Chapter Summaries

Xu Yanli insisted that the tournament rules allowed him to compete despite being a Limit Douluo, while he and Xu Tianran finalized plans for a grand military review. After three months of preparations and team training, the first visiting sect teams arrived in Ming Capital, and Xu Yanli went to greet them.

• Xu Yanli argued that no tournament rule barred a participant under twenty from competing as a Limit Douluo, and Xu Tianran reluctantly agreed.
• Xu Yanli outlined the military review’s troop formations, six Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannons, venue, and accommodations for guests and competitors.
• Over the next three months, Ming Capital prepared for the tournament and military review while Xu Yanli’s team trained, with Huo Yuhao studying Spiritual Interference Soul Tools at Mingde Hall.
• Lezheng Ling reported that teams from major Heaven Dou Empire sects had reached Ming Capital, and Xu Yanli set out to welcome them.

Ming Capital hosted the opening ceremony of the continent-wide tournament after months of preparations and an influx of delegations. As Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran presided over the ceremony, Huo Yuhao led a disciplined Soul Engineer cavalry unit into the military parade.

• Xu Yanli welcomed the first visiting sects, and delegations from across the continent arrived in Ming Capital over the following months.
• Ming Capital filled with visitors as Xu Yanli spent his days receiving guests before the tournament's opening ceremony.
• Xu Tianran and Xu Yanli attended the ceremony, where Wang Dong, Bei Bei, Ning Tian, and representatives of the Body Sect and other groups watched from the stands.
• A bugle sounded and the military parade began with Huo Yuhao leading three hundred mounted close-combat Soul Engineers in precise formation.
• Huo Yuhao's cavalry marched past the reviewing stand and formed ranks at the left side of the square.

The Sun Moon Empire concluded its military review by displaying its elite forces and immense weaponry to the gathered powers. Xu Tianran officially opened the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament as the crowd applauded and cried, “Long live the emperor!”

• Ju Zi led three hundred cannon carriages carrying six hundred Level 7 or higher Soul Cannons past the reviewing stand.
• Xiao Dingtian led three hundred armored heavy cavalrymen, each at least a Soul Emperor, through the square.
• Lezheng Yang commanded more than a hundred Angel Legion members into formation and revealed his Limit Douluo strength, terrifying the foreign guests.
• Xu Yanli watched from the high platform as six Level 9 strategic Soul Cannons, pulled by Earth Dragons, completed the military display.
• Xu Tianran officially opened the tournament, prompting the gathered crowd to applaud and shout, “Long live the emperor!”

Xu Yanran watched the competition begin and reflected on his title, Qiyao, before encouraging Xiaoyao Pavilion to fight for the Sun Moon Empire. He expected Wang Dong to reveal her power and was prepared for the danger that might follow.

• Xu Tianran teased Xu Yanran about marriage, and Xu Yanran joined the competitors as the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy was matched against Dragon Slaughter Sect.
• Xu Yanran judged that Wang Dong had reached Titled Douluo and suspected Tang San had sent her to trigger a powerful intervention.
• Xu Yanran recalled how Xu Tianran rejected his proposed title Xiaoyao and suggested Qiyao, a name that suited his Martial Soul.
• Xu Yanran urged Xiaoyao Pavilion to fight without holding back, while Yan Feng predicted the Regent had arranged for them to face a foreign team.

Gu Yuena and Gu Yuechan led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy to a series of overwhelming victories, while Xu Yanli watched from the sidelines. Their match against Red Flame Academy turned deadly when its captain tried to detonate his Martial Soul Origin, but a mysterious streak of white light stopped him, leaving even the Titled Douluos stunned.

• Gu Yuena deflected the Dragon Slaughter Sect leader's attack and disarmed him with a wind blade.
• Gu Yuechan knocked the other six Dragon Slaughter Sect members into the air and defeated them, giving the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy a victory in under ten seconds.
• Xu Yanli learned that the academy's next opponent was Yunlan Academy and continued watching as his team and the Xiaoyao Sect won their later matches easily.
• During the match against Red Flame Academy, its fighters used vicious tactics, and their captain attempted to detonate his Martial Soul Origin after being forced back.
• A streak of white light struck Red Flame Academy's captain, suppressed and extinguished his Martial Soul Origin, and left him unconscious.
• The arena fell silent as the Titled Douluos searched for the source of the attack, while Xu Tianran briefly paused with his teacup before composing himself.

Xu Yanli protected the Sun Moon team from sabotage as Xiaoyao Pavilion overwhelmed the Mystic Ice Sect, leaving the tournament champion all but settled. During the three-day break, he read reports of border cities voluntarily welcoming Sun Moon troops, then received a summons from the Crown Prince.

• Xu Yanli secretly stopped attacks on Sun Moon team members, and onlookers realized he was a nineteen-year-old Limit Douluo.
• Yan Feng revealed his Dark Bone Dragon and overwhelmed all seven Mystic Ice Sect members with his draconic might, securing Xiaoyao Pavilion's victory.
• The preliminaries ended, and a three-day break began as Xu Yanli rested beneath an osmanthus tree at the Prince's Mansion.
• Xu Yanli read a report that two Heaven Dou border cities had surrendered voluntarily after Sun Moon troops aided their people and punished corrupt nobles and officials.
• Luo Xu told Xu Yanli that the Crown Prince had summoned him to discuss an important matter.

Xu Yanli and Xiaoyao Pavilion advanced to the tournament’s final four, where they were set to face Shrek Academy. Believing Xu Yanli was the only opponent Shrek had to overcome, Wang Dong'er decided to challenge him alone, and the packed arena awaited their match.

• Xu Yanli asked Luo Xu what people meant by calling the surrendered cities in the Heaven Dou Empire “the rightful line,” then left the Prince's Mansion.
• Xiaoyao Pavilion, Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy advanced to the next round, and the public focused on Xu Yanli's expected strength.
• Wang Dong'er read a letter that said she could awaken the divine sense within her Martial Soul against a powerful foe.
• Bei Bei told Wang Dong'er that Shrek would face Xiaoyao Pavilion, and she declared she would fight Xu Yanli alone.
• Wang Dong'er stayed awake through the night but left no message, while Xu Yanli slept peacefully.
• The Soul Fighting Arena filled with spectators waiting for Xiaoyao Pavilion and Shrek to face each other.

Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanli faced off in the tournament, where Xu Yanli revealed he had reached level 99 at nineteen. He effortlessly deflected her attacks before unveiling his Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul and extraordinary Soul Rings, leaving the duel poised to escalate.

• Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanli entered the arena and began their duel before a crowd of 150,000 spectators.
• Wang Dong'er revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, nine Soul Rings, and level 91 cultivation.
• Xu Yanli announced he was a level 99 Limit Douluo, stunning the audience.
• Wang Dong'er launched successive Soul Skills at Xu Yanli, but he blocked each attack without moving from his spot.
• Xu Yanli released his Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul and illuminated all nine of his extraordinary Soul Rings at once.

Wang Dong'er invoked the divine thought within her Martial Soul, allowing Sea God Tang San to descend during her duel with Xu Yanli. Xu Yanli used his fused Life and Destruction powers to destroy Tang San's manifestation, and the backlash struck Tang San in the Divine Realm.

• Wang Dong'er summoned Sea God Tang San through her Ninth Soul Skill, Sea God's Descent, and his divine pressure overwhelmed the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Xu Yanli welcomed Tang San's arrival and fused his Life and Destruction powers into his Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Creation Judgment.
• Xu Yanli's Creation Judgment shattered Tang San's divine thought in a single strike.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San suffered a searing backlash as his divine thought was destroyed, and Xiao Wu rushed to his side.

Xu Yanli caught the unconscious Wang Dong'er, healed her injuries, and kept her from falling to her death. Da Ming and Er Ming confronted him on the arena platform and demanded that he release her.

• Wang Dong'er fell unconscious toward the arena floor as the Shrek spectators watched helplessly.
• Xu Yanli caught Wang Dong'er and used his Holy Prayer Sun Moon Light Heal to stabilize her and heal her injuries.
• Da Ming and Er Ming activated their Slow and Gravity Domains and landed on the platform beside Xu Yanli.
• Da Ming ordered Xu Yanli to let Wang Dong'er go while Er Ming intensified the pressure on him.
• Xu Yanli gently laid Wang Dong'er on the ground and cushioned her head with his arm.

Xu Yanli effortlessly defeated Da Ming and Er Ming after they disrupted the competition, overpowering their strongest attacks and restraining them with Destruction Force. He declared that the Clear Sky Sect deserved death for the disturbance.

• Er Ming attacked Xu Yanli with Thousand Jun Throw, but Xu Yanli dispelled the domains, stopped the sphere, and knocked Er Ming out with one punch.
• Da Ming trapped Xu Yanli with Falling Devil Coiling Dragon Ring and struck with Azure Annihilation Thunder, but Xu Yanli's Martial Soul Avatar destroyed both attacks.
• Xu Yanli bound Da Ming and Er Ming with Destruction Force chains, leaving them unable to resist.
• Xu Yanli said that disrupting the competition was a crime for which the Clear Sky Sect deserved death.

Xu Yanli defeated Da Ming and Er Ming in the arena, then took them and the unconscious Wang Dong'er into custody. He left Da Ming and Er Ming in separate underground cells while a physician prepared to treat Wang Dong'er.

• The arena fell silent after Xu Yanli's victory, and the Sun Moon Empire's spectators began cheering for Prince Xiaoyao.
• Xu Yanli bound Da Ming, Er Ming, and Wang Dong'er with chains of Destruction Force and led them off the stage.
• Da Ming and Er Ming recognized how thoroughly Xu Yanli had overwhelmed them as they were dragged through the arena's passageways.
• Lezheng Ling and Angel Legion soldiers escorted the group to the underground cells.
• Da Ming and Er Ming were locked in separate cells, while Wang Dong'er was placed in a clean room with a physician summoned by Xu Yanli.

After Xu Yanli ensured Wang Dong'er would survive, the fleeing factions from the Original Three Kingdoms were trapped inside Ming Capital by the Sun Moon Empire's forces. The chapter ended with the surrounded sects and families in despair, while Shrek's residence was identified as a secluded courtyard in the city's east.

• A physician told Xu Yanli that Wang Dong'er was out of danger but needed half a month to a month to recover.
• Xu Yanli ordered the guards to keep Wang Dong'er alive, then told Lezheng Ling the tournament would not continue because everyone had fled.
• The factions from the Original Three Kingdoms fled the stands, and Ju Zi's Soul Cannons blocked those heading toward Ming Capital's southern gate.
• The Fire Phoenix Legion, Dreadclaw Legion, and Purple Brilliance Legion sealed the other gates while Lezheng Yang and the Angel Legion guarded the skies.
• Lezheng Yang announced that none of the fleeing factions would be allowed to escape, leaving them trapped and desperate inside Ming Capital.
• The narration identified Shrek's residence as a secluded courtyard in the eastern part of the city.

Shrek’s remaining team spent a sleepless night trapped under Angel Legion patrols in the Ming Capital after the tournament’s public confrontation. Bei Bei realized Xuan Zi had fled, while Xu Tianran prepared the city’s defenses.

• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Ling Luochеn, and Dai Huabin waited in the brightly lit courtyard as Angel Legion patrols circled overhead.
• Bei Bei told Dai Huabin that none of them could escape their confinement.
• Bei Bei recalled that Xuan Zi had vanished after the Sea God’s projection was shattered and Xu Yanli took Da Ming, Er Ming, and Wang Dong'er away.
• Bei Bei saw that most of Shrek’s accompanying inner court disciples had scattered or been taken by Sun Moon Empire soldiers.
• Xu Sanshi urged the others to rest, but nobody slept that night.
• Xu Tianran studied a defense map of the Ming Capital marked with the positions of the empire’s legions.

Xu Yanli returned to the Imperial Study and proposed using his wedding as a reason to keep the captured sect leaders in Ming Capital. Xu Tianran agreed to arrange the wedding while Xu Yanli set out to hunt the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord and complete his Eighth Trial.

• Xu Tianran ordered the sect leaders confined for now, while the envoys from the Original Three Kingdoms remained under house arrest and those with clean records could eventually go free.
• Xu Yanli reported that Wang Dong'er was recovering and that Da Ming and Er Ming were securely imprisoned.
• Xu Yanli proposed his wedding as a legitimate excuse to keep the captured sect leaders in Ming Capital until the celebration.
• Xu Yanli said he would hunt the 870,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant Lord to complete the Eighth Trial of the God of Destruction.
• Xu Tianran approved the plan and agreed to arrange the wedding, and Xu Yanli asked him not to choose an outrageous bride.

Xu Tianran discussed a bride for Xu Yanli, while Xu Yanli set out with Long Xiaoyao to hunt the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord. Xu Yanli entered the beast’s forest alone and followed a suspiciously open path toward its lair, intending to turn the hunt into a trap.

• Xu Tianran asked Lezheng Yang to recommend a bride for Xu Yanli, and Lezheng Yang named Ye Guyi.
• Xu Tianran said he would consider Ye Guyi but ruled out Ju Zi as a suitable princess consort.
• Xu Yanli prepared to hunt the 870,000-year Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, refusing to bring Gu Yuena and Lezheng Yang, while Long Xiaoyao insisted on accompanying him.
• Xu Yanli and Long Xiaoyao reached the Evil Demon Forest, where the awakened Evil Eye Tyrant Lord’s spiritual field suppressed the surrounding area.
• Xu Yanli entered the forest alone, concealed his presence, and followed a path where the beast’s tentacles were unusually sparse.

Xu Yanli confronted the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord and used newly developed necromancy, his Sun Moon Holy Prayer Angel, and linked defenses to withstand its attacks and wound it. After the beast stunned him with Evil Eye Gaze, Xu Yanli escaped with Soul Image and teleported above it, preparing to strike while his domain filled the sky.

• Xu Yanli emerged from the forest and told the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord he had come to borrow something.
• Xu Yanli used the Soul Suppressing Curse to halt the beast’s tentacles and resist its mental domain.
• Xu Yanli unleashed his Sun Moon Holy Prayer Apocalypse Domain, overpowering the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord’s domain.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord fired its psychic blast, but Xu Yanli’s six-layer Holy Wing Guard blocked it and redirected the backlash into its tentacles.
• Xu Yanli struck the beast with Solar Flare: Holy Judgment, severing three tentacles and burning its wounds.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord stunned Xu Yanli with Evil Eye Gaze, but he used Soul Image to escape and teleported above the beast.

Xu Yanli defeated the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord by exploiting its ultimate attack to strike its core, then absorbed its Ferocious Beast Soul Ring and gained new powers. After enduring the soul’s backlash and reaching a new understanding of Destruction, he was met by Long Xiaoyao, who offered to take him home.

• Xu Yanli combined Life Force, ultimate ice, and Chaos Divine Light to break through the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord’s Destruction Divine Light and wound its eye.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord charged its Light of Time and Space, and Xu Yanli used the opening to attack its exposed core with the Snow Empress’s two absolutes.
• Xu Yanli’s strike destroyed the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, and Electrolux seized its soul to form a forced master-servant contract.
• Xu Yanli absorbed the Ferocious Beast Soul Ring into his Second Martial Soul, gained three abilities, and endured the resulting pain as the surrounding Soul Beasts were forced to kneel.
• Nine-Colored Radiance soothed Xu Yanli’s soul, and he understood Destruction as the absence of life and death before awakening an External Soul Bone.
• Long Xiaoyao surveyed the ruined battlefield, reached Xu Yanli, and told him they were going home.

Xu Yanli returned to Ming Capital after defeating the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord and discussed his wedding plans with Xu Tianran. He chose Ye Guyi as his bride, while news of a threatened invasion by the Original Three Kingdoms raised the stakes for the coming weeks.

• Xu Yanli told Long Xiaoyao that he had gained the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord’s Soul Rings and an External Soul Bone, then flew with him to Ming Capital.
• Xu Yanli found the city decorated for his wedding and met Xu Tianran in the study.
• Xu Tianran presented three possible brides, and Xu Yanli chose Ye Guyi, citing her loyalty and the Angel Clan’s need for reassurance.
• Xu Tianran set the wedding for the eighth of next month and explained that marrying soon would help keep the detained sect leaders under control.
• Xu Tianran told Xu Yanli that Xuan Zi had returned to Shrek and that the Star Luo Emperor had threatened to attack with an army of a million troops.

Xu Yanli told Ye Guyi that he had chosen her as his bride, and the city learned their wedding would take place on the eighth day of next month. As the people celebrated, detained envoys feared the wedding was a pretext to keep them in Ming Capital, while Xu Yanli’s former loyalists toasted the news.

• After finalizing the wedding details with Xu Tianran, Xu Yanli went to Ye Guyi and told her he had chosen her to marry him.
• Xu Yanli told Ye Guyi to prepare for the wedding and asked her to call him by his name instead of Your Highness.
• Notices announced across Ming Capital that Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi would marry on the eighth day of next month, with minor-crime pardons and a one-month tax reduction.
• The Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling envoys worried that Xu Yanli was using the wedding to detain them and doubted their allied armies could challenge the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Yanli’s former loyalists gathered to celebrate his marriage, then fell briefly silent as they remembered the Eldest Princess.