Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianyao followed Xiao Xiao through Star Dou Forest and encountered the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. After she badly injured him, he tried to distract her with a toy, but a three-headed Crimson Flame beast arrived and ordered him to stop.

• Xiao Xiao became lost and wandered toward the deeper regions of Star Dou Forest as Xu Tianyao secretly followed her.
• Xu Tianyao recognized the golden creature ahead as the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, just as Xiao Xiao encountered her.
• Xu Tianyao shielded Xiao Xiao from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and was knocked away and injured when he fought her.
• Xiao Xiao broke down crying, and Xu Tianyao tried to distract the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with a musical Soul Tool toy.
• A giant three-headed beast wreathed in Crimson Flame appeared and roared at Xu Tianyao to stop.

The Scarlet King found Xu Tianyao and Xiao Xiao with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and, suspecting they had deliberately approached the Emperor Auspicious Beast, attacked them without hearing Xu Tianyao’s explanation. Xu Tianyao’s defenses began collapsing under the Scarlet King’s overwhelming power, leaving him immobilized beneath the beast’s killing intent.

• The Scarlet King found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with Xu Tianyao and Xiao Xiao, mistook the toy Xu Tianyao had given it for a dangerous Soul Tool, and took the beast back to his side.
• Xu Tianyao explained that he had come to hunt a soul ring and had found his younger sister, but the Scarlet King grew suspicious because he knew the auspicious beast’s identity.
• The Scarlet King decided that powerful humans must be hiding nearby and declared that Xu Tianyao and Xiao Xiao could not be allowed to live.
• The Scarlet King attacked Xu Tianyao, who activated his soul bone skill, Soul Tools, and Kong Deming’s Invincible Barriers to protect himself and Xiao Xiao.
• The Scarlet King’s pressure shattered Xu Tianyao’s defenses and locked his Soul Power, leaving him unable to move as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched.

Xu Tianyao survived Scarlet King's attack when a mysterious gray light entered his Sea of Consciousness and drove Scarlet King away. He recognized the light as Electrolux, realized events were diverging from his memories, and began investigating the three objects in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Xu Tianyao's Blue Ice Talisman summoned a gray ball of light, which stopped Scarlet King's attack and forced Scarlet King to flee with the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• Xu Tianyao and Xiao Xiao fell unconscious, and Xu Tianyao saw the Blue Ice Talisman, the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and the gray light inside his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Tianyao recognized the gray light as Electrolux and wondered why he had appeared ahead of schedule.
• Xu Tianyao realized the story's events were changing and decided he could no longer rely blindly on his memories.
• Xu Tianyao examined the silent objects and placed the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife into his Sea of Consciousness.

Electrolux took the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, drawn by the Gold of Life inside it, and fell silent again to recover. Xu Tianyao woke after Thousand Machines Douluo treated him, then helped Xiao Xiao reunite with her wounded father, Xiao Ding.

• Electrolux swallowed the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and said he would borrow it as payment for saving Xu Tianyao, then used his remaining strength to recover.
• Xu Tianyao left his Sea of Consciousness and woke to find Thousand Machines Douluo exhausted from treating him.
• Xu Tianyao checked on Xiao Xiao and Xiao Ding, fed Xiao Xiao a healing pill, and reassured her that they had survived.
• Xiao Xiao saw her wounded father and rushed to shake him awake, but Xu Tianyao stopped her and warned her not to worsen his injuries.

After Xiao Ding was critically injured, Xu Tianyao and Thousand Machines Douluo promised to take him to Shrek City for treatment if Xiao Xiao and her father accepted a condition. Xu Tianyao absorbed the Explosive Flame Titan’s soul ring while Xiao Xiao gained her second soul ring, and the group then hurried toward Shrek City with Xiao Ding’s life still at risk.

• Xiao Xiao accidentally dropped her unconscious father, and Thousand Machines Douluo used a Soul Tool to keep Xiao Ding alive for at most twelve hours without healing.
• Xu Tianyao offered to take Xiao Xiao and Xiao Ding to Shrek City for treatment after Xiao Xiao agreed to a condition and promised to persuade her father.
• Xu Tianyao returned to the valley, killed the dying Explosive Flame Titan, and began absorbing its pitch-black soul ring.
• Thousand Machines Douluo brought Xiao Xiao a roughly nine-hundred-year-old Earth-Splitting Shield Bull, and she absorbed its soul ring while Xu Tianyao absorbed his own.
• After both finished absorbing their soul rings in under three hours, Thousand Machines Douluo, Xu Tianyao, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Ding flew toward Shrek City.

Granny Xu treated Xiao Ding but warned that his grievous internal injuries and damaged martial soul left him unlikely to recover without powerful life force. Xu Tianyao vowed to save him for Xiao Xiao and realized the Gold of Life might provide the life force needed, leaving with a plan to try it.

• Granny Xu healed Xiao Ding's external wounds and explained that his foundation and martial soul were badly damaged.
• Xiao Xiao collapsed in grief when Granny Xu said only the Medical Immortal Douluo might give her father a chance to recover.
• Xu Tianyao comforted Xiao Xiao and promised to preserve Xiao Ding's life, calling Xiao Xiao his sister from different parents.
• Granny Xu explained that powerful life force could nourish Xiao Ding, though a full recovery remained uncertain.
• Xu Tianyao realized the Gold of Life could supply that life force, thanked Granny Xu, and took Xiao Xiao into the room.

Xu Tianyao secured Electrolux's promise to help Xiao Ding in a week, then returned to Shrek Academy and joined the Sun Moon exchange students' meeting. He announced that they would be invited to take part in Shrek's midterm assessment, leaving the students weighing the challenge.

• Xu Tianyao asked Electrolux for help with Xiao Ding, and Electrolux told him to return in one week.
• Xu Tianyao put the exhausted Xiao Xiao to bed, left servants to care for her, and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Ma Rulong summoned Xu Tianyao to review controversial monthly reports from the Sun Moon exchange students.
• Xu Tianyao told the exchange students that Shrek would invite them to participate in its midterm assessment.
• Xiao Hongchen welcomed the chance to challenge Shrek, while Meng Hongchen and other students urged caution.

Xu Tianyao explained the rules for the upcoming assessment and warned the Sun Moon Empire students to prepare, while arranging for Ma Rulong to monitor suspicious people. After Meng Hongchen reunited with Xu Tianyao, she smelled another woman's scent on him and accused him of getting involved with someone at Shrek Academy, leaving him to explain what had happened with Xiao Xiao.

• Meng Hongchen asked Xu Tianyao about the assessment, and he said it would consist of individual challenge matches without Soul Tools, with three points required to pass.
• Ma Rulong warned Xu Tianyao that losing would harm the academy and empire, but Xu Tianyao told the group to prepare and criticized those who relied on pills to build their cultivation.
• After dismissing the others, Xu Tianyao asked Ma Rulong to watch certain people and hold back the existing reports while preparing new ones.
• Meng Hongchen sat on Xu Tianyao's lap, then noticed another woman's scent on his clothes and angrily accused him of being involved with a Shrek student.
• Xu Tianyao held Meng Hongchen in place and told her about meeting and caring for the injured Xiao Xiao, citing Thousand Machines Douluo and Granny Xu as witnesses.

Xu Tianyao prepared the exchange students for their high-stakes midterm assessment against Shrek Academy, setting a goal of five wins and revealing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as the first-place prize. He took Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen back to the escort corps' courtyard to begin special training.

• After hearing Xu Tianyao explain the scent on him, Meng Hongchen calmed down and nestled into his arms while Xiao Hongchen pretended not to notice.
• Xu Tianyao told the exchange students that they represented the Sun Moon Empire and set five victories as his minimum goal for the assessment.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen vowed to win their matches and avoid bringing shame to the Empire.
• Xu Tianyao revealed that first place would receive a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, firing up the Hongchen siblings.
• When Meng Hongchen questioned whether a few days of training could make a real difference without Soul Tools or pills, Xu Tianyao led her and Xiao Hongchen to the escort corps' courtyard, where Thousand Machines Douluo had prepared the training facilities.

Xu Tianyao began a risky special training for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, using his Sunlight Martial Soul and soul guidance devices to temper their bodies and Soul Power. The first six-hour session succeeded, leaving the siblings stronger while Xu Tianyao was nearly drained.

• Xu Tianyao checked on the recovering Xiao Xiao, then led Meng Hongchen to a secret underground training room with the Thousand Machines Douluo.
• Xu Tianyao explained that he would use the soul guidance devices, rare ores, and Sunlight to strengthen Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen without harming their foundations.
• The Thousand Machines Douluo activated the devices as Xu Tianyao sent controlled torrents of Ultimate Fire through the siblings’ bodies.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen endured six hours of painful tempering while the Thousand Machines Douluo balanced the energy and Granny Xu watched for danger.
• The first session ended successfully, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen felt their physical strength, speed, and endurance had greatly improved while Xu Tianyao began recovering his depleted Soul Power.

After Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen gained stronger, purer Soul Power through Xu Tianyao’s tempering, he warned them to stabilize their gains before the midterm assessment. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe gathered Shrek Academy’s top participants and briefed them on the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy exchange students, leaving the assessment preparations underway.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen realized that Xu Tianyao’s tempering had strengthened their bodies and made their Soul Power more condensed and powerful.
• Xu Tianyao told the siblings to absorb their gains and stabilize their foundations before the midterm assessment, while Xiao Hongchen asked whether the tempering could be repeated.
• Meng Hongchen cautioned Xiao Hongchen against relying greedily on outside help, and Xu Tianyao left to check on Xiao Xiao.
• Yan Shaozhe gathered more than ten of Shrek Academy’s outstanding students and distributed detailed materials about the ten Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy exchange students.
• Yan Shaozhe told the students that the assessment concerned both academies’ honor and highlighted the significance of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone reward.

Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek needed to win the exchange-student assessment decisively without humiliating the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and the students realized the plan could let Xu Tianyao and Ma Rulong claim the top prizes. The chapter ended with them confronting the prospect that the first-place reward, a high-quality Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, might go to one of those rivals.

• Yan Shaozhe reminded the students that Shrek Academy had never lost a Soul Fighting Tournament to the Sun Moon Empire and urged them to protect its reputation.
• Bei Bei warned that Ma Rulong and Xu Tianyao were far beyond the outer academy students, and the students were alarmed by Xu Tianyao's file describing him as a twelve-year-old Twin Martial Soul Soul Ancestor.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek needed to win most of the matches while allowing the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy to retain some victories, preserving both academies' dignity and political relations.
• Xu Sanshi concluded that Shrek could let Ma Rulong and Xu Tianyao win while defeating the other exchange students.
• Jiang Nannan pointed out that Ma Rulong and Xu Tianyao could then take first and second place, potentially winning the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone awarded to the assessment's champion.

Yan Shaozhe planned to bend the midterm assessment rules to keep the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from the Sun Moon Empire prince, while Huo Yun'er died from injuries sustained protecting Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao collapsed beside his mother, leaving the story at the beginning of the grand plan.

• Yan Shaozhe told the Shrek students to focus on their matches while concealing his plan to bring strong outer-courtyard disciples into the assessment.
• Yan Shaozhe resolved to use the nearly graduated Soul Kings to challenge the Sun Moon Empire prince for the soul bone.
• Huo Yun'er, weakened by untreated injuries from protecting Huo Yuhao two years earlier, lay dying in the White Tiger Duke Mansion servants' courtyard.
• Huo Yun'er comforted Huo Yuhao and urged him to live well and not hate before her strength gave out.
• Huo Yuhao clung to his mother's body, grieved until he collapsed, and fell unconscious beside her.

After Huo Yun'er died, Huo Yuhao buried her alone and unknowingly took his first step into a God King's hidden scheme. Days later, Xu Tianyao prepared to use Electrolux's power to heal Xiao Ding, beginning by opening the Eye of Life.

• Huo Yun'er's soul was secretly seized by a mysterious power acting under a God King's scheme.
• Huo Yuhao woke beside his dead mother, carried her from the White Tiger Duke Mansion, and buried her outside the city.
• Xu Tianyao warned Xiao Xiao to stay quiet and back from Xiao Ding during the treatment, and she agreed to watch from the corner.
• Electrolux revealed that the Gold of Life had restored enough of his consciousness to cast high-level life spells.
• Electrolux prepared to use the Sword of Life's Watch and the Gold of Life to open Xu Tianyao's Eye of Life, warning him not to resist the pain.

Electrolux used Xu Tianyao’s Eye of Life and the Gold of Life to heal Xiao Ding, who awakened and reunited with Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao told her father how Xu Tianyao had saved them and explained her promise to make the Xiao Clan a vassal family of Prince Ming’s Estate.

• Xu Tianyao let Electrolux take control of his body while Xiao Xiao quietly waited beside Xiao Ding’s bed.
• Electrolux opened the Eye of Life and poured life energy into Xiao Ding, repairing his injuries and restoring his vitality.
• After Electrolux withdrew, Xu Tianyao staggered, and Xiao Xiao supported him as Xiao Ding began to move and opened his eyes.
• Xiao Xiao cried out to her father and told him what had happened while he was unconscious, including Xu Tianyao’s rescue of them.
• Xiao Xiao explained that she had agreed for the Xiao Clan to join the Sun Moon Empire and become a vassal family of Prince Ming’s Estate.

After learning that Xiao Xiao had agreed to Xu Tianyao’s terms to survive, Xiao Ding praised her and decided the Xiao Clan should join the Sun Moon Empire. He pledged the clan to Xu Tianyao, while his severe injuries left his own future ruined.

• Xiao Ding comforted Xiao Xiao and told her he did not blame her for agreeing to Xu Tianyao’s conditions.
• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Xiao to invite Xu Tianyao in so he could thank him and discuss the Xiao Clan’s future.
• Xiao Ding considered the Sun Moon Empire’s growing power and concluded that joining it might secure the Xiao Clan’s survival.
• Xu Tianyao entered the hospital room, and Xiao Ding tried to rise before Xu Tianyao urged him to rest.
• Xiao Ding thanked Xu Tianyao for saving him and Xiao Xiao, then pledged the entire Xiao Clan to serve him.
• Xiao Ding’s injuries were revealed to have irreversibly ruined his future.

Xiao Ding agreed to bring the Xiao Clan into the Sun Moon Empire after Xu Tianyao promised extensive support and exceptional training for Xiao Xiao. At Shrek Academy’s midterm assessment, Xiao Hongchen began his match against Jiang Nannan.

• Xiao Ding decided to join the Sun Moon Empire, hoping Xiao Xiao would receive elite training and the clan could develop into a soul engineer family.
• Xu Tianyao promised imperial resources to train Xiao Xiao as a Titled Douluo and ninth-rank soul engineer, as well as a complete set of soul bones.
• Xu Tianyao arranged for imperial experts to help the Xiao Clan relocate, and Xiao Ding planned to return home with Xiao Xiao once his injuries improved.
• At Shrek Academy’s midterm assessment, Xiao Hongchen was matched against Jiang Nannan in the first round.
• Xiao Hongchen taunted Jiang Nannan before the referee started the match, and she rushed toward him as a streak of pink light.

Jiang Nannan tried to defeat Xiao Hongchen with a close-range burst, but he anticipated her attack, used a metal barrier to knock her back, and then pinned her down with a Soul Tool cannon. As Jiang Nannan struggled to evade the barrage, Xuan Zi accused Xiao Hongchen of breaking the assessment rules and prepared to intervene.

• Jiang Nannan used Gravity Control and Teleportation to close in on Xiao Hongchen and strike him with Waist Bow.
• Xiao Hongchen summoned a metal barrier with his first soul skill, blocking the attack and sending Jiang Nannan flying backward.
• Xiao Hongchen used his third soul skill, Golden Condensation, to transform the barrier into a Soul Tool cannon turret and bombard Jiang Nannan.
• Jiang Nannan dodged the barrage with her agility and Teleportation, but the effort rapidly consumed her Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi questioned Yan Shaozhe about the rules and declared that he would stop Xiao Hongchen for using Soul Tools.

Shrek Academy challenged Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy over Xiao Hongchen's use of a Soul Tool, but Ma Rulong refused to explain and accused Shrek of being unable to accept defeat. As the crowd erupted and Xuan Zi nearly intervened, Yan Shaozhe urged restraint, and Du Weilun suppressed the arena with his Soul Douluo pressure.

• Yan Shaozhe stopped Xuan Zi from rushing in and sent Du Weilun to demand an explanation from Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Du Weilun accused the academy of breaking the ban on Soul Tools and threatened to disqualify Xiao Hongchen if it could not justify his Soul Tool cannon.
• Ma Rulong dismissed the accusation, taunted Shrek Academy for fearing defeat, and provoked the angry spectators.
• Xuan Zi prepared to enter the arena, but Yan Shaozhe restrained him and warned that Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy might be following a plan with wider consequences.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun to stay calm, and Du Weilun released his Soul Douluo pressure to silence the arena.

Xu Tianyao challenged Shrek Academy’s accusation that Xiao Hongchen had broken the rules by using Soul Tools, arguing that the tournament restrictions unfairly favored Shrek. The dispute remained unresolved as Xiao Hongchen continued attacking Jiang Nannan and Xu Tianyao began explaining his case to the arena.

• Du Weilun accused Ma Rulong’s academy of violating the rules, while Shrek students cursed the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xiao Hongchen paused to seek Xu Tianyao’s guidance, then resumed his attack on Jiang Nannan with an even larger Soul Tool cannon platform.
• Du Weilun confronted Xu Tianyao and warned that Shrek Academy could take compulsory measures if the rules continued to be disregarded.
• Xu Tianyao asked Du Weilun what a Soul Tool was, then told the arena that Shrek’s restrictions on Soul Tools unfairly disadvantaged the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.