Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult and convinced Zhongli Wu that his Holy Necromancer Martial Soul made him the prophesied Holy Son. After Feng Ling supplied him with a fresh corpse for cultivation, Huo Yuhao absorbed its death aura and raised his cultivation by one rank.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters and told Zhongli Wu he wanted to join.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Spirit Eye and Holy Necromancer Martial Souls and demonstrated the Gate of Undead and other spells.
• Zhongli Wu declared Huo Yuhao the Holy Son, and the cult celebrated his arrival as the fulfillment of the Holy Emperor’s prophecy.
• Huo Yuhao wondered whether the Holy Emperor might be a Goddess from the God Realm.
• Two days later, Feng Ling gave Huo Yuhao a newly killed enemy so he could absorb its death aura.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the corpse’s death aura and increased his cultivation by one rank.

Ye Xishui discovered Huo Yuhao’s connection to Mu En and agreed to target the Body Sect after Huo Yuhao warned her about Lin Ran’s divine inheritance. As both Body College and Shrek prepared for the Soul Master Competition, Shrek chose Xuan Zi to lead its team in case Du Busi appeared.

• Ye Xishui confronted Huo Yuhao, learned that Mu En had been his teacher, and moved him into her residence for study, promising to provide Blood Food.
• Huo Yuhao told Ye Xishui that Lin Ran had inherited the Life Goddess’s legacy and urged her to strike during the Soul Master Competition, when Du Busi might be absent.
• Ye Xishui agreed to test Du Busi’s strength and accepted Huo Yuhao’s proposal to target Lin Ran at the competition.
• Lin Ran led Body College’s team to the Star Luo Empire, accompanied by Ice Empress, while Du Busi stayed at the Body Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe informed Lin Hui Qun that Lin Ran was not on Body College’s participant list, and Shrek decided to pursue the championship.
• Lin Hui Qun appointed Xuan Zi as team leader to protect Shrek’s students from Du Busi, with Yan Shaozhe and Mei'er as deputy leaders.

Shrek’s teams set out for the Soul Master Competition under Xuan Zi’s leadership despite their fears about his record. After a devastating attack in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Lin Hui Qun learned that three students were badly injured because Xuan Zi had forbidden them from using Soul Tool Barriers, while others survived by secretly keeping them.

• At Shrek Plaza, Gongyang Mo offered Soul Tool Barriers to the teams, and several main-team and reserve members bought them despite Dai Yueheng’s initial objection.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Cai Mei’er arrived, and Xuan Zi ordered the Martial Soul Department students to put away their barriers, threatening them with major demerits if they used them.
• Xuan Zi led the teams toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range, where an attack left Xi Xi, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zifeng severely injured.
• A week later, Lin Hui Qun confronted Xuan Zi and learned that the three injured students had obeyed his order and gone without barriers, while others survived by secretly carrying them.
• Lin Hui Qun sent Xuan Zi back to Star Luo City to watch over the students and planned to select replacements for the competition.

Ma Xiaotao decided to face Shrek Academy in the Soul Master Competition and personally end the glory she once wanted to uphold. At the competition venue, Lin Ran sensed a familiar aura beneath the deathly energy of a mysterious black-robed figure with the Sun Moon Empire team and suspected it was Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Xiaotao spotted Cai Mei'er and the Shrek group at Star Emperor Hotel but chose not to meet her master's wife yet.
• Ma Xiaotao told Lin Ran she wanted to face Shrek Academy alone and defeat them in the competition.
• Lin Ran led Body College to the competition venue, where Shrek's team watched them warily.
• Meng Hongchen admired Lin Ran, while Xiao Hongchen warned her that the Body Sect's Young Sect Master would be their enemy.
• Lin Ran sensed a familiar aura beneath the deathly energy of the mysterious black-robed figure seated with the Sun Moon Empire team and wondered if it was Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire’s team and saw Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, and others with Body College, while Lin Ran grew suspicious of him. Lin Ran followed Huo Yuhao to the Undead Demi-plane, where Long Xiaoyao delayed their planned attack and explained that he stayed with the Holy Spirit Cult to protect Ye Xishui.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Sun Moon Empire’s team and, seeing Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, and others at Body College, resolved to take them to the Holy Spirit Cult after Long Xiaoyao killed Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran warned Body College about the suspicious black-robed Huo Yuhao, prompting Huo Yuhao to leave the venue before the match.
• Body College easily defeated its opponent, while Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen discussed the team’s strength.
• Lin Ran followed Huo Yuhao to his room and discovered that Huo Yuhao had vanished into the Undead Demi-plane.
• Huo Yuhao urged Long Xiaoyao to attack Lin Ran soon, but Long Xiaoyao refused to act yet and said he stayed with Ye Xishui to protect her.

Huo Yuhao tried to recruit Long Xiaoyao to help reform the Holy Spirit Cult into a refuge for people forced to become Evil Soul Masters. Long Xiaoyao agreed to cooperate, but they had to wait for Ye Xishui before acting against Lin Ran.

• Huo Yuhao argued that abilities were not inherently evil and told Long Xiaoyao he had joined the Holy Spirit Cult to protect those forced into it.
• Huo Yuhao proposed purging the cult’s evildoers while sheltering its unwilling members, and Long Xiaoyao was moved by the plan.
• Huo Yuhao insisted Lin Ran was evil and vowed to avenge Mu En, while Long Xiaoyao suspected his hatred also stemmed from Lin Ran’s relationship with Huo Yuhao’s mother.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to cooperate with Huo Yuhao but said Ye Xishui had ordered them to wait, since she wanted to capture Lin Ran alive and study the Goddess's inheritance he possessed.

Lin Ran developed the Artifact Soul Art and worked on methods to improve beast and Body Martial Souls before Tang Ya visited him in his room. Their private meeting was repeatedly interrupted as Jiang Nannan, Su Tong, Xiao Xiao, and Nan Qiu Qiu climbed in through the window, and another person arrived at the end.

• Lin Ran finished modifying the Blood Blade Art into the Artifact Soul Art and considered creating Cultivation Methods for beast and Body Martial Souls.
• Tang Ya climbed through Lin Ran's window, and he asked her about the Soul Master Competition, which Body College had won easily.
• Lin Ran taught Tang Ya the Supreme Goodness is Like Water Cultivation Method, which she said suited her and would help her grow stronger.
• Jiang Nannan climbed in after following a Blue Silver vine, and Su Tong arrived to return her room card.
• Xiao Xiao and Nan Qiu Qiu also entered through the window, and everyone watched as another person climbed down the vine.

Lin Ran attacked Huo Yuhao in an attempt to kill him, but a God Realm figure intervened just before his final strike. The stranger identified himself as Rong Nianbing, the God of Emotion, and asked Lin Ran to spare Huo Yuhao.

• Meng Hongchen climbed through Tang Ya's vine route into Lin Ran's room, and Lin Ran later sent her away through the front door.
• Lin Ran found Huo Yuhao missing from the competition area and teleported to his room, where he attacked him with a short blade.
• Lin Ran pursued Huo Yuhao into the sky outside Star Luo City and forced him to use Invincible Golden Body three times.
• Huo Yuhao ignited his spiritual sea and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Origin in a desperate attempt to take Lin Ran down with him.
• Rong Nianbing stopped Lin Ran's blade and calmed Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, then asked Lin Ran to spare Huo Yuhao.

Rong Nianbing intervened to save Huo Yuhao, but the Life Goddess confronted him over violating the God Realm’s rules. Lin Ran agreed to spare Huo Yuhao if he swore never to retaliate against Lin Ran or his companions, leaving Huo Yuhao torn between his hatred and the chance to survive and inherit a godhood.

• Rong Nianbing revealed that Huo Yuhao was his intended inheritor and asked Lin Ran to spare him, but Lin Ran pointed out that Rong Nianbing was interfering in a Lower Realm conflict.
• The Life Goddess appeared and told Rong Nianbing he had broken the God Realm’s rules by intervening in a struggle between inheritors.
• Rong Nianbing explained that he wanted to pass on his godhood and leave the God Realm with his wives, and the Life Goddess allowed him to seek another inheritor as long as he stopped interfering.
• Rong Nianbing offered Lin Ran the God of Emotion inheritance as an alternative, but Lin Ran instead agreed to spare Huo Yuhao once if Huo Yuhao swore not to retaliate against him or anyone close to him.
• Huo Yuhao hesitated to take the oath, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to agree so he could survive and inherit the God of Emotion’s godhood.

Lin Ran negotiated Huo Yuhao’s exile and arranged divine trials for Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er, while Rong Nianbing took Huo Yuhao to Qiankun Asking Love Valley. Lin Ran returned to Star Luo City, where Princess Xu Jiujiu invited him to a palace banquet.

• Huo Yuhao swore not to seek revenge against Lin Ran or his allies, and Lin Ran asked Rong Nianbing to offer his Divine Position to someone at his side.
• Rong Nianbing gave Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er divine trials, with the first to pass becoming the new God of Emotion, and agreed to give the position to Huo Yuhao if both failed.
• Rong Nianbing took Huo Yuhao to Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where Huo Yuhao released Long Xiaoyao before a force separated them into sealed rooms for the God of Love's assessment.
• Lin Ran sensed that his Flying Thunder God Mark remained on Huo Yuhao and decided to wait before using it to kill him.
• Lin Ran returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, where Xu Jiujiu welcomed him and invited him to a banquet at the imperial palace.

Lin Ran and Vina attended a banquet hosted by Xu Jiawei, who hoped to build ties with Lin Ran and the Body Sect. Lin Ran revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s deep alliance with the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu alarmed by the scale of its strength.

• Vina dressed carefully and accompanied Lin Ran to Xu Jiawei’s banquet, making her closeness to Lin Ran clear to Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiujiu led Lin Ran and Vina into the Star Luo imperial palace, where Xu Jiawei welcomed them to a private banquet.
• Xu Jiawei asked about Lin Ran’s encounter with an enemy at the Star Emperor Hotel, and Lin Ran said he had exposed an Evil Soul Master among the Sun Moon Empire’s representatives.
• Lin Ran told Xu Jiawei that the Sun Moon Empire was working closely with the Holy Spirit Cult, led by Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• Lin Ran revealed that Zhongli Wu led the Holy Spirit Cult and that it had at least eight Titled Douluo elders and six Super Douluo worship elders.

Lin Ran warned Xu Jiawei that Huo Yuhao had become an Evil Soul Master and exposed ties between Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult, positioning the Body Sect as a more reliable ally. Xu Jiawei honored Lin Ran with access to three treasures, while Lin Ran left Xu Jiujiu unsure whether the Body Sect would support the empires in a coming war.

• Lin Ran told Xu Jiawei that Huo Yuhao was Dai Hao’s son and Mu En’s disciple, and that he had become an Evil Soul Master.
• Lin Ran revealed that Yan Shaozhe was descended from Ye Xishui and possessed her Bright Phoenix martial soul, making Xu Jiawei question Shrek’s loyalties.
• Lin Ran declared that the Body Sect would fight the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Jiawei named him an honored guest of the Xu family.
• Xu Jiawei offered Lin Ran his choice of three items from the imperial treasury, and Xu Jiujiu escorted him there.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether Lin Ran’s warnings were true, and Lin Ran confirmed them while insisting that the Body Sect could protect itself.

Lin Ran chose treasures from the Star Luo Empire’s treasury and spent the night with Vina. The next morning, Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er told him they had received matching divine trials from the God of Emotion, and he explained that he had arranged the opportunity for them.

• Xu Jiujiu led Lin Ran through the Star Luo Empire’s treasury, where he selected an ice-crystal ore containing an Ice God Godhead Fragment, an Ice Scorpion Soul Bone with the Ice Explosion Technique, and a rare medicinal herb.
• Lin Ran returned to the Star Emperor Hotel with Vina and spent the night with her.
• Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er visited Lin Ran the next morning and told him they had both received a God of Emotion trial to raise their Mental Power to Titled Douluo level within three years.
• Lin Ran complained that the trial’s reward was stingy, and the soul ring age increase changed from two thousand years to twenty thousand years.
• Lin Ran told Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er that he had made a deal with the God of Emotion to give them a chance to inherit his god position.

Lin Ran persuaded Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er to agree to be together after the Soul Master Competition, while the semifinals began with Body College facing Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As the teams prepared for the match, Meng Hongchen revealed her interest in Lin Ran and insisted she wanted to be his friend.

• Lin Ran told Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er that any price was worth paying for a chance at godly inheritance, and they agreed to be with him after the competition.
• The Life Goddess warned Lin Ran that deception could not earn true feelings, but he insisted he had not lied and claimed greater expertise in romance.
• Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, and Body College prepared to face Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the semifinal team battle.
• Ma Rulong urged his team to take Body College seriously, while Xiao Hongchen dismissed their strength and claimed he could defeat Shrek.
• Meng Hongchen admitted she had visited Lin Ran's room and wanted to be his friend, while Xiao Hongchen warned her that Lin Ran and the Body Sect were their enemies.

Body College overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the team battle, with Su Tong’s Snow Dance Shining Sun blizzard concealing their attacks. The Sun Moon team was eliminated, and Body College won the match.

• The Star Luo Emperor began the team battle, and both academies sent their teams onto the arena.
• Lin Ran urged Ma Xiaotao not to kill anyone in the finals, and Ma Xiaotao assured him she could control her strength.
• Su Tong revealed a blood-red soul ring and unleashed Snow Dance Shining Sun, covering the arena in blinding snow and extreme cold.
• Ma Rulong led the Sun Moon team into the blizzard, where flute music disoriented Lin Xi and Chen Fei; Heavenly Fiend Douluo removed them from the arena.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used Heavenly Net to eliminate two more Sun Moon team members, leaving only Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen.
• Long Aotian confronted Ma Rulong while Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er defeated Xiao Hongchen with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill; Ma Rulong admitted defeat, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Body College the winner.

After the Sun Moon Team forfeited, Shrek's leaders plotted to keep Body College from winning by having Su Tong investigated, while Lin Ran's team prepared for the finals. When Dai Hao's accusation barred Su Tong from competing, Lin Ran confronted him publicly and demanded he take a slash from him.

• The Sun Moon Team forfeited, ending its match, and Body College returned to the hotel relaxed ahead of its final against Shrek.
• Xuan Zi proposed attacking Lin Ran, but Yan Shaozhe suggested having Su Tong reported as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast so she would be disqualified; Cai Mei'er objected, and the others agreed to use the Star Luo Empire to make the report.
• Three days later, a Star Luo Empire official told Lin Ran that Dai Hao had reported Su Tong and that she could not compete; Lin Ran identified the accusation as Shrek's scheme.
• Before the final began, Xu Jiawei introduced Lin Ran as the Body Sect's Young Sect Master and a Star Luo Empire native, and Lin Ran demanded an explanation for Dai Hao's report.
• Dai Hao defended his suspicion of Su Tong by citing her Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul and Snow Empress skill, and Lin Ran challenged him to take one slash from him.

Lin Ran exposed Shrek Academy’s role in accusing Su Tong of being a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then killed Dai Hao with one slash after promising to spare him if he survived. He challenged Yan Shaozhe to withstand the same attack, and Yan Shaozhe prepared to face it.

• Lin Ran appeared behind Dai Hao and forced him off the arena, where Dai Hao blamed Yan Shaozhe for telling him Su Tong was a Soul Beast in human form.
• Xuan Zi claimed he had recognized Su Tong as nonhuman, exposing Shrek’s involvement and prompting greedy spectators to eye her.
• Lin Ran declared Su Tong was not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and offered to spare Dai Hao if he survived one attack.
• Dai Hao activated his White Tiger abilities and defenses, but Lin Ran’s single slash annihilated him.
• Lin Ran called Yan Shaozhe onto the arena and challenged him to survive one slash; Yan Shaozhe released his Soul Power and braced himself.

Lin Ran’s attack on Yan Shaozhe was stopped by Ye Xishui, who arrived in Star Luo City with a force of Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo. As the opposing experts gathered for battle, Lin Ran’s taunts stirred suspicion between Feng Ling, Zhongli Wu, and Yan Shaozhe, leaving Feng Ling furious.

• Lin Ran slashed at Yan Shaozhe, but a Blood Demon Puppet appeared and took the blow for him.
• Lin Ran identified Ye Xishui, who revealed herself with ten Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo behind her.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Star Luo City’s worshipers to prepare for battle and soldiers to organize a civilian evacuation.
• Starry Sky Douluo and the Star Luo worshipers joined Xuan Zi, Cai Mei’er, and Yan Shaozhe in confronting Ye Xishui’s group.
• Lin Ran accused Ye Xishui of saving Yan Shaozhe because Feng Ling still loved him, making Zhongli Wu suspect his wife had intervened for her former lover.
• Yan Shaozhe publicly rejected Feng Ling and declared himself irreconcilable with Evil Soul Masters, humiliating her and igniting her hatred.

Lin Ran fought Ye Xishui while using his domains to turn the battle in the Star Luo Empire’s favor. He absorbed Ye Xishui’s blood souls with the Illusory Sea Pearl and realized their purified soul power could strengthen him or his allies.

• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to attack, and Lin Ran faced her while the other fighters engaged their opponents.
• Lin Ran activated the Life Sharing and All Things Grow domains, strengthening the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluo and suppressing the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters.
• Ye Xishui sent twelve blood souls at Lin Ran and the allied Titled Douluo, but Lin Ran’s domain saved one victim from dying.
• Lin Ran let six blood souls enter his Spiritual Sea, where the Illusory Sea Pearl purified them and severed Ye Xishui’s control.
• Lin Ran teleported beside another blood soul and absorbed it with the Illusory Sea Pearl while Starry Sky Douluo watched in shock.

Lin Ran captured Ye Xishui’s blood souls and fought her while she unleashed wronged souls on Star Luo City. Elsewhere, Ma Xiaotao returned to help Cai Mei’er and Yan Shaozhe, while Xuan Zi moved toward Lin Ran and Ye Xishui’s battlefield with a plan forming.

• Ye Xishui attacked Lin Ran with the Death God Tower’s beam, but he absorbed its energy and reflected it back while capturing the remaining blood souls.
• Ye Xishui unleashed tens of thousands of wronged souls toward Star Luo City, and the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Body College members fought to protect the city.
• Lin Ran teleported behind Ye Xishui and attacked, suppressing her with his speed, power, and disintegrating blade.
• Feng Ling used Exploding Ring to overpower Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei’er, but Ma Xiaotao arrived, knocked Feng Ling back, and rescued Cai Mei’er.
• Xuan Zi saw Lin Ran pressure Ye Xishui and edged closer to their battlefield as he considered what to do.