Chapter Summaries

Nan Li and the others fought off the Roaring Demon Sharks, though a few escaped, and Di Yan helped rescue the exhausted fighters. By the next morning, the polluted waters had been cleansed and Sun Island was peaceful again.

• The Coral Fairy Fish disrupted the Roaring Demon Sharks’ sense of direction while Nan Li used blood arrows to kill several of them.
• Dong Yun threw her spear toward Nan Li, but Nan Li caught it and killed the last shark within her reach before falling from the sky.
• Nan Xing caught Nan Li and knocked Dong Yun toward the sea, where Di Yan rescued her with purifying light.
• Di Yan said the Sea Princess would deal with the remaining sharks, while Dong Yun sent the Xumi Raven back to Heaven Mountain with a message for the Clan Chiefs.
• Nan Xi reconsidered her plan to make Nan Li Clan Chief and decided Nan Yin should take the position instead.
• The clans disposed of the sharks, and Di Yan purified the sea; by daybreak, the rivers and seas were clear and Sun Island was peaceful.

Beloy slaughtered the surviving Roaring Demon Sharks, then turned on a merfolk who flattered her. On Sun Island, Nan Li comforted Dong Yun as he grieved the losses and told him she wanted to build a future where the clans could live safely without endless killing.

• The surviving Roaring Demon Sharks fled the Coral Immortal Fish Clan's waters, but Beloy intercepted them and trapped them in an ice sphere.
• Beloy repeatedly stabbed the sharks with ice spikes until they died, then killed a merfolk who had praised her.
• Nan Li sent Qing Ya and Dan Hong away while Dong Yun hid beneath his wings on her roof.
• Nan Li tried to draw Dong Yun into the sunlight, and he confessed that he wondered whether a Martial Soul Fusion Skill could have prevented Sun Island's losses.
• Nan Li described her hope for a safer Sun Island and urged Dong Yun to cry if he needed to.
• Nan Li sealed them inside the Southern Bright Domain and said she wanted to try to help the Coral Immortal Fish Clan flourish without relying on force.

Nan Yin and Lan Xi discussed Nan Li and Dong Yun’s bond and the danger in Nan Li’s self-sacrificing nature, then Nan Li explained the cost of her defensive array. Months later, after training and Dai Xiyun’s breakthrough, Nan Li set out for Shrek Academy to bring Zhu Zhuqing back.

• Lan Xi warned Nan Yin that Nan Li shared her dangerous disregard for her own survival and urged Nan Yin to stay alive.
• Nan Yin questioned Nan Li about the Four Directions Kun Li Array, and Nan Li explained that it drew power from her Li Fire Golden Feather rather than harming her directly.
• Nan Li wondered how the Li Fire Golden Feather had sustained the vast defensive array.
• Nan Yin trained Nan Li in blade techniques while Lan Xi trained Dong Yun over the following months.
• Dai Xiyun used a pill made from the Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum to break through to the Soul Emperor realm.
• Nan Yin and Dai Xiyun headed for the Star Luo Empire, while Nan Li and Red Cloud set out for Suotuo City and Shrek Academy.

Nan Li traveled toward Suotuo City with Red Cloud while the others divided their assignments among Gengxin City, Shrek Academy, and Tianshui Academy. After Red Cloud revealed his natural diet and hunger, Nan Li agreed to let him periodically draw on her power instead of eating humans or dragonkin, then hurried toward Shrek Academy.

• Dong Yun and Qing Ya headed to Gengxin City to commission weapons and recruit craftsmen, while Nan Li traveled with Red Cloud toward Suotuo City.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape asked Nan Li to look after Xiao Wu, and she agreed before continuing through the forest.
• Wu Lei sent Dan Qing to Tianshui Academy as the academy's admissions period approached.
• Red Cloud stopped after sensing dragon blood in an injured snake, then told Nan Li that Hou Beasts had traditionally eaten humans and dragons.
• Nan Li agreed to let Red Cloud periodically draw power and spiritual energy from her, in exchange for him not eating humans or dragonkin.
• After Red Cloud fed from her arm, Nan Li grabbed him and rushed toward Shrek Academy.

Nan Li reunited with Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy’s enrollment and revealed her powerful Soul Rings, shocking Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Xiao Wu passed the first test and leaped into Nan Li’s arms, while Yu Xiaogang began plotting to obtain Nan Li’s supposed hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Nan Li declined to examine applicants and watched the enrollment line with Red Cloud from a tree.
• Nan Li spotted Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang among the applicants and realized Xiao Wu had become a Soul Elder.
• Nan Li accidentally dropped Red Cloud into the registration-fee box, then revealed her Soul Rings to the crowd while serving as a display of Shrek Academy’s strength.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San were shocked by Nan Li’s five Soul Rings, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Nan Li was a Soul Beast in humanoid form and began coveting her Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu passed the first test and leaped into Nan Li’s arms, while Red Cloud fell into the fee box again.

Nan Li warned Xiao Wu about the danger her identity as a Soul Beast faced and urged her to grow stronger. She then met Zhu Zhuqing and revealed that Dai Xiyun was alive and might soon return to the imperial family, leaving Zhu Zhuqing wary but with a reason to reconsider her position.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that he had come to Shrek Academy to escape Bibi Dong's surveillance and focus on his research and Tang San's growth.
• Dai Mubai teased Tang San about Xiao Wu being his girlfriend, while Xiao Wu spent the night talking with Nan Li in their shared dormitory.
• Nan Li told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao was a Titled Douluo and warned her that Spirit Hall could discover her identity unless she grew stronger.
• Xiao Wu warned Nan Li that Yu Xiaogang seemed suspicious of her five Soul Rings, and Nan Li said she would handle him.
• Nan Li secretly put Xiao Wu to sleep, then met Zhu Zhuqing and told her that Dai Xiyun was alive and could return within a month or two.

Nan Li urged Zhu Zhuqing to return to Star Luo and support Zhu Zhu Feng and Dai Xiyun, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed while questioning Nan Li’s motives. At Shrek Academy, the students introduced themselves, and Xiao Wu’s rank 33 Soul Elder status shocked Dai Mubai and left Tang San discouraged.

• Nan Li told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhu Zhu Feng would welcome her home and asked her to choose an independent path.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to return to Star Luo and asked what Nan Li wanted in exchange; Nan Li said she hoped Zhu Zhuqing would help Dai Xiyun take the throne.
• Nan Li left Zhu Zhuqing to decide whether to help, assuring her that Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhu Feng would not be in immediate danger.
• Flender gathered the Shrek students for introductions and noted that Nan Li would not stay at the academy much longer.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself as a rank 33 Soul Elder, surprising Dai Mubai and making Tang San realize he could no longer keep up with her.

Tang San and the other students announced their Soul Power levels, and Flender introduced Nan Li as their senior sister before arranging a strength test. Nan Li agreed to spar with them, Zhu Zhuqing challenged her to a one-on-one fight without Soul Skills, and the students formed pairs as an unfamiliar middle-aged man approached.

• Tang San and the other students reported their Martial Souls, levels, and roles, while Flender reflected on their training progress.
• Flender introduced Nan Li as the students’ senior sister, and Nan Li accepted the students’ challenge to prove her strength.
• Flender set a test in which pairs had to last one incense stick against Nan Li, with those who failed required to run one hundred laps.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Nan Li to fight one-on-one without Soul Skills, and Nan Li agreed to face her last.
• Nan Li sent Red Cloud outside, where it roared at Zhao Wuji, and the students quickly formed pairs for the test.
• A middle-aged man with a buzz cut approached as Flender was about to begin.

Nan Li tested Shrek Academy’s first group in a spar against Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong, using her flight and speed to overcome their teamwork. She defeated them before the incense burned out, leaving the others to assess how formidable she was.

• Tang San asked what Nan Li would do if she lost, and she promised to run one hundred weighted laps without using her Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong formed the first group, with Ning Rongrong boosting Dai Mubai’s speed as he attacked Nan Li.
• Nan Li used her armored wings to break free of Dai Mubai and rush Ning Rongrong, who threw two Collapse Thunder Projectiles at her.
• Nan Li evaded the explosions by flying and knocked Ning Rongrong unconscious, then tossed her to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Nan Li outpaced Dai Mubai, struck him down with a series of attacks, and finished the first group’s spar.

Nan Li fought Tang San and Xiao Wu, who coordinated their Soul Skills and Hidden Weapons to counter her strength. Flender then sent Oscar and Ma Hongjun into the fight, while Zhu Zhuqing refused Yu Xiaogang’s order to join; Tang San’s Parasitism restrained Nan Li’s wings as Ma Hongjun attacked.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu asked Nan Li to use her remaining Soul Skills, and Tang San said he would use Hidden Weapons.
• Xiao Wu’s Charm failed to slow Nan Li, so Tang San used Entanglement while Xiao Wu attacked with Teleportation and Waist Bow.
• Nan Li redirected Xiao Wu’s throw in midair and broke free of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with her flames.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing to join the fight, but Zhu Zhuqing refused.
• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun a Flying Mushroom Sausage, and Ma Hongjun attacked Nan Li with Phoenix Bathing in Fire and Phoenix Fireline.
• Tang San used seeds planted on Nan Li’s wings to activate Parasitism and restrain her for Ma Hongjun’s attack.

Nan Li defeated the Shrek students during their assessment, then sparred with Zhu Zhuqing, who asked about her second sister and requested help leaving Shrek Academy. In Gengxin City, Dong Yun arranged weapons production and encountered a Dark Soul Guard before noticing someone nearby.

• Nan Li used her bow and flames to defeat the Shrek students, and Flender ordered them to run one hundred laps after they failed the assessment.
• Nan Li left for the woods with Zhu Zhuqing, who recognized her fighting style and asked about her second sister; Nan Li said she was likely alive with a Luo Family boy.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Nan Li to invent a reasonable excuse for her to leave Shrek Academy.
• Dong Yun brought weapon blueprints and samples to the Blacksmith Association, arranged production of core components, and prepared to travel to Heaven Dou.
• A Dark Soul Guard contacted Dong Yun in an alley, and she sensed another presence and called for it to come out.

Dan Hong confronted Dong Yun after seeing her meet with a Spirit Hall Dark Soul Guard, and their conflict continued until they reached Nan Li outside Suotuo City. Dan Hong told Nan Li that A’yan’s death haunted her and asked whether she was being called to seek revenge.

• Dan Hong spotted Dong Yun near a Spirit Hall Dark Soul Guard in Gengxin City, then fled after Dong Yun shouted a warning.
• Dong Yun returned to their lodgings and challenged Dan Hong’s assumptions; after their argument, she ordered the group to change course for Suotuo City at dawn.
• Several days later, Nan Li waited outside Suotuo City after Zhu Zhuqing agreed to return to Star Luo.
• Dan Hong tearfully told Nan Li about Dong Yun’s encounter with the Dark Soul Guard and said she kept seeing A’yan’s corpse and the Soul Ring Ling Yuan had taken from her.
• Dan Hong asked Nan Li whether A’yan was calling on her to avenge her death.

Nan Li reunited Dan Hong with her old companions and soothed her anger over her sister’s death, while trying to understand Dong Yun’s secret dealings with Spirit Hall. Dan Hong revealed that she had drugged Dong Yun to protect Nan Li, and the group ended with Nan Li urging Dong Yun to show more care toward the younger generation.

• Nan Li comforted Dan Hong and promised to help her settle accounts with Spirit Hall, while Qing Ya recognized that A'yan had been Dan Hong’s younger sister.
• Nan Li reassured Dan Hong that Dong Yun was not truly connected to Spirit Hall, then took the group to their lodging in Suotuo City.
• Nan Li explained that Dan Hong’s younger sister had died beneath Qian Xun Ji’s sword and become Ling Yuan’s Soul Ring, while Dong Yun said he would explain his actions later.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun discussed how taking Humanoid Form had complicated their emotions, until Dong Yun collapsed after throwing water onto the incense burner.
• Dan Hong admitted she had put medicine in the incense to weaken Dong Yun and gave Nan Li the antidote, explaining that she had protected Nan Li with another medicine.
• Nan Li encouraged Qing Ya to coax Dan Hong and urged Dong Yun to care more about the younger Clan Members.

Nan Li helped Zhu Zhuqing leave Shrek Academy with a gift of Immortal Grass, then returned to Heaven Dou City and rejoined Blazing Fire Academy. There, she learned Dong Yun had secretly been involved with Qian Renxue, leaving Nan Li furious as Dong Yun explained their history and mutual silence.

• Nan Li arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to leave with Dai Xiyun’s people and gave her a Soul Tool containing the Water Immortal Jade Muscle Bone.
• Nan Li said goodbye to Flender and Xiao Wu, accepted a letter from Ning Rongrong for Sect Master Ning, and flew north with Red Cloud to meet Dong Yun and the others.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun reenrolled at Blazing Fire Academy, while Huo Wu took Dan Hong to her dormitory and Qing Ya went to bother Wu Lei at Thunder Academy.
• Nan Li warned Dong Yun that Qian Renxue had threatened to kill her, but Dong Yun said Qian Renxue would not do so for now.
• Dong Yun revealed that she had identified Qian Renxue long ago and had maintained a tacit arrangement with her, since Qian Renxue knew Dong Yun was a Soul Beast but had not reported her to Spirit Hall.

Nan Li confronted Dong Yun about her secret deal with Qian Renxue and learned that Dong Yun still could not reveal its terms. After Dong Yun promised she would stay alive, Nan Li decided to grow stronger while Dong Yun prepared to meet Qian Renxue.

• Nan Li realized Qian Renxue had avoided Shrek Academy because she knew Nan Li was Dong Yun’s younger sister.
• Nan Li confronted Dong Yun about her deal with Qian Renxue, but Dong Yun said she could not explain the unsettled terms yet.
• Dong Yun promised to stay alive and said she would visit Heaven Dou City to speak with Qian Renxue; Nan Li declined to go and planned to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Dan Hong.
• Nan Li resolved to grow stronger so she could protect Sun Island and Dong Yun, then found Dong Yun awake and cultivating.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun compared their Soul King levels, argued over Nan Li’s ambition to catch up, and began cultivating together.

Dong Yun revealed her plan to use Qian Renxue’s ambitions to weaken Spirit Hall and preserve a three-way balance, while Nan Li warned that the gamble could get Dong Yun killed. The two remained divided, and Dong Yun insisted they had to keep the initiative.

• Dong Yun called Nan Li and argued that Sun Island did not need to seek vengeance against all of Spirit Hall.
• Dong Yun explained that she wanted to exploit Qian Renxue’s plans for Heaven Dou to weaken Spirit Hall and maintain a balance among three powers.
• Nan Li realized Dong Yun’s strategy would provoke Spirit Hall and warned that Bibi Dong and the Titled Douluo would pursue her.
• Dong Yun said she had to protect her Clan Members and would take the risk despite Nan Li’s objections.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun held their ground, and Dong Yun urged them to keep the initiative in their own hands.

Nan Li and Dong Yun secretly trained together as they prepared for an uncertain plan, but their Martial Soul Fusion Skill suddenly failed during practice. Nan Li tried to reassure Dong Yun, leaving their trust and the reason for the failed fusion unresolved.

• Nan Li guessed Dong Yun was preparing for a dangerous plan and asked to join him, but he refused to be fooled by her.
• Huo Wu noticed Nan Li and Dong Yun's unusual training routine, while Dan Hong remained wary of Dong Yun because of Spirit Hall's Dark Soul Guards.
• Huo Wu suggested that she and Dan Hong train in the simulated environment for the upcoming Four Elements Academy Friendship Gathering.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun attempted to form their Taiji Diagram in the simulated training environment, but their Martial Soul Fusion Skill collapsed.
• Dong Yun wondered whether Nan Li no longer trusted him, and Nan Li pounced on him and apologized by recalling their mother's promise that they were the most important people in her life.

Nan Li and Dong Yun failed to perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then reunited with Huo Wu and found Red Cloud asleep in Nan Li’s dormitory. After Dan Hong woke him and revealed he had accidentally consumed her potent sleep-inducing mixture, Nan Li decided to take him and Dan Hong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Nan Li and Dong Yun tried unsuccessfully to perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and went to eat instead.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun met Huo Wu and Dan Hong, and Nan Li told Huo Wu that Red Cloud was her son when they found him sleeping in the dormitory.
• Huo Wu offered to help raise Red Cloud, but Dong Yun explained that he was their younger brother and that his horns came from a Martial Soul mutation.
• The next day, Dan Hong splashed cold water on Red Cloud and explained that he had drunk her Drunken Floating Life mixture, which had kept him asleep.
• Nan Li stopped Red Cloud and Dan Hong from arguing and told them to come with her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Nan Li and Dan Hong visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then met Dugu Bo and their friends at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Qing Ya brought Dan Qing there so Dan Hong could treat her fire poison, while Nan Li learned that Dugu Yan was leaving for training and warned her to prepare for an opponent who might counter her snake poison.

• Dan Hong finalized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect deal, then asked Nan Li to visit Skywater Academy and see Dan Qing.
• Qing Ya arrived, and Dan Hong criticized his outfit before Nan Li sent him to fetch Dan Qing.
• Nan Li and Dan Hong reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo welcomed them and accepted Dan Hong's replacement Nine-Sectioned Jade snake.
• Nan Li reunited with Dugu Yan and learned that Qin Ming was taking the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team away for training; she warned Dugu Yan about realgar wine countering her snake poison.
• Qing Ya brought Dan Qing to the Poisonous Fog, and Nan Li used her domain to bring them through.

Nan Li reunited with Dugu Bo and learned that Qing Ya and Dan Hong were lovers before Dan Qing revealed that Madam Lan Xi had sent her with a Soul Bone for Nan Li. Dan Qing also warned that Dan Hong faced a future calamity, leaving Nan Li to accept the Soul Bone as the only way to help.

• Nan Li brought Qing Ya and Dan Qing to meet Dugu Bo, who was astonished to learn Qing Ya was a young Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo realized Qing Ya and Dan Hong were lovers and helped them clasp hands.
• Dan Qing privately told Nan Li that Madam Lan Xi had instructed her to deliver the Coral Mystery Phantom Left Leg Bone.
• Nan Li refused the Soul Bone, but Dan Qing revealed that Madam Lan Xi had foreseen a great calamity for Dan Hong in at least three years.
• Dan Qing said Madam Lan Xi believed Nan Li needed to accept the Soul Bone to help Dan Hong survive the calamity.