Chapter Summaries

Xu Tinglan secured the Golden Hawksbill's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring after Electrolux transferred its soul into a younger Hawksbill. The ring transformed as Xu Tinglan absorbed it, while the former Hawksbill King survived in the Little Hawksbill's body.

• Bi Ji revealed that the Golden Hawksbill was near death and handed it over, while Xu Tinglan realized it had consumed Life Gold and confirmed with Electrolux that its soul could be transferred.
• Xu Tinglan offered the Golden Hawksbill a new body, and it summoned a Little Hawksbill before asking Bi Ji to leave them alone.
• Electrolux transferred the Golden Hawksbill's soul into the Little Hawksbill, and Xu Tinglan killed the now-soulless Golden Hawksbill to obtain its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Xu Tinglan absorbed the Soul Ring as the Life Gold within the Golden Hawksbill fused with his own, and the ring transformed with crimson-gold and platinum patterns.
• The Little Hawksbill ate some of its former body's flesh, and Xu Tinglan agreed to let Xi Yue prepare hawksbill turtle soup.

Xu Tinglan returned to Sun Moon Academy after gaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then the exchange students met in Maple Leaf City to end their stay. Xian Lin'er accused Jing Hongchen of giving Shrek fake Soul Tool blueprints, and the dispute over Huo Yuhao’s secret copying escalated as Jing led his students away.

• Xu Tinglan discussed the Soul Spirit Technique with Xi Yue, who rejected it, and they left after bidding farewell to Bi Ji.
• Xu Tinglan spent the following period researching Soul Forging before the exchange students gathered in Maple Leaf City.
• Xian Lin'er angrily accused Jing Hongchen of supplying faulty blueprints, and Huo Yuhao learned that only about ten percent of them were useful.
• Huo Yuhao blamed Sun Moon Academy for the failed trade, but Xu Tinglan and Jing Hongchen rebuked him for secretly copying blueprints and encouraging the exchange.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped Xian Lin'er from acting, and Jing Hongchen led the Sun Moon Academy students out of Maple Leaf City.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Xu Tinglan about the conflict, and Xu explained how Huo Yuhao had infiltrated the academy and copied blueprints.

Xu Tinglan’s group was confronted by Shrek’s Title Douluo after leaving Maple Leaf City, and a fierce but restrained battle broke out between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire. While the powerful fighters clashed, Xu Tinglan disguised himself and charged at the Shrek exchange delegation, leaving Huo Yuhao facing his attack.

• Xuan Zi and four other Shrek Title Douluo surrounded Xu Tinglan’s group as they tried to leave Maple Leaf City.
• Jing Hongchen summoned the Sun Moon Empire’s Level 9 Soul Masters, and Zhang Peng joined them as both sides prepared to fight.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo fought Zhang Peng while Xuan Zi, Elder Song, Yan Shaozhe, and others battled their opponents in a tense stalemate.
• After confirming that the Title Douluo were holding back, Xu Tinglan concealed his identity with a mask and Martial Venerable Armor and rushed toward the Shrek exchange delegation.
• Huo Yuhao saw Xu Tinglan closing in at high speed and shouted for him to show mercy.

Xu Tinglan revealed that Sun Moon Academy had never intended to reconcile and killed Huo Yuhao during the delegation’s retreat. Shrek’s pursuit ended when Sea God’s Light descended upon the grieving Wang Dong.

• Xu Tinglan ambushed Huo Yuhao, evaded the delegation’s attacks, and killed him with a devastating charge.
• Xu Tinglan took Huo Yuhao’s Storage Ring and Soul Bone, then flew away as Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi grieved.
• Jing Hongchen ordered the Sun Moon delegation to retreat while he, Ye Yulin, and Zhang Peng stayed behind to cover them.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped Xuan Zi and Elder Song from pursuing, warning that continued fighting could bring heavy losses to Shrek.
• Wang Dong mourned over Huo Yuhao’s remains and cried out as the Sea God Trident mark flickered on her forehead.
• Sea God’s Light descended upon Wang Dong, leaving Yan Shaozhe and the others shocked.

Tang San revived Huo Yuhao with stolen Life Essence and sent him back to Douluo Continent stronger, while Huo Yuhao vowed revenge without regret. Tang San then tried to strengthen Xiao Qi with Golden Dragon King blood, but the seal weakened, prompting him to plan to blame Destruction.

• Tang San sensed Huo Yuhao's fading Fate power and revived him by using stolen Life Essence to rebuild his body.
• Huo Yuhao awoke in the God Realm, learned Tang San had revived and strengthened him, and accepted the promise of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he did not regret his past actions and vowed to take revenge on the Sun Moon Empire before Tang San sent him back to Douluo Continent.
• The Goddess of Life questioned Tang San at the Life God Tree, and he denied breaking the law.
• Tang San went to the Forbidden Land of Gods and attempted to merge a thread of Golden Dragon King bloodline into Xiao Qi.
• The Golden Dragon King's bloodline weakened the seal, so Tang San reinforced it and decided to pin the blame on Destruction.

Jing Hongchen escorted the Sun Moon exchange students back to Ming Capital, where Xu Tinglan prepared the team selection tournament. Xi Yue overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen in a challenge, and after the remaining matches, Ding Xiaobu accused the selected members of using pills before Xu Tinglan confronted him.

• Xu Tinglan confirmed Huo Yuhao was dead, took blueprints from his storage Soul Tools, and handed them to Jing Hongchen, who hoped to reproduce the designs.
• Jing Hongchen brought the exchange students safely back to Sun Moon Academy, where they celebrated their return and discussed the upcoming team selection tournament.
• Xu Tinglan announced that five main roster positions were open, and Xi Yue challenged Xiao Hongchen after he questioned whether she would compete.
• During the match, Xi Yue's flames overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen's attacks and melted the protective barrier, forcing him to concede.
• The selection matches ended with Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Jiang Nannan, Lan Xiu, and Ye Nongfeng chosen for the main roster.
• Ding Xiaobu accused the winners of taking more pills, but Ye Nongfeng threatened him with his Aging Beam Cannon, and Xu Tinglan demanded to know whether Ding was questioning him.

Xu Tinglan gave awakened Spirit Forged Metals to his teammates so they could make more powerful Two-Word Battle Armor. Xi Yue teased him by saying she had already given him what mattered most, leaving Meng Hongchen and Jiang Nannan quietly unsettled.

• Xu Tinglan led the official team members to the forging room and showed them nearly finished Spirit Forged Metals.
• Xu Tinglan awakened the metals with his forging hammer and had Xiao Hongchen use his essence blood to merge one into his body.
• Xiao Hongchen praised the metal and hurried off to ask Hall Master Hongchen to forge him armor and weapons.
• Xu Tinglan awakened metals for the others, and Ye Nongfeng offered to steal his great-grandfather's Sun Moon Divine Needle before rushing away.
• Lan Xiu accepted Nine-Colored Metal and left to have his father forge him a Soul Tool.
• Xi Yue picked up Red Sun Flame Alloy and told Xu Tinglan she had already given him what mattered most, startling Meng Hongchen and drawing Jiang Nannan's attention.

Xu Tinglan learned that Huo’s Soul Bone was only fifty thousand years old, while Shrek Academy was stunned when Huo Yuhao returned alive and claimed Tang San had strengthened him. Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe took Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Forest, where they found a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and decided to blame its killing on the Body Sect.

• Xu Tinglan had the Soul Bone he obtained from Huo inspected and learned it was a fifty-thousand-year Sorrowful Howling Dragon Right Arm Bone.
• Xu Tinglan considered Shrek’s likely response to Huo Yuhao’s death and the coming assassination attempt on Xu Tianran.
• Huo Yuhao emerged alive from the Golden Tree at Shrek Academy, astonishing Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi as Wang Dong embraced him.
• Huo Yuhao told the Shrek elders that he had gone to the God Realm and that Tang San had strengthened his body so he could absorb Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Twin Cyclops Giant in the Star Dou Forest, and Xuan Zi nearly killed it.
• Yan Shaozhe suggested blaming the Twin Cyclops Giant’s death on the Body Sect, and Xuan Zi agreed.

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe let Huo Yuhao kill the Twin Cyclops Giant so he could gain its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then tried to prepare for Di Tian’s response by blaming the Body Sect. Di Tian launched a Beast Tide against Shrek City, and Yan Shaozhe’s attempt to deceive him failed when Xuan Zi admitted they had used elderly death-row prisoners as fake student corpses.

• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe brought the half-dead Twin Cyclops Giant to the wilderness and told Huo Yuhao to kill it.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Twin Cyclops Giant’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and obtained its right leg bone, gaining four soul skills.
• Yan Shaozhe sent a message to the Body Sect, which assembled a large force and headed to support Shrek.
• Di Tian led a Beast Tide against Shrek City, accusing the humans of killing another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast under a false pretext.
• Yan Shaozhe claimed the Twin Cyclops Giant had attacked Shrek students first, but Di Tian recognized that the supposed victims were elderly men.
• Yan Shaozhe discovered that Xuan Zi had used elderly death-row prisoners as fake student corpses and confronted him as the Beast Tide attacked.

After learning that Di Tian’s beast tide had killed several Title Douluo, Xu Tinglan set out with Xi Yue and the Snow Empress for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest. They reached the hidden valley, where Xi Yue sensed exceptionally powerful Life energy and Xu Tinglan spotted a Bright Red Apricot Plant.

• Xu Tinglan and Xi Yue learned that Di Tian had killed Mu En and several Title Douluo before leading the beast horde back to Star Dou Forest, following Xi Yue’s advice to target leading Soul Masters.
• Xi Yue used Fate Perception and found no mortal danger in Xu Tinglan’s planned visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Tinglan invited the Snow Empress to join him and Xi Yue on the journey to Sunset Forest, and she agreed.
• The three traveled through the Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flower’s poisonous mist, with Xi Yue’s flames and the Snow Empress’s ice clearing their path.
• Xu Tinglan, Xi Yue, and the Snow Empress reached the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xi Yue sensed unusually strong Life energy and Xu Tinglan saw a Bright Red Apricot Plant.

Xu Tinglan passed the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s test by consuming the Universe Sun Moon Grass and enduring seven days in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then obtained Tang San’s Medicine and Poison Scripture. He rejected the scripture’s demand that he join the Tang Sect and return the book, deciding its rules no longer mattered.

• Xu Tinglan asked the Aromatic Silk Beauty for the book Tang San had left, and it offered him a test: eat an herb and survive.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty gave Xu Tinglan the Universe Sun Moon Grass and instructed him to endure seven days and nights in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Tinglan consumed the herb, entered the spring, and survived its Ultimate Ice and Fire, tempering his body against both attributes.
• After Xu Tinglan completed the test, the Aromatic Silk Beauty gave him the Medicine and Poison Scripture and explained that the Universe Sun Moon Grass was a core ingredient for a Divine Pill.
• Xu Tinglan read Tang San’s instructions to join the Tang Sect or return the book, then told the Aromatic Silk Beauty that the sect’s outdated rules no longer deserved obedience.

Xu Tinglan seized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s herbs, helped Xi Yue and the Snow Empress advance, and returned with them to Sun Moon Academy. As the tournament approached, he revealed that an underground Soul Tool competition offered a Dragon Girl, prompting Xiao Hongchen and his companions to question why their elders had kept it secret.

• Xi Yue and the Snow Empress threatened Fragrant Silk Luo, and Xu Tinglan used the Hongchen Bracer to collect the Immortal Herbs while leaving seeds behind.
• Xu Tinglan proposed that Xi Yue and the Snow Empress make the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Ice Leaf their Soul Rings, and Xi Yue promised to revive the plants after becoming a god.
• Over three months, Xu Tinglan reached Rank Eighty, while Xi Yue and the Snow Empress advanced to Soul Saint; the Snow Empress rose to Rank Seventy-Eight after refining sealed cultivation.
• Xu Tinglan, Xi Yue, and the Snow Empress returned to Sun Moon Academy as sects prepared to compete in the tournament, whose prizes included high-grade Soul Tools.
• Xu Tinglan told Xiao Hongchen that an underground Soul Tool competition offered a Dragon Girl, the Sun Moon Divine Needle, a Level 9 Fixed Soul Tool Cannon, and one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Hongchen, Ye Nongfeng, and Lan Xiu wondered why their family elders had never told them about Dragon Girls, while Meng Hongchen called their interest disgusting.

Xu Tinglan persuaded Xu Tianran to let Xiao Hongchen and Ye Nongfeng enter the Underground Soul Tool Tournament, with Dragon Girls promised as their reward if they won both tournaments. The chapter ended as Ju Zi announced the start of the Spirit Master Elite Tournament in Ming Capital.

• Xiao Hongchen, Ye Nongfeng, and Xu Tinglan learned that Xu Tianran had reserved the Dragon Girls for himself, so Xu Tinglan offered to ask for some on their behalf.
• Xu Tinglan met Xu Tianran in the imperial garden and argued that granting Dragon Girls to loyal subjects would strengthen the empire.
• Xu Tianran agreed to let Xiao Hongchen and Ye Nongfeng compete in the Underground Soul Tool Tournament under the Xishui Alliance, promising them Dragon Girls if they won both tournaments.
• Xu Tianran arrived at the competition venue in his Dragon Carriage, and Ju Zi announced that the Spirit Master Elite Tournament had begun.

Jiang Nannan led the Sun Moon Royal Academy to victory over the Dragon Slaughter Sect, defeating all seven opponents with Gravity Control and a Piercing Cannon. Huo Yuhao advised the Tang Sect to stop holding back, while Xu Tinglan ordered Lan Xiu to watch Huo Yangmiao closely.

• Xu Tinglan noticed unfamiliar names on Shrek's roster and discovered that Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong, and others were competing for the Tang Sect.
• Xu Tinglan sent Jiang Nannan to fight first against the Dragon Slaughter Sect, and she used her six Soul Rings and Piercing Cannon to defeat its first contestant.
• Jiang Nannan defeated all seven Dragon Slaughter Sect contestants, earning the Sun Moon Team the full eleven points.
• Beibei asked Huo Yuhao about Jiang Nannan's Piercing Cannon, and Huo Yuhao explained its strengths before telling the Tang Sect they did not need to hold back.
• Xu Tinglan instructed Lan Xiu to oversee the remaining matches and report anything unusual about Huo Yangmiao, leaving Lan Xiu thrilled by the opportunity Xu Tinglan had given him.

Xu Tinglan forged his first Soul Forged Metal after using the Echo of his evolving Battle Armor to reach the new realm ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen and Ye Nongfeng entered the Underground Soul Tool Crafting Competition, where they faced the Regent’s anger and began advancing through the early rounds.

• Xu Tinglan used Star Moon Alloy to complete Spirit Forging and then followed the Soul Forging Echo to create Black Tortoise Mixed Gold.
• Xu Tinglan solidified the metal’s soul with his martial soul and awakened it using Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Xu Tinglan planned to use the Soul Forged Metal to make a Soul Forging Hammer and upgrade his Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Xiao Hongchen and Ye Nongfeng discussed the Regent’s fury and worried about what would happen if they lost the Underground Tournament.
• Xiao Hongchen and Ye Nongfeng entered the Xishui Alliance’s Underground Tournament, where Xiao Hongchen easily defeated their early opponents.

Xu Tinglan investigated the unusual strength of Tang Sect’s Wang Dong, then rushed to the Sun Moon Team’s match after Ding Xiaobu died against Shrek. Lan Xiu used his Nine Heavens Battle Armor to defeat Wu Feng, while Huo Yuhao’s hidden Gemini clone continued supporting Shrek’s fighters from the crowd.

• Xi Yue told Xu Tinglan that Wang Dong possessed exceptionally high-grade Golden Dragon blood, and Xu ordered his teammates to keep watch on her and Huo Yangmiao.
• Xu Tinglan learned that Ding Xiaobu had died during the match against Shrek and hurried to the Sun Moon Team’s resting area.
• Xiao Hongchen reported that black and white light had turned the match against Lan Xiu, and Xu Tinglan concluded that someone was interfering with Wu Feng’s power.
• Xu Tinglan signaled Lan Xiu to use his Battle Armor, and Lan Xiu defeated Wu Feng with the Nine Heavens Battle Armor.
• Huo Yuhao’s Gemini clone, disguised among the spectators, used Simulation, Spiritual Detection Sharing, and Black and White Glory to enhance Shrek’s teammates.

Xie Huanyue defeated Lan Xiu, and Jiang Nannan went on to defeat several Shrek competitors. Huo Yuhao’s clone entered the match against Xu Tinglan, who recognized him, and the chapter ended as the crowd saw Huo Yuhao’s powerful Soul Rings.

• Xie Huanyue used his Rubber Elephant Martial Soul to battle Lan Xiu, whose Rebound Rays restrained him but could not break his strengthened defenses.
• Lan Xiu repeatedly slammed Xie Huanyue down and won the match.
• Jiang Nannan defeated Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and other Shrek competitors using her cultivation and Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao’s clone decided to enter the competition to weaken the Sun Moon Team and flew onto the platform.
• Xu Tinglan recognized Huo Yuhao and faced him as the referee announced their match.
• Huo Yuhao activated Martial Soul Possession, revealing seven Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and the crowd reacted in shock.

Xu Tinglan defeated Huo Yuhao’s Gemini clone in the tournament, exposed Shrek’s age-inspection deception, and learned that the real Huo Yuhao had suffered the clone’s injuries. Huo Yuhao recovered with Wang Dong’s support and insisted that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could defeat Xu Tinglan.

• Xu Tinglan revealed his Soul Saint power as the battle began, surprising the spectators and Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tinglan pierced Huo Yuhao’s defenses with his Chaos Rift and Darkgolden Terrorclaw, then used Heavenly Evil Rending Execution to overwhelm Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xu Tinglan beheaded Huo Yuhao’s opponent with the Demon-Slaying and Monster-Cutting Sword, then suspected the corpse was a fake and asked the referee to investigate Shrek’s age inspection.
• Huo Yuhao’s real body collapsed in Tang Sect’s resting area as he shared the clone’s injuries, and he explained that he had used a seventy-year-old Soul Saint death-row prisoner as his Gemini clone.
• Wang Dong comforted Huo Yuhao and said their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could defeat Xu Tinglan.

After Shrek withdrew from the team battle following its defeat, Xu Tianran revealed that he had sealed Ming Capital to trap powerful figures from the Douluo Three Kingdoms. Xu Tinglan returned to his forging work as Star Luo and Heavenly Soul considered how to respond.

• Zhang Lexuan withdrew Shrek from the team battle, and the crowd celebrated the Sun Moon Team’s decisive victory.
• Xu Tianran said the Douluo Three Kingdoms’ forces planned to attack during the transfer of imperial authority and revealed that he had sealed Ming Capital.
• The State Preceptor and Jing Hongchen supported Xu Tianran’s plan to eliminate the gathered enemies, including Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina condemned the Sun Moon Empire in secret talks while withholding their own nations’ schemes.
• Xu Tinglan returned to the forging room to upgrade his Soul Forging Echo Battle Armor toward Three-Word Battle Armor.

Xu Tinglan received the upgraded Three-Word Battle Armor and learned it had a fixed domain before the quarterfinals began. The Sun Moon Team and Tang Sect advanced, and the Tang Sect began preparing to face the Sun Moon Team in the semifinals.

• The Sun Moon Team, Holy Spirit Sect, Tang Sect, and Snow Demon Sect advanced from their groups alongside four other teams.
• Xu Tinglan received the upgraded Three-Word Battle Armor from Kong Deming and sensed its Yin-Yang-based fixed domain.
• At the quarterfinal drawing, the Sun Moon Team and Tang Sect landed in the upper bracket, while the Holy Spirit Sect and Snow Demon Sect landed in the lower bracket.
• The Sun Moon Team drew the Ming Capital Team, while the Tang Sect drew Star Luo National Academy.
• Xu Tinglan told his teammates to avoid excessive force, then asked Xiao Hongchen and Ye Nongfeng about the Underground Soul Tool Crafting Competition.
• All four top teams won their quarterfinal matches, and Beibei urged the Tang Sect to prepare for the Sun Moon Team as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong vowed to face Xu Tinglan.