Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye brutally beat Wang Dong after demanding an apology, but she fought back with her butterfly-wing Soul Skills. He repelled her attacks with the Azure Underworld Dagger and continued assaulting her, while her Light of the Butterfly God only managed to make him pause briefly.

• Long Zhanye demanded that Wang Dong apologize, rejected Huo Yuhao's plea for mercy, and kicked her into a stall when she refused.
• Wang Dong rose from the wreckage and attacked Long Zhanye with her Wing Guillotine, but he blocked it with the Azure Underworld Dagger.
• Long Zhanye seized Wang Dong's ankle and repeatedly smashed her into the ground until she was badly injured.
• Wang Dong used Light of the Butterfly God to release a storm of golden blades, and Long Zhanye deflected most of them with his dagger.

Long Zhanye badly injured Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao stepped in to protect her despite Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's warning. As Long Zhanye attacked Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao returned with Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan to confront him.

• Huo Yuhao's Mental Interference had no effect on Long Zhanye, who struck Wang Dong into a wall and left her severely injured.
• Xiao Xiao witnessed Wang Dong's injury and ran to Shrek Academy to get help.
• Long Zhanye threatened to kill Wang Dong, but Huo Yuhao used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and Mysterious Jade Hand to redirect his punch into a wall.
• Huo Yuhao refused Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's advice to retreat and challenged Long Zhanye, who mocked his missing Fourth Soul Ring.
• Long Zhanye attacked Huo Yuhao with the Azure Underworld Dagger, and Huo Yuhao dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xiao Xiao returned with Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, pointing out Long Zhanye as the attacker.

Long Zhanye used Soul Tools to hold off Xu Sanshi, then faced Beibei when he joined the fight. As the two Shrek students coordinated their attacks, Long Zhanye activated his External Soul Bone skill, and an invisible black curtain covered the sky.

• Beibei and Xu Sanshi arrived to find Wang Dong badly injured and Huo Yuhao retreating from Long Zhanye.
• Xu Sanshi attacked Long Zhanye, but Long Zhanye used a Soul Power Backlash Shield and Corrosive Ray Cannon to keep him at a distance.
• Xu Sanshi's Mystic Turtle Shield Formation blocked Long Zhanye's corrosive rays, but Xu Sanshi could not break through his defenses and began tiring.
• Beibei joined Xu Sanshi, and their coordinated attacks put Long Zhanye under pressure.
• Long Zhanye activated his Double Pupil Technique: Heaven Gazing, spreading an invisible spiritual force field as a black curtain covered the sky.

Long Zhanye used the strange Double Pupil eyes to anticipate and evade the Shrek students’ attacks, injuring Beibei and holding off the others. Huo Yuhao discovered that the metal coffin on Long Zhanye’s back blocked spiritual detection and warned that it might be a huge Soul Tool Bomb capable of devastating the area.

• The Double Pupil eyes let Long Zhanye read Xu Sanshi and Beibei’s attacks, and he hit Beibei’s left arm with a Corrosive Ray Cannon.
• Xu Sanshi unleashed Mystic Underworld Power and charged Long Zhanye, but their shields collided in a blast that pushed them both back.
• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan joined the assault, but Long Zhanye deflected the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Tripod and dodged Jiang Nannan’s kicks.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection could not penetrate the silver-gray coffin on Long Zhanye’s back, so he warned his companions that it might be a devastating Soul Tool Bomb.

Huo Yuhao and the others attacked Long Zhanye together, believing the coffin on his back held Soul Tool Bombs powerful enough to threaten Shrek City. Long Zhanye unleashed his Mingling Domain and swiftly incapacitated Xiao Xiao, crippled Beibei’s left arm, and battered Xu Sanshi, while the fight continued.

• Huo Yuhao guessed that Long Zhanye’s silver-gray coffin contained Soul Tool Bombs capable of leveling five square kilometers, and the six Shrek Academy students resolved to stop him.
• Long Zhanye taunted the group and invited them to attack together as Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao launched their Soul Skills.
• Long Zhanye used Son of Mingling to absorb and dispel their control effects, then expanded a hundred-meter Mingling Domain and vanished within it.
• Long Zhanye appeared before Xiao Xiao and used Millennium in an Instant to knock her unconscious.
• Long Zhanye grabbed Beibei’s already injured left arm, worsened its damage, and kicked him out of the domain.
• Long Zhanye pounded Xu Sanshi’s Mystic Turtle Shell Shield until its defenses broke, making Xu Sanshi spit blood and fall.

Long Zhanye overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s group inside his Mingling Domain, but Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong broke the domain with Golden Road and used it to distract him. As Xu Sanshi threw the coffin carrying Xiahou Ling into the air, Long Zhanye revealed five Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings and moved to catch it, leaving himself open to their next attack.

• Long Zhanye threw Jiang Nannan out of the domain after defeating Xiao Xiao, Beibei, and Xu Sanshi, leaving only Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong inside.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used Golden Road to break the Mingling Domain, but the attack failed to seal Long Zhanye’s Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that their attack had been a feint, and Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi used Teleport and Mysterious Underworld Displacement to get Xu Sanshi beside Long Zhanye’s coffin.
• Xu Sanshi hurled the coffin carrying Xiahou Ling into the air, and Long Zhanye lost control of his Soul Power, revealing five Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Long Zhanye used Chaos Dragon Claw to catch the falling coffin, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong launched Hammer of the Heavenly Emperor at his unguarded back.

Long Zhanye was struck as the coffin fell, and its revealed corpse drove him into a Bronze Level Awakening. Ice Empress then possessed Huo Yuhao to fight him, but Long Zhanye's Chaos Spiral Kill shattered her attack and left Huo Yuhao badly injured.

• Long Zhanye was struck in the back as the silver-gray coffin crashed to the ground and revealed a preserved girl’s corpse inside.
• Enraged, Long Zhanye rose with his Double Pupil and Heavenly Eye exposed and advanced to Bronze Level Awakening.
• Huo Yuhao froze in fear until Ice Empress seized control of his body and attacked Long Zhanye with her Ice Empress Pincer.
• Long Zhanye countered with Chaos Spiral Kill, and the Chaos current destroyed the Ice Empress’s Pincer.
• Huo Yuhao suffered a severe backlash and staggered, while Long Zhanye remained standing with his aura only slightly disordered.

Shi Xing stopped Long Zhanye from killing Huo Yuhao and badly wounded him with his time-based abilities. He then declared that he would take Long Zhanye in for questioning, leaving the cause of the city fight unresolved.

• Long Zhanye shattered Ice Empress's Pincer and sent a Chaos palm toward the weakened Huo Yuhao.
• Shi Xing appeared atop the city wall and froze Long Zhanye and the surrounding area with his Fifth Soul Skill, Time Stasis.
• Shi Xing struck Long Zhanye in the chest with a point of light, grievously wounding him before the stasis ended.
• Shrek Academy's students recognized Shi Xing as Shrek City's lord and the ninety-fourth-ranked Time Douluo.
• Shi Xing said that Long Zhanye had caused chaos and injured students, then reached out to seize him for questioning.

Long Zhantian returned and rescued Long Zhanye from Shi Xing’s temporal attack, revealing that he was the younger brother’s long-missing elder brother. Shi Xing demanded that both brothers surrender and return to the City Lord Mansion, so Long Zhanye used defensive Soul Tools and his Chaos Demon Light to create a chance to escape.

• Long Zhantian interrupted Shi Xing’s attack with Three Thousand Thunder Sound Explosions, stopping the temporal hand at the cost of severe injuries.
• Long Zhanye recognized the black-robed man as his elder brother, Long Zhantian, who revealed that Shrek had crippled Long Zhanye’s Martial Soul three years earlier.
• Shi Xing acknowledged that he had not known about the past injury but insisted that the brothers return to the City Lord Mansion while the incident was investigated.
• Shi Xing unleashed his Titled Douluo pressure, and Long Zhanye activated two Invincible Barriers and Chaos Demon Light to help the brothers escape.
• Shi Xing’s pressure shattered both Invincible Barriers after only one second.

Long Zhantian and Long Zhanye escaped Shrek City after Shi Xing gravely wounded Long Zhantian, then returned to the Body Sect for treatment. As the brothers recovered, they vowed to avenge their family against Shrek and Xuan Zi.

• Long Zhantian was pierced by Shi Xing's Soul Power, but used his fourth Soul Skill to carry Long Zhanye beyond Shrek City's gates.
• Shi Xing chose to remain and defend Shrek City, then ordered the wounded treated and the conflict reported to the academy.
• Three days later, Long Zhanye brought Long Zhantian to Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun, who treated their injuries as Long Zhanye recounted the attack.
• Old Man Gu raged when he learned that Shi Xing had intervened, while Long Zhantian recovered from life-threatening injuries over the following days.
• Long Zhantian revealed he had reached the Soul Emperor realm and urged Long Zhanye to avenge their family; Long Zhanye vowed to settle the debt against Shrek and Xuan Zi.

Old Man Gu told Long Zhanye that Xiahou Ling’s body would decay within forty days unless its coffin was repaired, and suggested seeking Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire. He gave Tang San a Dragon Pill to awaken its True Dragon Bloodline, then drugged Long Zhanye and had Zhua Yun catch him, leaving their next move uncertain.

• Long Zhanye explained to Long Zhantian that Old Man Gu was a reclusive, eccentric elder and Zhua Yun was his sole disciple.
• Old Man Gu warned Long Zhanye that Xiahou Ling’s body would begin to decay within forty days and said Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire might be able to repair the coffin.
• Old Man Gu gave Long Zhanye an Elixir and proposed using a Dragon Pill to awaken Tang San’s dormant True Dragon Bloodline.
• Long Zhanye became dizzy after swallowing the Elixir, and Old Man Gu told him to sleep as Zhua Yun caught his collapsing body.
• Old Man Gu told Zhua Yun that their fate would decide what happened next.

Long Zhanye woke to discover Old Man Gu had grafted his Qilin Arm onto him, giving him a Second Martial Soul and the power cultivated over two centuries. As Old Man Gu’s condition grew dire, Long Zhantian urged his younger brother to honor the sacrifice by becoming stronger and carrying on the Nine Body Secrets.

• Long Zhanye woke in the secret chamber and found his young right arm replaced by Old Man Gu’s aged arm.
• Zhua Yun brought in Old Man Gu, who had lost his Qilin Arm, and told Long Zhanye that he had obtained a Second Martial Soul through the Body Martial Soul Grafting Technique.
• Old Man Gu explained that the graft was the secret of “Fuse” among the Nine Body Secrets and that he had chosen Long Zhanye to inherit his cultivation and carry on the secrets.
• Old Man Gu coughed up blood and had Zhua Yun take him back to rest.
• Long Zhantian comforted Long Zhanye and urged him to become stronger and pass on the Nine Body Secrets.

Long Zhanye learned that Old Man Gu had sacrificed his heart’s blood, cultivation, and Martial Soul to save him and graft the Qilin Arm onto him. Zhua Yun entrusted him with the Body Sect’s future, and Long Zhanye vowed to fulfill Old Man Gu’s wish.

• Zhua Yun gave Long Zhanye thirty Elixirs and warned him not to use his right arm or activate the Qilin Arm for thirty days.
• Zhua Yun gave Long Zhanye a Level 4 Storage Soul Guidance Device that Old Man Gu had prepared for him.
• Zhua Yun revealed that Old Man Gu had used his heart’s blood for three years to heal Long Zhanye, leaving himself gravely weakened.
• Zhua Yun explained that Old Man Gu had crippled his Martial Soul and grafted his cultivation and the Qilin Arm onto Long Zhanye, with only a trace of Soul Power sustaining him.
• Long Zhanye vowed to repay Old Man Gu’s kindness and fulfill his wish for the Body Sect.
• Zhua Yun said he would preserve the sect’s knowledge while Long Zhanye grew strong enough to carry its future.

Long Zhanye learned that the Emerald Swan and Blue Silver Emperor might offer ways to heal his master, then prepared to travel to the Sun Moon Empire to have Xiahou Ling’s Ice Coffin repaired. Before he departed, Tang San grew dramatically overnight and revealed traits Long Zhanye recognized as those of Suanni.

• Zhua Yun told Long Zhanye that seeking help from the Star Luo Empire’s healing Titled Douluo was too costly and risky, and suggested searching for the Emerald Swan or Blue Silver Emperor instead.
• Zhua Yun warned Long Zhanye not to visit his weakened master and urged him to travel to the Sun Moon Empire to repair Xiahou Ling’s Ice Coffin.
• Long Zhanye gave Tang San the Dragon Pill, packed his belongings, and told Long Zhantian he planned to leave for the Sun Moon Empire the next day.
• Before dawn, Long Zhanye found that Tang San had grown several times larger and developed dragon horns, claws, and blue-green patterns.
• Long Zhanye recognized Tang San’s new appearance as the Fifth Son of the Dragon, Suanni.

Long Zhanye learned that Medusa had given him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring as one of many candidates for her inheritance, then traveled to Ming Capital to seek someone who could repair his coffin. He remained unable to find help or gain access to the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool institutions.

• Medusa revealed herself in Long Zhanye’s Sea of Consciousness as the God of Sin and explained that he was one of many seeds she had chosen to compete for her inheritance.
• Long Zhanye realized Medusa had given him his Fifth Soul Ring and vowed to cultivate diligently, while her Divine Sense dissolved into black mist within his Sea of Consciousness.
• Three days later, Long Zhanye arrived in the Sun Moon Empire and was astonished by Ming Capital’s advanced Soul Tool technology.
• Long Zhanye searched for a high-level Soul Engineer to repair the coffin but learned that legitimate institutions required a recommendation from a certified Grade Five Soul Engineer.
• Long Zhanye was repeatedly turned away by workshops, institutions, and soldiers because he lacked credentials and came from the Heavenly Soul Empire.
• At night, Long Zhanye stood in Ming Capital without a place to stay or a way to get the coffin repaired, while Tang San stayed by his side.

Long Zhanye paid Xu Mochen eleven thousand Gold Soul Coins to enroll in training with the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, hoping to learn Soul Tool technology and repair his Level 3 Soul Tool. He moved into a mixed dormitory with three other students, where one roommate asked which academy had sent him.

• Xu Mochen advertised recruitment for the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment and promised Soul Tool instruction and a chance to enter the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Mochen pressured Long Zhanye to enroll, and Long Zhanye agreed to pay eleven thousand Gold Soul Coins after Xu promised to repair his Level 3 Soul Tool.
• After taking the money, Xu Mochen coldly directed Long Zhanye to find his dormitory and returned to recruiting.
• Long Zhanye found a spacious dormitory with Soul Tool furnishings and three roommates, including two girls and a boy.
• A boy asked which academy Long Zhanye came from, and Long Zhanye said he had come to study on his own.

Long Zhanye learned from his roommates that the Sun Moon Empire’s soul-tool certification program normally required months of study, while Xu Mochen had given him only one month. Though they warned that Xu Mochen had likely tricked him to keep his tuition, Long Zhanye insisted he would earn a Level 1 Soul Master Badge before the deadline.

• Fei Yuyan, Shen Ce, and An Lengye explained that they were exchange students from Qianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the Dou Ling Empire, while Long Zhanye had enrolled alone after seeing a recruitment notice.
• Shen Ce told Long Zhanye that the exchange program followed the Dou Ling Empire’s disappointing tournament results and that students could advance toward studying at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy by earning soul master badges.
• Shen Ce explained that Xu Mochen had promised Long Zhanye only one month to earn a Level 1 Soul Master Badge, although a beginner typically needed around eight months.
• An Lengye and Fei Yuyan said their group had studied for over six months and needed two attempts to pass the Level 1 assessment, prompting them to warn Long Zhanye that Xu Mochen had deceived him.
• Long Zhanye declared that he would still earn the badge within one month, and Shen Ce wished him luck before telling him to rest for classes the next day.

With Xiahou Ling's body nearing its limit, Long Zhanye confronted Xu Mochen over the promised coffin repair. Xu Mochen challenged him to earn a Level 1 Soul Master Badge within one month, leaving Long Zhanye to race against the body's roughly one-month-and-three-day deadline.

• Long Zhanye secretly studied Soul Tool knowledge while repeatedly seeking Xu Mochen, who kept delaying classes and the repair.
• After Long Zhanye brought out the coffin, Xu Mochen recoiled from the corpse inside and demanded that he take it away.
• Long Zhanye aimed his Level 6 Corrosive Ray Cannon at Xu Mochen and demanded a repair or a tuition refund.
• Xu Mochen refused to return the money and promised to repair the coffin only if Long Zhanye earned a Level 1 Soul Master Badge within one month.
• Long Zhanye accepted the challenge, put the coffin away, and left while Xu Mochen privately mocked his chances.

After a month of being ignored, Long Zhanye took the Level 1 Soul Engineer examination, where the examiners deliberately withheld Engraving Knives from the self-funded students. He used iron wire and his Double Pupil to carve the Core Array, and remained alone at work as the examination neared its end.

• During the month before the examination, Xu Mochen ignored Long Zhanye, who learned Soul Engineering by watching others and piecing together the methods himself.
• At the examination, Long Zhanye discovered that he and the other self-funded students had not been given Engraving Knives, while Shen Ce, An Lengye, and Fei Yuyan had theirs.
• After many students gave up and left, Long Zhanye used iron wire guided by Soul Power to begin carving the Core Array into the Rare Metal.
• Nearby students noticed Long Zhanye's steady strokes, while the examiner mocked his attempt and refused to intervene.
• Shen Ce, An Lengye, and Fei Yuyan passed and received their Level 2 Soul Master Badges, then left after watching Long Zhanye continue working.
• As the examination approached its final half hour, the other remaining students gave up, leaving Long Zhanye alone, still carving.

Long Zhanye completed the Soul Tool assessment with an iron-wire-carved Core Array that earned him a Level 2 Soul Master Badge. He returned to the dormitory with his roommates’ newfound respect and hope that Xu Mochen would repair the coffin Soul Tool.

• Long Zhanye submitted his Core Array, and the examiner recognized it as a prototype of a Level 2 Energy-Gathering Conduction Array.
• The examiner awarded Long Zhanye a Level 2 Soul Master Badge and summoned Xu Mochen, who agreed to repair his Soul Tool.
• Shen Ce, An Lengye, and Fei Yuyan were shocked that Long Zhanye earned a Level 2 badge after only one month without formal instruction.
• Back at the dormitory, Shen Ce, Fei Yuyan, and An Lengye congratulated Long Zhanye and acknowledged his skill.
• Long Zhanye handed the coffin Soul Tool to Xu Mochen and felt relieved that it might finally be repaired.