exclaimed that it was wonderful, prompting the others to suspect her and Bei Bei of being Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Tianxi led Xiao Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen toward the Star Dou Great Forest, tracking Huo Yuhao and discussing their hopes for the trip.
• Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen followed the smell of grilled fish and found Huo Yuhao cooking beside a stream.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived, and Xiao Hongchen claimed the fish had already been reserved while Bei Bei cautiously asked why the three had come.
• Tang Ya asked Huo Yuhao about his family, and he told her that he had none left.
• Tang Ya exclaimed that Huo Yuhao having no family was wonderful, so Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen pulled him behind them and suspected Bei Bei and Tang Ya of being Evil Soul Masters.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya met Huo Yuhao, Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen, but Tang Ya’s remarks nearly provoked a fight before Bei Bei calmed everyone down. After the groups parted ways, Bei Bei and Tang Ya decided to catch up with Huo Yuhao and recruit him into the Tang Sect.

• Tang Ya’s remarks about Huo Yuhao having no family made Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen ready their weapons, and Bei Bei stepped in to explain that she meant no harm.
• Tang Ya claimed that her Blue Silver Grass and the Tang Sect’s history proved she was not an Evil Soul Master, but Xuan Ziwen rejected her arguments until Bei Bei revealed his four-ring Dragon Transformation and apologized.
• Xu Tianxi accepted Bei Bei’s explanation, introduced himself as Kong, and spoke with him about Shrek Academy and the next Tournament while they ate Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish.
• Huo Yuhao proposed leaving, and Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen offered to travel with him and help him hunt a Soul Ring.
• After the groups left, Bei Bei warned Tang Ya that her Hidden Weapons could not defeat their teacher, then guessed she wanted to recruit Huo Yuhao because of his fish.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya realized their Tang Sect could use its annual Shrek Academy admission quota and hurried after Huo Yuhao and the others to recruit him.

Xu Tianxi entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and tried to make Xu Tianxi his host. A mysterious remnant soul entered Xu Tianxi’s Sea of Spirit instead, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered that Xu Tianxi already had an Ultimate Water Second Martial Soul.

• Xu Tianxi shot a ten-year Wind Baboon with a Level-Four Paralysis Soul Guidance Ray, and Xiao Hongchen promised to help Huo Yuhao obtain a hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his Spiritual Power to daze Xiao Hongchen and the others, then introduced himself to Xu Tianxi as a million-year Soul Beast.
• Xu Tianxi showed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm an Azure Tortoise Shell and claimed the Heavenly Tyrant Ancestor was his Grandmaster Ancestor and a powerful backer.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began turning himself into Xu Tianxi’s Wisdom Soul Ring, but a gray stream of air entered Xu Tianxi’s Sea of Spirit and overwhelmed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s resistance.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Xu Tianxi already possessed a Second Martial Soul with the Ultimate Water attribute and began considering how to make his plan work.

Xu Tianxi’s group reunited with Bei Bei and Tang Ya in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang Ya claimed a Mandala Snake Soul Ring and Bei Bei mistook Xu Tianxi for a Star Luo Royal Academy Soul Engineer. The chapter ended with Tang Ya absorbing the ring, Huo Yuhao anticipating his own first Soul Ring, and the Imperial Auspicious Beast waking briefly before going back to sleep.

• Xu Tianxi and the others left the cave after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ended its Spiritual Power storm, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived too late to find Huo Gua.
• Bei Bei greeted Xu Tianxi’s group and offered to guide them using his map; Xu Tianxi agreed to cooperate in finding a Mental Attribute soul beast for Huo Yuhao.
• A thousand-year Mandala Snake attacked, and Bei Bei fought it with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianxi’s Level 4 Paralysis Soul Gun pierced the Mandala Snake’s head, allowing Tang Ya to kill it and begin absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Bei Bei mistook Xu Tianxi’s Star Crown Token for proof that he attended Star Luo Royal Academy, while Huo Yuhao watched Tang Ya absorb the ring and longed to obtain his own.
• The Imperial Auspicious Beast woke beside the Lake of Life, heard the Scarlet King warn it about the escaped Big Worm, and returned to sleep.

Bei Bei and Xu Tianxi led the group to a Demon Eye Tree grove so Huo Yuhao could find a suitable Soul Beast. With Xiao Hongchen’s pill temporarily increasing Huo Yuhao’s limit, he absorbed a nearly five-hundred-year-old Demon Eye Tree’s Soul Ring, though his Soul Power still fell just short of Shrek’s admission requirement.

• Bei Bei and Xu Tianxi recommended Demon Eye Trees as suitable Mental Attribute Soul Beasts for Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen, Xu Tianxi, and Bei Bei cleared the poisonous grove and defeated the Demon Eye Trees while Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao watched.
• Xu Tianxi identified a Demon Eye Tree approaching five hundred years of cultivation, and Xiao Hongchen offered a pill that could temporarily raise Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring limit.
• Huo Yuhao took the pill, absorbed the tree’s Soul Ring, and emerged safely after two hours.
• Bei Bei measured Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power at peak Rank fourteen and noted that he remained slightly below Shrek’s admission requirement.

Xu Tianxi gave Huo Yuhao an Immortal Spirit Herb and encouraged Bei Bei to help him enter Shrek, while Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect after mistakenly linking Tang San to the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Emperor. As Xu Tianxi explored the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen, he discovered a weak, golden tortoise that he identified as a Golden Hawksbill.

• Xu Tianxi gave Huo Yuhao an Immortal Spirit Herb, then left him in Bei Bei’s care and suggested he had a future at Shrek and in the Star Luo Empire.
• Bei Bei admitted he considered Xu Tianxi a formidable opponent, while Tang Ya invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao recalled the Holy Spirit Cult senior’s claims about Tang San and eagerly joined the Tang Sect as Tang Ya’s disciple.
• Huo Yuhao asked Bei Bei about Soul Guidance Weapons, and Bei Bei explained that they had replaced the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons.
• Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen discussed their prospects at the next Tournament as they traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a familiar but weak aura, Xu Tianxi detected a golden tortoise by Clear Lake and wondered if it was a Golden Hawksbill.

Xu Tianxi recognized a sick Golden Hawksbill as the turtle he suspected had swallowed Gold of Life, then persuaded it to trust him by promising protection and help finding a mate. He used his gray-eyed power to draw a surge of Life Force from the turtle, bathing himself, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen in golden light.

• Xu Tianxi explained that Golden Hawksbills were auspicious, long-lived turtle soul beasts, and Xuan Ziwen rushed forward after learning their innate ability inspired the Invincible Barrier.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed that the thirty-thousand-year-old Golden Hawksbill was losing Life Force inward, and Xu Tianxi inferred that it held Gold of Life inside its body.
• Xu Tianxi promised the turtle safety and help finding a mate, including a possible introduction to the sea turtle king, Heaven Heavenly Tyrant Bixi, and the Golden Hawksbill agreed to let him examine it.
• Xu Tianxi used his gray eyes to place Xiao Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen in a trance, then revealed his power to the Golden Hawksbill and began drawing out its Life Force.
• Golden light and dense Life Force burst from the Golden Hawksbill, enveloping Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen.

Electrolux used the Golden Hawksbill’s Life Force and Source Power to heal Xu Tianxi and awaken his Black Tortoise Bloodline, while also helping the turtle survive. Xu Tianxi left the Star Dou Great Forest with a transformed body and an evolved Black Tortoise Shield, as Xuan Ziwen and Xiao Hongchen discovered that the Life Force had purged impurities from them.

• Electrolux bathed Xu Tianxi, Xuan Ziwen, and Xiao Hongchen in the Golden Hawksbill’s Life Force, healing Xu Tianxi’s hidden injuries and strengthening his body.
• Electrolux drew the Golden Hawksbill’s Source Power into Xu Tianxi’s Profound Tortoise Shell Shield, awakening his Black Tortoise Bloodline and evolving it into a Black Tortoise Shield.
• Electrolux explained that the Golden Hawksbill would have died within ten years without his help, and the turtle agreed to obey him in exchange for living several hundred more years.
• Electrolux extracted part of the Gold of Life from the Golden Hawksbill and warned it not to reveal his existence before returning to Xu Tianxi’s Sea of Spirit to rest.
• Xu Tianxi put away the Gold of Life and his Black Tortoise Shield, while the Golden Hawksbill asked who Electrolux was and eyed Xu Tianxi warily.
• Xuan Ziwen and Xiao Hongchen woke to find their bodies cleansed of impurities, and Xu Tianxi sent them to wash the grime from themselves in Clear Lake.

Xiao Hongchen and Xu Tianxi celebrated the benefits of Xuan Ziwen’s treatment, while Xu Tianxi considered his growing influence in the Sun Moon Empire. At the Xuanming Sect, Xiao Changfeng revealed that Bei Bei and Tang Ya had repeatedly invited Xu Sanshi to join the Tang Sect, prompting Xu Xiaoyun to order a meeting with Jing Hongchen.

• Xiao Hongchen bathed in Clear Lake and vowed to avoid pills with side effects after Xu Tianxi warned him that their impurities could build up again.
• Xiao Hongchen boasted that he could become a Soul Sage before the Shrek and Body Sect prodigies, while Xu Tianxi reminded him of other potential rivals.
• Xiao Changfeng met Xu Xiaoyun and Xu Fu, reporting Xu Tianxi’s success as a Level 5 Soul Engineer and his rank-thirty-eight Soul Power.
• Xu Xiaoyun and Xu Fu revealed that Xu Sanshi had awakened his Black Tortoise Bloodline and could transform his Profound Tortoise Shell Shield into the Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xiao Changfeng reported that Bei Bei and Tang Ya had repeatedly invited Xu Sanshi to join their two-person Tang Sect, enraging Xu Fu.
• Xu Xiaoyun ordered Xiao Changfeng to prepare meeting gifts and visit Jing Hongchen.

Xu Xiaoyun and Xiao Changfeng agreed to stake the Xuanming Sect’s future on Tian Xi and consider supporting his claim to the Sun Moon Empire’s throne. After returning to Mingdu, Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen went to an auction, where they unexpectedly reunited with Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

• Xu Xiaoyun suspected Mu En was maneuvering to secure Bei Bei’s succession and agreed that the Xuanming Sect could align with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xiao Changfeng urged Xu Xiaoyun to back Tian Xi, arguing that Tian Xi could claim the imperial throne and avenge the sect’s losses.
• Xu Xiaoyun told Xiao Changfeng to bring Tian Xi the sect’s hundred-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Left Leg Bone when he went to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jing Hongchen tried to placate Meng Hongchen at Haoyue Auction House, and the auction house arranged a special temporary auction for academy students.
• Xuan Ziwen brought Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen back to Mingdu, and the two chose to relax at Haoyue Auction House instead of reporting to the academy.
• After the auction, Meng Hongchen and Jing Hongchen confronted them; Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen discovered they had been bidding against Jing Hongchen’s private box and hurried to explain their trip.

Xu Tianxi revealed his awakened Black Tortoise Shield Second Martial Soul and Ultimate Water attribute to Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen siblings, securing their attention and support. Xiao Hongchen accepted that Xu Tianxi had surpassed him, while Jing Hongchen celebrated the family’s good fortune.

• Meng Hongchen pinched Xiao Hongchen over his newly smooth skin until Xu Tianxi explained that Brother Turtle’s Life Energy had transformed their bodies.
• Jing Hongchen promised to find resources for Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen as they prepared for the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament.
• Xu Tianxi demonstrated his Black Tortoise Shield and revealed that Brother Turtle’s Source Power had awakened it as his Second Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianxi explained that his Senior Martial Uncle had taught him a combat technique for manifesting the Divine Beast Bloodline and said his Second Martial Soul had the Ultimate Water attribute.
• Xiao Hongchen realized Xu Tianxi had surpassed him as both a Soul Engineer and a Soul Master, while Jing Hongchen rejoiced at the Hongchen Family’s good fortune.

Xu Tianxi revealed that his second Martial Soul was an Ultimate Water Black Tortoise, prompting Kong Deming to take him as a direct disciple and grant him access to imperial resources. The chapter ended with Jing Hongchen returning to find Xu Tianxi with Xiao Changfeng, the powerful president of the Black Tortoise Merchant Guild.

• Xu Tianxi demonstrated the immense power of his awakened Black Tortoise Shield, and Jing Hongchen arranged secrecy and protection for him.
• Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming that Xu Tianxi had Twin Martial Souls and an Ultimate Divine Beast Martial Soul, astonishing Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen.
• Kong Deming dismissed Jing Hongchen's fears that Xu Tianxi might be a spy and authorized him to take rare treasures from the national treasury.
• Kong Deming named Xu Tianxi his right-door direct disciple, with Xuan Ziwen serving as his senior fellow disciple, leaving Jing Hongchen dejected.
• Jing Hongchen returned to his office and found Xu Tianxi with Xiao Changfeng, the president of the Black Tortoise Merchant Guild.