Chapter Summaries

Xu Yanli met with Xu Tianran, who revealed that the emperor had been slowly poisoned and laid out a plan to make Xu Yanli regent before taking the throne himself. They then discussed piloting Xu Yanli’s free compulsory education program in New City.

• Xu Yanli stored the rare treasures he had brought back from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in his mansion’s secret chamber.
• Xu Tianran told Xu Yanli that the emperor knew about his actions in Star Luo City and disapproved of his public reveal as Xu Wangshu’s son.
• Xu Tianran showed Xu Yanli records indicating that the emperor had been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin since the beginning of the year.
• Xu Tianran proposed that he continue poisoning the emperor while Xu Yanli became regent and consolidated power in court, after which Xu Tianran would ascend the throne.
• Xu Yanli selected New City as the site for a pilot program providing six years of free compulsory education and one free lunch each day.

Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran finalized plans for compulsory education, imperial examinations, and an academy for commoner children, then discussed the deaths of the Second Prince and Fourth Prince. After leaving, Xu Yanli learned that Du Busi had decided to move the Body Sect to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Yanli presented textbooks to Xu Tianran and explained how they would control their contents.
• Xu Yanli proposed starting imperial examinations with minor officials and building an accessible academy in a commoners' district; the brothers settled the plans' details.
• Xu Tianran told Xu Yanli that the Second Prince and Fourth Prince were gone and remarked that only the two brothers remained among the living princes.
• Xu Yanli left the Crown Prince's Mansion and received a call from Du Busi, who announced that the Body Sect would move to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Du Busi asked Xu Yanli to help find land for the Body Sect and said he would cover the costs.

Xu Yanli agreed to help the Body Sect relocate to the Sun Moon Empire on the condition that it obey the empire’s laws. After planning a secluded new site near Ming Capital, he left the chapter preparing to oversee its construction and defend the decision against any objections.

• Xu Yanli told Du Busi that the Body Sect must follow the Sun Moon Empire’s laws, and Du Busi agreed to the condition.
• Xu Yanli selected a secluded, spacious mountain area southeast of Ming Capital and spent the night drawing plans for the Body Sect’s new grounds, including a private courtyard for Du Busi.
• Xu Yanli asked Lezheng Ling and Kong Deming to review the plans, and Kong Deming approved the site and layout.
• Lezheng Ling warned that preparing the large site would be expensive, so Xu Yanli ordered Xiaoyao Pavilion to cover the costs and provide building materials and craftsmen.
• Xu Yanli told Kong Deming that he valued Du Busi’s loyalty and insisted he would personally oversee important construction details.

Xu Yanli prepared to oversee the compulsory education pilot program in New City, while confronting the growing reverence surrounding his Angel Martial Soul. As the convoy departed, Huo Yuhao asked why Xu Yanli disliked people kneeling to him.

• Xu Yanli continued planning the Body Sect's relocation and reflected on the responsibilities that came with his power.
• Xu Yanli departed Prince Xiaoyao Mansion for New City with Lezheng Ling, supplies for the education pilot, and Huo Yuhao, while Kong Deming waited at the city gate.
• Lezheng Ling explained that people now revered Xu Yanli as an angel after witnessing his Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul in Star Luo City.
• Xu Yanli sensed Faith Force flowing into his Angel Martial Soul and ordered the townspeople to stop kneeling to him.
• Huo Yuhao asked why Xu Yanli disliked people kneeling, and said people did it out of reverence for power and strength.

Xu Yanli left Ming Capital with Huo Yuhao and stopped overnight at a roadside relay station, where he pondered the essences of life and destruction. When an Evil Soul Master attacked a nearby village, Xu Yanli killed him and healed the survivors.

• Xu Yanli told Huo Yuhao that he wanted people to trust him rather than fear him.
• Xu Yanli's convoy left Ming Capital, met Kong Deming, and stopped for the night at a roadside relay station.
• Xu Yanli went out to contemplate his divine trials, but a scream and a wave of sinister energy drew him toward a burning village.
• Xu Yanli found an Evil Soul Master draining villagers and used his Angel Martial Soul and Purifying Fire to destroy him.
• Xu Yanli healed the injured villagers, who wept and knelt to thank him.

Xu Yanli completed the first trials of the God of Life and God of Destruction, merging their powers into a Light of Chaos. He received the second God Trial: he had to meditate beneath the Ancient Tree of Life and endure the Domain of Destruction Lightning daily for a year.

• Xu Yanli completed the first trial of the God of Life and the first trial of the God of Destruction, earning increased godhood affinity, Soul Power, and Soul Ring age.
• Xu Yanli explained that life meant protecting those who deserved to live and destruction meant removing what should not exist, causing the two seeds to fuse into the Light of Chaos.
• Two pillars of light carried Xu Yanli to a secret realm divided between a lush landscape and a barren domain struck by purple lightning.
• The overlapping voices of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction set Xu Yanli's second trial: one hour of meditation under the Ancient Tree of Life and one hour in the Domain of Destruction Lightning each day for a year.
• Xu Yanli accepted the trial, and his consciousness returned to reality.

Xu Yanli left the devastated village after giving its survivors money, then arranged a free school in New City and helped a sick mother and her daughter. Two days later, he unveiled the completed New City Academy.

• Xu Yanli gave an old villager Gold Soul Coins to distribute among the survivors and told Huo Yuhao he wanted to protect ordinary people from suffering.
• Xu Yanli arrived in New City, approved an abandoned warehouse as a school site, and ordered renovations, supplies, and meals for the children.
• Xu Yanli bought a little girl's wild greens with a Gold Soul Coin and healed her sick mother with his First Soul Ring.
• Xu Yanli told the mother to send her child to the free school, then returned two days later to unveil the New City Academy signboard.

Xu Yanli opened New City Academy, then headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek an Eighth Soul Ring, revealing that he knew Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King. The chapter ended as Gu Yuena reacted with a surge of pressure and golden light in her eyes.

• Xu Yanli officially opened New City Academy, offering free schooling and meals to children aged six to twelve in exchange for future service to the imperial court or Xiaoyao Pavilion.
• Xu Yanli considered asking the Emerald Swan to provide his Eighth Soul Ring in exchange for help after he became a god.
• Xu Tianran dismissed an old official's objections to the academy and condemned the court for failing to oppose Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Yanli told Long Xiaoyao that he planned to visit the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring and bring Gu Yuena to negotiate.
• Xu Yanli told Xu Tianran about his plan, and Xu Tianran agreed to let him go with Long Xiaoyao and Gu Yuena.
• Xu Yanli found Gu Yuena at the academy and addressed her as the Silver Dragon King, prompting her to unleash a terrifying pressure.

Xu Yanli convinced Gu Yuena to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest, promising Bi Ji a new way to live and the Soul Beast Clan a path to greater power. There, his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul made Di Tian recoil, but the Ferocious Beasts turned hostile when Gu Yuena revealed Xu Yanli wanted Bi Ji as his Soul Ring.

• Xu Yanli told Gu Yuena he knew where Dragon Valley was and promised to help the Soul Beast Clan, restore Bi Ji with a new body, and bring back the Golden Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena agreed to take Xu Yanli to meet Bi Ji, while warning him that Bi Ji would decide for herself.
• Xu Yanli, Gu Yuena, and Long Xiaoyao flew to the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts appeared.
• Xu Yanli released his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul, and its superior bloodline pressure forced Di Tian to step back.
• Gu Yuena told the gathered Ferocious Beasts that Xu Yanli wanted Bi Ji to become his Soul Ring, provoking anger and killing intent.

Xu Yanli gained Bi Ji as a Soul Spirit after she accepted his offer, receiving an orange-gold Eighth Soul Ring and a left leg Soul Bone. As he left the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion followed him, and Xu Yanli insisted it could not come with him.

• Bi Ji agreed to gamble on Xu Yanli's promises, despite Di Tian's objections.
• Electrolux formed a contract that turned Bi Ji into Xu Yanli's Soul Spirit and gave him an Eighth Soul Ring and a left leg Soul Bone.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion joyfully reunited with Xu Yanli, and Gu Yuena led the group back toward the forest's outskirts.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion followed Xu Yanli closely, while Gu Yuena explained that it had taken a liking to him and that great luck surrounded him.
• Xu Yanli said the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could not leave the forest because it carried the Soul Beast Clan's fortune, but it whined and pressed against him.

Xu Yanli proposed rules to Long Xiaoyao for sparing Evil Soul Masters who reformed while executing those who continued harming innocents, and Long Xiaoyao agreed to discuss them with Xi Shui. Back at the Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, Xu Yanli entered his secret realm to heal his hidden injuries with the Ancient Tree of Life.

• Xu Yanli said goodbye to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and she reluctantly returned to its depths.
• On the road, Xu Yanli told Long Xiaoyao that the Holy Spirit Cult had entrenched itself in the Sun Moon Empire and proposed sparing Evil Soul Masters who reformed while killing those who persisted in harming civilians.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to discuss Xu Yanli's rules with Xi Shui and persuade her to accept them.
• Xu Yanli returned to the Prince Xiaoyao Mansion and entered his secret realm to meditate beneath the Ancient Tree of Life.
• The Ancient Tree of Life nourished Xu Yanli and healed his accumulated injuries for an hour before its force pushed him away.

Xu Yanli endured the first day of the Second Trial of the divine examination, then returned to his duties and told Xu Tianran that he had obtained the Eighth Soul Ring. He began a serious discussion with Xu Tianran about the widespread harm caused by Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Yanli entered the Thunder Domain and endured an hour of lightning that repeatedly destroyed and restored his body.
• After surviving the trial, Xu Yanli contemplated the forces of Life and Destruction and resolved to continue the next day.
• Xu Yanli returned to his physical body at dawn, spoke briefly with Luo Xu, and prepared to resume his state affairs.
• Xu Yanli went to the Hall of State Affairs and told Xu Tianran that he had obtained the Eighth Soul Ring.
• Xu Yanli described attacks and abuses by Evil Soul Masters across the continent and began discussing the issue with Xu Tianran.

Xu Yanli persuaded Xu Tianran to establish the Purification Department and let the Angel Clan openly lead purges of Evil Soul Masters. A year later, Xu Yanli had formed a Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core with life-and-destruction attributes.

• Xu Yanli proposed creating a court agency to purge Evil Soul Masters and secretly deploying the Angel Legion against factions outside the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Tianran approved the Purification Department under Prince Xiaoyao Mansion and agreed that Xu Yanli could target Evil Soul Master remnants among the Second Prince's and Fourth Prince's followers.
• Xu Yanli told Lezheng Ling that the Angel Clan could operate openly, and Lezheng Ling accepted command of the purges.
• Xu Yanli sent Lezheng Ling to inform the clan leader that the Angel Clan no longer needed to hide.
• One year later, Xu Yanli rose from cultivation after forming a Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core, crediting his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon bloodline for his body's strength.

After completing his year-long second God Trial, Xu Yanli learned that Lezheng Yang had become a Limit Douluo and that the Angel Clan had grown stronger by purging Evil Soul Masters. Xu Yanli went with Lezheng Ling and Long Xiaoyao to confront the Holy Spirit Cult, where Ye Xishui recognized the young man waiting outside.

• Xu Yanli completed the Second God Trial and formed a second soul core from Life and Destruction.
• Lezheng Ling reported that Lezheng Yang had reached Level ninety-nine and that the Angel Clan had gained twelve Super Douluo while purging Evil Soul Masters.
• Lezheng Ling said the Holy Spirit Cult had grown unnaturally quiet, and Xu Yanli decided to visit its main altar that night.
• Xu Yanli, Lezheng Ling, and Long Xiaoyao arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult, and Long Xiaoyao removed his mask before meeting Ye Xishui.
• Ye Xishui recognized Xu Yanli as Prince Xiaoyao and smiled bitterly at how much he had changed.

Ye Xishui destroyed her Blood God Demon Puppet Martial Soul and chose to live openly with Long Xiaoyao using her Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul. Xu Yanli learned that the Original Three Kingdoms had assembled forces to assassinate him, and three days later their army gathered at the Mingdou Mountain Range.

• Ye Xishui asked Xu Yanli whether she could be forgiven for her crimes, then destroyed the essence of her Blood God Demon Puppet Martial Soul.
• Long Xiaoyao steadied Ye Xishui as she revealed her Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul and said she wanted to walk in the sunlight with him.
• Xu Yanli left the stone chamber as the Ancient Tree of Life and Domain of Destruction Lightning fused in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Kong Deming sent Xu Yanli an urgent message that the Original Three Kingdoms had assembled Titled Douluo to target him.
• Xu Yanli ordered Lezheng Ling to notify the clan leader and bring everyone to the Black Palace.
• Three days later, forces from the Star Luo Empire, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling Empire gathered at the Mingdou Mountain Range to attack Xu Yanli.

Lezheng Yang led the Angel Legion to crush the Allied Army’s attempt to attack Xu Yanli, capturing its leaders and escorting them toward Ming Capital. On the journey, he challenged the captives’ claims to represent justice and explained why the Angel Clan had chosen to stand with the Sun Moon Empire.

• Six Titled Douluo from the Original Three Kingdoms planned to attack Xu Yanli’s Prince’s Mansion while Long Xiaoyao was away.
• Lezheng Yang arrived at the Allied Army camp with more than a hundred Angel Soul Masters, including twelve Super Douluo and a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo.
• The Angel Legion overwhelmed the Allied Army, disarmed its Soul Masters, and bound them with soul-guiding chains because Xu Yanli wanted them alive.
• Lezheng Yang escorted the captives toward Ming Capital, where the procession stirred up public anger against the Original Three Kingdoms.
• When the captives denounced the Angel Clan, Lezheng Yang accused the Original Three Kingdoms of oppressing commoners and persecuting his clan for ten thousand years.
• The captives fell silent as Lezheng Yang exposed their interests in stopping Xu Yanli’s purge of Evil Soul Masters.

The defeated allied army reached Ming Capital, where Xu Yanli offered its captured Titled Douluo a choice between serving the Sun Moon Empire and dying. Four submitted, while Xu Tianran killed the two who refused, and the new defectors were granted honored status.

• The defeated allied army entered Ming Capital as the people cheered for Xu Yanli and the Angel Legion.
• Xu Tianran confronted the captured Titled Douluo, and Xu Yanli offered them submission or death.
• Four Titled Douluo pledged allegiance to the Sun Moon Empire, while Heaven Sun Douluo and Pale Wood Douluo refused.
• Xu Tianran revealed his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul and destroyed Heaven Sun Douluo and Pale Wood Douluo with Destruction Force.
• Xu Tianran welcomed the four who submitted as honored guests of the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Yanli refused to choose a consort before adulthood, then spent four years cultivating until he became a nineteen-year-old Limit Douluo. He completed the God of Life’s Seventh Trial, earning greater godhood affinity, divinized Soul Power, and a divine soul.

• Xu Yanli read Jing Hongchen’s recommendation of Meng Hongchen and Lezheng Yang’s recommendation of Ye Guyi, but told Xu Tianran he would consider marriage after reaching adulthood.
• Xu Yanli decided to assign the four newly pledged Titled Douluo to the Angel Legion under Lezheng Yang’s watch, and postponed bringing Long Xiaoyao over so he and Ye Xishui could spend time together.
• Lezheng Yang told Xu Yanli that Ye Guyi called him the best person in the world, and Luo Xu informed him that Du Busi had arrived at Prince Xiaoyao Mansion.
• Four years later, Xu Yanli finished cultivating in seclusion and reached Level ninety-nine at age nineteen, mastering the merged origin power of life and destruction.
• The Goddess of Life declared Xu Yanli’s Seventh Trial complete and awarded him twenty percent more godhood affinity, divinized Soul Power, and a divine soul.

Xu Yanli completed the God of Destruction’s Seventh Trial as the Divine Realm’s barrier over the Sun Moon Empire weakened, while Tang San remained unable to see inside it. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong prepared to compete in the next tournament as the academy faced decline and the loss of Mu En.

• Xu Yanli received the rewards for completing the Seventh Trial and learned that he needed five more Soul Rings to complete the Eighth Trial.
• Luo Xu brought Xu Yanli an invitation to the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, and Xu Yanli ordered preparations as usual.
• Tang San failed to penetrate the barrier concealing the Sun Moon Empire, learned Wang Dong had reached the Eight-Ring Soul Douluo level, and decided she would represent Shrek in one tournament.
• Wang Dong reflected on Shrek’s decline, her growing distance from Xu Yanli, and Mu En’s death as Xuan Zi told her she was expected to compete.
• Wang Dong agreed to compete and asked Xuan Zi whether Shrek could still win.

Xu Yanli planned for Xiaoyao Pavilion to enter the continental tournament, which Emperor Xu Tianran intended to use to expose and eliminate the realm’s sects. Meanwhile, Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao received orders to secure the tournament and its opening ceremony, echoing Prince Xiaoyao’s plan for a military parade.

• Ye Guyi returned after completing the Purification Department’s affairs, and Xu Yanli noted that she had reached the ninety-third rank.
• Xu Yanli told Ye Guyi that Xiaoyao Pavilion would enter the tournament and assigned her to serve as a judge while concealing her strength.
• Ju Zi oversaw an artillery drill at the imperial army camp outside Ming Capital as deputy commander of the Long-range Soul Guidance Cannon Unit.
• Huo Yuhao delivered Xu Tianran’s deployment order directing Ju Zi and him to lead three hundred elite soldiers and fifty Soul Cannons in tournament security.
• Ju Zi realized that Xu Tianran intended the tournament to display the Empire’s military strength, much like the military parade Prince Xiaoyao had proposed.