Chapter Summaries

Xu Zihuang, an exiled Prince of the Sun Moon Empire with an exceptionally pure royal bloodline, learned that Xu Tianran planned to use him to produce heirs. He accepted the order while recognizing that his survival depended on remaining valuable for the next few years.

• Xu Zihuang stood in the garden of the remote military island where he had been exiled after his father died in a Palace Coup.
• Regiment Commander Haixiao told Xu Zihuang that one hundred noble young ladies would arrive, and that Xu Tianran wanted him to choose ten to continue the royal bloodline.
• Xu Zihuang realized Xu Tianran had spared him because he possessed Innate Full Soul Power and the Purple Sun Annihilating Heaven Dragon martial soul with an exceptionally pure bloodline.
• Xu Zihuang told Haixiao to inform him when the women arrived, accepting that he had no right to refuse.
• Xu Zihuang reflected that he might survive for only a few more years and would be in danger once he had produced descendants.

Xu Zihuang continued his life of exile on the island, hiding his Golden Eye Martial Soul while believing escape was impossible. Meanwhile, a ship carrying a hundred noblewomen approached the island, unaware that a powerful presence was pursuing it underwater.

• Xu Zihuang ate breakfast delivered by soldiers and reflected on how rare treasures had strengthened his body despite his inability to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang studied Soul Tool crafting but dwelled on his imprisonment and the impossibility of escaping Haixiao and the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps.
• Xu Zihuang briefly revealed his hidden Golden Eye, his second Martial Soul, and recalled that exposing his twin Martial Souls could have put him in danger.
• A ship carrying a hundred noblewomen sailed toward the island, while the women discussed whether the exiled prince might choose one of them.
• A black shadow with six Soul Rings darted beneath the ship.

Xu Zihuang remained under guard on an island while Haixiao prepared to take him to meet the arriving ship. At sea, Wang Xiao’s Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps learned where Xu Zihuang was being held and prepared to rescue him.

• Xu Zihuang declined a fresh pot of tea and agreed to go with Haixiao after hearing that the Empire’s ship had arrived.
• A wounded middle-aged Soul Emperor encountered a twenty-thousand-year Sea Viper while fleeing across the sea.
• Wang Xiao arrived in Martial Soul Avatar form, killed the Sea Viper, and learned that the middle-aged man had located the island where the Young Master was held.
• Wang Xiao rebuked the middle-aged man for acting without authorization and brought him aboard the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps’ concealed warship.
• Wang Xiao ordered the Corps to rest for two hours before joining him to rescue the Young Master.

Wang Xiao led Yaoyang and more than forty defected soldiers toward the island to rescue Xu Zihuang, while Meng Cang and his son stayed behind aboard the warship. At the castle, Xu Zihuang prepared to choose ten noblewomen brought to him by the Lan Hai Soul Engineer Corps.

• Wang Xiao warned Yaoyang that joining the rescue could cost him his hereditary title, but Yaoyang insisted he owed Xu Zihuang's family and would go.
• Wang Xiao removed the injured Meng Cang from the rescue party and left him, Meng Lang, Old Cheng, and four other soldiers aboard the warship.
• Yaoyang used his fifth soul skill to conceal the rescue party and their boats as they sailed toward the island.
• Meng Lang complained about being left behind, so Meng Cang slapped him and explained that he lacked the strength to join the mission.
• Xu Zihuang sat with Haixiao and Yu Yun in the castle hall, endured the attention of the noblewomen, and planned to select ten according to his preferences.

Xu Zihuang chose ten noble young women to stay on the island, including Yi Ziyue, while Yu Yun prepared to return at dawn. Haixiao ordered his guards to maintain heightened vigilance, especially near the eastern harbor.

• Xu Zihuang recognized Yi Ziyue and accepted Yu Yun's identification of her as the second daughter of the Yicheng Marquis family.
• Xu Zihuang selected ten women, including Yi Ziyue, and asked Yu Yun to thank Xu Tianran for his goodwill.
• Yi Ziyue's companions celebrated the choice, while Yi Ziyue hoped to escape her family's control and change her fate.
• Yu Yun arranged to return at dawn, and Haixiao's subordinates gave the ten chosen women rooms in the castle and sent the others back to the ship.
• Haixiao ordered his guards to stay alert through the night, especially near the eastern harbor.

Wang Xiao and his group launched a nighttime attack on the ship carrying the Lan Hai Soul Engineer Corps to rescue Xu Zihuang. They killed commander Yu Yun and incapacitated the ship’s soldiers and passengers, leaving the rescue operation underway.

• Lan Hai Soul Engineer Corps soldiers complained about their cold conditions while guarding the ship at the port.
• Yu Yun arrived on deck and ordered the soldiers to stay alert before an attack plunged the ship into darkness.
• Yu Yun activated his sea turtle Martial Soul and defensive soul skills, but an unseen attacker shattered his defenses and pierced his chest.
• Wang Xiao, Yaoyang, and more than forty elite soldiers from the Original Dragon Soul Instructor Corps appeared as the darkness faded.
• Yu Yun recognized the Imperial Dragon armor before dying, while the Vast Sea Soul Engineer Corps soldiers and the noble young ladies lay incapacitated.

Yaoyang reassured Wang Xiao that he had not devoured the soldiers’ souls, and Wang Xiao led the rescue force into an assault on the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps to save the Young Master. After Wang Xiao broke through the island’s defenses, Haixiao appeared at the castle and recognized him.

• Yaoyang told Wang Xiao he had kept his promise to the Prince and had not devoured the soldiers’ souls.
• Wang Xiao divided the force, leading one team to hold off Haixiao and the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps while Yaoyang took the other team to rescue the Young Master.
• Wang Xiao transformed into a Black Winged Giant Tiger and smashed through the city wall, killing the squad captain and opening the way for the rescue force.
• The Original Dragon Soul Instructor Corps elites crossed the Fixed Soul Cannon positions and massacred the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps soldiers.
• Haixiao appeared above the castle in a pillar of blue-purple lightning and exclaimed that Wang Xiao was still alive.

Wang Xiao confronted Haixiao over his involvement with the Evil Soul Masters behind the assassination attempt on Prince Zhengxuan and the palace coup. Haixiao defended his loyalty to his lord, and the two began a fight to the death above the island.

• Wang Xiao realized Haixiao knew about the ambush on Prince Zhengxuan ten years earlier and accused him of colluding with Evil Soul Masters during the palace coup.
• Haixiao admitted Evil Soul Masters had helped breach the imperial palace but insisted he had not taken part in the coup, and challenged Wang Xiao to a fight to the death.
• Wang Xiao questioned Haixiao's loyalty in light of the civilians slaughtered by Evil Soul Masters, unsettling Haixiao with reminders of his original desire to protect the people.
• Wang Xiao charged at Haixiao, who summoned his Purple Thunder Bat Ray Martial Soul and used his Martial Soul Avatar to meet the attack above the island.

The Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps soldiers pressed the larger West Sea Soul Engineer Corps with superior cultivation and teamwork, while Qiu Ying steadied his troops and defended against Qing Mu’s attack. Qiu Ying then saw that Haixiao was being forced back by Wang Xiao, putting the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps’ chances in doubt.

• The Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps soldiers split into small teams and drove back the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps soldiers despite being greatly outnumbered.
• Qiu Ying arrived and rallied the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps, restoring its collapsing formation.
• Qing Mu attacked Qiu Ying with his sixth soul skill, but Qiu Ying curled into his armadillo shell and smashed through the afterimages.
• Tang and Uncle Fu protected Qing Mu as he recovered, and Uncle Fu shot down a West Sea Soul Engineer Corps soldier behind him.
• Qiu Ying looked up and saw that Haixiao was being forced back by Wang Xiao.

Yaoyang led the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps into the castle to rescue Xu Zihuang while Wang Xiao and Haixiao fought outside. The soldiers overran the castle’s defenders, but the search remained unfinished when they encountered Yin Ziyue and nine other young women.

• Yaoyang and the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps approached the castle unseen and attacked its guards at the entrance.
• Yaoyang led most of the soldiers upstairs while Elder Yu and five others held off West Sea Soul Engineer Corps reinforcements on the second floor.
• The Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps cleared the castle floors and searched for Xu Zihuang.
• Yin Ziyue and nine young women emerged from a room and asked to meet His Highness the Prince.
• Elder Yu ordered two soldiers to watch Yin Ziyue and the others while he continued searching for Xu Zihuang.

Xu Zihuang reunited with the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps, learned Wang Xiao's escape plan, and prepared to leave the island. After Yin Ziyue killed the other noble girls and begged to join him, Xu Zihuang killed her, showing his followers how decisively he would protect them.

• Xu Zihuang heard Wang Xiao and Haixiao's exchange and realized that a chance to escape had appeared.
• Yaoyang and the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps reached Xu Zihuang, and Yaoyang explained Wang Xiao's plan to him.
• Xu Zihuang and the soldiers went to the castle rooftop and prepared Fixed Soul Cannons while Wang Xiao fought Haixiao.
• Elder Yu brought Yin Ziyue to Xu Zihuang and explained that she had killed the other nine noble girls.
• Yin Ziyue begged Xu Zihuang to take her with him, but he killed her, saying his soldiers' lives mattered more than hers.

Xu Zihuang killed Yin Ziyue and prepared to lead the remnants of the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps, while planning to infiltrate Shrek Academy and eventually seize the Sun Moon Empire throne. As Yaoyang flew him and the soldiers away, the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps was devastated by a barrage of Level-7 Fixed Soul Cannons, which also caught some Imperial Dragon soldiers in the blast.

• Xu Zihuang stepped over Yin Ziyue's corpse and resolved to use the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps as the foundation of his rise to power.
• Xu Zihuang planned to conceal his identity, enter Shrek Academy, and enlist He Caitou's help in taking revenge on Xu Tianran and his father.
• Yaoyang carried Xu Zihuang into the air with a Rank 7 Flying Soul Tool, and Xu Zihuang released his Golden Eye Martial Soul during the flight.
• The Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps soldiers took to the air as Qiu Ying ordered the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps to stop them from escaping.
• More than twenty Level-7 Fixed Soul Cannons exploded across the island, devastating the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps and engulfing several Imperial Dragon soldiers near the castle.
• Elder Yu and the surviving soldiers fled the crumbling castle using Flying Soul Tools as the blasts swept through it.

Xu Zihuang used Ultimate Lightning to dissolve Haixiao’s final attack and protect the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps Soldiers. After Xu Zihuang fainted from exhausting his Soul Power, Wang Xiao ordered the survivors to return to their warship and leave the waters.

• Haixiao unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Purple Thunder Heavenly Prison, while weakening its power around Xu Zihuang before dying.
• Wang Xiao warned the group to scatter as Haixiao’s lightning pillars descended, but Xu Zihuang called everyone closer to him.
• Xu Zihuang gathered black-violet Ultimate Lightning that dissolved Haixiao’s attack and formed a protective thunder net.
• Haixiao recognized Xu Zihuang’s Ultimate Lightning, smiled, and fell into the island’s heatwave as he died.
• Xu Zihuang fainted after exhausting his Soul Power, and Yaoyang confirmed he would recover after resting.
• Wang Xiao ordered the survivors to return to the warship and leave the waters.

Three days after collapsing, Xu Zihuang woke aboard a warship sailing through the Black Sea Area and recovered enough to join Elder Yu, Wang Xiao, and Yaoyang on deck. He asked whether his Martial Soul’s mutation came from his mother, and Wang Xiao revealed that she had belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Xu Zihuang woke after three days unconscious, still suffering from depleted mental energy after using Ultimate Lightning against Haixiao.
• Elder Yu told Xu Zihuang that the warship had survived several attacks from powerful Sea Soul Beasts without casualties.
• Xu Zihuang used his Golden Eye Martial Soul to recognize that the warship had entered the Deep Sea, then went to speak with Wang Xiao and Yaoyang.
• Xu Zihuang showed them the purple flames and blackish-purple lightning of his Martial Souls and asked whether their mutation was connected to his mother.
• Wang Xiao confirmed the connection and revealed that Xu Zihuang's mother had come from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Wang Xiao explained Xu Zihuang’s connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Xu Zihuang revealed that he possessed both the Golden Eye and a powerful dragon Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran learned that Xu Zihuang had disappeared and ordered a search and a blockade of the southern sea routes.

• Wang Xiao explained that Xu Zihuang’s mother had come from the Heavenly Dragon Gate, a branch descended from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Xu Zihuang realized his dragon Martial Soul might be better named the Purple Sun Thunder Prison Dragon.
• Yaoyang asked about Xu Zihuang’s other Martial Soul, and Xu Zihuang revealed his Golden Eye, a Spiritual Attribute Body Martial Soul, astonishing the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps soldiers.
• Xu Zihuang said he would cultivate the Golden Eye first to conceal his identity and aid his Soul Tool crafting, while Yaoyang suggested he might find a suitable Spiritual Attribute Soul Beast during their voyage to the Yuenan Islands.
• An attendant told Xu Tianran that the West Sea Soul Engineer Corps and Lan Hai Soul Engineer Corps had been wiped out and Prince Purple Sun had vanished.
• Xu Tianran ordered Elder Xue and the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Corps to investigate and imposed martial law on the Empire’s southern harbors; Elder Xue killed the attendant before the corpse was removed.

Xu Zihuang learned that Wang Xiao was poisoned and vowed to cure him before receiving a powerful External Soul Bone left by his father. After absorbing it, he witnessed the death of an ancient dragon and identified the bone as the Brilliant Dragon Claw.

• Xu Zihuang learned that Yaoyang controlled only Yueshu Island and that pirates held the other six Yuenan Islands.
• Yaoyang revealed that Wang Xiao had been poisoned by an Evil Soul Master ten years earlier and had less than fifteen years to live.
• Xu Zihuang promised to reach Soul Sage before turning twenty-three and find a cure for Wang Xiao.
• Wang Xiao gave Xu Zihuang a Storage Soul Tool containing a Soul Bone left by his father.
• Xu Zihuang fused with the External Soul Bone and witnessed a purple dragon accuse the Dragon God of destroying it.
• Xu Zihuang awoke and recognized the bone as the Brilliant Dragon Claw, linked to the origin of the imperial family's Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul.

Xu Zihuang and the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps encountered a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas after a Flying Fish School fled across their path. As the soldiers prepared to fight, a white whale-type Soul Beast bypassed the warship’s shield and landed on deck.

• Xu Zihuang noticed the wind strengthening, and scouts reported that fish had vanished from the surrounding waters.
• Xu Zihuang spotted a panicked Flying Fish School, which the Evil Spirit Orcas froze and annihilated with their Innate Soul Skill.
• Yaoyang sensed five approaching Evil Spirit Orcas, and Wang Xiao ordered the soldiers to attack with Fixed Soul Cannons.
• Xu Zihuang jumped onto the deck as Yaoyang shielded him and warned that another Soul Beast had blocked his Spiritual Power.
• A white whale-type Soul Beast passed through the Soul Guiding Shield and crashed onto the deck.

Xu Zihuang encountered a wounded Silver Scale White Whale and watched it voluntarily become his first Soul Ring. He reached the level-twenty bottleneck as the whale’s silver scale merged into his brow, leaving Yaoyang and the others astonished by his fortune.

• Yaoyang identified the wounded whale as an auspicious Silver Scale White Whale with a pure Silver Dragon Bloodline while Wang Xiao and the soldiers held off the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Xu Zihuang ordered Elder Cheng to heal the whale, but Elder Cheng said its damaged origin and dwindling life force could not be saved.
• The whale touched its forehead to Xu Zihuang’s and released seven-colored radiance, causing the nearby Soul Masters’ Martial Souls and Soul Skills to grow stronger.
• The Silver Scale White Whale burned with silver flames, merged its scale into Xu Zihuang’s brow, and became his purple Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang opened his eyes with increased strength and Soul Power at the level-twenty bottleneck, while Yaoyang and the others reacted in disbelief.

Xu Zihuang fused with the Silver Scale White Whale and gained his first Soul Skill, Whale Song, which cleansed negative effects and strengthened nearby allies. His intervention broke the Evil Spirit Orca leader’s control over the soldiers, allowing Wang Xiao and Lin Long to defeat it.

• The Silver Scale White Whale fused with Xu Zihuang as his Soul Ring, and he sensed that the fusion had granted him a new ability.
• The Evil Spirit Orca leader used Evil Orca Demon's Grasp to stun the soldiers and prepared to strike them with dark-red water blades.
• Xu Zihuang activated Whale Song, instantly freeing the stunned soldiers and amplifying his allies’ Spiritual Power and Martial Soul attributes.
• Wang Xiao attacked the weakened Evil Spirit Orca, and Lin Long delivered the final blow so he could claim its Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang explained that Whale Song was a Domain-type Soul Skill with an effective radius of nearly a hundred meters.

After the battle with the Evil Spirit Orcas, Xu Zihuang prepared to strengthen his body with Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Paste so he could absorb a three-thousand-year Soul Ring. Wang Xiao and Yaoyang agreed that his physique and Martial Souls could handle the risk, and Wang Xiao began guiding the paste’s effects through his body.

• The group froze the sea around the Evil Spirit Orca corpses, guarded the area, and collected valuable materials while Lin Long prepared to absorb a Soul Ring.
• Yaoyang suggested that Xu Zihuang absorb a Soul Ring from one of the subdued Evil Spirit Orcas and use Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Paste to strengthen his body.
• Xu Zihuang rejected the thousand-year option and chose the Evil Spirit Orca with three thousand years of Cultivation for his second Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiao agreed that Xu Zihuang could withstand the Soul Ring, explaining that the Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul could erase its soul resentment, and Yaoyang accepted his judgment.
• Wang Xiao gave Xu Zihuang Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Paste and guided its medicinal effects into his limbs and bones.