Chapter Summaries

Lin Yaoyang explained that the Sun Temple needed the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to lend their strength and show the continent that powerful experts stood behind it. As he prepared to build the faction, the Plane Consciousness empowered him, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to support him and learned how dangerous modern Soul Tools could be.

• The Douluo Plane Consciousness praised Lin Yaoyang for wanting to help ordinary people, cursed Huo Yuhao for remaining at Shrek Academy, and sent mysterious rays of light to Lin Yaoyang.
• Lin Yaoyang told the Ice Empress that he wanted to eradicate Evil Soul Masters because they harmed humans and Soul Beasts, and she worried that the task would leave him lonely.
• Lin Yaoyang told the Snow Empress that he wanted her and the Ice Empress to help establish the Sun Temple by standing behind it as the continent's strongest experts.
• The Ice Empress volunteered to protect the Sun Temple, and Lin Yaoyang urged both Empresses to learn about Soul Tools and their ability to threaten even a Limit Douluo.
• The Snow Empress accepted Lin Yaoyang's promise to find her a Soul Tool to try.

Lin Yaoyang told Snow Empress he wanted to condense a Soul Core before reaching Titled Douluo, and she taught him how. He successfully formed a crimson core and merged it into his dantian, becoming the first person on the continent to condense one at the Soul Sage realm.

• Lin Yaoyang explained to Snow Empress that the Fire Dragon King Dragon Core had steadily increased his Soul Power and that he wanted to form a Soul Core early.
• Snow Empress sensed his dense Soul Power, agreed he could try, and explained the principles and risks of forming a Soul Core.
• Lin Yaoyang compressed and rotated his Soul Power until it formed a black-hole vortex with crimson flame patterns, drawing in the surrounding world's vital energy.
• Snow Empress warned Lin Yaoyang that the spatial-collapse core was dangerous and told him to release it if his body could not bear it.
• Lin Yaoyang guided the Soul Core into his dantian, where it settled and began supplying Soul Power as his aura stabilized.
• Snow Empress expressed pride that Lin Yaoyang had condensed a Soul Core at the Soul Sage realm, and he credited her teaching.

After Lin Yaoyang revealed that he had condensed a Soul Core as a Soul Sage, he proposed a defense plan for the Extreme North before Snow Empress and Ice Empress prepared to leave. Snow Empress appointed A-Tai and Xiao Bai to manage the territory in their absence, and Lin Yaoyang promised Xiao Bai they would catch fish when he returned.

• Ice Empress entered the room and discovered that Lin Yaoyang had condensed a Soul Core while still a Soul Sage.
• Lin Yaoyang suggested that high-year Soul Beasts patrol the Extreme North and coordinate attacks against invading Soul Masters.
• Snow Empress announced that she and Ice Empress would leave for a time, with A-Tai and Xiao Bai jointly handling the Extreme North and its patrols.
• A-Tai saw Lin Yaoyang beside Snow Empress and recalled his old, painful rejection before leaving the gathering.
• Xiao Bai asked Snow Empress and Lin Yaoyang how long they would be gone, and Lin Yaoyang promised to catch fish with him when he returned.

Lin Yaoyang brought the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Sun Temple, where Ye Guyi chose to join the force after seeing its potential. Wang Dong'er returned with ten Clear Sky Sect disciples, and Jiang Nannan later arrived with her frail mother.

• Lin Yaoyang introduced the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Ye Guyi as guardians of the Sun Temple and his family.
• Ye Guyi told Lin Yaoyang she would officially join the Sun Temple to help eliminate evil and protect people.
• Lin Yaoyang visited Xuan Ziwen, who reported that the water purification and drainage systems were in place and that streetlights and communication base stations were next.
• Wang Dong'er returned with ten Clear Sky Sect disciples, each with a Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and Soul Power above rank forty.
• Wang Dong'er said the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape supported her plan to bring the Clear Sky Sect out of seclusion.
• Jiang Nannan returned with her chronically ill mother.

Lin Yaoyang established the Sun Temple, assigned its leadership, and recruited Soul Masters to form the Red Sun Army. At Shrek, Mu En and Zhang Lexuan discussed Lin Yaoyang’s new force and the choices they each wanted to pursue.

• Lin Yaoyang appointed Wang Dong'er and Ye Guyi as deputy temple masters, Snow Empress and Ice Empress as supreme elders, Jiang Nannan to manage logistics, and Xiao Xiao as deputy commander of the Red Sun Army.
• Lin Yaoyang ordered Ye Guyi to announce the Sun Temple’s founding and its mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters, while Xiao Lie sent notices to nearby cities.
• Soul Masters gathered in Spirit City, and Jiang Nannan registered recruits as the Red Sun Army filled twenty squads over two and a half months.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe discussed the Sun Temple’s rise, and Mu En decided Shrek would not interfere with Lin Yaoyang.
• Han Ruoruo showed Zhang Lexuan the Sun Temple’s recruitment notice, and Zhang Lexuan later spoke with Mu En about Lin Yaoyang’s achievement and her own goals.

Wang Qiu'er registered with the Sun Temple, revealing a Golden Dragon Martial Soul and extraordinary physical strength, then moved into the temple’s dormitory. At a gathering of the temple’s core members, Jiang Nannan arrived distracted by how closely Qiu'er resembled Wang Dong'er.

• Wang Qiu'er introduced herself at the registration office after Jiang Nannan mistook her for Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Qiu'er registered her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and tested at Level 57 Soul Power, Level 78 physical strength, and Level 83 physical resilience.
• Jiang Nannan gave Wang Qiu'er a Sun Temple identity card and dormitory details, and Wang Qiu'er asked for Wang Dong'er's name before leaving.
• Wang Qiu'er found her assigned suite in Building Two and looked out over the nearby training ground.
• Lin Yaoyang gathered the Sun Temple’s core members around a map of the Dou Ling Empire, and Jiang Nannan arrived while staring strangely at Wang Dong'er.

Lin Yaoyang organized the Sun Temple’s expedition to eliminate Evil Soul Masters in the Dou Ling Empire and led part of the Red Sun Army east. Wang Qiu'er joined his column, and Lin Yaoyang hinted that he knew who she was, leaving her wary and unsure how much he knew.

• Lin Yaoyang told the others that the Dou Ling Empire had commissioned the Sun Temple to hunt Evil Soul Masters and supplied intelligence about their suspected locations.
• Jiang Nannan described Wang Qiu'er, who looked nearly identical to Wang Dong'er, and Lin Yaoyang suspected she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in human form.
• Lin Yaoyang and the others marked the Empire’s suspected Evil Soul Master locations on a map, then assigned command and support duties for the expedition.
• Three days later, Lin Yaoyang and Ye Guyi led sixteen Red Sun Army squads out from the Temple, splitting their forces at the city gate.
• Lin Yaoyang approached Wang Qiu'er on the eastbound march and suggested he knew her identity, making her more vigilant as she followed him.

Ye Guyi led the Red Sun Army on a campaign that wiped out Evil Soul Masters along the northern route and rescued civilians. After the force reached Xiaotang Town to rest, the grateful townspeople brought them supplies, and Ye Guyi accepted their thanks on behalf of the Sun Temple.

• Ye Guyi led the Red Sun Army in a dawn attack that wiped out a group of Evil Soul Masters hiding in a mountain hollow.
• Over the next two months, Ye Guyi and the Red Sun Army purged Evil Soul Masters across the northern route, and the soldiers found that fighting them improved their cultivation.
• Ye Guyi escorted rescued civilians to Xiaotang Town and arranged for the Red Sun Army to camp in the town square.
• Townspeople brought food and supplies to the camp, and Tang Shan worried that the mayor had forced them to give up their belongings.
• Ye Guyi stopped Tang Shan from interfering in local government affairs and reassured the townspeople that the Sun Temple had come to kill Evil Soul Masters and bring them peace.

Tang Shan and Ye Guyi’s soldiers were moved by the townspeople’s gratitude, while Lin Yaoyang’s team fought across the Dou Ling Empire and destroyed three Holy Spirit Cult strongholds. The chapter ended as Wang Qiu’er rushed to warn Lin Yaoyang of a Soul Douluo’s dagger attack from behind.

• A woman and the townspeople insisted that they had voluntarily brought food to Ye Guyi’s soldiers as thanks for protecting them.
• Lin Yaoyang led his team across the eastern front, killing Evil Soul Masters while giving the Red Sun Army chances to gain combat experience.
• Lin Yaoyang used Ultimate Light to heal an injured soldier, and Wang Qiu’er began to see him differently after he repeatedly dealt with threats near her without treating her as helpless.
• Lin Yaoyang’s team destroyed three Holy Spirit Cult strongholds, including a hidden valley guarded by two Soul Douluo.
• As one Soul Douluo attacked Lin Yaoyang from behind with a dagger, Wang Qiu’er rushed forward and shouted a warning.

Lin Yaoyang’s forces destroyed another Holy Spirit Cult stronghold, while the Sun Temple’s campaign against Evil Soul Masters forced the Dou Ling court to confront its own neglect and the temple’s growing influence. The emperor dismissed court without deciding how to respond.

• Lin Yaoyang defeated the final attacker, thanked Wang Qiu'er for trying to help, and led his team toward the city after clearing the stronghold.
• Reports told the Dou Ling court that the Sun Temple had purged Evil Soul Masters from the empire’s northern and eastern regions and rescued hundreds of villages and towns.
• An old minister recalled how Spirit Hall once united Soul Master families to suppress Evil Soul Masters, and the court silently shared his longing for that order.
• A general proposed generously rewarding the Sun Temple, while an imperial clan member warned that rewards would not secure its loyalty, prompting officials to argue over how to handle it.
• The Dou Ling Emperor dismissed court without announcing a decision.

Lin Yaoyang refused Xue Kui’s attempts to recruit the Sun Temple and rejected his gifts, insisting the Temple would remain independent and focus on killing Evil Soul Masters. After explaining his distrust to Wang Qiu'er, he left her wondering whether he knew her secret.

• Lin Yaoyang brought his team into Luo'an Province’s prosperous capital and ordered a three-day rest before they traveled to the northeastern region.
• Xue Kui invited Lin Yaoyang to a banquet, but Lin Yaoyang declined and told him to visit the inn if he wanted to meet.
• Xue Kui offered cooperation and support, but Lin Yaoyang refused an alliance and rejected the two chests of gifts.
• Xue Kui left the inn, ordered the gifts returned, and decided that Lin Yaoyang would have to be guarded against and suppressed.
• Wang Qiu'er asked why Lin Yaoyang had refused Xue Kui, and Lin Yaoyang warned her that powerful people might use or betray them.
• Wang Qiu'er trembled after Lin Yaoyang told her to protect herself and wondered whether he knew about her.

Wang Qiu'er questioned Lin Yaoyang about recognizing her, then accepted his reassurance that the Sun Temple welcomed her and cared about her safety. Meanwhile, Snow Kui ordered a blockade and a smear campaign against the Sun Temple, then arranged to betray its planned route to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Wang Qiu'er asked Lin Yaoyang how he recognized her, and he discussed her Auspicious Beast nature and her resemblance to the Sun Temple's vice temple master, Wang Dong'er.
• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Qiu'er that the Sun Temple accepted her regardless of her origins and urged her to put her safety first; after he left, she realized she looked forward to seeing him again.
• Lin Yaoyang contacted Ye Guyi, who reported that her operation was proceeding according to plan and that there were no problems with casualties or supplies.
• Snow Kui ordered a blockade of supplies to the Sun Temple and instructed his confidant to spread rumors that it was slaughtering villages and plotting rebellion.
• Snow Kui decided to enlist the Holy Spirit Cult against the Sun Temple and ordered his people to reveal that it would pass through Black Wind Valley in three days.

Xue Kui spread rumors to discredit the Sun Temple after Lin Yaoyang rejected his invitation, forcing Lin Yaoyang to leave the provincial capital rather than risk a conflict. At Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, Zhongli Wu ordered Feng Ling to lead a force against the Sun Temple.

• Xue Kui arranged to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult and planned to use its Evil Soul Masters against the Sun Temple before claiming credit for defeating them.
• Rumors turned the people of the provincial capital against the Sun Temple, and local businesses refused to sell supplies to the Red Sun Army.
• Lin Yaoyang told his squad leaders that Xue Kui was smearing them and ordered the Sun Temple to leave the city the next morning.
• Wang Qiu'er wanted to confront Xue Kui, but Lin Yaoyang stopped her and urged her not to let him derail their plans.
• Zhongli Wu dismissed the Sun Temple as a minor threat and sent Feng Ling and several elders to deal with it.

Feng Ling led a powerful force toward the Sun Temple while Lin Yaoyang retaliated against Xue Kui by sending Wang Dong'er to mobilize Xiao Lie and the Ice Empress. At the imperial palace, the Ice Empress defeated Tianyang Douluo and revealed the overwhelming power of her Ultimate Ice.

• Feng Ling gathered two Titled Douluo, a hundred elite disciples, and high-grade Soul Tools, then flew east toward the Sun Temple.
• Unable to sleep, Lin Yaoyang asked Wang Dong'er to have Xiao Lie impeach Xue Kui and bring the Ice Empress to pressure the Dou Ling Empire.
• Xiao Lie and the Ice Empress arrived at the imperial palace, where Xiao Lie submitted his memorial against Xue Kui.
• Tianyang Douluo challenged the pair and attacked, but the Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice neutralized his Soul Power.
• The Ice Empress shattered Tianyang Douluo's Martial Soul Avatar and defeated him, leaving him to identify her as a level ninety-eight Super Douluo.

After Ice Empress defeated Tianyang Douluo, Xiao Lie used the Sun Temple’s backing to secure Xue Kui’s downfall and win appointment as governor of Luo'an Province. Ice Empress left ahead of him to reach the province first, while Xiao Lie prepared to reclaim his family’s former standing.

• Ice Empress defeated Tianyang Douluo and warned him to keep the Douling people from provoking or slandering the Sun Temple.
• At an emergency court session, Xiao Lie accused Xue Kui of raising private armies, corruption, and framing the Sun Temple, and challenged ministers who opposed him.
• The emperor ordered Xue Kui stripped of his titles, his household confiscated, his clan exterminated, and his associates purged; he also granted the Sun Temple its rewards and twenty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Lie requested appointment as governor of Luo'an Province, and the emperor approved.
• Ice Empress departed for Luo'an Province ahead of Xiao Lie, who watched her go and resolved to reclaim his family’s lost standing.

Ice Empress joined Lin Yaoyang’s group in Luo'an Province, where he suspected Xue Kui might turn to Evil Soul Masters for help. Meanwhile, Feng Ling learned that Xue Kui had offered the Holy Spirit Cult an ambush plan and ordered its airship to attack the Sun Temple group.

• Ice Empress arrived at the forest camp to support Lin Yaoyang and told him the court had approved Xiao Lie’s appointment as Governor of Luo'an Province.
• Lin Yaoyang decided to wait for Xiao Lie and reasoned that Xue Kui might seek outside help, possibly from Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Qiu'er learned that Ice Empress was called Dragon Scorpion and that Snow Lady Douluo was another Supreme Elder close to Lin Yaoyang.
• Feng Ling’s disciple reported that Xue Kui had offered intelligence about the Sun Temple’s route through Black Wind Valley.
• Feng Ling ordered the Holy Spirit Cult airship to attack the Sun Temple group in Luo'an Province.

Lin Yaoyang and the Red Sun Army were ambushed at night by Feng Ling and two Titled Douluo from the Holy Spirit Cult. The enemy’s confidence vanished when Ice Empress revealed her level-ninety-eight strength and Lin Yaoyang displayed three Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings.

• Lin Yaoyang sensed an approaching threat and ordered the Red Sun Army to prepare for battle.
• Feng Ling arrived with Nether Thunder Douluo, Nether Douluo, and dozens of Holy Spirit Cult disciples, then ordered them to attack.
• Lin Yaoyang cut through the first wave of attacks and urged the warriors to withdraw, but Wang Qiu'er and the others refused to leave.
• Feng Ling and the two men revealed their nine Soul Rings and overwhelming Titled Douluo auras.
• Ice Empress unleashed her level-ninety-eight power, while Lin Yaoyang revealed his armor, wings, and three Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings.
• Ice Empress taunted the stunned Holy Spirit Cult leaders, and Feng Ling realized their intelligence about the Sun Temple was wrong.

Lin Yaoyang, the Ice Empress, Wang Qiu'er, and the Red Sun Army fought the Holy Spirit Cult, routing its forces and defeating its leaders. Lin Yaoyang and the Ice Empress pursued the cultists in two airships, and Lin Yaoyang brought his captured airship down safely.

• Wang Qiu'er led the Red Sun Army's charge, cutting down Holy Spirit Cult disciples with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Lin Yaoyang used Corona Judgment to defeat Nether Thunder Douluo and Nether Douluo, then struck them again while they lay wounded.
• The Ice Empress shattered Feng Ling's Sun of the Evil Phoenix with Ultimate Ice and pierced her chest with an ice spike.
• Lin Yaoyang and the Ice Empress split up to board the fleeing airships and attack the Holy Spirit Cult disciples aboard.
• Lin Yaoyang cleared his airship's corridor and used the controls to guide the vessel into a gradual descent.

After defeating a Holy Spirit Cult ambush, Lin Yaoyang and the Red Sun Army mourned their dead, treated the wounded, and claimed an enemy airship. As the soldiers prepared to continue their journey, Wang Qiu'er asked Lin Yaoyang whether he truly considered her the strongest fighter, and he dodged the question about his own rank.

• Ice Empress destroyed the enemy airship from within and froze its burning wreckage after it crashed.
• Wang Qiu'er killed the last Holy Spirit Cult disciple, and the Red Sun Army counted its losses and gathered the fallen.
• Lin Yaoyang ordered the dead soldiers cremated for burial at the Temple, then used his Ultimate Light to heal the wounded, including Wang Qiu'er.
• Lin Yaoyang rallied the surviving soldiers, declared the captured airship their spoils, and told them to tend their wounds before continuing their journey.
• Wang Qiu'er joined Lin Yaoyang beneath the stars and asked if he meant that she was the strongest fighter; he affirmed it and said Temple Masters were not ranked.

Lin Yaoyang and Wang Qiu'er reflected on their fight while the Ice Empress watched them. In Luo'an Provincial Capital, Xiao Lie used the crowd's rejection of the imperial decree to justify a crackdown, then prepared to capture Xue Kui with Lin Yaoyang's help.

• Lin Yaoyang explained to Wang Qiu'er that killing Evil Soul Masters protected both humans and Soul Beasts, and she told him not to touch her head without permission.
• Xiao Lie and the imperial envoy arrived in Luo'an Provincial Capital, where the crowd rejected the decree and drove them from the square with curses and rotten food.
• Xiao Lie called the crowd rebels and told the envoy he would leave the matter to him, then welcomed Xiao Zhan and learned that three thousand cavalry had arrived, with five thousand more on the way.
• Xiao Lie ordered Xiao Zhan and the Imperial Guard to deal with the rioters while he planned to coordinate with Lin Yaoyang to capture Xue Kui and the rebel commanders.
• At the Red Sun Army camp, Lin Yaoyang's troops struggled to learn the captured airship, and he agreed to fly with Bing'er to Xue Kui's estate to surprise him.