Chapter Summaries

Long Yaochen successfully formed a Soul Ring with the Golden Earth Dragon and surged to the peak of Soul King level fifty-five. Just as he prepared to leave with Long Xiaoyao, Beast God Di Tian arrived and declared that the Auspicious Beast’s fate resonated with Long Yaochen’s.

• Long Yaochen absorbed the seventy-thousand-year Soul Spirit and reached the peak of level fifty-five, while Long Xiaoyao celebrated the success of the Soul Spirit System.
• The Golden Earth Dragon emerged in its new Soul Spirit form and went to seek the powerful, beautiful Soul Beast in Long Yaochen’s Sea of Spirit.
• Long Yaochen prepared to leave with Long Xiaoyao, but the Auspicious Beast invited him to meet her uncle and visit her home.
• Di Tian appeared through a spatial rift, and Scarlet King urged him to kill Long Yaochen before he grew stronger.
• The Golden Earth Dragon called Long Yaochen the future of Soul Beasts, and Di Tian announced that the Auspicious Beast’s fate resonated with Long Yaochen’s.

Long Yaochen reluctantly agreed to resonate his destiny with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after Electrolux advised him to overwhelm her with chaotic memories. The resonance exposed fragments of his past lives and flooded the Auspicious Beast with bewildering memories, leaving her mentally overwhelmed.

• Di Tian questioned Long Xiaoyao about Mu En and warned that taking Long Yaochen away would be difficult, while Long Yaochen refused the Auspicious Beast's offer to resonate their destinies.
• Electrolux told Long Yaochen he could not seal memories tied to destiny but advised him to bring irrelevant, chaotic memories to the surface.
• Long Yaochen agreed to the resonance, and the Auspicious Beast reluctantly approached him and pressed her forehead eye against his.
• The Auspicious Beast saw fragments of Long Yaochen's memories, including his childhood with Long Xiaoyao and his desire to live a life of his own.
• Chaotic memories of modern humans, pets, food, games, and online content flooded the Auspicious Beast, leaving her bewildered and desperate to go home.

Long Yaochen completed a resonance of fortune with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, which seemed to leave her frightened of the human world and gave him a Soul Power breakthrough. After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest with Long Xiaoyao, he endured his master's rough examination and revealed his new fifth soul skill, Dawn Sacred Halo.

• Long Yaochen witnessed the Auspicious Beast's memories, and their resonance created a rose-gold bead in his Sea of Spirit.
• The Auspicious Beast woke confused and declared the human world terrifying, while Long Yaochen advanced to Rank Fifty-Six.
• Di Tian asked whether Long Yaochen had used a soul skill, and Long Yaochen described his path toward coexistence between Soul Beasts and humans.
• Long Xiaoyao took Long Yaochen away from the forest, then grabbed him for a mock fight after Long Yaochen teased him.
• Long Xiaoyao checked Long Yaochen for hidden injuries and asked about his fifth soul skill, which Long Yaochen revealed as Dawn Sacred Halo.

Long Yaochen tested his new Dawn Sacred Halo, which steadily amplified allies without an upper limit but consumed Soul Power and could be broken by a domain. Long Xiaoyao sent him back to Sea God Island, where he reunited with Zhang Lexuan and asked whether Ma Xiaotao and the others had awakened.

• Long Yaochen activated Dawn Sacred Halo and explained its emotional protection, suppression of evil power, and unbounded but slow amplification.
• Long Yaochen revealed that the halo's Soul Power cost rose with its duration and the number of people benefiting from it.
• Long Xiaoyao explained that Dawn Sacred Halo was not a domain, then used the Silent Darkness Domain to break it.
• Long Xiaoyao carried Long Yaochen back to Sea God Island and dropped him in front of the Sea God Pavilion before flying away.
• Zhang Lexuan welcomed Long Yaochen, who complained about Long Xiaoyao and asked whether Tang Ya and the others had awakened.
• Zhang Lexuan confirmed that Xiaotao and the others had awakened.

Long Yaochen told Bei Bei that Tang Ya had been taken by the Holy Spirit Cult after slaughtering the Ironblood Sect, and that she could be treated. He asked her to infiltrate the cult if she chose, while urging Bei Bei to become stronger; Long Yaochen was left resolved to strengthen his position before the continent’s peace ended.

• Long Yaochen told Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan that the Holy Spirit Cult had taken Tang Ya after she killed the Ironblood Sect, and reassured Bei Bei that she was safe for now.
• Bei Bei declared that he would stay with Tang Ya even if she became an Evil Soul Master and leave the academy with her if necessary.
• Long Yaochen said Tang Ya’s condition could be treated and proposed that she become a spy inside the Holy Spirit Cult if she agreed; Bei Bei wrote her a letter.
• Long Yaochen reflected on his weak standing in the Sea God Pavilion and decided that winning Bei Bei’s support would help him gain influence.
• Long Yaochen urged Bei Bei to recognize that his lack of strength had left Tang Ya and others dependent on help, and Bei Bei left determined to improve.
• Long Yaochen watched Bei Bei depart and resolved to make the most of his time before peace on the continent ended.

Long Yaochen visited Wang Dong'er after hearing she was reluctant to see him, but found her cheerful and newly changed after seclusion. She revealed that her restored memories included strange fragments and her mother Xiao Wu, while Long Yaochen reached level fifty-six and teased her with the news.

• Long Yaochen learned from Zhang Lexuan that Wang Dong'er had returned to the Outer Court and seemed unwilling to see him.
• Long Yaochen found Wang Dong'er in Dormitory 108, where she greeted him happily and said she had reached level thirty-nine.
• Wang Dong'er told Long Yaochen that new memories had surfaced, including strange ideas and memories of her mother Xiao Wu advising her not to blame her father.
• Long Yaochen wondered whether the Auspicious Beast's memories had affected Wang Dong'er and worried about the possibility of their memories fusing.
• Wang Dong'er misunderstood Long Yaochen's thoughts about Soul Rings, then learned he was a level fifty-six Soul King and blushed before throwing a lamp at him.

At the Holy Spirit Cult’s new headquarters, Long Xiaoyao stopped Ye Xishui from fatally overtraining Tang Ya and delivered Bei Bei’s letter to her. After reading it, Tang Ya chose to stay, grow stronger, revive the Tang Sect, and seek revenge for Huo Yuhao, and Long Xiaoyao agreed to take her on as a half-disciple.

• Ye Xishui brutally trained Tang Ya until Long Xiaoyao intervened and healed her.
• Long Xiaoyao gave Tang Ya a letter from Bei Bei, and she wept as she read his loving words.
• Tang Ya realized she had hurt Bei Bei and resolved to stay with the Holy Spirit Cult to become stronger.
• Tang Ya knelt and begged Long Xiaoyao to teach her, offering to act as a spy or planted operative.
• Long Xiaoyao accepted Tang Ya as half his disciple, and she broke down sobbing.

Long Yaochen reunited with Ma Xiaotao, soothed her jealousy, and offered her a Soul Spirit as her seventh ring, potentially reaching one hundred thousand years. Ma Xiaotao eagerly accepted his invitation, then grabbed him and forced a kiss.

• Ma Xiaotao confronted Long Yaochen for visiting Wang Dong'er before coming to see her and struck him with her flames.
• Long Yaochen calmed Ma Xiaotao with flattery, and she noticed that the strange distance she had once sensed around him was gone.
• Ma Xiaotao asked whether Mu En had been happy, and Long Yaochen told her he had looked happier than usual.
• Long Yaochen praised Ma Xiaotao's rapid cultivation and told her he had prepared a Soul Spirit for her seventh ring, which might reach one hundred thousand years.
• Ma Xiaotao grabbed Long Yaochen by the collar and kissed him after he refused her request to kiss him.

Long Yaochen arranged for Ma Xiaotao to help manage the Inner Court and Inspection Corps, then learned Long Xiaoyao could not accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest. He recruited Xuan Zi to escort the group, but Xuan Zi was shocked when he heard they might face Di Tian.

• Long Yaochen asked Ma Xiaotao to lead more Inspection Corps missions, build connections among Inner Court students, and stir up the Inner Court; she agreed.
• Long Yaochen received Long Xiaoyao's letter and learned that Tang Ya had stayed with the Holy Spirit Cult while Ye Xishui's unstable condition kept Long Xiaoyao there.
• Long Yaochen decided to ask Xuan Zi to accompany him and Ma Xiaotao to the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring.
• Long Yaochen found Xuan Zi feasting at Treasure Pavilion Restaurant and told him Ma Xiaotao had reached rank seventy.
• Long Yaochen warned Xuan Zi that the trip might bring them face-to-face with Di Tian, causing Xuan Zi to spit out his wine in disbelief.

Long Yaochen persuaded Xuan Zi to seek out Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest and request a Hundred-Thousand-Year fire-attribute Soul Beast for Ma Xiaotao. Xuan Zi returned battered but confirmed Di Tian had come, as a black-robed figure emerged from a tear in space.

• Long Yaochen explained that he wanted Di Tian to find Ma Xiaotao a Hundred-Thousand-Year fire-attribute Soul Beast, and Xuan Zi agreed to approach him after learning Di Tian had seen Long Yaochen's Soul Spirit.
• Long Yaochen and Xuan Zi returned to the academy, then traveled with Ma Xiaotao to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest after dark.
• Long Yaochen sent Xuan Zi into the forest to contact Di Tian while he waited by a bonfire with Ma Xiaotao.
• Xuan Zi returned with torn clothes and injuries, explaining that Bear Lord had attacked him before he caused a commotion that brought Di Tian out.
• Long Yaochen and Ma Xiaotao watched as a black-robed figure stepped through a sudden tear in space.

Long Yaochen brought Ma Xiaotao to Star Dou to ask Di Tian for help finding a Hundred-Thousand-Year fire-attribute Soul Beast for her Soul Spirit contract. Di Tian nearly killed Long Yaochen, but the Silver Dragon King intervened, and Di Tian agreed to take them to a suitable Soul Beast.

• The Emperor Auspicious Beast excitedly greeted Long Yaochen, then froze when he introduced Ma Xiaotao as his fiancée.
• Long Yaochen asked Di Tian to find Ma Xiaotao a willing, near-end-of-life Hundred-Thousand-Year fire-attribute Soul Beast for a Soul Spirit contract.
• Di Tian suspected Long Yaochen was an uncontrollable threat and attacked him with a black dragon claw.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to stop and agree to Long Yaochen's request, halting the claw before it struck him.
• Di Tian grabbed the protesting Emperor Auspicious Beast and opened a spatial fissure, while Xuan Zi warned Long Yaochen that he could not protect them.
• Long Yaochen realized the Silver Dragon King had intervened and asked Ma Xiaotao if she trusted him; Ma Xiaotao said she did and silently vowed to make Di Tian pay.

Long Yaochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Xuan Zi followed Di Tian to the Magma Lake, where they learned the story of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Flame Lion Queen. After meeting her, Long Yaochen was stunned when she calmly asked what he needed her to do.

• Long Yaochen urged Xuan Zi to follow him through the spatial rift, and Xuan Zi agreed despite his anger at Di Tian.
• Di Tian led them to the Magma Lake and revealed that the Soul Beast they had come to meet was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Flame Lion Queen.
• The Auspicious Beast explained that the Flame Lion Queen had defeated her father in a challenge, been driven from her pride, and claimed territory alone.
• Long Yaochen teased the Golden Earth Dragon about not appearing, and it angrily denied being trapped in ice.
• The Flame Lion Queen greeted the group politely, showed interest in Ma Xiaotao's flames, and asked Long Yaochen what he needed her to do.

The Flame Lion Queen explained why she had left her pride and agreed to become Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Spirit. Long Yaochen completed the fusion, leaving Ma Xiaotao to absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s immense origin on her own.

• The Flame Lion Queen told Ma Xiaotao she had chosen to leave her pride and wanted to take the new path rather than wait to die.
• The Flame Lion Queen revealed she had only just reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation and had exhausted nearly all her origin and lifespan to do so.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned her Sun Burning Evil Flame Phoenix and promised to walk the road ahead with the Flame Lion Queen.
• Long Yaochen transformed the Flame Lion Queen’s core consciousness, Spiritual Origin, cultivation essence, and bloodline gifts into a Soul Spirit.
• Long Yaochen guided the enormous Soul Spirit into Ma Xiaotao, who began cultivating to absorb it, while Xuan Zi caught the exhausted Long Yaochen.

Long Yaochen negotiated cooperation between Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest, proposing that they jointly establish an organization for Soul Spirits. After the Snow Empress appeared and revealed her choice to become a Soul Spirit, Di Tian agreed to the proposal and prepared to summon Star Dou’s Ferocious Beasts as the continent approached great change.

• The Auspicious Beast asked Long Yaochen to turn her into a Soul Spirit, but he ignored her and asked Di Tian to discuss cooperation.
• Long Yaochen proposed that Star Dou help find willing Soul Beasts for Soul Spirits and hold a seat in a jointly created Soul Spirit organization.
• Long Yaochen warned Di Tian that Soul Spirits would transform relations between humans and Soul Beasts, and that Star Dou risked being left out if it stayed aloof.
• Long Yaochen summoned the Snow Empress, who confirmed she had become a Soul Spirit and explained that she had chosen to gamble on becoming a god.
• A cold voice urged Di Tian to agree and summon Star Dou’s Ferocious Beasts, warning that the continent was about to undergo drastic change.
• Di Tian accepted Long Yaochen’s proposal, and Long Yaochen resolved to make the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King bow to him in heartfelt submission someday.

Ma Xiaotao gained a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring and discovered that the Flame Lion Queen had become a soul spirit capable of reaching ultimate fire. After testing her new martial soul avatar against Xuan Zi, Ma Xiaotao asked him to test another ability.

• Ma Xiaotao completed her breakthrough to Soul Sage and revealed a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring.
• The Flame Lion Queen emerged as a soul spirit, transformed her flames into ultimate fire, and returned to Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao used her seventh soul skill to transform into the Sun Burning Evil Flame Phoenix and challenged Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi tested Ma Xiaotao's martial soul avatar, and she lost after their clash left half his beard charred.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Xuan Zi to test her Flame Lion Queen arm skill, Burning Heaven Lion King Destruction.

Ma Xiaotao revealed the power of her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and returned with Long Yaochen to Sea God Pavilion, while the Auspicious Beast again asked to become his Soul Spirit. After Ma Xiaotao left, Long Yaochen sensed an unfamiliar emotion and summoned a golden leaf to investigate it.

• Ma Xiaotao used Burning Heaven Lion King Destruction to pierce Xuan Zi's Soul Power barrier and send him flying, then explained that her fused Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had raised her Soul Power to Rank 74.
• The Auspicious Beast demanded that Long Yaochen let her become his Soul Spirit, but he refused, and Di Tian took her away through a spatial rift.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Ma Xiaotao admitted she had deliberately struck Xuan Zi to sober him up, thanked Long Yaochen for his gift, and promised to keep the Inner Court orderly while he rested.
• Long Yaochen felt an unfamiliar emotion return as he entered Sea God Pavilion, went to his room, and called a brilliant golden leaf into his palm.

Long Yaochen discovered that insulting Xuan Zi let him sense the Golden Tree and summoned Mu En within it. Mu En explained how he had endured through the Sacred Life Blade, but told Long Yaochen he could no longer be revived.

• Long Yaochen found that insulting Xuan Zi strengthened his connection to the Golden Tree leaf, then accidentally summoned Xuan Zi by cursing him aloud.
• Xuan Zi kicked in Long Yaochen’s door and punished him for the insults he had heard.
• Long Yaochen called for Elder Mu to deal with Xuan Zi, and the Golden Tree leaf transported him into the Golden Tree.
• Long Yaochen met Mu En, who explained that the Golden Tree’s life force and the Sacred Life Blade had sustained his Spiritual Origin.
• Mu En told Long Yaochen that he could no longer be revived.

Long Yaochen learned that Mu En could not be resurrected and discussed the Sea God’s power eroding the Golden Tree with him. After Mu En sent him back, Bei Bei arrived asking to become stronger, and Long Yaochen offered him “Impact Resistance Training.”

• Mu En explained that he was only a fragment of Spiritual Origin bound to the Golden Tree and could neither leave nor return to life.
• Mu En showed Long Yaochen the blue-gold power eroding the Golden Tree, and Long Yaochen identified it as the Sea God’s power.
• Mu En refused to let the Sea God’s power endanger Shrek before its purpose was clear, while Long Yaochen said he might need his second Martial Soul to address it.
• Mu En sent Long Yaochen back to his room and asked him to take better care of his disappointing great-grandson.
• Bei Bei told Long Yaochen he wanted to become stronger after reading Tang Ya’s letter, and Long Yaochen proposed Impact Resistance Training.

Long Yaochen trained Bei Bei by repeatedly striking him, helping awaken and strengthen the Radiant Sacred Dragon power in his bloodline. More than a year passed as the academy settled into new routines, and Wang Dong'er ended the chapter demanding that Long Yaochen find her a Soul Spirit.

• Long Yaochen began striking Bei Bei for resistance training, and Bei Bei endured the sessions because he wanted to save Tang Ya.
• After half a month, Bei Bei noticed his hidden light power growing stronger, and Long Yaochen explained that their collisions were stimulating his Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Wang Dong'er reached Rank 40, asked Long Yaochen for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, and returned to the Clear Sky Sect to arrange her Fourth Soul Ring after he refused.
• Zhang Lexuan took on more academy duties while Ma Xiaotao's missions earned her greater respect among the Inner Court students.
• More than a year later, Wang Dong'er demanded that Long Yaochen find her a Soul Spirit, then tried to persuade him by asking whether he no longer loved her.

Long Yaochen discovered that the Trident Mark had vanished from Wang Dong'er, though her memories had not returned, and he suggested she return to the Clear Sky Sect for an examination. After she chose to stay, he went to the Golden Tree, where Qian Duoduo brought him the finalized list for the exchange program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Wang Dong'er teased Long Yaochen, then realized her Trident Mark had disappeared.
• Long Yaochen checked Wang Dong'er's Sea of Spirit and confirmed the mark was gone, while her memories remained unrecovered.
• Long Yaochen suggested Wang Dong'er return to the Clear Sky Sect for an examination, but she chose to stay with him longer.
• Long Yaochen went to Sea God Pavilion to contact Mu En through the Golden Tree, but Qian Duoduo arrived with the finalized exchange-program list.
• Long Yaochen declined to join the exchange program, and after Qian Duoduo left, he murmured the names Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.