Chapter Summaries

Situ Xuan confronted Shrek’s assembled defensive formation on Sunset Plain and shattered its front line with a single punch. He charged into the students as the battle began, overwhelming their strongest defenses and fighters.

• Shrek’s 237 students formed a defensive counterattack formation under Rock, while injured Sun Moon Academy students watched from a distance.
• Situ Xuan released a wave of blood energy with one step, making Shrek’s defensive line tremble.
• Situ Xuan charged and punched through the Mystic Rock Giant Shield, sending Iron Wall flying and breaking the formation.
• Situ Xuan fought through the advancing Shrek students with his martial arts and knocked a fourth-year Power Attack System Soul Master into the ruins.

Situ Xuan overwhelmed Shrek’s Outer Court students, defeating more than twenty before four Inner Court Soul Emperors and three high-level Soul Kings moved to stop him. He broke through their combined attack and charged toward the first-year freshmen, including Tang Wulin and his companions.

• Situ Xuan used his speed and martial skills to defeat more than twenty Shrek students and scatter their formation.
• Rock urged the students to hold formation but could not stop Situ Xuan from knocking down his companions.
• Four Inner Court Soul Emperors and three high-level Soul Kings, including Rock, joined forces to intercept Situ Xuan.
• Situ Xuan evaded the seven experts’ attacks and broke through the formation instead of fighting them directly.
• Situ Xuan appeared beside the first-year gathering area and charged toward Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan.

Situ Xuan overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s students, then turned toward Tang Wulin, whose Golden Dragon King Bloodline awakened in response to fear. Situ Xuan caught Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw and struck him down before moving on without a second glance.

• Situ Xuan used his speed and brutal techniques to grievously injure Shrek students while evading the seven Soul Emperors and Soul Kings.
• Situ Xuan rejected Bedrock’s demand for a head-on fight and charged toward Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline erupted, transforming his right arm into a Golden Dragon Claw and driving him to attack Situ Xuan.
• Situ Xuan caught Tang Wulin’s claw by the wrist and punched him, breaking his ribs and severely injuring him.
• Situ Xuan left Tang Wulin on the ground and continued toward his next target.

Situ Xuan unleashed the full power of his Black Heart Evil Palm, soul rings, and Soul Spirit as Shrek's students tried to pin him down and the Inner Court disciples prepared area attacks. He met the three Soul Kings' desperate assault with a devastating tiger roar, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Inner Court Soul Emperors ordered area soul skills against Situ Xuan, while Rock rallied the Outer Court students to create an opening for them.
• The four Soul Emperors donned their One-Word Battle Armor, and Rock and two other Soul Kings used Artifact Soul Avatars to attack Situ Xuan.
• Situ Xuan drew in the battlefield's Malevolent Qi, revealed four black soul rings, and activated his Black Tiger Xuan Sha Soul Spirit through Roaring Forest Black Tiger Transformation.
• Rock and the two Soul Kings launched their attacks from three directions, but Situ Xuan answered with a roar that sent destructive black ripples across the battlefield.

Situ Xuan used his hidden techniques to break the Inner Court Soul Emperors’ Four Symbols God-Locking Formation and launch a counterattack. Just as he was about to hit the pale-cyan Soul Emperor, a massive pillar of flame struck from the side.

• Situ Xuan used Black Evil Tiger Roar to stagger Rock and the other two, then rushed toward the four Inner Court Soul Emperors as they finished equipping their Battle Armor.
• The Defense System Soul Emperor blocked Situ Xuan’s strike, giving the four Soul Emperors time to form the Four Symbols God-Locking Formation and attack him alongside Rock and his companions.
• Situ Xuan combined Cloud Heart Art with the Dragon-Turning Breathing Method, evaded all seven attackers with Wind Shadow Step, and shattered the formation with Sui Ba.
• Situ Xuan appeared before the pale-cyan Soul Emperor and struck with Face-Breaking Fist of the Crossed Head, but a giant crimson pillar of flame suddenly blasted toward him.

Situ Xuan shattered Gu Yue’s flame attack and revealed that he could now maintain his Malevolent Qi state normally, reaching power beyond a Soul Saint. He declared he would defeat Gu Yue and launched a nine-direction aerial assault as the Shrek Inner Court students rushed to stop him.

• Situ Xuan abandoned his attack on the pale-green Soul Emperor and destroyed Gu Yue’s pillar of flame with one punch.
• Situ Xuan spotted Gu Yue in the ruins, and she told him she did not want to fight and urged him to leave.
• Situ Xuan showed Gu Yue that he could maintain his black-flamed state normally, with an aura stronger than a Soul Saint’s.
• Situ Xuan vowed to win and used Sky Chaser to attack Gu Yue from nine directions.
• The crimson Soul Emperor ordered the Shrek students to stop Situ Xuan, while the four Inner Court Soul Emperors prepared to use their coordinated Battle Armor roles.

Situ Xuan fought Gu Yue and the four Soul Emperors, growing more dangerous as he was wounded and using his martial arts to overwhelm them. After escaping an absolute-zero ice seal and dodging the Dark Gold Soul Emperor’s attack, he struck the Ice Blue Soul Emperor with corrosive black ice.

• Gu Yue and the Light Cyan Soul Emperor, Crimson Soul Emperor, Ice Blue Soul Emperor, and Dark Gold Soul Emperor wounded Situ Xuan, but his injuries healed as his battle intent and power increased.
• Situ Xuan used Rock Body to withstand the Crimson Soul Emperor’s Magma Giant Hammer, then broke the Crimson Soul Emperor’s chest armor with Beidou Bone-Breaking Fist.
• Situ Xuan used Instant Shadow to attack the Ice Blue Soul Emperor, but the Ice Blue Soul Emperor froze him with Absolute Zero while the Dark Gold Soul Emperor launched Mountain Suppressing World Fist.
• Situ Xuan twisted aside from the Dark Gold Soul Emperor’s punch, and Gu Yue suggested that he could predict the future.
• Situ Xuan shattered the ice seal and pressed his frost-covered hand to the Ice Blue Soul Emperor’s chest, melting his Battle Armor with corrosive black ice.

Situ Xuan killed two of the Shrek Inner Court Soul Emperors and drew on star power to unleash the eighth form of Eight Extremes Heaven. The two remaining Soul Emperors burned their lives and joined forces against him, forming the beginnings of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Situ Xuan froze the Ice Blue Soul Emperor into black ice and sent the Crimson Soul Emperor flying when he tried to intervene.
• The Dark Gold Soul Emperor attacked Situ Xuan in a furious, reckless brawl, but Situ Xuan crushed his heart before the Dark Gold Soul Emperor struck him down with a final punch.
• Despite his severe injuries, Situ Xuan's power surged, and he used Star Fall to draw star power into his body, astonishing the Light Cyan Soul Emperor and Gu Yue.
• Situ Xuan charged the Crimson Soul Emperor and the Light Cyan Soul Emperor with Meteor Assault, while the two Soul Emperors burned their lives and combined their Flame Phoenix Avatar and Wind Eagle Avatar into a wind-and-fire attack.

Situ Xuan survived the Crimson Soul Emperor and Light Cyan Soul Emperor’s sacrificial Martial Soul Fusion Skill, though he was gravely wounded. He turned toward Gu Yue, who revealed the Silver Dragon King’s full power and prepared to fight him.

• Situ Xuan attacked the Wind Fire Absolute Kill Domain with three supreme arts, forcing the Crimson Soul Emperor and Light Cyan Soul Emperor to burn through their strength.
• The Crimson Soul Emperor and Light Cyan Soul Emperor broke through to rank sixty-six and fused their Martial Soul Avatars into an embryonic Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The two Soul Emperors unleashed Wind Fire Scorches the Heavens, and Situ Xuan met their attack with Eight Extremes Heaven · Meteor World Annihilation.
• The collision killed the Crimson Soul Emperor and Light Cyan Soul Emperor and left Situ Xuan severely injured, but alive.
• Situ Xuan challenged Gu Yue, who summoned five black soul rings and gathered elemental power for their fight.

Situ Xuan awakened the Nirvana Fierce Phoenix’s healing flames and resumed his fight against Gu Yue, whose elemental attacks and gravity field pushed them both to their limits. The chapter ended as Situ Xuan charged into her ice-crystal sword and struck its tip with Sui Ba.

• Gu Yue told Situ Xuan the battle would end there, but he insisted it could only end with one of them defeated.
• Situ Xuan unleashed the Nirvana Fire and his second soul spirit, the Nirvana Fierce Phoenix, healing his injuries as he charged Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue intercepted Situ Xuan with a spatial-jump elemental spear, and their clash sent both fighters flying back.
• Gu Yue created a powerful gravity cage, but Situ Xuan stacked his own gravitational field over it, causing the ground to collapse and making Gu Yue bleed.
• Gu Yue attacked with a fire dragon and a giant ice sword, and Situ Xuan charged at the descending blade and struck its tip with Sui Ba.

Situ Xuan and Gu Yue fought through their defenses and injuries, each pushing their power to its limit. As Situ Xuan’s Phoenix transformation began to fade, both prepared their strongest attacks, leaving the battle’s outcome undecided.

• Situ Xuan shattered Gu Yue’s ice sword and used a fiery step to break through her elemental blockade.
• Situ Xuan’s Black Heart Evil Palm disrupted Gu Yue’s elemental power, but she suppressed it with the Silver Dragon Mark.
• Gu Yue twisted space to halt Situ Xuan’s punch and sent spatial rifts at him, leaving him wounded as he evaded the worst of the attack.
• Situ Xuan gathered his remaining strength into the North Star Heaven Return Palm as his Heaven Burning Fierce Phoenix Transformation began to drain away.
• Gu Yue formed a seven-element Elemental Spear, and both fighters prepared to decide the battle with their final strikes.

Situ Xuan and Gu Yue unleashed their ultimate attacks against each other, and Situ Xuan survived the clash. He stood victorious with the unconscious Gu Yue under his arm as the surviving Shrek students watched in despair.

• Gu Yue focused all her power into a seven-colored spear aimed at Situ Xuan’s existence and will.
• Situ Xuan compressed his remaining power into a point of light and unleashed a torrent embodying his martial will.
• Gu Yue’s spear and Situ Xuan’s force met, and white light swallowed the battlefield.
• The light faded to reveal Situ Xuan badly wounded but still standing, while Gu Yue lay unconscious under his arm.
• The surviving Shrek students reacted with humiliation, rage, and fear as they realized Situ Xuan had won.

Situ Xuan emerged as the sole victor at Sunset Plain after crushing Shrek Academy’s forces, killing four Inner Court students, and capturing Gu Yue. News of the battle spread across the Soul Master world, leaving Shrek’s prestige badly shaken and Situ Xuan hailed as the era’s number one youth.

• Situ Xuan laughed in triumph as Sun Moon Academy’s survivors celebrated his victory and Shrek’s students fell into despair.
• Situ Xuan carried the unconscious Gu Yue toward his allies while Shrek’s teachers and guards arrived too late to change the outcome.
• The battle’s final toll was reported: Situ Xuan had severely injured 237 Shrek students, killed four Inner Court Soul Emperors, captured Gu Yue, and broken the Outer Court’s spirit.
• News of the battle spread throughout the Soul Master world and Sun Moon Federation, shocking people who learned that a rank-forty-eight Soul Ancestor had defeated Shrek’s elites alone.

After the Sunset Plain battle, Shrek Academy prepared to retaliate, but the Sun Moon Federation deployed its Central Legion, War God-level experts, and Chen Xinjie around Shrek City to deter it. The Sea God Pavilion concluded that the Federation was using the conflict as an excuse to weaken Shrek’s influence, while powers across the Federation reconsidered their alliances.

• The Sea God Pavilion mobilized as Shrek City grew tense over the attack on Shrek’s new generation.
• The Sun Moon Federation’s Central Legion marched toward Shrek City and camped just over a hundred li away.
• The War God Temple deployed several War God-level experts around Shrek City and its strategic points.
• Chen Xinjie arrived above Shrek City, using his presence to signal the Federation’s resolve.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders concluded that the Federation aimed to suppress Shrek and reclaim political authority, not merely address the Sunset Plain battle.
• Federation factions, families, and sects began reassessing their ties to Shrek Academy.

After the battle of Sunset Plain, Situ Xuan recovered quickly and resumed running Sun Moon Academy while Gu Yue waited under his protection. He told her she could leave with Vice Pagoda Master Leng, then challenged her to stop worrying about the past and future, leaving her to recall what he had once told her.

• Shrek City felt the pressure of a conflict between Shrek and the Federation, while Situ Xuan became a focus of attention after the battle of Sunset Plain.
• Gu Yue watched Situ Xuan handle academy reports and train despite his recent near-fatal injuries.
• Gu Yue asked whether she could leave, and Situ Xuan said Vice Pagoda Master Leng would collect her that day.
• Gu Yue questioned Situ Xuan about his plans after making enemies of Shrek Academy, and he said she was worrying over gains and losses.
• Situ Xuan quoted a saying about yesterday, tomorrow, and today, then asked Gu Yue whether she remembered what he had once told her.

Situ Xuan urged Gu Yue to stop letting fear, duty, and future consequences govern her choices, while Gu Yue reflected on how her attempts to escape fate had led her into greater conflict. Leng Yaozhu arrived to pick Gu Yue up, leaving her to consider Situ Xuan’s words.

• Gu Yue recalled Situ Xuan’s earlier advice and reflected on her identity as the Silver Dragon King and the conflicts she had tried to avoid.
• Gu Yue asked whether Situ Xuan feared retaliation from Shrek and the Sea God Pavilion, and he admitted fearing weakness and death but not their anger.
• Situ Xuan told Gu Yue to focus on the present and turn her attachments into motivation rather than chains.
• Gu Yue remained silent as Leng Yaozhu’s aura approached, signaling that the Vice Tower Master had arrived to take her away.

Leng Yaozhu visited Sun Moon Academy to meet with Peng Yunze and Situ Xuan, still upset that Situ Xuan had captured her disciple Gu Yue at Sunset Plain. She scrutinized his remarkable strength and recovery, and the meeting ended with Situ Xuan calmly answering her pointed remarks about his injuries.

• Leng Yaozhu arrived at Sun Moon Academy, where Peng Yunze and Situ Xuan were waiting to receive her.
• Leng Yaozhu assessed Situ Xuan and was startled by his immense vitality, unusual aura, and rapid recovery from his injuries.
• Peng Yunze introduced Situ Xuan to Leng Yaozhu and assured her that Gu Yue was safe at the academy.
• Leng Yaozhu praised Situ Xuan's battle at Sunset Plain while hinting that she still resented his capture of Gu Yue.
• Situ Xuan said Gu Yue was strong and that battle injuries were part of a Soul Master's training.

Leng Yaozhu retrieved Gu Yue from Sun Moon Academy and tested Situ Xuan's intentions toward the Spirit Pagoda. After Gu Yue left, Situ Xuan made clear that he valued her as a future sparring partner, while Peng Yunze teased him for thinking only about strength and training.

• Leng Yaozhu found Gu Yue safe in the Student Council president's office and thanked Sun Moon Academy for caring for her.
• Leng Yaozhu offered to make a gesture on the Spirit Pagoda's behalf over Gu Yue's capture, but Situ Xuan declined and asked only to spar with her again someday.
• Leng Yaozhu praised Situ Xuan's bearing, then took Gu Yue away; Gu Yue looked back at Situ Xuan before leaving.
• Peng Yunze remarked that Leng Yaozhu's words had been a probe, and Situ Xuan said the academy should focus on its own path.
• Peng Yunze teased Situ Xuan about having feelings for Gu Yue, but Situ Xuan said he wanted to see whether she could become an opponent who would temper him.

Peng Yunze told Situ Xuan that the Federation would advance the next stage of the Hidden Dragon Project, which could send him on dangerous missions connected to the Abyss. In his consciousness space, Situ Xuan saw the Bronze Book still bound by three chains, with four already broken.

• Peng Yunze questioned Situ Xuan's single-minded pursuit of strength, and Situ Xuan explained why he valued training and breakthroughs above other pursuits.
• Peng Yunze informed Situ Xuan that the Federation had advanced the next stage of the Hidden Dragon Project and that it might involve the Abyss and unresolved issues on Star Luo Continent and Dou Ling Continent.
• Situ Xuan welcomed the prospect of dangerous challenges, and Peng Yunze urged him to recover before the project began.
• Situ Xuan returned to his consciousness space and saw that four of the Bronze Book's seven chains had broken, corresponding to the four martial arts he had mastered.

After Situ Xuan broke through to level fifty, the Bronze Book summoned him and produced a conscious phantom named Kuang Man. Kuang Man praised Situ Xuan’s fighting on Sunset Plain and began explaining why he admired his drive.

• Situ Xuan’s Soul Power Level naturally broke through to fifty after his injuries, training, and use of Nirvana Fire.
• The Bronze Book’s chains lit up, and a powerful phantom appeared and walked toward Situ Xuan.
• Situ Xuan saw the phantom’s beast-and-plant tattoos and human-skin cloak, and felt the immense gap in their life force and power.
• The phantom praised Situ Xuan’s battles on Sunset Plain, including his final clash with the elemental girl.
• The phantom introduced himself as Kuang Man, a remnant will in the Bronze Book, and said he liked Situ Xuan’s willingness to risk everything to grow stronger and fight.