Chapter Summaries

Xu Yanli left Heaven Dou after securing partnerships for Xiaoyao Pavilion and headed back to Shrek Academy with Kong Deming, Gu Yuena, and Long Xiaoyao. Long Xiaoyao promised to protect him there without revealing himself, while Electrolux continued studying the Soul Spirits.

• Xu Yanli bought wontons, revealed a trace of his Second Martial Soul while disposing of the bowl, and Long Xiaoyao recognized it as a dragon.
• Xu Yanli studied Necromancy with Electrolux, explained the Soul Spirit System, and then returned to cultivating his Soul Power.
• The Xuanming Sect and Body Sect offered to cooperate with Xiaoyao Pavilion, and Xu Feng apologized on the Xuanming Sect's behalf.
• Xu Yanli left Huo Yuhao at the Body Sect and arranged for Xiaoyao Pavilion workers to renovate part of the sect.
• Xu Yanli, Kong Deming, Gu Yuena, and Long Xiaoyao traveled toward Shrek City, where Long Xiaoyao promised to protect Xu Yanli without being discovered.

Xu Yanli returned to Shrek Academy after arranging Xiaoyao Pavilion’s free Martial Soul awakenings and schools, then continued his cultivation and prepared for the new student assessment. His assigned team included Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling, but their support-type choices left Mu Jin questioning their roles.

• Xu Yanli ordered Xiaoyao Pavilion to awaken Martial Souls for ordinary people for free, establish schools for children, and require graduates to join the organization, with the Body Sect taking in those with Body Martial Souls.
• Xu Yanli reported back to Yan Shaozhe, returned to class, and thanked Tang Ling for keeping his room clean.
• Over the next month, Xu Yanli suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, left soul-control techniques in her Martial Soul, and advanced to the middle stage of Soul Power level 58.
• Mu Jin explained the team assessment and assigned Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling to Team One.
• Mu Jin called Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Tang Ling aside after seeing that all four had chosen the Support System; Xu Yanli defended his choice by calling his Martial Soul healing-type.

Wang Dong corrected her choice of combat system, while Xiao Xiao revealed that she had twin Martial Souls, including a Jade Flute. Xu Yanli took Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling to his family's Xiaoyao Pavilion to discuss their abilities, where they encountered Jiang Nannan.

• Mu Jin told Wang Dong to change her choice back after she admitted she had picked support to follow Xu Yanli, and Wang Dong handed in her revised choice of Power Attack System.
• Xiao Xiao revealed her second Martial Soul, a Jade Flute, and the others were shocked to learn she had twin Martial Souls.
• Mu Jin told Tang Ling to return to the Power Attack System and urged the team to win the championship with Xu Yanli as their secret weapon.
• Xu Yanli invited Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling to get snacks and discuss their Martial Souls and Soul Skills, then redirected them from the woods to his family's Xiaoyao Pavilion.
• At the Xiaoyao Pavilion, Xiao Xiao recognized Jiang Nannan and asked if she was Senior Jiang Nannan.

Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling discussed their Martial Souls before entering Shrek Academy’s freshman assessment. Their first match ended quickly when Xu Yanli’s defense protected his teammates while Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling defeated the opposing team.

• Xu Yanli, Tang Ling, and Xiao Xiao introduced their Martial Souls and Soul Skills while discussing their team’s prospects.
• Xu Yanli recognized the golden-haired Dai Huabin near the examination area and recalled his connection to the Duke of White Tiger Mansion.
• Wang Yan explained the assessment rules and announced that Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling would face Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen.
• Xu Yanli deployed his Apocalypse: Holy Wing Guard to shield Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling from the charging opponents.
• Xiao Xiao’s Cauldron Shock immobilized Ouyang Junyi’s team, and Tang Ling struck all three with Wind-Thunder Kill, securing the victory for Class One.

Xu Yanli discussed his plans for He Caitou and rejected the idea of claiming the throne, while the Duchess of White Tiger ordered an assassination tied to the portrait she saw. At Shrek Academy, Xu Yanli faced He Caitou as a surprise opponent and recognized him as the former Crown Prince, Xu He.

• Xu Yanli told Kong Deming he wanted to find a way to control He Caitou, whose real name was Xu He, rather than kill him.
• Long Xiaoyao asked whether Xu Yanli wanted the throne, but Xu Yanli said he preferred strength to becoming emperor.
• Huo Yuhao trained under Du Busi at the Body Sect, while the Duchess of White Tiger ordered secret guards to assassinate the person in a portrait and his son.
• At the final assessment, Xu Yanli's team was assigned He Caitou as a roaming upperclassman, and Xu Yanli recognized him as the former Crown Prince.
• Xu Yanli sent his teammates to attack the opposing support members and challenged He Caitou and Wang Dong.

Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling defeated He Caitou’s team in the freshman assessment, while Xu Yanli concealed his identity and unusual powers. After the match, he questioned Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling about their feelings toward the Sun Moon Empire and became curious about Xiao Xiao’s family.

• Xiao Xiao slowed the opposing team, and Tang Ling knocked Zhuge Yun off the arena before He Caitou’s Soul Tool shots were repelled by Xu Yanli’s shield.
• Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling cornered Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling’s attacks left her unable to continue, so the referee carried her off the arena.
• Xu Yanli used his third Soul Skill to disable He Caitou’s Soul Tools and kick him off the platform, securing Class One’s victory.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to help protect Shrek Academy after Mu En asked, on the condition that the academy would not force Xu Yanli to stay if he left.
• Xu Yanli asked Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling about the Sun Moon Empire, then wondered about Xiao Xiao’s family background.

Xu Yanli spent the day preparing for the tournament and advanced through five matches after every opponent forfeited. That night, he went out for noodles and realized someone with murderous intent was following him, so he hid and waited for them.

• Xu Yanli shared a meal with Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling, then returned to Xiaoyao Pavilion to begin studying Necromancy with Electrolux.
• Xu Yanli’s team won five matches by forfeit, and he left the competition stage after greeting Wang Yan.
• Xu Yanli went out late at night for a hot bowl of noodles from a street vendor.
• Xu Yanli sensed a hostile presence following him, spotted a shadow in his fan, and hid around a corner as the pursuer searched for him.

Xu Yanli captured a group of assassins who attacked him near Shrek Academy and had Shadow Douluo interrogate them. At dawn, Shadow Douluo brought him their bloodstained statements, but the chapter ended before Xu Yanli learned who had ordered the attack.

• Xu Yanli ambushed a man following him, but a group of assassins emerged and attacked him.
• Xu Yanli released his Martial Soul, defeated the assassins with his Soul Skills, and captured them alive.
• Xu Yanli brought the prisoners to Xiaoyao Pavilion and asked Shadow Douluo to find out who had sent them.
• Xu Yanli watched part of the interrogation, suggested questions to Shadow Douluo, then waited in his study with Long Xiaoyao and Kong Deming.
• At dawn, Shadow Douluo brought Xu Yanli several bloodstained statements.

Xu Yanli ordered Shadow Douluo to investigate the Duchess of White Tiger’s attack, then wrote to the Crown Prince about introducing compulsory education. After cultivating overnight, he prepared for the freshman assessment and urged Zhang Lexuan to investigate the truth behind her family’s massacre before heading to the first match with Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling.

• Xu Yanli reviewed the confessions about the attack, ordered Shadow Douluo to investigate the Duke of White Tiger Mansion, and asked Kong Deming to deliver a letter to the Crown Prince.
• Xu Yanli considered how poverty and oppression had contributed to the rise of Evil Soul Masters, then wrote about making ordinary people learn to read.
• Xu Yanli cultivated through the night and decided to humiliate Dai Huabin during the freshman assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan approached Xu Yanli to discuss trying a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xu Yanli urged her to investigate the real culprit behind her family’s massacre.
• Xu Yanli met Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling at the cafeteria, and the three headed to the round of 64.

Xu Yanli’s team won its match against Ning Tian’s team, with Xu Yanli easily protecting his teammates and healing their injuries afterward. Tang Ling asked to join Xiaoyao Pavilion and followed Xu Yanli there, where Kong Deming welcomed him.

• Xu Yanli’s team faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun’er, and Xu Yanli blocked their attacks with his second Soul Skill while Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling controlled the fight.
• Xu Yanli’s team won, and Xu Yanli healed the opposing team before leaving the competition platform.
• Xu Yanli encountered Wang Dong, who glared at him, then heard that Wang Dong wanted to join the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ling asked to join Xiaoyao Pavilion, and Xu Yanli agreed to take him to pay his respects at its mountain gate.
• Xu Yanli brought Tang Ling to Xiaoyao Pavilion, where Kong Deming greeted him and led them toward the study.

Xu Yanli encouraged Tang Ling to join him and gave him a cultivation method that helped him break through two levels overnight. As the freshman assessment finals began, Xu Yanli planned how to deal with He Caitou and then faced He Caitou’s opening Soul Cannon attack with Sun True Fire.

• Xu Yanli asked Tang Ling about the hardship faced by his family and gifted people, then gave him a modified cultivation method to try.
• Tang Ling told Xu Yanli the next morning that the method had helped him break through two levels overnight.
• Xu Yanli ordered Xiaoyao Pavilion’s subordinates to investigate Xiao Xiao’s background and recruit talented children they found while scouting.
• At the finals, Xu Yanli spotted He Caitou and considered using him to target Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool genius after leaving the academy.
• He Caitou fired a Soul Cannon shell at Xu Yanli, who raised his hand and summoned Sun True Fire to meet the attack.

Xu Yanli led Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling to victory over Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and He Caitou in a team match. After defeating their Hell White Tiger fusion skill, he left the arena reflecting that his abilities countered theirs and that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu lacked coordination.

• Xu Yanli destroyed He Caitou's Soul Cannon with Sun True Fire, and He Caitou boosted Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu with cigars.
• Tang Ling and Xiao Xiao attacked Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu while Xu Yanli healed his teammates and slowed their opponents with moonlight transformed into sunlight.
• Xu Yanli shielded Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling with his holy wings, reflecting Dai Huabin's and Zhu Lu's attacks.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xu Yanli's Sun Wheel Slash shattered it and knocked them down.
• He Caitou surrendered, and the referee declared Xu Yanli, Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling the winners.
• Xu Yanli told Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling that their opponents had poor coordination and that his Soul Skills naturally countered theirs.

Xu Yanli planned his break, discussed recruiting the major sects with Long Xiaoyao, and saw Xiaoyao Pavilion poach students from Shrek Academy. After his team won the freshman assessment, he rejected their Secret Soul Bone, and Gu Yuena appeared before leaving in anger.

• Xu Yanli told Long Xiaoyao he knew the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and revealed that the Divine Realm could not contact the lower world, then considered using that fact to recruit major sects.
• Xiaoyao Pavilion recruited nearly half of the students Shrek Academy was likely to expel.
• Du Weilun announced that Xu Yanli's team had won the freshman assessment, ahead of Dai Huabin's team and Wang Dong's team.
• Xiao Xiao and Tang Ling offered Xu Yanli their Soul Bone, but he refused and warned them that it was a cruelly obtained Secret Soul Bone.
• Gu Yuena glared at the Soul Bone and Xu Yanli, then turned and left.

Xu Yanli reflected on the distorted society of Douluo Continent and considered how to use his position at Shrek Academy to pursue his goals. After the class elections and a clash involving Wang Dong, he began planning to send evidence of a teacher’s conduct to the Clear Sky Sect, then resumed studying Necromancy with Electrolux.

• Xu Yanli told Tang Ling and another student to keep the Secret Soul Bones, then wrote and destroyed a list of changes he believed the continent could not accept.
• Xu Yanli considered dealing with Evil Soul Masters and worried that Long Xiaoyao might kill Ye Guyi, making him impatient to leave Shrek Academy.
• Mu Jin appointed Xu Yanli Support class monitor, while Wang Dong was thrown out of the classroom during a dispute that drew the class outside to watch.
• Xu Yanli recorded Zhou Yi’s lesson and decided to copy the recording and send it to the Clear Sky Sect to provoke a response over Xiao Qi’s humiliation.
• Xu Yanli returned to Xiaoyao Pavilion and studied Necromancy with Electrolux, who remained concerned that the magic might affect Xu Yanli’s mind.

Xu Yanli cultivated with the Golden Ancient Tree, broke through to level 59, and received a seed to carry beyond Sea God Island. A report on Xiao Xiao’s family revealed their ties to his mother, Xu Wangshu, leaving Xu Yanli determined to uncover what had happened to her.

• Xu Yanli accepted a seed from Elder Jin so the Golden Ancient Tree could see the outside world, and promised to help it take root at his academy someday.
• Xu Yanli absorbed life energy and light elements until he broke through the bottleneck at level 59.
• A report revealed that Xiao Xiao’s family had once supported Xu Wangshu’s bid for the Star Luo Empire’s throne and had been close to her.
• Xu Yanli resolved to investigate who had crippled his mother’s Martial Soul and driven her from the Star Luo Empire, while considering how to win over Xiao Xiao’s family.
• Kong Deming told Xu Yanli that Xiao Xiao might be the fiancée his mother had once planned for him.

Xu Yanli learned that Kong Deming did not know why his mother had lost her talent and decided to investigate through Xiao Xiao's family. As the semester ended, he prepared to leave Shrek Academy with Huo Yuhao and Tang Ling while setting plans in motion against the academy.

• Kong Deming told Xu Yanli that his mother had appeared in the Sun Moon Empire with a crippled Martial Soul, and that a streak of light had appeared when she broke through to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Xu Yanli concluded that his mother's talent and royal lineage had made her valuable, then planned to visit Xiao Xiao's family and take Huo Yuhao to the Extreme North after the holiday.
• Xu Yanli ordered Xiaoyao Pavilion to reduce its Shrek City operations and asked its students at Shrek Academy whether they would stay or leave for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Yanli quietly worked to influence He Caitou and considered using him to expose his identity and deepen suspicion of Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Xu Yanli that he had reached level 20, while Xu Yanli reached level 60 and considered seeking a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xu Yanli said goodbye to Xiao Xiao, and Tang Ling chose to leave with him; Xu Yanli revealed that Xiaoyao Pavilion had already taken in Tang Ling's parents.

Xu Yanli manipulated He Caitou into killing Zhou Yi at Shrek Academy, then arranged to send a recording to the Body Sect and Clear Sky Sect. He continued using his soul link to push He Caitou toward revealing his Sun Martial Soul, while privately feeling remorse for what he had done to him.

• Xu Yanli took Tang Ling to Xiaoyao Pavilion as its Sun Moon Empire members prepared to leave, while Long Xiaoyao watched them depart.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi berated the anxious He Caitou until he accidentally shot her with a Soul Cannon.
• Xu Yanli entered He Caitou's point of view and whispered accusations that drove him to stab Zhou Yi in the heart.
• Fan Yu arrived, shoved He Caitou aside, and rushed the dying Zhou Yi toward the inner courtyard.
• Xu Yanli gave Shadow Douluo a recording for delivery to the Body Sect and Clear Sky Sect, then resumed influencing He Caitou to release his Sun Martial Soul.

Xu Yanli watched Zhou Yi die after Elder Li failed to save her, then arranged for He Caitou’s Sun Martial Soul and imperial identity to be exposed in Shrek City. As a crowd attacked He Caitou, Xu Yanli continued carrying out his Imperial Father’s plan.

• Xu Yanli and Elder Jin watched as Elder Li declared Zhou Yi dead, and Fan Yu broke down in anguish.
• Xu Yanli reflected on Zhou Yi’s treatment of expelled students and anticipated that the Body Sect and others would use her death against Shrek Academy.
• Fan Yu chased He Caitou toward the outskirts of Shrek City and attacked him with a Soul Tool sword.
• He Caitou revealed his Second Martial Soul, the Sun, as Xu Yanli drew nearby people toward the scene.
• Xu Yanli told the crowd that He Caitou belonged to the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family and urged them to kill him, prompting them to rush forward.

Xu Yanli watched a furious crowd turn on He Caitou, and his control helped ensure He Caitou was killed by the mob and Fan Yu. Xu Yanli then met Du Busi at Xiaoyao Pavilion, where they discussed plans for the Body Sect in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Yanli watched as people in Shrek City gathered to condemn He Caitou for his Sun Moon Empire heritage.
• A man whose family had died because of the Sun Moon Empire accused He Caitou, and the crowd called for his death.
• Xu Yanli pinned He Caitou in place, allowing a sword to pierce his chest, and Fan Yu stabbed him again as He Caitou pleaded that he had been controlled.
• Xu Yanli entered He Caitou's mindscape and told him to rest easy as He Caitou died.
• Xu Yanli returned to his carriage and later met Du Busi at Xiaoyao Pavilion, where they discussed building the Body Sect in the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Yanli left Du Busi with a plan to spread damaging rumors about Shrek Academy and continued toward the Extreme North with Huo Yuhao. Along the way, he healed a sick child and gave the child's mother money and a Xiaoyao Pavilion badge, leaving her determined to serve the organization someday.

• Xu Yanli asked Du Busi to pass information about the Clear Sky Sect's hidden young sect master to its leader and help spread rumors about Shrek Academy.
• Xu Yanli continued toward the Extreme North with Huo Yuhao, and the next evening their Soul Guidance Carriage stopped when a woman blocked the road with her feverish child.
• The woman begged Xu Yanli to take them to town and find help, while Huo Yuhao, Tang Ling, and Gu Yuena watched.
• Xu Yanli used his Angel Martial Soul's Holy Prayer Sun Moon Light Heal to treat the child and the woman.
• Xu Yanli gave the woman fifty Gold Soul Coins and a Xiaoyao Pavilion badge, promising the Pavilion would awaken her child's Martial Soul and offer them a safe life.
• After the carriage departed, the woman kissed her child and said they would serve Xiaoyao Pavilion someday.