Chapter Summaries

Du Busi held Jing Hongchen and the Mingde Hall powerhouses at bay while Long Zhanye searched the unstable base. In a laboratory, Long Zhanye discovered that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had escaped from a shattered Seal God Platform, leaving a Body Sect expert frozen in ice.

• Du Busi transformed into countless figures and attacked the Mingde Hall powerhouses, forcing Jing Hongchen to turn back and fight.
• Long Zhanye entered a passage and followed a faint trace of Body Sect Soul Power into an empty laboratory.
• A wave of frigid air filled the laboratory as an unseen figure cursed humans and smashed something; Long Zhanye protected himself with Chaos energy and Flawless Golden Body.
• After the cold weakened, Long Zhanye found the corridor encased in thick ice and a core Body Sect expert frozen inside a block.
• Long Zhanye recognized a damaged Class 9 Seal God Platform and realized the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo it had contained had escaped.

Long Zhanye confronted Huo Yuhao in the dark passage beneath Mingde Hall and accused him of involvement in the explosion after suspecting his story. Their confrontation turned physical, leaving Huo Yuhao pushed back but protected by Red Dust Protection and Ice Emperor Body Protection.

• Long Zhanye left the frozen Body Sect expert behind and continued through the dark passage after the explosion disabled its lights.
• Long Zhanye encountered Huo Yuhao, questioned why he was near Mingde Hall's restricted laboratory, and demanded to inspect his Storage Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao accused the attackers of belonging to the Body Sect, making Long Zhanye fear that he knew the sect's secret.
• Long Zhanye decided to subdue Huo Yuhao and struck him with a powerful punch.
• Huo Yuhao activated Red Dust Protection and Ice Emperor Body Protection, blocking the blow as Long Zhanye recognized the Level 9 Soul Tool and accused him of stealing it.

Huo Yuhao fought Long Zhanye in the passage after being accused of stealing from Mingde Hall, but Long Zhanye’s Chaos abilities overwhelmed him. Huo Yuhao broke free of an invisible cage, only for Long Zhanye to shatter his Storage Soul Tool and reveal its contents.

• Huo Yuhao used Ice Emperor’s Wrath against Long Zhanye, who revealed five black Soul Rings and one unprecedented platinum Soul Ring.
• Long Zhanye restricted Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power with Chaos Demon Light and attacked his Storage Soul Tool with Chaos Dragon Claw, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guided Huo Yuhao’s evasions.
• Long Zhanye trapped Huo Yuhao inside five Colorless Walls and accused Shrek’s people of stealing from Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao broke the Colorless Walls with Ice Empress Pincer, then dodged Long Zhanye’s Weakening Ray.
• The Weakening Ray struck and shattered Huo Yuhao’s imitation Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, spilling its contents across the ground and changing Long Zhanye’s expression.

Long Zhanye discovered the Rare Metals, Core Array blueprints, Soul Tools, shattered Seal God Platform, and enormous Starlight Sapphire Huo Yuhao had taken from Mingde Hall, then attacked him in fury. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm froze Long Zhanye so Huo Yuhao could escape, but Long Zhanye activated his Heavenly Eye and Fifth Soul Skill in an attempt to break free.

• Long Zhanye accused Huo Yuhao of stealing Mingde Hall's treasures after finding piles of Rare Metals, Core Array blueprints, Soul Tools, the shattered Seal God Platform, and a huge Starlight Sapphire.
• Long Zhanye unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain and punched at Huo Yuhao with overwhelming killing intent.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm possessed Huo Yuhao and froze Long Zhanye with Sky Dream Finger just before the punch landed.
• Huo Yuhao left the passageway while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned that even a Soul Douluo would need time to escape the ice.
• Long Zhanye realized Huo Yuhao's escape could make the Body Sect bear the blame for Mingde Hall's losses, then activated his Heavenly Eye and Fifth Soul Skill, Son of Mingling, to break free.

Long Zhanye broke free from Huo Yuhao’s Ice Seal after his Body Martial Soul advanced to a Silver-Level Awakening, then pursued and overwhelmed Huo Yuhao. The chapter left Huo Yuhao trapped and unable to escape as Long Zhanye continued attacking him.

• Long Zhanye’s Body Martial Soul underwent a Silver-Level Awakening, suppressing his killing intent and greatly increasing his strength and Soul Ring ages.
• Long Zhanye shattered the Ice Seal and chased Huo Yuhao, using the Chaos Qi in his domain to appear behind him.
• Huo Yuhao fought back with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power and Mysterious Jade Hand, but Long Zhanye’s Chaos Qi began dissolving his hands.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Sixth-Grade Propulsor to flee, but Long Zhanye caught him and smashed the Soul Tool to pieces.
• Huo Yuhao protested that he had stolen nothing from Long Zhanye’s family, but Long Zhanye silently continued punching him.

Long Zhanye beat Huo Yuhao unconscious, discovered the stolen Humanoid Robot and other Mingde Hall secrets, and hid with him in the ruined underground base. There, he watched Jing Hongchen and Du Busi fight a newly escaped Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, whose power threatened both sides.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attacked Long Zhanye's mind, but Long Zhanye continued beating Huo Yuhao until Huo Yuhao collapsed unconscious.
• Long Zhanye searched Huo Yuhao's belongings and discovered a fifteen-meter Humanoid Robot hidden inside the Star Sapphire, along with other stolen treasures and blueprints.
• Long Zhanye decided to hand the stolen items to Jing Hongchen and use the incident to turn blame toward Shrek.
• Long Zhanye dragged Huo Yuhao behind a collapsed experimental table and surveyed the devastated underground base.
• Long Zhanye saw Jing Hongchen and Du Busi fighting a little girl who had escaped from the Seal God Platform as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Du Busi and Jing Hongchen attacked the Snow Empress, but Jing Hongchen’s Crystal Ball bound her with red threads and prevented Du Busi from taking her. Refusing to be captured, the Snow Empress detonated her cultivation, unleashing an explosion that shattered Mingde Hall’s defenses and devastated the Underground World.

• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen jointly attacked the Snow Empress with a giant dark-green hand and Jing Hongchen’s Heaven-Shocking Rainbow.
• After the Snow Empress’s freezing energy weakened, Du Busi ordered the Body Sect experts to retreat, but Jing Hongchen’s forces attacked them.
• Jing Hongchen’s Crystal Ball released red threads that bound the Snow Empress and rapidly dissolved Du Busi’s Soul Power.
• The Snow Empress condemned the humans hunting Soul Beasts and declared that she would die rather than serve their ambitions.
• Jing Hongchen raised layered barriers while Du Busi retreated with the Body Sect, but the Snow Empress detonated her cultivation and shattered the defenses in a catastrophic explosion.

Snow Empress’s self-destruction devastated Mingde Hall’s underground base, while the Body Sect escaped and Jing Hongchen’s pursuit failed. Long Zhanye was rescued while secretly waiting with the unconscious Huo Yuhao, and Jing Hongchen returned to face the ruin and swear revenge.

• Snow Empress’s explosion damaged the underground base despite its barriers, while Du Busi shielded the Body Sect and led its members away with their fallen companions.
• Jing Hongchen chased after Du Busi, but Long Zhanye remained frozen beside a concealed experiment table as a transparent liquid landed on Huo Yuhao and seeped into his body.
• Mingde Hall’s survivors found Long Zhanye and carried him to safety, where he waited to give Jing Hongchen the unconscious Huo Yuhao and the stolen goods.
• Jing Hongchen returned empty-handed and organized emergency reinforcements as he surveyed the collapsed, ruined base and mourned its casualties and losses.
• Jing Hongchen blamed the Body Sect for the disaster and vowed to remember the grudge.

After the Body Sect escaped Ming Capital, Jing Hongchen learned that Experimental Subject No. 1 had vanished from Laboratory No. 1. He concealed the theft and ordered an urgent recovery effort, leaving Mingde Hall preparing to hunt down the Body Sect.

• Jing Hongchen sealed Ming Capital after the Body Sect escaped through a collapsed tunnel, though he doubted the army could stop them.
• Lin Jiayi reported that the warehouse was intact but Experimental Subject No. 1 was missing, and Jing Hongchen collapsed after hearing the news.
• Lin Jiayi said he had sealed Laboratory No. 1 and changed its access code before reporting the theft, so no one else knew.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to keep everyone present silent and to watch auctions for the missing subject.
• Jing Hongchen ordered kill-on-sight missions against the Body Sect through Mercenary Guilds and Assassin Guilds.

After Mingde Hall’s underground base was attacked, Long Zhanye presented Huo Yuhao and stolen treasures as evidence that Shrek Academy was responsible. Jing Hongchen recognized the accusation against Shrek as a lie but saw no evidence to blame the Body Sect, leaving Huo Yuhao framed for the disaster.

• Jing Hongchen ordered Mingde Hall’s healthy members to mobilize, repair the base, and reinforce defenses while asking whether the Shrek exchange students were safe.
• Long Zhanye emerged with the injured Huo Yuhao and interrupted Jing Hongchen’s call for healers by revealing that Experimental Subject No. 1 had been recovered.
• Long Zhanye showed Jing Hongchen the Star Sapphire, the shattered Seal God Platform, Rare Metals, blueprints, and Soul Tools, claiming Huo Yuhao had stolen them and released the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• Long Zhanye identified Huo Yuhao as the thief and accused Shrek Academy of orchestrating the explosion and sending the Black-Clad Men.
• Jing Hongchen recognized that Du Busi had led the Black-Clad Men, but realized he lacked evidence to blame the Body Sect and that Mingde Hall would otherwise bear the losses.

Jing Hongchen blamed Shrek Academy for the disaster at Mingde Hall and imprisoned its exchange students, while Long Zhanye kept a stolen Level 9 Soul Tool for himself. Days later, Jing Hongchen visited Long Zhanye’s dormitory with Lin Jiayi and two unfamiliar men, still praising him for his supposed service.

• Jing Hongchen praised Long Zhanye, let him keep most of the recovered Rare Metals and blueprints, and decided to report the incident to the royal family.
• After Long Zhanye left, Jing Hongchen beat the unconscious Huo Yuhao and ordered Lin Jiayi to arrest and torture every Shrek exchange student.
• Long Zhanye learned the Shrek students had been imprisoned and privately kept Huo Yuhao’s Red Dust Protection Soul Tool.
• Long Zhanye examined his knowledge of Experimental Subject No. 1 and concluded he could neither operate it nor safely keep it.
• Jing Hongchen arrived at Long Zhanye’s dormitory with Lin Jiayi and two unfamiliar men, praising Long Zhanye for his role in the incident.

Long Zhanye recounted how he had recovered Experimental Subject No. 1, while carefully hiding his knowledge of the Body Sect and shifting the blame onto Huo Yuhao. After hearing him, the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders competed to recruit him, and Jing Hongchen offered him an exceptional position as a Mingde Hall researcher.

• Jing Hongchen introduced Long Zhanye to Xu Tianyuan and Wang Yiheng, who both commanded elite Soul Engineer regiments.
• Lin Jiayi asked Long Zhanye to explain what had happened, and Long Zhanye gave a calm, detailed account that blamed Huo Yuhao for stealing Experimental Subject No. 1.
• Xu Tianyuan angrily condemned Shrek Academy, while Jing Hongchen explained that Experimental Subject No. 1 was Mingde Hall’s ultimate research goal and assured Long Zhanye he would not be silenced.
• Lin Jiayi praised Long Zhanye’s talent, and Wang Yiheng offered him a senior position and personal instruction in the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment.
• Xu Tianyuan offered Long Zhanye the deputy commander position in the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment.
• Jing Hongchen offered Long Zhanye his own laboratory and an exceptional appointment as a Mingde Hall researcher with the highest benefits.

Long Zhanye declined offers to join the Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiments, choosing to remain at Mingde Hall and focus on Soul Tool research. Jing Hongchen, Wang Yiheng, and Xu Tianyuan each gave him a powerful Soul Tool, leaving him with Xu Tianyuan’s Demon-Breaking Sword.

• Long Zhanye thanked Wang Yiheng and Xu Tianyuan for their offers but said he wanted to stay at Mingde Hall and study Soul Tools.
• Wang Yiheng and Xu Tianyuan accepted his decision and said their regiments would welcome him in the future.
• Jing Hongchen gave Long Zhanye the Level 9 Clarity Necklace and Level 8 Supersonic Bionic Flight Wings as Mingde Hall’s gifts.
• Wang Yiheng presented Long Zhanye with the Level 9 Blood Net, a passive defense Soul Tool he had forged himself.
• Xu Tianyuan argued that Long Zhanye needed stronger offensive power and offered him the Demon-Breaking Sword, which contained a Ten-Thousand-Year Sea Dragon Soul Bone.

Long Zhanye received several powerful soul tools from Xu Tianyuan and Wang Yiheng, then woke to see Huo Yuhao and ten other Shrek exchange students being paraded through the streets in disgrace. He relished their humiliation, believing it avenged his own suffering, while recognizing that they could not be killed because Jing Hongchen’s grandchildren were studying at Shrek.

• Xu Tianyuan gave Long Zhanye a Demon-Breaking Sword and a High-Energy Compression Milk Bottle, warning him not to absorb the bottle’s Soul Power all at once.
• Long Zhanye thanked Xu Tianyuan and Wang Yiheng, then celebrated his haul of powerful soul tools and imagined using them in future battles.
• Long Zhanye woke near dusk to loud jeering outside and saw eleven Shrek exchange students being paraded naked and wounded through the streets.
• Long Zhanye recognized Huo Yuhao among the captives and understood that the group was being punished for Huo Yuhao’s mistake.
• Long Zhanye watched the crowd attack and insult the Shrek group, felt satisfied by their humiliation, and returned to bed knowing they could not be killed.

Juzi secured Huo Yuhao’s release from Mingde Hall by order of the Crown Prince and stayed beside him as he recovered from his torture. After waking, Huo Yuhao said he could not return to the Sun Moon Empire, and Juzi promised to find him once she had finished her duties.

• Juzi hurried to a quiet palace hall and reported an urgent matter to a calm, wheelchair-bound man, who gave her a casual wave of approval.
• Juzi and Shadow Douluo arrived at Mingde Hall by order of the Crown Prince and demanded that Jing Hongchen release Huo Yuhao.
• Jing Hongchen yielded, and Juzi’s group found Huo Yuhao gravely injured on the Dragon-Peeling Pillar and rushed him to the palace for treatment.
• Huo Yuhao remained unconscious for more than ten days before waking with Juzi at his bedside.
• Huo Yuhao told Juzi he could not return to the Sun Moon Empire, and Juzi promised to come find him after finishing her duties.

Jing Hongchen exchanged the battered Shrek students for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy students, while Yan Shaozhe initially accused him of mistreatment. After Fan Yu revealed that Huo Yuhao had been caught with stolen rare metals and blueprints, the Shrek deans recognized Jing Hongchen’s actions as justified and returned home ashamed.

• Jing Hongchen brought the eleven injured Shrek teachers and students to the border exchange site, where Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er awaited with Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the other exchange students.
• Yan Shaozhe angrily confronted Jing Hongchen over the injuries, but Jing Hongchen insisted Huo Yuhao had done wrong and told him to ask his student what had happened.
• Both sides exchanged their students, and Jing Hongchen departed with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy group.
• Yan Shaozhe welcomed the Shrek students home, but they remained silent and ashamed as he and Xian Lin'er questioned them.
• Fan Yu told Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er that Huo Yuhao had been found with stolen rare metals and soul guidance device blueprints, leading to the group’s public humiliation and imprisonment.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er felt guilty after hearing the truth, while Shrek returned with Huo Yuhao’s collected materials confiscated and its exchange effort in failure.

Long Zhanye heard that Kong Deming would choose a final closed-door disciple and attended the enormous selection at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. As the trial began, he watched Kong Deming and found the legendary soul engineer impossible to read.

• Long Zhanye continued his research at Mingde Hall and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where he had become widely respected for protecting the empire’s secret.
• The academy announced that Kong Deming would select one closed-door disciple in three days, and Long Zhanye decided to attend.
• A crowd of up to 150,000 gathered for the selection, which marked Kong Deming’s first disciple choice in fifty years.
• Jing Hongchen introduced the Class Nine Soul Tool Sun Moon Divine Drum, explaining that candidates would compete by striking it as many times as they could.
• Long Zhanye used his Double Pupil to examine Kong Deming but could not discern the old master’s true strength.

Long Zhanye arrived early at the Trial Grounds to compete for the chance to become Kong Deming’s final disciple, where Jing Hongchen announced a test of striking the Sun Moon Divine Drum. The first contestant managed four beats before the drum’s rebound force incapacitated him, leaving the crowd underestimating the challenge as the selection continued.

• Long Zhanye reached the Trial Grounds before dawn and saw Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen among the other powerful candidates.
• Jing Hongchen announced that whoever sounded the Sun Moon Divine Drum the most times would become Kong Deming’s final disciple.
• An eighth-rank Soul Engineer with an eight-ring cultivation took the stage and struck the drum four times, activating his Martial Soul Avatar for the last blow.
• The drum’s rebound force hurled the Soul Engineer down, and he surrendered after being unable to rise.
• The crowd discussed the four-beat result and many spectators grew confident they could do better, while the first contestant knew four beats had been his limit.

Contestants struggled to sound the Sun Moon Divine Drum as its recoil intensified with each beat. Wang Yiheng reached five beats, while Long Zhanye studied the drum and estimated the force needed for each strike before preparing to act.

• A four-ring Soul Ancestor failed to make the drum sound and lost his chance to challenge, while several fifth-level Soul Engineers also fell short of three beats.
• A defensive-type sixth-level Soul Engineer sounded three beats but was hurt by the escalating recoil and abandoned the challenge.
• Wang Yiheng struck the drum five times, then stopped after the backlash injured him, though the crowd believed he had held back.
• Long Zhanye observed the contestants and used his Double Pupil to estimate the force required for each beat, concluding that the first strike needed about twenty jin.
• Long Zhanye continued calculating the drum’s force and recoil while other contestants refused to share what they had learned.

Meng Hongchen rang the Sun Moon Divine Drum five times, and Xiao Hongchen followed by matching Jing Hongchen’s record of seven beats despite suffering the drum’s powerful recoil. Xiao Hongchen left the arena convinced that Long Zhanye’s reputation came from luck rather than true genius.

• Meng Hongchen stepped onto the stage and rang the drum five times, drawing astonished cheers from the crowd.
• Meng Hongchen returned to Xiao Hongchen and whispered to him, and he went onto the stage with confidence.
• Xiao Hongchen rang the drum five times in quick succession, then revealed his metal-controlling Martial Soul and struck a sixth time.
• Xiao Hongchen struck the drum a seventh time and used his Martial Soul Avatar to endure the recoil, though he was thrown back and coughed up blood.
• Meng Hongchen helped Xiao Hongchen down from the stage, and he looked at Long Zhanye, dismissing his achievements as lucky coincidences.