Chapter Summaries

Su Hao fought Phosphor Bone Talent to keep the train passengers safe, then unleashed a golden sword that overwhelmed and killed the Evil Soul Master. The crimson sky vanished as a figure in Crimson Armor appeared above Su Hao.

• Su Hao drew Phosphor Bone Talent away from the injured Sister Mo Lan and Tang Wulin, then blasted him with an Air Cannon.
• Phosphor Bone Talent's Phosphor Fire vanished when it struck Su Hao, and he attacked again in anger.
• Su Hao's eyes and Spiritual Power slowed Phosphor Bone Talent, and a golden greatsword severed his right arm.
• Su Hao's sword drained Phosphor Bone Talent's vitality and Soul Power, and the Evil Soul Master was consumed by his own ghostly green flames.
• A voice called out, the crimson sky disappeared, and a figure in Crimson Armor appeared above Su Hao.

Zhen Hua arrived to rescue Su Hao after Tang Wulin sent him a distress message, but Su Hao told him he had already killed the Evil Soul Master. Zhen Hua took the unharmed Su Hao away, then brought him to the stopped Soul Guide Train, where another Mecha Squad surrounded them.

• Zhen Hua arrived in Four-Word Battle Armor and asked Su Hao where the Evil Soul Master was.
• Su Hao told Zhen Hua that he had already killed the Evil Soul Master.
• Liu An and the Heaven Dou City First Mecha Brigade arrived, and Zhen Hua identified himself as the Blacksmith Association's Divine Craftsman.
• Zhen Hua took Su Hao away while Liu An ordered a search, which found only shrubs burned to ashes.
• Zhen Hua flew with Su Hao to the stopped Soul Guide Train, where another Mecha Squad surrounded them.

After the train attack, Mo Lan recovered quickly while Tang Wulin remained unconscious from Spiritual Power exhaustion. Tang Wulin woke two days later, learned that Su Hao had defeated the Evil Soul Master, and discovered his Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Sea Realm before Zhen Hua took him and Su Hao to make a statement.

• Zhen Hua and Su Hao reached the injured passengers, and medical staff reported that Mo Lan and Tang Wulin were recovering.
• Zhen Hua arranged treatment in Heaven Dou City, where Mo Lan's father, Mo Wu, thanked Su Hao for saving his daughter.
• Mo Lan woke, thanked Su Hao, and asked about Tang Wulin, who remained unconscious.
• Tang Wulin woke two days later, thanked Su Hao, and learned Mo Lan had nearly recovered.
• Tang Wulin revealed that his Spiritual Power had advanced to the Spirit Sea Realm, then accompanied Zhen Hua and Su Hao to the Heaven Dou City Government Hall to make a statement.

Zhen Hua brought Su Hao and Tang Wulin to Heaven Dou City to give statements and join a meeting about responding to the Evil Soul Masters. After ten days of forging and training at the Blacksmith Association, the pair prepared to return to Shrek, while Zhen Hua gave up trying to persuade Su Hao to become his disciple.

• Liu An took Tang Wulin's statement, and Governor Mo Wu invited Zhen Hua to a meeting about the Evil Soul Masters; Zhen Hua arranged for Shrek to attend.
• Yali arrived at the meeting, where Heaven Dou City's officials agreed that Shrek would assist with the coming operation against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yali cleansed the lingering negative energy from Tang Wulin and invited him and Su Hao back to the academy, but both stayed with Zhen Hua.
• Zhen Hua offered Tang Wulin forging lessons and settled the pair's debts in exchange for their finished work over ten days; Su Hao advanced to Rank 40 but still needed a Soul Spirit.
• On their final day, Zhen Hua gave Tang Wulin the requested Spirit Materials and arranged their return; after Tang Wulin advised him about winning Su Hao over, Zhen Hua decided to let the matter go naturally.

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• The narrator noticed their boss hovering nearby at work and felt too scared to write.
• The narrator decided to take the next day off.
• The narrator planned to write two updates a day if the boss had not noticed, or cut back to one if he had.

Su Hao and Tang Wulin returned to Shrek City with help from Liu An, who explained the costs and demands of maintaining a high-tier mecha. After Tang Wulin exchanged for Spirit Materials, Su Hao bought the ten-thousand-year Yin Yang Spirit Feather Phoenix Soul Spirit prepared for his Fourth Soul Ring and headed to the Work-Study Dormitory to absorb it.

• Liu An took Su Hao and Tang Wulin in his Black Mecha and explained how high-ranking Mecha Masters had to fund and maintain their own mechas.
• Liu An brought Su Hao and Tang Wulin to the outskirts of Shrek City, where they parted ways with him.
• Su Hao took Tang Wulin to the Tang Sect to exchange for Spirit Materials, then went alone to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Su Hao paid for the ten-thousand-year Yin Yang Spirit Feather Phoenix Soul Spirit that Leng Yaozhu had prepared for him.
• Su Hao drove to the Work-Study Dormitory with the Soul Spirit, intending to absorb it.

Su Hao absorbed the Yin Yang Spirit Feather Phoenix in minutes, then watched over Tang Wulin as he began absorbing Spirit Materials to break through his fourth seal. Yuanen Yehui guarded the dormitory overnight and, after Su Hao promised to stay inside, washed away the impurities drawn from her body by the medicinal fragrance.

• Su Hao absorbed the Yin Yang Spirit Feather Phoenix, gaining laws of yin-yang and life as his Soul Rings appeared.
• Tang Wulin asked Su Hao to guard him while he absorbed Spirit Materials, and Yuanen Yehui agreed to stand watch outside.
• Tang Wulin began breaking through his fourth seal in a barrel of water while Su Hao consolidated his cultivation and Yuanen Yehui cultivated with the medicinal fragrance.
• By dawn, Yuanen Yehui noticed that the fragrance had drawn impurities from her body and decided to wash in the courtyard without leaving her post.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Su Hao to stay inside while she washed, and he agreed as she cleaned herself with cold water.

Tang Wulin completed his breakthrough as Yuanen Yehui attacked Xie Xie for accidentally seeing her bathing. After she ran off in tears instead of hitting him, Xie Xie admitted he liked her, while Su Hao urged him not to give up.

• Tang Wulin finished his breakthrough, and he and Su Hao went outside to investigate the courtyard's booms.
• Yuanen Yehui used her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and Dark Sky Curtain to slow Xie Xie and attack him.
• Tang Wulin blocked Yuanen Yehui's punch, and she said Xie Xie had offended her because of him before leaving to change.
• Xie Xie apologized and offered to let Yuanen Yehui beat him, but she covered her face and ran away crying.
• Xie Xie admitted that he liked Yuanen Yehui, and Su Hao encouraged him to keep trying before leaving with Tang Wulin to eat.

Tang Wulin and Su Hao returned to Shrek Academy and went with Wu Changkong to Sea God Island after he warned them that Evil Soul Masters might target them. There, they saw Na'er, and Tang Wulin explained to Wu Changkong how he had first met her.

• Wu Changkong summoned Tang Wulin and Su Hao to the Inner Court and warned them to be cautious of the Evil Soul Masters who had attacked them on the train.
• Wu Changkong took Tang Wulin and Su Hao by boat to Sea God Island, where Su Hao sensed the island's strong life aura.
• Tang Wulin and Su Hao saw Na'er arriving on another boat, but Su Hao urged the stunned Tang Wulin to follow Wu Changkong.
• Tang Wulin asked whether the girl had been Na'er, and Wu Changkong questioned the two about how they knew her.
• Tang Wulin recounted his first meeting with Na'er, and Wu Changkong continued toward Sea God Pavilion with a faint smile.

Su Hao met with Sea God Pavilion Master Yun Ming and the elders, who questioned him about the train attacks and asked him to join Shrek. After Su Hao left, Cai Yuer proposed imprisoning him and Gu Yue, but Yun Ming rejected the plan and said Shrek still had four years to win him over.

• Wu Changkong brought Su Hao to Sea God Pavilion and left Tang Wulin waiting outside.
• Yun Ming questioned Su Hao about the bandits who attacked the two trains, and Su Hao recounted both incidents.
• Yun Ming asked Su Hao to leave the Spirit Pagoda and join Shrek, but Su Hao refused, saying the Spirit Pagoda suited him better.
• Yun Ming dismissed Su Hao, and Su Hao left Sea God Pavilion.
• Cai Yuer urged Yun Ming to imprison Su Hao and Gu Yue, but Yun Ming warned that coercion could make them hostile to Shrek.
• Yun Ming said Shrek still had four years to persuade Su Hao to join.

The Sea God Pavilion approved a joint effort with the Federation to hunt down the Evil Soul Masters. Na'er learned that her brother Su Hao was at Shrek Academy and planned to see him the next day, while Yun Ming and Yali wondered whether Su Hao might leave the Spirit Pagoda to join Shrek.

• Zhuo Shi praised Tang Wulin’s bloodline and potential during the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Cai Yuer briefed the elders on the Evil Soul Masters’ attack, and Yun Ming ordered Shrek’s Inner Court disciples and the Tang Sect network to help investigate and suppress them.
• Na'er spotted Su Hao’s familiar silhouette from afar, then learned from Tang Wulin that Su Hao was a first-grade Class Monitor at Shrek Academy.
• Na'er told Yun Ming and Yali she wanted to visit Su Hao, and Yali suggested she wait until the next day.
• Yun Ming and Yali realized Su Hao was Na'er’s brother and discussed whether she might persuade him to join Shrek Academy.

Na'er reunited with Su Hao at the work-study dormitory, and he told her what had happened since they parted. Su Hao took her to lunch, where they ran into Xie Xie and Yuanen Yehui, and Na'er and Su Hao ate their way through a huge order of snacks.

• Na'er visited Su Hao and joyfully reunited with him after years apart.
• Su Hao recounted his life since Na'er had left, then took her to a restaurant on Snack Street for lunch.
• Na'er chose squid at a teppanyaki stall, where Su Hao ran into Xie Xie and Yuanen Yehui.
• Su Hao introduced Na'er as his little sister, and Xie Xie tried to greet her while she shyly hid behind Su Hao.
• Su Hao told Yuanen Yehui that Tang Wulin would forge the Sentient Metal for her after returning from Sea God Island.
• Na'er and Su Hao ate a huge meal while Xie Xie and Yuanen Yehui watched after becoming full.

Su Hao and his companions finished eating at a barbecue restaurant, where a gang of delinquents harassed Na'er and threatened them. The group left the restaurant, but the gang blocked their way and demanded that Na'er stay behind.

• Su Hao and Na'er ate far more than usual while Xie Xie and Yuanen Yehui watched.
• Xiao Lei and the other delinquents made lewd remarks about Na'er, and the barbecue shop owner warned Su Hao's group to leave.
• Su Hao finished the complimentary squid skewers, paid the bill, and led the group toward the exit.
• Xiao Lei tried to stop Su Hao and invited the group to drink, but Su Hao dodged his hand and told him to get lost.
• Xiao Lei threatened the group and demanded that they leave Na'er behind, while Su Hao, Na'er, Yuanen Yehui, and Xie Xie reacted with amusement.

Su Hao faced down Feng Ling and his delinquent companions after they blocked the group, then revealed his overwhelming power and sent them away. On the way back, Na'er explained that her Martial Soul had awakened years earlier and showed that she had four powerful Soul Rings of her own.

• Feng Ling challenged the Shrek students, demanding that they admit inferiority and crawl between his legs if they lost.
• Su Hao accepted the challenge alone and immobilized Feng Ling with his aura before holding his Dark Gold Dreadclaw to Feng Ling's neck.
• Su Hao revealed his four Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and ordered Feng Ling and the others to leave Shrek City.
• Xie Xie asked when Su Hao had reached four rings, and Su Hao explained that he had broken through in Heaven Dou City and absorbed his Fourth Soul Spirit afterward.
• Na'er said her family had awakened her Martial Soul when she was young and that she had cultivated at Shrek since age eight.
• Na'er summoned her Martial Soul, revealing four Soul Rings and a long silver spear.

Na'er revealed that her Silver Dragon Spear could suppress dragon-bloodline Martial Souls, while Xie Xie continued training under Liang Xiao Yu and Tang Wulin trained with Zhuo Shi. As the new term approached, Na'er asked Ya Li to let Su Hao enter Shrek's Inner Court, but Ya Li said he needed more tempering and hoped he would join Shrek; Su Hao returned to the dormitory, where his communicator rang.

• Na'er summoned her Silver Dragon Spear and explained that it suppressed Martial Souls with dragon bloodlines, leaving Xie Xie wondering whether his daggers had such bloodlines.
• Su Hao kept Na'er company, while Xie Xie continued serving Yuanen Yehui and training under Liang Xiao Yu, the Tang Sect Agility Hall Master.
• Tang Wulin practiced the Golden Dragon Nine Forms with Zhuo Shi and researched his second Blood Essence Soul Ring as the new term approached.
• Na'er asked Ya Li to let Su Hao enter Shrek's Inner Court, but Ya Li said he still needed tempering and hoped he would choose to join Shrek.
• Su Hao returned to the dormitory, greeted Xu Lizi and the others, and began cultivating before his Soul Tool Communicator rang.

Su Hao and Gu Yue accidentally combined two Heavenly Crystals into a Five-Colored Crystal that transported them to an unfamiliar temple filled with dense elemental laws. As voices outside wondered whether a prophesied lord had returned, the chapter left Su Hao and Gu Yue inside the temple.

• Gu Yue brought Su Hao a Heavenly Crystal from her family and explained that it could summon powerful Soul Masters but gradually drain the absorber’s emotions.
• Su Hao brought out his own Heavenly Crystal, and the two crystals merged into a Five-Colored Crystal.
• The Five-Colored Crystal formed a barrier around Su Hao and Gu Yue and transported them away, while a hidden ray of light shot into the distance.
• Su Hao and Gu Yue arrived in a place where elemental laws were several times denser than outside, and Gu Yue reflected that she might have recovered there if she had come earlier.
• Voices outside the temple said the disturbance had opened it again and wondered whether the prophesied lord had returned.

Su Hao and Gu Yue entered a Divine Hall and discovered a statue resembling Su Hao, while a group led by Evil Emperor arrived and exposed their hiding place. When Su Hao emerged, Evil Emperor, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the others recognized him as the lord they had awaited, leaving Gu Yue confused about his connection to them.

• Su Hao and Gu Yue found themselves in a vast stone chamber with a statue that looked almost exactly like Su Hao.
• Su Hao hid himself and Gu Yue in a pocket of space when a group led by Evil Emperor entered the Divine Hall.
• Evil Emperor detected the pair with his inherited Spatial Attainment and fired a beam at their hiding place.
• Su Hao emerged and teleported Evil Emperor’s beam beyond Douluo Star.
• Evil Emperor, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the rest of the group knelt and hailed Su Hao as their returning lord.
• Gu Yue wondered how Su Hao could have established a force she had never known about.

Su Hao learned that the Evil Emperor, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress had spent ten thousand years building a powerful faction in a modified Small Plane. After receiving a message from his future self, Su Hao named the faction Heavenly Court, renamed the Evil Emperor Thunder Emperor, and returned to Shrek with Gu Yue.

• The Evil Emperor, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress told Su Hao that they had built a faction with strength comparable to the major powers on the Douluo Plane.
• The Evil Emperor gave Su Hao a multicolored crystal, which connected him to a strand of Spiritual Power left by his future self.
• Future Su Hao explained that the Seed of Life had reached Tang Wulin because of the Blue Silver Emperor, prompting Su Hao to change his plans and leave Shrek Academy.
• Su Hao ordered the three to establish contact with the outside world, named their faction Heavenly Court, and renamed the Evil Emperor Thunder Emperor.
• Su Hao warned Heavenly Court to conceal the full extent of its strength, then returned to Shrek with Gu Yue.
• The Ice Empress worried that Gu Yue had overheard them, but the Snow Empress reassured her that Su Hao was stronger than Gu Yue's so-called master.

Su Hao returned to Shrek with Gu Yue and hinted that a choice involving her would come in a few years. The next morning, he applied to withdraw from Shrek, intending to leave regardless of whether the academy approved.

• Su Hao asked Gu Yue whether she wanted to know the identities of the three figures, then said he would explain when the time was right and that she would face a choice in a few years.
• Su Hao and Gu Yue returned to their dormitory, where Xie Xie teased Su Hao and was told to get lost.
• Su Hao went to the Academic Affairs Office and applied to withdraw from Shrek for personal reasons.
• The two teachers promised to notify Su Hao that night and reported his withdrawal request to their superiors.
• Su Hao left the office, knowing the teachers had contacted their superiors, and decided he would leave whether Shrek approved or not.

Su Hao attended class while Yun Ming learned that he wanted to withdraw from Shrek and asked Wu Changkong to find out why. Wu Changkong went to speak with Su Hao, while Gu Yue suspected the meeting was connected to the previous night.

• Su Hao went to class, and Yun Ming received the report that he wanted to withdraw from Shrek.
• Yun Ming asked Wu Changkong about Su Hao’s background and personality, then told him to try persuading Su Hao to stay without stopping him if he remained determined to leave.
• Wu Changkong explained that Su Hao had no unusual bloodline, though his Martial Soul could cultivate on its own and repair his body.
• Wu Changkong flew to the classroom after class and summoned Su Hao to speak in his office.
• Gu Yue asked Tang Wulin and Xie Xie why Wu Changkong wanted to see Su Hao, but they assumed it was a routine exam.