Chapter Summaries

Lin Yaoyang ended the successful Soul Spirit experiment after he and Wang Qiu'er sensed they were being watched. Di Tian summoned them deeper into Star Dou Forest and asked Lin Yaoyang about the Fire Dragon King’s aura.

• Lin Yaoyang tested the Blazing Gray Wolf Soul Spirit in combat, while Wang Qiu'er watched with admiration.
• Lin Yaoyang and Wang Qiu'er sensed a distant gaze, and he reassured her that Di Tian had likely approved of her leaving Star Dou Forest.
• Lin Yaoyang comforted Wang Qiu'er, and the two held hands as they ended the experiment and led the soldiers back toward Sun City.
• Di Tian stopped Lin Yaoyang and Wang Qiu'er near the forest’s edge, sending the soldiers away and summoning the pair deeper into the forest.
• Lin Yaoyang and Wang Qiu'er reached a vast lake where Di Tian waited, and he asked Lin Yaoyang what had happened to give him the Fire Dragon King’s aura.

Di Tian questioned Lin Yaoyang about the Dragon King cores he had obtained and his ties to the Extreme North, then asked about the Soul Spirit system. Lin Yaoyang explained its current capabilities and proposed a future life-bound system, leaving Di Tian to consider its potential to ease the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.

• Di Tian asked Lin Yaoyang about the Fire Dragon King’s aura, and Lin Yaoyang revealed that he had absorbed the Fire Dragon King’s Dragon Core and that his Sister Bing’er had absorbed the Ice Dragon King’s Dragon Core.
• Lin Yaoyang identified Sister Bing’er as the Ice Empress and said he was family with the Extreme North’s Soul Beasts, prompting Di Tian’s displeasure as Wang Qiu’er defended their closeness.
• Di Tian spared Lin Yaoyang for Snow Empress’s sake and led him to the island in the Lake of Life to discuss Soul Spirits.
• Lin Yaoyang explained that Soul Spirits could preserve a Soul Beast’s memories and strength after death and could produce multiple Soul Rings.
• Lin Yaoyang described a future life-bound Soul Spirit system that would grow alongside a Soul Master and provide soul skills as the Master advanced.

Lin Yaoyang proposed a Life-Bound Soul Spirit system, and Electrolux agreed to study whether it could work. After Di Tian reunited with Wang Qiu'er and reassured her, Lin Yaoyang encountered Gu Yuena at the Lake of Life.

• Lin Yaoyang asked Electrolux to assess his Life-Bound Soul Spirit idea, and Electrolux said he would study it.
• Di Tian considered the potential benefits and risks of pairing Soul Beasts with Soul Masters, then let Lin Yaoyang cultivate by the Lake of Life.
• Wang Qiu'er reunited with Bi Ji, Lord Bear, and Scarlet King, who rebuked her for leaving Star Dou Forest in human form.
• Di Tian stopped Lord Bear from punishing Wang Qiu'er and comforted her, asking her to tell them before leaving again.
• Lin Yaoyang meditated at the Lake of Life until Gu Yuena appeared before him.

Lin Yaoyang told Gu Yuena that the Dragon God’s ambition caused the Dragon Clan’s catastrophe and the restrictions on Soul Beasts becoming gods. Di Tian’s faith collapsed, and the Snow Empress arrived at the Lake of Life to find him kneeling in despair.

• Lin Yaoyang told Gu Yuena that the Dragon God’s attempt to create a God Star led to the Dragon Prince’s death and the Dragon God’s rampage.
• Lin Yaoyang said the Dragon God was also responsible for the restrictions preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods, and Di Tian overheard him.
• Di Tian rejected the revelation, then collapsed to his knees and cried as Wang Qiu'er and Bi Ji watched.
• The Snow Empress arrived at the Lake of Life and demanded that Di Tian return Yao Yang, then noticed that Di Tian was kneeling and saw Gu Yuena.

Snow Empress arrived to find Lin Yaoyang safe, then learned the truth about Soul Beasts being barred from godhood and helped comfort Gu Yuena and Di Tian. Over a meal by the Lake of Life, the group discussed developing Lin Yaoyang’s Soul Spirit system, and he invited the Star Dou Forest leaders to visit his Temple.

• Snow Empress rushed to Lin Yaoyang after hearing he and Wang Qiu'er had gone back into the forest, then confirmed he was unharmed and heard his account of what happened.
• Snow Empress and the others reacted with confusion and grief after learning Soul Beasts could not become gods, while Lin Yaoyang reassured Gu Yuena that she was not responsible for the Dragon God's actions.
• Lin Yaoyang, Snow Empress, Wang Qiu'er, Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Gu Yuena ate roasted Gugu Chickens by the Lake of Life, and Wang Qiu'er told Di Tian she enjoyed the human world.
• Bi Ji proposed discussing the Soul Spirit system, and Gu Yuena and Di Tian agreed that it might reduce Soul Beast deaths.
• Lin Yaoyang explained that the Soul Spirit project still needed refinement and invited the Star Dou Forest leaders to visit his Temple; he also said he did not plan to pursue faith-based godhood because its potential was too limited.

Lin Yaoyang persuaded Gu Yuena and Bi Ji to leave the Star Dou Forest and join him at the Sun Temple, then began organizing the Temple’s Soul Spirit program. The chapter ended with the Temple’s leaders learning about their new elders and recognizing Snow Empress as a likely Limit Douluo.

• Lin Yaoyang invited Gu Yuena and Bi Ji to visit the Sun Temple, and both agreed to leave the Star Dou Forest with him, Snow Empress, and Wang Qiu'er.
• Lin Yaoyang asked Di Tian for more Soul Bones before departing, leaving Di Tian resentful that he had taken the Auspicious Beast, Gu Yuena, and several treasures.
• At the Sun Temple, Lin Yaoyang welcomed Gu Yuena and Bi Ji as elders, gave them identity and communication cards, and arranged a courtyard for them.
• Lin Yaoyang told the Temple’s leaders he would establish a Soul Spirit department and asked Wang Dong'er to select one hundred Soul Masters for training as Contractors.
• Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao heard about Gu Yuena and Bi Ji joining the Temple and concluded that Snow Empress was likely a Limit Douluo.

Lin Yaoyang welcomed Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming into the Sun Temple and assigned them posts. He considered building a Sun Temple academy but postponed the idea, turning instead to spreading Soul Spirits and strengthening Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan.

• Xiao Xiao asked about Lin Yaoyang's two new elders, and he revealed that one was a healing-type Limit Douluo and the other could be treated as a Limit Douluo.
• Wang Dong'er told Lin Yaoyang that two Soul Douluo and one Soul Sage wanted to join the Sun Temple, and he met Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming.
• Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming explained that they had graduated from Shrek Academy and chose to join the Sun Temple; Lin Yaoyang assigned Han Ruoruo to Lingdou City, Zhang Lexuan to logistics, and Wu Ming to the Red Sun Army.
• Lin Yaoyang considered establishing a Sun Temple academy but decided to postpone it until after the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Lin Yaoyang planned to promote Soul Spirits through the Red Sun Army and summoned Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan to give them Soul Bones from Di Tian.

Lin Yaoyang shared a trove of high-year Soul Bones with Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan, who each chose six, then helped Wang Dong'er absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. After her successful absorption, he kissed her, and she responded.

• Lin Yaoyang revealed a pile of rare Soul Bones and let Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan choose six each, while Jiang Nannan stored the rest in the Temple Treasury.
• Lin Yaoyang teased Wang Dong'er about marriage, then went to her room to protect her while she absorbed a Soul Bone.
• Wang Dong'er absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Blazing Sun Butterfly Queen Trunk Bone, which resonated with her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and improved her strength and appearance.
• Lin Yaoyang praised Wang Dong'er after her absorption and kissed her, and she responded to him.

Shrek's Sea God Pavilion ordered its Inner Court students to infiltrate the Sun Temple's Platinum Temple and seize an airship as an assessment, despite warnings that the mission would provoke the powerful temple. As the students gathered intelligence in Lingdou City, Han Ruoruo arrived to take up her post as bishop.

• Xuan Zi declared that Shrek's Inner Court assessment would target the Sun Temple's Platinum Branch Temple in Lingdou City and require students to steal and pilot its airship back to Shrek City.
• Xian Lin'er objected that Mu En had warned Shrek not to offend the Sun Temple, but Xuan Zi overruled her and ordered the mission to proceed without a teacher leading it.
• Yan Shaozhe sent Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, and the reserve students to infiltrate the Dou Ling Empire after three days.
• The students split into four groups and entered prosperous Lingdou City, where residents praised the Sun Temple and its Platinum Temple stood at the city's center.
• Two airships arrived over Lingdou City, carrying Han Ruoruo, the newly appointed bishop of the Platinum Temple.

Dai Huabin led the Shrek students in surveying the Platinum Temple and its airships, then persuaded most of them to treat stealing the vessels as an assessment mission. The twelve students finalized their plan and moved into position as midnight approached.

• Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Xie Huanyue observed the Platinum Temple's guards and the airships while citizens praised the Temple.
• The twelve Shrek students gathered at night and shared what they had learned about the Temple's defenses and guard rotations.
• Dai Huabin proposed restraining the guards and taking the airships, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng objected that it was theft.
• Dai Huabin invoked the Academy's orders, and most of the students fell in line despite their doubts.
• The twelve students finalized the operation and silently moved through Lingdou City's streets as midnight approached.

Dai Huabin's group broke into the Platinum Temple to steal an airship, but Han Ruoruo arrived and confronted the Shrek students. As Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu prepared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill against her, Han Ruoruo unleashed her Heavenly Net.

• Dai Huabin led the group in an assault on the Temple guards while Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen searched beneath the airship for its entrance.
• The Red Sun Army patrol confronted the intruders, and a battle broke out as the Temple raised the alarm.
• Han Ruoruo left the Bishop's residence and arrived at the airfield after Cao Jinxuan found the airship entrance.
• Han Ruoruo ordered the students to surrender, but Xu Sanshi accused her of betraying Shrek and attacked.
• Han Ruoruo's Golden Binding Rope bound Xu Sanshi and sealed his Soul Power.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu charged at Han Ruoruo with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and she formed the Heavenly Net from golden threads.

Han Ruoruo captured twelve Shrek students after they tried to steal an airship from the Platinum Temple and reported the incident to Lin Yaoyang. The next day, Lin Yaoyang arrived with Gu Yuena and brought the prisoners before a judgment platform in Lingdou City’s square.

• Han Ruoruo defeated and captured the Shrek students, then ordered them taken to the dungeon.
• Han Ruoruo told Lin Yaoyang that twelve Shrek students had invaded the Platinum Temple to steal an airship, and he ordered that they be held until he arrived.
• In the dungeon, Dai Huabin and Xu Sanshi claimed their families and Shrek would protect them, while Ning Tian chose to wait and Bei Bei questioned what Shrek had become.
• Lin Yaoyang arrived at the Platinum Temple with Gu Yuena, and Han Ruoruo recounted the students’ attempted theft.
• Lin Yaoyang had a judgment platform set up in the square, where the twelve Shrek students were brought to stand before it.

Lin Yaoyang publicly tried twelve Shrek students for attempting to steal the Sun Temple’s airship, set enormous ransoms, and demanded compensation from Shrek Academy. As the captured students’ families converged on Shrek, the academy sent Yan Shaozhe to negotiate and faced faction representatives demanding answers at its gate.

• Lin Yaoyang publicly confronted the twelve students, and Ning Tian admitted that their actions were wrong.
• Lin Yaoyang set ransoms totaling 170 million Gold Soul Coins and demanded 120 million Gold Soul Coins plus twelve Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones from Shrek Academy.
• Red Sun Army soldiers escorted the students to the Platinum Temple dungeon, and one soldier slapped Xu Sanshi when he cursed.
• Ning Zhiyuan, Xue Lingxun, and Dai Hao learned of the captures and sent people to Shrek Academy to demand explanations.
• At an emergency meeting, Xuan Zi assigned Yan Shaozhe to negotiate with the Sun Temple, then sent him to face the faction representatives arriving at Shrek’s gate.

Yan Shaozhe gathered Shrek and other factions to confront the Sun Temple over the detained students, claiming they would pressure it into releasing them. At the Platinum Temple, Lin Yaoyang answered Yan’s demands with a furious personal attack.

• Yan Shaozhe persuaded Xue Lingxun, Ning Zhiyuan, Dai Yueheng, and other representatives to join him in confronting the Sun Temple.
• Yan Shaozhe led the assembled forces to the Platinum Temple plaza, where Lin Yaoyang and Gu Yuena awaited them.
• Yan Shaozhe demanded the students’ release, a public apology, and compensation, threatening a fight if the Sun Temple refused.
• Lin Yaoyang asked Yan Shaozhe’s age and then denounced his record, his treatment of students, and his claims about Shrek’s dignity.
• Yan Shaozhe began to protest, but Lin Yaoyang cut him off and called him shameless.

Lin Yaoyang refused to release the captured youths without payment and threatened the factions’ bloodlines and inheritances, forcing their leaders to seek help from Xuan Zi. After learning Yan Shaozhe had been knocked unconscious, Xuan Zi decided to intervene personally.

• Yan Shaozhe fainted after Lin Yaoyang’s insults, while Gu Yuena and the citizens laughed at Shrek’s humiliation.
• Lin Yaoyang demanded ransom for the captives, rejected Xue Lingxun’s appeal to imperial authority, and warned that he could sell or marry them off to rival factions.
• Cai Mei’er’s group left to discuss the ransom, and Lin Yaoyang took Gu Yuena for a stroll along Lingdou City’s pedestrian street.
• At their lodging, Cai Mei’er sent Du Weilun to fetch Xuan Zi, the only person they believed could decide how to handle Lin Yaoyang.
• Du Weilun returned to Shrek at dawn and told Xuan Zi that Yan Shaozhe had been cursed unconscious; Xuan Zi declared he would act personally.

Xuan Zi arrived at the Platinum Temple demanding Shrek’s disciples be released, while Lin Yaoyang and Gu Yuena returned from shopping to face him. Gu Yuena recognized Xuan Zi’s aura as resembling the Dragon King Taotie and summoned her Silver Dragon Spear to help Lin Yaoyang.

• Xuan Zi confronted Han Ruoruo at the Platinum Temple and demanded the release of Shrek’s detained disciples, but Han Ruoruo insisted that Shrek pay the ransom set by Lin Yaoyang.
• Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, and representatives from other factions headed to the Platinum Temple, believing Xuan Zi and the Shrek Titled Douluo could force the Sun Temple to surrender its captives.
• Lin Yaoyang and Gu Yuena heard Xuan Zi’s roar while shopping, then Gu Yuena teleported them back to the Platinum Temple.
• Gu Yuena sensed Xuan Zi’s aura and asked Lin Yaoyang if he needed help; after he accepted, she summoned her Silver Dragon Spear.

Gu Yuena defeated Xuan Zi instantly, and the factions agreed to pay the Sun Temple’s ransom. Xuan Zi then tried to bargain with Lin Yaoyang but ended up agreeing to an even higher compensation, leaving Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er stunned.

• Gu Yuena struck Xuan Zi down with the Silver Dragon Spear, sealing his Soul Power and leaving him badly injured.
• Yan Shaozhe helped Xuan Zi from the crater as other factions approached Lin Yaoyang to negotiate and agree to pay compensation.
• Ning Zhiyuan offered Lin Yaoyang sixty million Gold Soul Coins and left with Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Lin Yaoyang insisted the factions pay within three days and refused Cai Mei'er's request to reduce Shrek's compensation.
• Xuan Zi tried to bargain Shrek's compensation down, but his offers led Lin Yaoyang to raise it to one hundred and eighty million Gold Soul Coins and eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Xuan Zi accepted Lin Yaoyang's demand, prompting Yan Shaozhe to remark that Xuan Zi was a master at haggling.

After Shrek’s confrontation with the Sun Temple, Yan Shaozhe blamed Xuan Zi for the defeat and the enormous compensation. When the other factions demanded Shrek pay half their children’s ransom or face their withdrawal, Xuan Zi agreed, leaving Shrek owing 265 million Gold Soul Coins and eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Yan Shaozhe confronted Xuan Zi over provoking the Sun Temple and bargaining Shrek’s compensation up to 180 million Gold Soul Coins and eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Xue Lingxun and the other factions demanded Shrek pay half their children’s ransom, threatening to withdraw the students if Shrek refused.
• Yan Shaozhe left the decision to Xuan Zi, who agreed to cover half the ransom to keep the students from leaving.
• Xue Lingxun and the faction representatives departed after arranging to collect the ransom within three days.
• Xuan Zi ordered Cai Mei'er to return to Shrek and prepare 265 million Gold Soul Coins and eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for delivery to Lingdou City.

Cai Mei'er reported Shrek's defeat in Lingdou City, and the Sea God Pavilion elders agreed to pay the Sun Temple's demands to recover their people. Backed by the Sun Temple's growing reputation, Xiao Lie secured kingship and authority over three southwestern provinces, then persuaded the Dou Ling Emperor to name him King of Tiandou.

• Cai Mei'er told the Sea God Pavilion that Elder Xuan demanded 265 million Gold Soul Coins and eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to exchange for Shrek's people.
• After Cai Mei'er described the silver-haired woman's overwhelming strength, Elder Lin ordered the elders to gather the payment and Soul Bones.
• Xiao Lie asked the Dou Ling Emperor for kingship and authority over the three southwestern provinces, and the emperor delayed his decision.
• Rumors of Xuan Zi's defeat spread through Lingdou City, making the court fear the Sun Temple and support Xiao Lie's demands.
• The emperor offered Xiao Lie the title King of Pacifying the West, but Xiao Lie requested the title King of Tiandou instead.
• The Dou Ling Emperor granted Xiao Lie the title King of Tiandou, and the court knelt to greet him.

Lin Yaoyang collected the ransoms and released the captured students, while Shrek’s delegation returned to the academy after its defeat. At Sea God Pavilion, the elders confronted Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe argued for repairing Shrek’s position while secretly planning to take power for himself.

• Xue Lingxun paid thirty million Gold Soul Coins and took Xu Sanshi home, then Dai Yueheng paid the same ransom and reclaimed Dai Huabin.
• The other students’ families paid their ransoms, and Cai Mei'er paid Shrek’s 180 million Gold Soul Coins and eighteen Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones before taking Bei Bei and He Caitou.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Bei Bei, and He Caitou returned to Shrek Academy after leaving the Sun Temple.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Elder Song and the other elders rebuked Xuan Zi for Shrek’s humiliation, and Xuan Zi insisted a powerful silver-haired woman had defeated him.
• Yan Shaozhe urged the elders to consider Shrek’s response to the Sun Temple, then privately revealed he intended to gain control of Sea God Pavilion once Xuan Zi lost power.