Recaps

Xu Yanli returned to Ming Capital, where Crown Prince Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Emperor welcomed him and his companions. The Emperor appointed Xiao Dingtian to command the Imperial Guard’s Left Battalion, while Xu Tianran grew wary of Xu Yanli’s rapid advancement and new influence.

• Xu Tianran greeted Xu Yanli at the city gates and led him into Ming Capital with a formal welcome from officials and crowds.
• At the palace, Xu Yanli introduced Xiao Dingtian as a former Star Luo general and his mother’s guard commander.
• The Sun Moon Emperor appointed Xiao Dingtian a great general in charge of the Imperial Guard’s Left Battalion.
• Xu Tianran noticed that Xu Yanli had advanced far beyond the Soul King level and privately worried about his growing strength and influence.
• Xu Tianran escorted Xu Yanli to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, where the brothers exchanged guarded words before parting.
• Xu Yanli arranged lodging for his companions and expected the Xiao Family to establish its own residence the next day.

Xu Yanli was ordered to attend court despite his reluctance, and Xu Tianran accompanied him to the imperial palace. At the session, officials questioned Xiao Dingtian’s appointment to command the Left Battalion of the Imperial Guard, and the emperor called Xiao forward.

• Xu Yanli ordered Luo Xu to arrange enrollment at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and asked to be enrolled himself, but Luo Xu told him to prepare for court at seven the next morning.
• Xu Yanli reluctantly dressed in heavy court robes and left the Prince’s Mansion, where Xu Tianran was waiting to accompany him.
• Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran traveled to the palace, and Xu Yanli noticed the court officials, including Xiao Dingtian and the princes.
• After the emperor arrived and the court session began, a civil official questioned Xiao Dingtian’s background and appointment to command the Left Battalion of the Imperial Guard.
• The emperor silenced the official and summoned Xiao Dingtian to step forward.

Xu Yanli received regent authority from the emperor, who also appointed Xiao Dingtian to command the Left Battalion, stirring suspicion and resentment among the princes. Xu Tianran escorted Xu Yanli away and reassured him before Xu Yanli headed to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, focused on the upcoming tournament and the bomb he had planted in Shrek Academy.

• The emperor appointed Xiao Dingtian General of the Left Battalion and granted Xu Yanli authority to act as regent, alarming the court and upsetting Xu Yanli's brothers.
• Ministers crowded around Xu Yanli with lavish praise and probing remarks until Xu Tianran arrived and escorted him away.
• Xu Tianran asked Xu Yanli what he thought of the regent authority, and Xu Yanli said he had no interest in the position.
• Xu Tianran told Xu Yanli to rest before reporting to the Soul Engineer Academy the next day, and Xu Yanli headed there.
• Xu Yanli set aside court politics to focus on the Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament and wondered how the bomb he had planted in Shrek Academy was doing.

Xu Yanli watched as Da Ming and Er Ming attacked Shrek Academy to demand Zhou Yi over Xiao Qi’s mistreatment. Yan Shaozhe tried to protect the students while Mu En prepared to face the attackers, and Er Ming’s next strike threatened students still trapped in the ruins.

• Xu Yanli learned the Body Sect had begun acting, then entered the Golden Ancient Tree to observe Da Ming and Er Ming arrive at Shrek Academy.
• Da Ming demanded that Zhou Yi step forward, while Er Ming struck Xuan Zi’s wine gourd and sent him reeling.
• Mu En identified the attackers as Clear Sky Sect leaders and sent Yan Shaozhe to protect the students.
• Er Ming attacked the teaching building, and Yan Shaozhe intercepted the blow with his Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Da Ming accused Shrek of letting Xiao Qi be insulted and nearly killed, while Er Ming demanded that the academy hand over Zhou Yi.
• Yan Shaozhe urged students to flee as Er Ming brought another palm down toward those still in the ruins.

Xu Yanli watched Mu En defend Shrek Academy from Da Ming and Er Ming, then chose not to intervene as the academy was devastated. After returning to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, he asked Jing Hongchen about joining its team.

• Mu En blocked Er Ming's attacks and fought to protect Shrek's students while Yan Shaozhe led them toward safety.
• Xu Yanli watched from inside the Golden Ancient Tree as Mu En weakened, deciding that Shrek Academy still had to fall.
• Mu En collapsed, and Da Ming ended the attack, declared that Wang Dong was withdrawing from Shrek Academy, and left with Er Ming.
• Xu Yanli returned to his room and traveled alone to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed Xu Yanli alongside Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, and Xu Yanli asked to join the academy's team.

Xu Yanli visited the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, noticed Ji Juechen, and decided to recruit him. Jing Hongchen told him that the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated the academy and was abducting students, prompting Xu Yanli to consider how to deal with the Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Yanli accompanied Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen to the training grounds, where he urged Gu Yuena to learn to use Soul Tools.
• Xu Yanli spotted Ji Juechen meditating with his sword and decided to recruit him, despite Jing Hongchen warning that he would need to defeat him first.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Yanli that Evil Soul Masters backed by a Titled Douluo had abducted and killed students, while the Crown Prince kept them from acting openly.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Nana, a student with a Ghost Martial Soul, had been abducted and traumatized, though she had been rescued.
• Xu Yanli said the Evil Soul Masters had to be stopped from harming the people of the Sun Moon Empire and observed that their hated reputation kept them from showing their faces.

Xu Yanli planned to secretly use Evil Soul Masters while searching for the Angel Clan, then challenged Ji Juechen to demonstrate his swordsmanship. He left Ji Juechen’s attacks unanswered with Soul Power, using only the Angel Holy Sword, elusive footwork, and precise deflections.

• Xu Yanli told Jing Hongchen that Evil Soul Masters should be guided and used in secret, never openly exposed.
• Xu Yanli considered the Angel Legion and searched for the missing Angel Clan, while Gu Yuena watched him with growing suspicion.
• Ji Juechen defeated his opponent in the arena, and Xu Yanli invited him to come along and see a real sword.
• Ji Juechen demanded that Xu Yanli beat him first, and Xu Yanli accepted without releasing his Martial Soul or using Soul Power.
• Xu Yanli evaded and redirected Ji Juechen’s lethal sword strikes with Lingbo Microsteps and the Taiji Sword Technique, astonishing the watching students.

Xu Yanli defeated Ji Juechen using only footwork and swordsmanship, then healed him and invited him to help change the empire and the world. After Ji Juechen and Xiao Hongchen joined him, Xu Yanli sensed a hidden observer and later welcomed his sister Xu Tianzhen.

• Xu Yanli avoided Ji Juechen's attacks without using Soul Power until Ji Juechen unleashed a swift thrust, which Xu Yanli evaded and countered by lightly wounding his sword arm.
• Xu Yanli explained the flaw in Ji Juechen's strike, healed his arm, and asked him to join his efforts; Ji Juechen accepted.
• Xiao Hongchen asked to join Xu Yanli, and Xu Yanli agreed while Tang Ling celebrated and Huo Yuhao admired him.
• Jing Hongchen watched Xu Yanli with satisfaction, while a flash of black light vanished from a corner and Xu Yanli suspected his brothers were plotting against him.
• Xu Tianzhen arrived and teased Xu Yanli for neglecting her; he apologized cutely, and she forgave him.

Xu Yanli demonstrated Huo Yuhao’s shared Spiritual Detection at the academy and insisted he focus on learning Soul Tools before joining the team. Back at Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, Xu Yanli acknowledged that his brothers’ people were following him and sent Luo Xu to deliver a withdrawal notice to Shrek Academy.

• Xu Tianzhen warned Xu Yanli that the next Youth Elite Soul Master Tournament would be held in the Star Luo Empire, and Xu Yanli confirmed he planned to compete.
• Xu Yanli asked Huo Yuhao to demonstrate his first Soul Skill, and Huo Yuhao shared a clear view of the training ground with everyone present.
• Ma Rulong and other senior students urged Huo Yuhao to join their tournament team, but Xu Yanli told him to focus on learning Soul Tools first.
• Xu Yanli left the academy for Prince Xiaoyao Mansion while three hidden auras followed him, and he noticed one of them near the mansion gates.
• Xu Yanli told Luo Xu that he wanted to see whether his second brother or fourth brother would act first, then gave him a letter to deliver to Shrek Academy as a withdrawal notice.

Xu Yanli learned Electrolux's Purifying Fire and combined it with his Angel Martial Soul's purifying power. He then went to the Crown Prince's Mansion and followed a guard into a hidden passage that smelled of blood.

• Xu Yanli observed the turmoil at Shrek Academy and wondered why Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin had stayed.
• Electrolux taught Xu Yanli the Purifying Fire, which burned corruption and souls rather than bodies.
• Xu Yanli merged the flame with his Angel Martial Soul's purifying power and awakened a golden-white Purifying Fire by dawn.
• Xu Yanli found watchers still observing the Prince's Mansion and decided to visit his older brother at the Crown Prince's Mansion.
• A guard led Xu Yanli through a hidden door and down a blood-scented passage beneath the mansion.

Xu Yanli confronted Xu Tianran in the underground chamber about his ties to the Holy Spirit Cult and the Evil Soul Masters. Xu Tianran affirmed that Xu Yanli was still his younger brother, then asked how he thought they should handle the Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Yanli entered the underground chamber and found Xu Tianran interrogating prisoners in an iron cage amid bloodied bodies.
• Xu Yanli dismissed the guards and asked Xu Tianran how he planned to deal with the Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Yanli revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had approached him when he was young and that he had refused their offer to replace Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran admitted he hid his brutal side from others and told Xu Yanli that, whatever he was, he remained his younger brother.
• Xu Yanli said they could cooperate with the Evil Soul Masters but must not do so openly.

Xu Yanli proposed forming an Angel Legion to monitor and restrain Evil Soul Masters, and Xu Tianran trusted him to handle them. After visiting the academy to check on Huo Yuhao, Tang Ling, and Gu Yuena, Xu Yanli headed to Mingde Hall to see Jing Hongchen.

• Xu Yanli proposed an Angel Legion to keep Evil Soul Masters hidden and under control, and Xu Tianran approved the idea.
• Xu Yanli asked whether Xu Tianran had sent the people following him; Xu Tianran denied it and warned him about the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince.
• Xu Yanli returned to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, considered the watchers and Xu Tianran's warning, then decided to visit the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Yanli watched Huo Yuhao take diligent notes, Tang Ling struggle to keep up, and Gu Yuena sit with a blank page; Gu Yuena noticed Xu Yanli leaving.
• Xu Yanli left the academy and went to Mingde Hall, where Jing Hongchen was waiting.

Xu Yanli and Jing Hongchen left Ming Capital and found villagers beating a boy who had awakened an Evil Martial Soul. Xu Yanli healed him and confronted the villagers, then learned their fear came from past attacks by Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Yanli asked Jing Hongchen to accompany him outside Ming Capital, while an unseen follower tracked them.
• They heard cries from a village and found villagers pelting a boy with stones and dirt because he had awakened an Evil Martial Soul.
• Xu Yanli revealed his Martial Soul and healed the boy's wounded forehead.
• Xu Yanli questioned the villagers about why they had attacked the child, and a woman described an Evil Soul Master abducting a child in a neighboring village before he slaughtered everyone there.
• Xu Yanli recognized that the villagers had attacked the boy out of fear of Evil Soul Masters and fell silent.

Xu Yanli discovered that Yan Feng possessed a Bone Dragon Martial Soul and took the mistreated child into his care. After bringing Yan Feng to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, Xu Yanli asked him to release his Martial Soul again for a closer look.

• Xu Yanli gave Yan Feng’s mother a Xiaoyao Pavilion token and took the boy to his home.
• Xu Yanli asked Yan Feng to release his Martial Soul and recognized it as the Bone Dragon.
• Jing Hongchen urged Xu Yanli to leave before the Holy Spirit Cult learned about Yan Feng’s Martial Soul.
• Xu Yanli introduced himself to Yan Feng and invited him to come along, and Yan Feng accepted.
• Jing Hongchen carried Yan Feng back to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, where Xu Yanli asked him to show the Bone Dragon again.

Xu Yanli took in Yan Feng and learned from Electrolux how to undo the suppression on the boy’s Bone Dragon Martial Soul. The next morning, Xu Tianran told Xu Yanli to search for someone with an Angel Martial Soul to help establish the Angel Legion.

• Xu Yanli recognized that the Holy Spirit Cult had suppressed Yan Feng’s Bone Dragon Martial Soul and arranged for the boy to live in the mansion and learn cultivation.
• Xu Yanli asked Electrolux to teach him how to remove the suppression, and Electrolux urged him to help Yan Feng without overthinking his motives.
• Xu Yanli spotted a mysterious shadow reach Gu Yuena’s courtyard, where a burst of icy energy briefly appeared.
• Xu Tianran invited Xu Yanli to breakfast and asked about Yan Feng, whose Bone Dragon Martial Soul had drawn the Holy Spirit Cult leader’s interest.
• Xu Tianran gave Xu Yanli the location where he had found Ye Gu and told him to search for someone with an Angel Martial Soul for the Angel Legion.

Xu Yanli agreed to build an Angel Legion while continuing to strengthen himself and search for people with Angel Martial Souls. A month later, a returned scout reported finding a remote mountain village whose residents all had golden hair and fair skin.

• Xu Yanli promised Xu Tianran he would seek Angel Martial Soul holders and build an Angel Legion, and Xu Tianran told him not to get himself killed.
• Xu Yanli returned to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, delegated his affairs, and considered how to find suitable Soul Rings for his Second Martial Soul without provoking powerful dragon forces.
• Xu Yanli cultivated and studied Necromancy with Electrolux, reaching level 65 and manifesting a silver Battle Armor with a faint golden glow.
• After a month of watching eyes in the shadows made no move, Luo Xu told Xu Yanli that his search party had returned.
• A gray-clad guard reported that he had found a remote village near the Dou Ling Empire border, where more than a hundred households of golden-haired, fair-skinned residents had surrounded him.

Xu Yanli and Long Xiaoyao traveled to a remote village suspected of sheltering the Angel Clan. Xu Yanli revealed his twelve-winged Angel Martial Soul at the village entrance, leaving the villagers stunned.

• Xu Yanli learned that the blond-haired villagers had driven away his guard and decided to visit the village himself.
• Xu Yanli asked Long Xiaoyao to accompany him, and Long Xiaoyao agreed after Xu Yanli said he trusted him.
• Long Xiaoyao flew Xu Yanli to a hidden valley, where they saw an old village and a statue of the Angel God.
• Xu Yanli asked Long Xiaoyao to wait outside and approached the village alone.
• When the villagers tried to turn him away, Xu Yanli revealed his Sun Moon Holy Prayer Angel Martial Soul and introduced himself as Prince Xiaoyao of the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Yanli revealed his complete Angel Martial Soul to the Angel Clan, who had hidden in the mountains for ten thousand years. He offered them safety and a home in Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, while admitting he could not guarantee their survival if they joined him in battle.

• Xu Yanli revealed his twelve-winged Angel Martial Soul, and the villagers welcomed him as the hope they had awaited for ten thousand years.
• The old man led Xu Yanli through Angel Village and explained that the Angel Clan had fled and hidden after Spirit Hall fell.
• Before the statue of the First Generation Angel God, Xu Yanli invited the villagers to leave their refuge and return to the world.
• The old man questioned whether the outside world could be trusted, recalling the clan's bloody attempts to return.
• Xu Yanli promised the Angel Clan protection and cultivation resources in the Sun Moon Empire's Prince Xiaoyao Mansion, but said he could not guarantee their safety in battle against Evil Soul Masters.
• The old man accepted Xu Yanli's offer, saying that his promises were enough.

Xu Yanli persuaded the Angel Clan to leave hiding and promised to bring them to the Sun Moon Empire, then took Lezheng Ling to meet the emperor. The chapter ended as the emperor looked up from his memorials at Xu Yanli and the young Angel clansman.

• The Angel Clan elder agreed to follow Xu Yanli after urging his people to live freely beyond their mountain refuge.
• Xu Yanli learned that Ye Guyi was the daughter of the elder’s late daughter, Ye Xin, who died protecting strangers from Evil Soul Masters.
• The elder told Xu Yanli that the clan had four Titled Douluo, including one level-95 Super Douluo, and Xu Yanli promised to make Prince Xiaoyao Mansion their new home after consulting the emperor.
• The elder sent Lezheng Ling, a level-93 Titled Douluo with the Holy Angel Martial Soul, to accompany Xu Yanli.
• Xu Yanli, Long Xiaoyao, and Lezheng Ling flew to Ming Capital, where Xu Yanli took Lezheng Ling directly to the imperial palace to meet the emperor.

Xu Yanli secured the Angel Clan’s recognition as the Sun Moon Empire’s guardian clan and was ordered to lead the empire’s team in the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. The chapter ended with Xu Tianran warning him that his growing influence could provoke the Second Prince and Fourth Prince, while Xu Yanli prepared to handle the Angel Clan’s relocation.

• Xu Yanli asked the emperor to recognize the Angel Clan as the empire’s guardian clan and explained how their strength could counter Evil Soul Masters.
• The emperor granted the Angel Clan a hereditary dukedom, put Xu Yanli in charge of their arrangements, and ordered him to lead the tournament team and bring home the championship.
• Xu Yanli told Lezheng Ling that the Angel Clan had been accepted, then brought him to meet Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran warned Xu Yanli that the Angel Clan had increased his political power and that the Second Prince and Fourth Prince might soon act against him.
• Xu Yanli thanked Xu Tianran, then left with Lezheng Ling for Prince Xiaoyao Mansion to prepare for the work ahead.

Xu Yanli selected the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s tournament team, including two students Shrek had expelled, and oversaw their training. As the team began to gel, he watched Shen Muqing demonstrate the talent Shrek had failed to nurture.

• Xu Yanli arranged for the Angel Clan’s estate to be built and ordered a shrine to the First Generation Angel God.
• Xu Yanli went to the academy to form a tournament team and chose Shen Muqing and Zhao Tiesheng from Xiaoyao Pavilion’s records alongside Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Yanli added himself to the main team and selected Xiao Xiao, Tang Ling, and Gu Yuena for the reserves, then ordered the team to begin training together.
• Xu Yanli balanced academy training with managing the Angel Clan’s relocation and studying Necromancy under Electrolux.
• Shen Muqing and Zhao Tiesheng impressed Xu Yanli with their strength, and Jing Hongchen remarked that Shrek’s expelled students had lacked proper instruction.

After arranging the Angel Clan’s relocation, Xu Yanli led an Imperial Guard escort out of Ming Capital to bring them to their new home. His party was ambushed in the mountains, and as Xu Yanli bled from a mysterious attacker’s strike, a strange light appeared beneath his feet.

• Shen Muqing completed a battle with greater control of her poison, while Xu Yanli focused on preparing the Angel Clan’s relocation.
• Xu Yanli arranged for three hundred Imperial Guards led by Xiao Dingtian to escort him to Angel Village, and Xu Tianran gave him a token to mobilize the Right Battalion if needed.
• Xu Yanli’s party traveled south for three days before Xiao Dingtian noticed signs of an ambush in the mountain forest.
• More than a hundred black-clad attackers, including Soul Saints and Titled Douluo, struck the procession, while Lezheng Ling and Xiao Dingtian defended Xu Yanli.
• A fast attacker wounded Xu Yanli’s right arm, and he suspected it was a Soul Beast Transformation; after three drops of blood hit the ground, a strange light appeared beneath his feet.

Xu Yanli fell into a hidden realm and met the imprisoned Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, who claimed to be his father. The dragon awakened Xu Yanli’s bloodline, raised his strength, and offered him a Soul Ring, while asking him to free the chain if Xu Yanli ever had a son.

• A formation swallowed Xu Yanli and left Lezheng Ling searching for him in the empty valley.
• Xu Yanli followed a dragon’s roar through a ruined purple forest and entered a crystal-filled cave.
• The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon introduced himself as Xu Yanli’s father and offered him a God of Divine Punishment Godhood and a first-meeting gift.
• The dragon used Destruction Force to fully awaken Xu Yanli’s Martial Soul and bloodline, raising his Soul Power to level 69 and giving him a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon said a 200,000-year-old dragon-type Soul Beast would offer itself to Xu Yanli, and asked him to help break the chain if he ever had a son.

Xu Yanli learned that the Sun Moon Imperial Family’s Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon bloodline came from the ancient dragon, while Xu Yanli himself was its direct descendant. The dragon arranged for a 200,000-year-old Black Dragon to sacrifice itself to Xu Yanli, awakening the true form of his Second Martial Soul.

• Xu Yanli questioned the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, who recalled that a human had borrowed his descendants’ bloodline over ten thousand years earlier to found a country.
• The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon explained that Xu Yanli was his direct descendant and the Sun Moon Imperial Family were distant branches, prompting Xu Yanli to worry about his precarious political position.
• The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon told Xu Yanli to wait until he became a god to break the chains and revealed that a 200,000-year-old Black Dragon would sacrifice itself to him.
• The Black Dragon reluctantly agreed to offer itself as a sacrifice after the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon said it would not survive its next tribulation.
• The Black Dragon sacrificed its accumulated Soul Power to Xu Yanli, and his Second Martial Soul, the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, manifested in its true form.

Xu Yanli emerged from the secret realm with a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and advanced to Soul Saint, while his guards searched for him and brought him toward Angel Village. As he recovered, he suspected his mother had been a transmigrator whose system had failed, like his own.

• Xu Yanli gained a second Soul Ring for his Second Martial Soul, reached level 73, and thanked the black dragon and the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon before being expelled from the secret realm.
• The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon told Xu Yanli to return and free it once he became a god, then sent him out of the secret realm.
• Xiao Dingtian and Lezheng Ling found Xu Yanli unconscious on a hillside and discovered that he had become a seven-ring Soul Saint.
• Xiao Dingtian ordered the guards to take Xu Yanli to Angel Village, while Lezheng Ling carried him to the carriage.
• Xu Yanli, awake but resting as his body adjusted, considered his mother's past and concluded that she had likely been a transmigrator whose system had crashed.