Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong gave Xue Ye evidence of Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing plotting a coup, expecting Xue Ye to kill them. After seeing the Recording Soul Tool, Xue Ye ordered Commander Xia You to replace the Imperial Guards and protect the palace.

• Bibi Dong decided to use the Recording Soul Tool to turn Xue Ye against Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.
• Bibi Dong sent the Recording Soul Tool to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where the Shadow Guard commander presented it to Xue Ye.
• Xue Ye watched the footage, learned that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing were preparing a palace coup, and spat out blood in fury.
• The Shadow Guard commander warned Xue Ye that most Imperial Guards likely served Prince Xue Xing, so Xue Ye secretly summoned Commander Xia You.
• Xue Ye ordered Commander Xia You to replace every Imperial Guard within two days, with help from the Shadow Guards and Court Soul Masters.

Xue Ye decided to secretly eliminate Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, while Lin Ye learned Flender would punish Oscar and Ma Hongjun if they acted against anyone. As Lin Ye spent time with Bai Chenxiang, Prince Xue Xing noticed unfamiliar Imperial Guards and grew suspicious.

• Xue Ye ordered the traitors Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing to be secretly killed, and Commander Xia You left to arrange the plan.
• Lin Ye learned that Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and their allies had moved against Xue Beng and expected Xue Ye's plan to remove him and Prince Xue Xing.
• Flender told Lin Ye that Oscar and Ma Hongjun had applied to leave the Academy and that he would punish them and hand them to Spirit Hall if they acted against anyone.
• Lin Ye accepted Flender's stance, then invited Bai Chenxiang to a meal after she asked about working for the Heavenly Sword Chamber of Commerce after graduation.
• Prince Xue Xing noticed that the Imperial Guards at the palace gates were unfamiliar and wondered whether they had been replaced or reassigned.

Prince Xue Xing went to the Imperial Study, where Xue Ye sentenced him to death for helping plot the Crown Prince's assassination. The Imperial Guard commander burst in to rescue him, but Xue Ye's forces trapped them, and the commander revealed that the City Defense Army had replaced the Imperial Guards.

• Prince Xue Xing noticed bloodlust among the Imperial Guards and grew uneasy as he went to meet Xue Ye.
• Xue Ye accused Prince Xue Xing of instigating conflict over the Crown Prince's position and sentenced him to be beheaded in three days.
• The Imperial Guard commander rushed into the Imperial Study, warned Prince Xue Xing to run, and tried to escape with him.
• Xue Ye raised a shield around the Imperial Study, and the Court Soul Masters subdued the commander as more Court Soul Masters arrived.
• The Imperial Guard commander told Prince Xue Xing that the City Defense Army had replaced the Imperial Guards and that the meeting was a death trap.

Xue Ye eliminated Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng after uncovering their rebellion, while Qian Renxue carried out Xue Beng's execution. At Shrek Academy, Lin Ye watched the palace events and considered how to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and drive Tang San and Tang Hao out of Sunset Forest.

• Xue Ye showed Prince Xue Xing the evidence of his treason and ordered a Court Soul Master to kill him, then classified the execution as top secret.
• Xue Beng tried to flee his residence but was stopped by the replaced Imperial Guards and confronted by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue read Xue Ye's imperial edict sentencing Xue Beng to death for conspiring with Prince Xue Xing, then beheaded him.
• Lin Ye watched the executions through the Communication Soul Tool and thought the Chamber of Commerce could now expand more easily in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Ye considered finding a chance to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and force Tang San and Tang Hao to leave Sunset Forest.