Chapter Summaries

Lin Yaoyang met with Kong Deming about a Soul Tool, but Kong Deming left the matter unresolved and summoned Jing Hongchen for a private conversation. Lin Yaoyang left Mingde Hall with Meng Hongchen, while Du Busi confronted Xuan Zi about their gathering in West Ming Capital.

• Lin Yaoyang told Kong Deming he understood his choice, admitted he had forgotten to send Xuan Ziwen and the others back, and denied that they had supplied the Sun Temple's copied research materials.
• Kong Deming ended the meeting without stating his decision, then called Jing Hongchen into the secret chamber to talk.
• Jing Hongchen asked Lin Yaoyang whether he should continue building the top-tier Soul Tool, and Lin Yaoyang urged him to keep going.
• Lin Yaoyang met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen outside Mingde Hall, then left with Meng Hongchen to stroll around Ming Capital.
• Du Busi questioned Xuan Zi about gathering with their allies in West Ming Capital despite the danger and reminded him that they had already agreed on a plan.

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe pushed to move the operation against Sun Moon Empire forward, citing tightening defenses and a shrinking window of opportunity. Du Busi agreed to begin that night after requiring Shrek to cover the risks, while the other sides settled their roles.

• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe proposed moving the operation to that night or the following night, and Yan Shaozhe said Sun Moon Empire's defenses were tightening.
• Xu Jiujiu questioned whether Shrek's urgency came from military concerns or its tournament schedule, while Nebula Douluo warned that moving early would leave fewer extraction personnel and untested routes.
• Du Busi agreed to move the operation forward on the condition that Shrek filled the personnel gaps and sent people to scout the routes.
• Yan Shaozhe promised Shrek would supply extra personnel, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to arrange the western signal with an hour's notice.
• Wei Na said Heaven Soul could not provide early extraction personnel, and Du Busi said the Body Sect would cover the shortfall.
• Du Busi set the operation for the hour of the boar that night, and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe privately felt relieved that Shrek would no longer bear the blame.

Zhongli Wu reported his battle with an Soul Douluo who possessed four Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings, while Ye Xishui prepared the Holy Spirit Cult to assist the Sun Moon Empire against the Sun Temple. Yan Shaozhe then sent Shrek Academy's students to destroy a Sun Moon warehouse during the tournament, while he and other powerful figures attacked the imperial palace.

• Zhongli Wu told Ye Xishui that an Soul Douluo with four Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings had injured him and the Grand Offering, and that the fighter had condensed a Soul Core.
• Xu Tianran's envoy asked the State Protection Cult to send experts to help suppress the Sun Temple, and Ye Xishui agreed before preparing to bring six offerings to the arena.
• Yan Shaozhe gathered Shrek Academy's students and assigned them to attack a suspected Sun Moon warehouse with Xu Jiujiu, Long Aotian, and their group.
• The Shrek students met Xu Jiujiu and Long Aotian downstairs, then quietly left Mingyue Hotel for the target.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Du Busi, Nebula Douluo, and the others flew toward the imperial palace.

Huo Yuhao and his allies discovered and rigged an underground weapons warehouse in Ming Capital, while Xuan Zi and Du Busi’s attack on the palace clashed with Long Xiaoyao. The warehouse’s explosion devastated much of the city, and Ye Xishui stopped Long Xiaoyao from pursuing the retreating attackers so the Death God Tower could draw on the destruction.

• Huo Yuhao’s group found an underground warehouse beneath a shabby courtyard, collected rare materials, and set timed bombs throughout it.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted Xuan Zi, Du Busi, Yan Shaozhe, and their allies near the palace, and the two groups began fighting in the sky.
• Ye Xishui watched the battle and wondered whether Yan Shaozhe, appearing as a Bright Phoenix, could be her grandson.
• The bombs exploded near Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, unleashing a massive shockwave that swept through more than a third of Ming Capital.
• Lin Yaoyang gathered Wang Qiu'er, Jiang Nannan, Li Yongle, and Meng Hongchen to keep them safe as Xu Tianran learned of the blast and the emperor’s death.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi withdrew after recognizing their objective had been achieved, and Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao to let them go because Ming Capital’s resentment and soul power could charge the Death God Tower.

After a devastating explosion ravaged Ming Capital, Xu Tianran blamed Shrek Academy and the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires while preparing a military response. The tournament teams were ordered to the arena, where Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer Legions sealed the exits beneath a rising barrier.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming survived the explosions with Xiao Hongchen, while the blast destroyed much of Mingde Hall and Ming Capital.
• Kong Deming confronted Xu Tianran, who blamed Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire, and the Heaven Dou Empire and said he had arranged a response.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to assemble four Soul Engineer Legions outside the tournament grounds.
• A palace envoy ordered the tournament teams to attend the arena as scheduled, despite the previous night's devastation.
• Lin Yaoyang warned the Sun Temple group to stay alert and sent Meng Hongchen back to Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen.
• Multiple Soul Engineer Legions entered the arena, blocked every exit, and were followed by a barrier enclosing the grounds.

Xu Tianran tried to detain the tournament contestants under martial law, but Lin Yaoyang burned away the suppressive poison and led a fight against the Sun Moon Empire’s forces. After Lin Yaoyang killed three Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo with one strike, Ye Xishui and Ye Yulin prepared to intervene, until an unknown voice spoke behind them.

• Xu Tianran announced the emperor’s death and ordered the contestants detained, while poison gas suppressed their Soul Power and Martial Souls.
• Lin Yaoyang burned away the gas, challenged Xu Tianran, and helped Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, and the others attack the advancing Soul Engineer legions.
• Xu Tianran deployed soul cannons, but Lin Yaoyang shattered them with his Corona Sword as Zhongli Wu, Long Xiaoyao, and other Titled Douluo closed in.
• Lin Yaoyang transformed with his Sun Star God True Body and used Corona Judgment to kill three Holy Spirit Cult consecrated members in one strike.
• Ye Yulin and Ye Xishui watched from above beside the Sun Moon Divine Needle and Death God Tower, then an unfamiliar voice spoke behind them.

Gu Yuena appeared during the Sun Moon Empire’s assault on the Sun Temple, killed Ye Yulin, and attacked Ye Xishui. Meanwhile, Lin Yaoyang kept the besieging experts at bay and killed Mad Bull Douluo and Sun Douluo with Ice Marrow, leaving Xu Tianran’s forces in disarray.

• Gu Yuena confronted Ye Xishui and Ye Yulin, then pierced Ye Yulin with the Silver Dragon Spear and attacked Ye Xishui with Elemental Tide.
• Ye Yulin’s body crashed near Xu Tianran, who startled to his feet before claiming his leg ailment made standing unsuitable.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi realized a powerful expert was fighting Ye Xishui in the sky, while a minister warned that the Sun Temple’s defenders could not hold on.
• Lin Yaoyang repelled Scorpion Tiger Douluo, Mad Bull Douluo, and Sun Douluo, then threw them an Ice Marrow.
• Mad Bull Douluo crushed the Ice Marrow, freezing himself and Sun Douluo; the ice exploded and killed them both.

Lin Yaoyang defeated the Holy Spirit Cult consecrates and restored the contestants’ Soul Power, turning the battle against the Sun Moon Empire’s soldiers. He then faced Long Xiaoyao, whose dark domain failed to dim Lin Yaoyang’s radiance.

• Xu Tianran struggled to decide whether to continue the attack or retreat as the empire’s losses mounted.
• Lin Yaoyang used Infinite Flash and Sun True Fire to kill the Holy Spirit Cult consecrates, including Dark Cloud Douluo, whose attempted self-destruction he stopped by purifying his Soul Power.
• Lin Yaoyang purified the poisonous gas, restoring the contestants’ Soul Power, and they began fighting back against the Sun Moon soldiers.
• Long Xiaoyao attacked Lin Yaoyang with the Dark Sacred Dragon Scythe, but Lin Yaoyang parried his blows.
• Long Xiaoyao spread his Silent Darkness Domain around them, but Lin Yaoyang released dazzling light and declared himself the sun.

Lin Yaoyang defeated Long Xiaoyao in their battle, overcoming his soul skills and condemning his alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult. Long Xiaoyao’s final attack failed, and he was reduced to ash, leaving six soul bones behind.

• Lin Yaoyang shattered Long Xiaoyao’s Black Dragon Devours Heaven with Infinite Flash and taunted him about serving the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lin Yaoyang condemned Long Xiaoyao for allowing the Holy Spirit Cult’s evil deeds, provoking him into a rage.
• Long Xiaoyao unleashed his self-created soul skill, Black Dragon World Destroyer, against Lin Yaoyang.
• Lin Yaoyang’s Corona Judgment pierced and destroyed the black dragon phantom, consuming Long Xiaoyao and leaving six soul bones.
• Jing Hongchen wondered aloud whether Long Xiaoyao was dead, while Xu Tianran watched in silence.

Lin Yaoyang defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s two Limit Douluo and forced Xu Tianran to negotiate compensation after the Sun Moon Empire’s failed detainment. Xu Tianran agreed to pay the Sun Temple and the other factions, then left Ju Zi and Jing Hongchen to handle the aftermath.

• Xiao Xiao collected the six soul bones Long Xiaoyao had dropped, and Lin Yaoyang realized Zhongli Wu had fled.
• Ye Xishui’s corpse fell into the arena, revealing another six soul bones and confirming the Holy Spirit Cult had lost both its Limit Douluo.
• Lin Yaoyang demanded that Xu Tianran answer for the incident as the gathered factions protested their detainment.
• Xu Tianran offered the Sun Temple soul tools, Gold Soul Coins, and technical support, then agreed to compensate each participating team.
• Xu Tianran left Ju Zi and Jing Hongchen to manage the arena while he returned to attend to other matters.

After Ye Xishui’s defeat, Lin Yaoyang’s group left the arena while Shrek Academy’s party became trapped in a strange fog on West Mountain. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi and the others emerging from the mist and finding something that stunned them.

• Ju Zi canceled the matches, and Xiao Xiao collected Ye Xishui’s six soul bones before Lin Yaoyang led his team back toward Ming Capital.
• Lin Yaoyang found Gu Yuena beside Wang Qiu’er and suspected that she had killed Ye Xishui.
• A mysterious woman in West Mountain recognized the approaching group and spread mist that transformed the mountain.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and the Shrek students found that the fog blocked their senses and prevented them from flying out.
• After wandering for two and a half days, the group charged through a stretch of white light and emerged from the fog, where they saw something unbelievable.

A mysterious woman sent Dai Huabin and the others toward the golden center of a strange two-colored lake. In Ming Capital, Jing Hongchen delivered soul tools and money to Lin Yaoyang, who persuaded him to lead the Sun Temple’s soul engineer team, while the competition remained in doubt after the disaster.

• Dai Huabin and the others were lifted in gold-and-silver bubbles and carried toward the lake’s golden center as the mysterious woman said she would treat them all the same.
• Jing Hongchen gave Lin Yaoyang three Level 9 Soul Tools, nine Class 8 items, and a fifty-million Gold Soul Coin card on Xu Tianran’s behalf.
• Lin Yaoyang asked Jing Hongchen to lead the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer squad dispatched to the Sun Temple and praised him as the empire’s best Level 9 Soul Engineer.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to present the request to Xu Tianran, but rejected Lin Yaoyang’s suggestion that Meng Hongchen join the squad.
• Jing Hongchen told Lin Yaoyang that the competition might be postponed or ended because Ming Capital was devastated, and that Lin Yaoyang’s group might advance directly if it continued.

After the Soul Master Tournament resumed, the quarterfinalists and semifinalists were decided, bringing the competition to its final match between Sun Temple and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy. As the teams prepared to face each other, Lin Yaoyang warned his companions about Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Wang Qiu'er volunteered to fight first.

• Lin Yaoyang urged Jing Hongchen to press Xu Tianran to end the tournament, and Jing Hongchen agreed to speak with him.
• The Sun Moon envoy announced that the tournament would resume, and Ju Zi declared that Sun Temple and Mingyu Sect would advance directly from Group One.
• The quarterfinal draw paired Sun Temple against Earth Dragon Gate, Proud Sword Sect against Ming Capital Soul Engineer Academy, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy against Douling Imperial Academy, and Heavenly Dragon Gate against Mingyu Sect.
• Sun Temple, Proud Sword Sect, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, and Heavenly Dragon Gate won their quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals.
• Sun Temple defeated Proud Sword Sect, while Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy narrowly beat Heavenly Dragon Gate, setting up the final between Sun Temple and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.
• Lin Yaoyang warned his team about Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's abilities, and Wang Qiu'er insisted on taking the first match.

Wang Dong'er won the right to fight first against Meng Hongchen with rock-paper-scissors, then battled her on the competition platform. The chapter ended with Wang Dong'er’s Martial Soul Avatar activated and Meng Hongchen’s frost and poison field being cleared.

• Wang Dong'er beat Wang Qiu'er at rock-paper-scissors and took the first match for the Sun Temple.
• Meng Hongchen also chose her match by rock-paper-scissors and went first for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.
• Meng Hongchen spread poisonous frost across the platform, using it to slow Wang Dong'er and move between icy surfaces.
• Wang Dong'er used Butterfly God Dance to shatter much of the frost and damage Meng Hongchen’s swords.
• Wang Dong'er released the Holy Light Illusion Butterfly, which dispersed the poison and melted the frost before she activated her Martial Soul Avatar.

After Wang Dong'er defeated Meng Hongchen, Wang Qiu'er replaced her to face Xiao Hongchen in the final match. Wang Qiu'er broke through Xiao Hongchen's attacks, but he raised a Soul Skill-powered metal wall as the fight continued.

• Meng Hongchen used Corrosive Ice, but Wang Dong'er countered with Butterfly God Dance and won the match.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to defeat the Sun Temple and took the field as his team’s next fighter.
• Wang Qiu'er replaced Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Hongchen questioned the change before the match began.
• Xiao Hongchen fired metal artillery at Wang Qiu'er, but she endured the barrage and forced him back with Dragon's Strength.
• Xiao Hongchen used Gold Sacrifice and Love of Gold to attack and defend, but Wang Qiu'er damaged his liquid-metal form.
• Xiao Hongchen used Metal Devouring to form a metal wall that absorbed nearby Soul Power fluctuations.

Wang Qiu'er defeated Xiao Hongchen in the individual match, and the Sun Temple overwhelmed the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy to win the tournament. Meanwhile, fourteen people emerged from the Valley of Love and Fate, and Xuan Zi began checking on the others.

• Wang Qiu'er dodged Xiao Hongchen's soul tool attacks, broke through his Red Dust Protection shield, and forced him to surrender the individual match.
• Xiao Hongchen chose to fight the team battle, and the Sun Temple faced the full Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy team without Lin Yaoyang.
• The Sun Temple defeated all seven opponents and claimed the championship, while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy took second and Heavenly Dragon Gate took third.
• Ju Zi presented the teams with their awards and announced a celebratory banquet at the Mingyue Hotel.
• Fourteen people were spat out of the Valley of Love and Fate at West Mountain; Xuan Zi awoke first, called for Yan Shaozhe and the others, and Bei Bei noticed that Xu Sanshi was motionless.

Xu Sanshi and Yan Shaozhe emerged from the secret realm with their cultivation crippled, while the other students were unharmed. News of the Sun Temple’s victory and the Three Kingdoms’ failed plot spread, leaving academies and sects demanding explanations from their empires.

• Bei Bei panicked over Xu Sanshi’s apparent death, but Xu Sanshi woke and said his Soul Power had been crippled.
• Xuan Zi discovered that Yan Shaozhe’s cultivation had fallen to Level 80 and his Bright Phoenix origin was damaged after he failed his trials.
• Xuan Zi had Yan Shaozhe carry the students away on his Bright Phoenix, while concealing the extent of his injuries.
• Reports spread that Lin Yaoyang had killed eight Titled Douluo and Long Xiaoyao, and that the Sun Temple had won the tournament.
• Academy leaders in Lingdou City blamed Heavenly Soul and Star Luo for putting their students in danger and demanded an explanation.
• Star Luo sect leaders also condemned the empire for using their disciples as bait without warning them.

After the empires blamed low-level officials for the detention crisis, anger across the continent turned toward Shrek Academy while the Sun Temple gained recognition. Jing Hongchen accepted Xu Tianran’s order to lead technical support to the Sun Temple, but brought his family and key followers with him as he left the Sun Moon Empire with Lin Yaoyang.

• Xu Jiawei blamed information errors on fired interns and condemned the Sun Moon Empire’s conduct, but the academies and sects redirected their anger toward Shrek Academy and praised the Sun Temple.
• Xu Tianran approved Jing Hongchen’s mission to lead a Soul Engineer team to the Sun Temple after Lin Yaoyang requested him by name.
• Jing Hongchen, disillusioned with Xu Tianran and fearing the emperor would turn against the Sun Temple, brought Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the Hongchen Family’s key descendants with him.
• Jing Hongchen joined Lin Yaoyang outside Ming Capital and boarded the Sun Temple’s advanced airship with his group.
• The airship took off and flew east as the Hongchen siblings watched Ming Capital disappear behind them.

Lin Yaoyang welcomed Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen Family to Sun City, then returned to his courtyard and reunited with Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Bi Ji. At the Mysterious Underworld Sect, Xu Sanshi returned with his Soul Power crippled and told Xue Lingxun that he had joined Shrek’s operation against the Sun Moon Empire.

• Lin Yaoyang arranged new accommodations for Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen Family and asked them to settle in before visiting the laboratories.
• Jing Hongchen accepted being addressed as Elder Hongchen and led his group to their new home.
• Lin Yaoyang returned to his courtyard, where Ice Empress greeted him and Snow Empress and Bi Ji asked about Gu Yuena.
• Xu Sanshi arrived at the Mysterious Underworld Sect and collapsed before Xue Lingxun, revealing that a trial in the Valley of Love and Fate had stripped away his Soul Power.
• Xu Sanshi told Xue Lingxun that he had joined an operation initiated by Shrek to blow up the Sun Moon Empire’s munitions depot, and she challenged his explanation.

Xiao Lie asked Lin Yaoyang to back his bid to seize Douling, and Lin Yaoyang agreed as part of a plan to unify the continent. Two and a half months later, Xiao Lie rallied soldiers and civilians in Shuoyang City and called on them to overthrow Douling’s ruling traitors.

• Xue Lingxun blamed Shrek Academy for Xu Sanshi’s ruined Soul Power and vowed to demand justice, then sent him to try pills from the storehouse.
• Xiao Lie told Lin Yaoyang that he was ready to raise troops and needed the Sun Temple’s support to deter interference.
• Lin Yaoyang agreed to help Xiao Lie secure Douling and proposed that they eventually unite the continent, taking Heaven Soul, Star Luo, and Sun Moon in turn.
• Two and a half months later, Xiao Lie addressed soldiers and civilians in Shuoyang City, denounced Douling’s ruling court, and urged them to purge the traitors and restore the rightful line.