Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran secured cooperation with the Star Luo Empire and traveled to Ming Du to bring the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers under his control. He reunited with Meng Hongchen at Mingde Hall and went with her to meet her grandfather, Jing Hongchen.

• Lin Ran visited Xu Jiujiu at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, then met Xu Jiawei and Starry Sky Douluo to discuss cooperation and the Xu family’s terms for promoting the Mental World.
• After learning about the Star Luo Empire’s situation, Lin Ran went to Ming Du while Gu Yuena returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Ran decided to take control of Mingde Hall’s Soul Engineers and used his mark to appear beside Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen argued with Xiao Hongchen that she trusted Lin Ran and believed the Beast Gods were dangerous, while Xiao Hongchen accused her of siding with the enemy.
• Lin Ran revealed himself, reassured Xiao Hongchen that he meant no harm to the Hongchen Family, and asked Meng Hongchen to introduce him to Jing Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen agreed to take Lin Ran to her grandfather, and Xiao Hongchen followed them with concern.

Lin Ran recruited Jing Hongchen and Mingde Hall by showing Jing the Mental World and arguing that the Sun Moon Empire faced threats from beast gods and Evil Soul Masters. Jing agreed that Lin Ran offered a brighter future, though he warned that he could not guarantee every Level 9 Soul Master would follow.

• Lin Ran and Meng Hongchen entered Jing Hongchen's private laboratory, where Lin asked Jing to join him along with Mingde Hall.
• Lin Ran brought Jing and Meng into the Mental World and demonstrated that Jing could recreate and test soul tools there without risk.
• Lin Ran offered Mingde Hall access to the Mental World and argued that Jing should protect his grandchildren from the Sun Moon Empire's dangerous future.
• Jing accepted Lin Ran's recruitment, saying his rule could give the empire and Mingde Hall a brighter future.
• Jing cautioned that he could not promise all of Mingde Hall's Level 9 Soul Masters would join, but believed many others would follow if Lin purged Evil Soul Masters and revealed the Mental World.

Lin Ran tried to recruit Kong Deming to persuade the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Masters to surrender, but Kong Deming refused his terms. Lin Ran instead gathered surrendered soldiers, equipped them with cultivation methods, and prepared to lead them back to purge the Evil Soul Masters and their collaborators.

• Lin Ran asked Jing Hongchen to introduce him to Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen took him to the imperial palace’s Worship Hall.
• Lin Ran pressured Kong Deming to persuade the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Masters to surrender, threatening the imperial family if he refused.
• Kong Deming offered to help if Lin Ran let the imperial family leave overseas, but Lin Ran rejected his demand and departed with Jing Hongchen.
• Lin Ran gave surrendered Sun Moon Empire soldiers access to the Mental World and Cultivation Methods, restoring their potential and improving their Soul Tool research.
• After a week, Lin Ran asked the soldiers to return with him to kill the Evil Soul Masters and their collaborators, and they agreed to follow him.

Lin Ran and Ju Zi entered Ming Du and confronted Xu Tianran, who blamed Lin Ran for thwarting his ambitions and revealed his willingness to sacrifice his people for the empire. Xu Tianran tried to trigger explosives beneath the palace, but Lin Ran had already anticipated the trap.

• Lin Ran ordered Ju Zi to command the Sun Moon Empire soul engineers and Ye Guyi to lead the purge of Evil Soul Masters, with public trials and strict discipline.
• Lin Ran's army took control of Ming Du after he immobilized the city's resistance, and Ju Zi's subordinates assumed the defenses.
• Lin Ran and Ju Zi entered the imperial palace and confronted Xu Tianran, who resented Ju Zi's loyalty to Lin Ran.
• Xu Tianran recounted his rise to power and accused Lin Ran of destroying his plans to make the empire great.
• Lin Ran condemned Xu Tianran's crimes, and Xu Tianran tried to detonate over a hundred Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells beneath the palace, but nothing happened.

Lin Ran led Ju Zi and Ye Guyi to the Sun Moon Empire to purge Evil Soul Masters and seize control of Ming Du. He confronted Xu Tianran in the imperial palace, where Xu Tianran blamed him for destroying the empire’s ambitions and threatened to make him pay.

• Lin Ran ordered Ju Zi to command the Sun Moon Empire soul engineers and assigned Ye Guyi to lead the purge of Evil Soul Masters, with strict rules for identifying and publicly trying offenders.
• Lin Ran led his army into Ming Du, overcame the city’s resistance with the Light of Spirit, and left its defenses under Ju Zi’s subordinates.
• Lin Ran and Ju Zi entered the imperial palace, where Lin Ran used spiritual pressure to subdue the Royal Soul Engineer Regiment before confronting Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran recounted his rise to power, his disability, and his ambitions for the Sun Moon Empire, then blamed Lin Ran for thwarting them.
• Lin Ran condemned Xu Tianran’s dealings with Evil Soul Masters and the Beast God, and Xu Tianran declared that Lin Ran would pay for destroying his empire.

Lin Ran captured the Evil Emperor, Ye Xishui, and Zhongli Wu while purging the Sun Moon Empire, then followed a Flying Thunder God Mark to Qiankun Asking Love Valley. There, Huo Yuhao and Long Xiaoyao remained trapped in Rong Nianbing’s malfunctioning Seven Emotions Trial, and Huo Yuhao’s resentment toward Rong Nianbing deepened.

• Lin Ran subdued the Evil Emperor, whose body collapsed into an evil eye External Soul Bone and a Soul Spirit.
• Lin Ran captured Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu, had them subjected to public punishment, and kept them alive with sealed vitality.
• Lin Ran found Huo Yuhao’s mark near Qiankun Asking Love Valley and headed there.
• The malfunctioning trial punished Huo Yuhao and Long Xiaoyao with a soul-rending lash after they failed to answer whether they had lovers.
• Huo Yuhao answered questions about Tang Wu Tong, Wang Qiu'er, and Wang Dong'er, and the trial sentenced him to Seven Emotions Purgatory regardless of his answers.
• Huo Yuhao blamed Rong Nianbing for the trial’s cruelty and vowed that Rong Nianbing would pay.

Huo Yuhao and Long Xiaoyao remained trapped in Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where Rong Nianbing’s altered trial punished them regardless of their answers. Huo Yuhao was sent into Seven Emotions Purgatory, while Long Xiaoyao continued recounting his past; the chapter left both men enduring the trial.

• Rong Nianbing’s Seven Emotions Trial fused with Qiankun Asking Love after the God Realm was destroyed, leaving the trial out of control.
• Huo Yuhao and Long Xiaoyao were lashed after the trial repeatedly asked whether they had lovers.
• Huo Yuhao answered that he loved Tang Wu Tong and accepted Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er, so the trial accused him of being fickle and punished him.
• Huo Yuhao was imprisoned in Seven Emotions Purgatory, where painful illusions made him experience lives as an ox, a dung beetle, and a roundworm.
• Long Xiaoyao answered that Ye Xishui was his lover and numbly retold how he had betrayed Mu En and joined the Holy Spirit Cult to stay beside her.

Lin Ran gathered his allies to plan the spread of the Mental World and Cultivation Methods and the dismantling of noble and sect power, then assigned Ma Xiaotao and Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er future tasks. He gave Du Busi Titan's Soul Spirit, and Du Busi absorbed it and became a god.

• Lin Ran announced plans to introduce the Mental World and Cultivation Methods in the Dou Ling Empire before expanding to the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, while purging wicked nobles and sects and pressuring compliant families to reorganize.
• Ma Xiaotao asked to go to Shrek Academy and uproot and reorganize it, and Lin Ran agreed; he then told Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er they would visit the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Ran offered Du Busi Titan's Soul Spirit, and after some hesitation Du Busi accepted it, moved by Lin Ran's gratitude and affection.
• Du Busi fused with Titan's Soul Spirit, transformed his power and body, and broke through to level one hundred to become a god.
• Lin Ran congratulated Du Busi and advised him to enter seclusion to study his new realm and practice the cultivation methods, leaving external affairs to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran laid out plans to promote the Mental World and Cultivation Methods while dismantling noble and sect power, then helped Du Busi become a god. The meeting’s decisions set several journeys in motion, and Lin Ran ended the chapter with Huo Yun'er.

• Lin Ran announced plans to introduce the Mental World and Cultivation Methods across the empires and require noble and sect forces to cooperate or face a blockade.
• Ma Xiaotao asked to reorganize Shrek Academy, while Lin Ran arranged for Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er to accompany him to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Ran offered Du Busi the Titan Soul Spirit, and Du Busi accepted it after Lin Ran insisted it was his turn to help his teacher.
• After absorbing the soul spirit, Du Busi transformed his powers and broke through to rank one hundred, becoming a Goddess.
• Lin Ran visited Huo Yun'er as she cultivated, and she welcomed him into her arms.

Lin Ran accompanied Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er back to Clear Sky Sect to search for traces of Tang San’s schemes and assess the sect. There they encountered Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, and Bo Saixi recognized that Wang Dong'er had begun the Sea God’s divine trial.

• After spending the night with Huo Yun'er, Lin Ran waited at the academy gate the next morning for Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er.
• Lin Ran explained that he wanted to search Clear Sky Sect for Tang San’s methods and determine whether the sect posed a threat.
• The three reached Clear Sky Sect, where Lin Ran sensed that two unexpected people had arrived.
• Titan and Niu Tian welcomed the sisters and introduced Tang Chen and Bo Saixi as their great-great-grandparents.
• Bo Saixi asked Wang Dong'er about the Sea God’s divine trial, while Tang Chen wondered why Tang San had chosen her for it.

Lin Ran took Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er back to the Clear Sky Sect to investigate Tang San’s lingering methods and possible threats. There, they found Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, while Wang Dong'er rejected Bo Saixi’s offer of help with her Sea God trial.

• After Huo Yun'er undressed for Lin Ran, he touched her, and the story moved to the following morning.
• Lin Ran met Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er at the academy gate, and the three set out for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Ran explained that he wanted to look for methods Tang San had left behind and check for unstable elements at the sect.
• At Clear Sky Castle, Lin Ran sensed two unexpected people, and Titan and Niu Tian came out to greet them.
• Niu Tian introduced Tang Chen and Bo Saixi as Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er's great-great-grandparents.
• Bo Saixi offered to help Wang Dong'er with her Sea God trial, but Wang Dong'er declined and moved closer to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran discovered Tang San's reincarnated embryo in the Clear Sky Sect and traveled with Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er to Sea God Island. There, they recovered another part of Tang Wu Tong's soul, and Lin Ran began reorganizing the island.

• Lin Ran found Tang San reincarnated as the embryo of Tang Yuan and planted Blood Clones in Tang Yuan and Tang Xian.
• Lin Ran received a Tree of Life branch to locate Xiao Wu's reincarnation and took Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er overseas.
• The Demon Empress carried Lin Ran and the two women to Sea God Island, where Wang Dong'er opened the Sea God Palace to them.
• Lin Ran killed Chen Hansheng, the Sea God Island High Priest, after learning the Sea God Family descended from Ji Xiang.
• Lin Ran recovered another one-third of Tang Wu Tong's soul and began reorganizing Sea God Island with Wang Dong'er vouching for him.

Lin Ran recovered the other one-third of Tang Wu Tong's soul at Sea God Island and began reorganizing the island after killing its High Priest, Chen Hansheng. Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao disbanded Shrek Academy, renamed Shrek City Spirit City, and told Lin Ran about the Angel God Palace above it.

• The Life Goddess gave Lin Ran a branch of the Tree of Life to guide him to Xiao Wu's reincarnated body, and agreed to help with further reincarnations.
• Lin Ran planted Blood Clones in Tang Yuan and Tang Xian, then took Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er overseas and asked the Demon Empress to lead them to Sea God Island.
• At Sea God Island, Lin Ran injured and then killed High Priest Chen Hansheng after learning that the Sea God Family were descendants of Ji Xiang.
• Lin Ran and Wang Dong'er entered the Sea God Temple, recovered the other one-third of Tang Wu Tong's soul, and began reorganizing Sea God Island; Lin Ran also encountered Bai Xiuxiu.
• Ma Xiaotao crippled Shrek's leading Elders, disbanded the academy, and renamed Shrek City Spirit City before informing Lin Ran about the Angel God Palace above the city.

As the Douluo Federation transformed the continent, reborn Tang San lived in seclusion near Nuoding City with Tang Yuan, Tang Xian, and his reincarnated sister Tang Wu. On the day his martial souls awakened, Tang San manifested both the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass, leaving his parents stunned.

• The Douluo Federation unified the empires and introduced the Mental World, Martial Soul Art, condensing soul rings, Contracted Spirits, and widespread Soul Tools.
• Tang Yuan returned to the family’s mountain cottage and found Tang Xian drunk instead of preparing for the children’s martial soul awakening.
• Tang Yuan comforted Tang Wu and greeted Tang San, who reflected on his rebirth and his conflicted feelings about having Xiao Wu as his biological younger sister.
• Tang Yuan set up the awakening array, and Tang San manifested a Clear Sky Hammer in his left hand.
• A Blue Silver Grass phantom appeared in Tang San’s right hand, startling Tang Yuan and Tang Xian.

In Nuoding City, Tang San and Tang Wu’s parents prepared to awaken their martial souls, while Tang San struggled with his feelings about being reborn beside Xiao Wu as her brother. Tang San awakened the Clear Sky Hammer, Blue Silver Grass, and the Asura God Sword, and Tang Xian accepted the sword as their ancestor’s inheritance.

• Tang Yuan woke her drunken husband, Tang Xian, and brought him to help awaken their children’s martial souls.
• Tang Yuan comforted Tang Wu and greeted Tang San, who reflected on his rebirth and his conflicted feelings about Xiao Wu being his younger sister.
• Tang Yuan activated the awakening array, and Tang San manifested both a Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass.
• A blood-red sword appeared and entered Tang San’s mind, and he identified it as the Asura God Sword and claimed he had received their ancestor’s inheritance.
• Tang Xian’s suspicion vanished, and he celebrated Tang San as the recipient of the ancestor’s legacy.

Lin Ran used the System to trade cultivation methods across worlds and began studying the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art and Origin Golden Chapter to develop an inner world and God Realm. Meanwhile, Tang San and Tang Wu arrived in Nuoding City to enroll, where Tang San’s view of Soul Tool cars was challenged by a passerby.

• Lin Ran exchanged manuals and cultivation methods through the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space, obtaining techniques such as the Nine Secrets and Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.
• Lin Ran entered seclusion to comprehend the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art and the Origin Golden Chapter.
• Tang Yuan brought Tang San and Tang Wu to Nuoding City, then left them to enter the city on their own.
• Tang San and Tang Wu saw Nuoding City’s modern streets and Soul Tool cars, and Tang Wu expressed interest in owning a car.
• Tang San warned Tang Wu that Soul Tool cars encouraged laziness, but a middle-aged man argued that driving trained Soul Power control and advised them that cultivation required effort.

Lin Ran exploited the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space to trade for powerful cultivation methods and entered seclusion to study them. Meanwhile, Tang San and Tang Wu arrived in Nuoding City for school, where Tang San criticized the modern Soul-Guided Cars before a passerby explained their benefits.

• Lin Ran used the system to trade low-value manuals and cultivation methods for powerful arts, including the Nine Secrets and Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.
• Lin Ran began studying the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art and Origin Golden Chapter to develop a bloodline art and create an inner world, then entered seclusion.
• Tang Yuan brought Tang San and Tang Wu to Nuoding City and let them enter alone because she was a wanted criminal.
• Tang San and Tang Wu explored the transformed commercial city, and Tang Wu excitedly admired its Soul-Guided Cars and Soul Tools.
• Tang San warned Tang Wu that cars encouraged laziness, but a middle-aged man explained that driving could train Soul Power control and resilience.

Lin Ran told Tang Wu Tong that Xiao Wu had reincarnated and arranged for her to become one of the child’s teachers, prompting Tang Wu Tong to confront her guilt and thank him for saving her mother. In Nuoding City, Tang San began school convinced that Lin Ran’s support for children was a scheme to control the continent.

• Lin Ran told Tang Wu Tong, Wang Qiu'er, and Wang Dong'er that Xiao Wu had reincarnated with her past memories sealed and asked them to take her as a disciple.
• Tang Wu Tong eagerly imagined teaching Xiao Wu, but Wang Dong'er pointed out that Tang Wu Tong’s Soul Emperor cultivation made her an unlikely teacher.
• Lin Ran urged Tang Wu Tong to cultivate, and she thanked him for continuing to care for her despite Tang San’s actions and for saving Xiao Wu.
• Wang Qiu'er reassured Tang Wu Tong that she was also a victim, and Tang Wu Tong felt relieved after voicing her guilt.
• Tang San and Tang Wu arrived early for school in Nuoding City, where Tang San judged Lin Ran’s free education and support for children to be a scheme to make the continent his own.

Tang San met Bei Bei, a Titled Douluo teaching at Nuoding City’s elementary school, and wrongly concluded that Lin Ran had forced him into the post. Bei Bei brought his class into Lin Ran’s academy virtual world, where Tang San recognized Dai Yuhao among the students.

• Bei Bei introduced himself as the class’s new homeroom teacher, and Tang San sensed that he was a Titled Douluo.
• Bei Bei healed Tang San and revealed his nine soul rings; Tang San learned that Bei Bei was Holy Dragon Douluo and assumed Lin Ran had suppressed him after Shrek’s destruction.
• Tang San and Tang Wu introduced themselves, prompting Bei Bei to notice their names and martial souls resembled a familiar combination.
• Bei Bei used his Mental Power to bring the class into Lin Ran’s academy virtual world and explained its role in their studies.
• Tang San saw Dai Yuhao among another group of students and wondered how the other Child of Fortune had reincarnated.

Bei Bei introduced the students to the Mental World and its life, study, cultivation, and trial modules, then brought them to pay respects to Lin Ran’s statue. Tang San and Tang Wu resisted the ceremony and received no acknowledgment, leaving them unable to cultivate the Martial Soul Art alongside their classmates.

• Tang San noticed Huo Yuhao, while Tang Wu felt an inexplicable closeness to him that alarmed Tang San.
• Bei Bei explained the Mental World’s modules, including classes, cultivation guidance, soul rings, and combat trials, while Tang San questioned the Martial Soul Art and suspected it was Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• At Lin Ran’s statue, Tang Wu became physically ill from intense feelings of fear, hatred, and disgust, then gradually recovered.
• Tang San and Tang Wu refused to bow or pray to Lin Ran’s statue, while the other students participated.
• The statue acknowledged the praying children with beams of light, granting them the qualifications to cultivate the Martial Soul Art, while Tang San and Tang Wu remained apart.