Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan and Su Ling fled from two Titled Douluo, with Su Ling drawing the pursuers away so Zhang Lexuan could recover and absorb a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Cornered at a cliff, Su Ling swallowed a seven-colored capsule, revealed a 100,000-Year Soul Ring, and transformed into a colossal Qilin.

• Zhang Lexuan broke through the old man's barrier and carried the poisoned Su Ling into a hidden cave while the two Titled Douluo pursued them.
• In the cave, Su Ling gave Zhang Lexuan recovery pills and a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then left to lure their pursuers away.
• Su Ling drew the old man and old woman after him, but his lust poison worsened and he was cornered at a cliff.
• Su Ling swallowed a seven-colored capsule, releasing a terrifying aura and revealing a blood-red 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Su Ling used his Seventh Soul Skill, Qilin True Body, and transformed into a towering violet-black Qilin amid black lightning.

Su Ling fought the old man and old woman while transformed into the Thunder Prison Qilin Emperor, but their attacks and Lust Poison began to overwhelm him. As his Martial Soul Avatar Experience Capsule ran low, Su Ling awakened Mo Xuan and unleashed an even more terrifying aura.

• Su Ling’s Thunder Prison Qilin Emperor overwhelmed the old man’s ghostly shield and destroyed the old woman’s web attack with a blast of lightning.
• The old woman transformed into a giant spider and poisoned Su Ling with Lust Poison, while the old man attacked using the Silvermoon Azure Wolf soul.
• Su Ling blasted apart the Silvermoon Azure Wolf phantom, but the old man restored it, and the poison and dwindling transformation time left Su Ling struggling.
• Su Ling closed his eyes, and Mo Xuan opened his scarlet eyes within the Sea of Spirit.
• Pitch-black storm clouds descended as the Emperor of All Evil’s aura filled the region, terrifying the old man and old woman.

Su Ling transformed into the Dark Evil Qilin Emperor and used its overwhelming bloodline and powers to defeat and devour the old woman. He survived her final lust-poison attack, but the poison and spiderweb left him bound and disoriented as the old man swore revenge.

• The Dark Evil Qilin Emperor suppressed the old man’s and old woman’s Martial Souls, then seized the old woman and began devouring her.
• The old man used his Netherworld Gate to unleash spirits, but Su Ling’s illusion made him mistakenly direct them at the old woman, and Su Ling devoured the spirits as well.
• The old woman detonated her eighth and ninth Soul Rings, binding Su Ling with spider threads and infusing him with powerful Lust Poison.
• Su Ling devoured the old woman completely, recovered much of his strength, and defeated the Titled Douluo.
• The old man watched his partner die and vowed to kill Su Ling, who remained trapped and affected by the poison.

Su Ling was caught in the blast of an eighth-grade soul tool shell while fighting the old man. The story rewound to Xuan Zi battling Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xuan Zi fought to hold the Beast God back for Su Ling.

• The old man unleashed his vengeful souls and soul skills against Su Ling, but Mo Xuan's evil aura devoured them.
• The old man threw an eighth-grade soul tool shell at Su Ling, who caught it before it exploded and swallowed everything in silver-white light.
• More than ten minutes earlier, Di Tian recognized Xuan Zi's Taotie Divine Dragon as the Mountain Dragon King and accused Xuan Zi of profaning the dragon clan's bloodline.
• Xuan Zi attacked Di Tian with meteors and a shield, then absorbed Di Tian's Ten Thousand Dragon Flame with the Taotie Divine Dragon's maw.
• Di Tian struck Xuan Zi with the Black Dragon Sword and Dragon God's Claw, but Xuan Zi's transformed dragon injured him in their clash.
• Di Tian unleashed Sun and Moon Radiance, and Xuan Zi answered with his eighth soul skill, summoning a giant claw and a storm of molten lava.

Xuan Zi fought Di Tian until Long Xiaoyao arrived and blocked his attempt to reach the outer region. When an explosion erupted in the Star Dou Great Forest, Xuan Zi unleashed his ninth soul skill and rushed toward it, furious and desperate to reach Su Ling.

• Xuan Zi battled Di Tian, suffering severe injuries but wounding Di Tian with the Taotie Divine Dragon's devouring power.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged from the forest and told Xuan Zi he would not interfere with the duel, but would keep him from leaving because the two Shrek disciples should have completed their task.
• Xuan Zi tried to rush toward Su Ling, but Long Xiaoyao blocked him while Di Tian withdrew to watch.
• Xuan Zi swallowed the pill Su Ling had given him, healed rapidly, and charged through Long Xiaoyao's barrier despite taking a claw through his shoulder.
• An explosion rose over the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xuan Zi roared Su's name before activating his ninth soul skill and racing toward it.

Xuan Zi overcame Long Xiaoyao and rushed toward the explosion, but Su Ling was blasted off a cliff and vanished into the abyss. Xuan Zi killed the Nether Lamp wielder in revenge, then jumped down after Su Ling.

• Xuan Zi’s Taotie Divine Dragon overwhelmed Long Xiaoyao’s Dark Sacred Dragon, severed his hands, and forced him to stop the pursuit.
• Long Xiaoyao suppressed the devouring force in his wounds, while Di Tian watched him withdraw and then returned to the lake.
• The eighth-grade soul cannon’s blast devastated the cliffside, and Su Ling fell into the abyss as his Martial Soul Avatar Experience Capsule expired.
• Xuan Zi reached the cliff and found the old man with the Netherworld Soul Lamp boasting that he had killed Su Ling.
• Xuan Zi crushed the old man into blood mist with his devouring power, then leaped into the abyss.

After Su Ling plunged into the abyss, Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan searched for him and mourned him as lost. Swept through a hidden underground river, Su Ling emerged in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s concealed cave, where she discovered his battered body.

• Xuan Zi searched the icy river for Su Ling until his strength failed, then knelt at the cliff and wept.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived, saw the shattered pendant and signs of battle, and joined Xuan Zi in grieving at the abyss.
• The underground current carried Su Ling through a hidden passage into a silent river beneath the first.
• Tang Ya, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Cui Yajie each felt sudden unease about Su Ling.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion heard splashing in her cave’s pool, approached, and found Su Ling floating there, badly burned and mangled.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed Su Ling’s auspicious beast fortune and Imperial Aura, transformed into human form, and used her treasures to heal him. Su Ling woke as his accumulated aphrodisiac poison overwhelmed him, and he pinned Qiu’er to the jade bed.

• Three-Eyed Golden Lion found the badly injured Su Ling in the pool and sealed the cave to keep Scarlet King from interfering.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion transformed into a girl, and her third eye formed a Destiny Pact with Su Ling’s Qilin Eye.
• Qiu’er carried Su Ling to the Gold-and-Jade Bed and fed him the heavenly materials she had saved, healing his injuries.
• Qiu’er cleaned Su Ling’s body while he lay unconscious, and he woke as she wiped his cheek.
• Su Ling’s aphrodisiac poison surged out of control, and he pulled Qiu’er onto the bed and pinned her hands above her head.

After waking beside Qiu'er, Su Ling learned that she wanted him to stay as her husband, and Scarlet King confronted them in the cave. Su Ling revealed their Destiny Pact, prompting Scarlet King to leave for Di Tian's instructions, and Di Tian arrived to question Qiu'er.

• Su Ling woke after a day and a night with his injuries healed, remembered what happened with Qiu'er, and apologized to her.
• Qiu'er said she did not dislike what had happened, bit Su Ling's shoulder, and asked him to stay as her husband.
• Scarlet King burst into the cave and threatened Su Ling, but Qiu'er stood between them and declared that he was her husband.
• Su Ling revealed the Thunder Prison Qilin Emperor's Imperial Aura, and Qiu'er explained that they had formed a Destiny Pact and shared each other's lives.
• Scarlet King lowered its claw and left to seek Di Tian's instructions, then Di Tian entered the cave and questioned Qiu'er.

Di Tian tested Su Ling’s resolve, but the power of the Qilin Emperor within him forced Di Tian to recognize his authority. Su Ling and Qiu'er were summoned to meet the master of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Su Ling entered a silver palace alone.

• Di Tian subjected Su Ling to crushing pressure and offered to spare him if he stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Su Ling refused to kneel or remain.
• The Thunder Prison Qilin Emperor and Dark Evil Qilin Emperor fused within Su Ling, manifesting a heterochromatic Qilin Emperor phantom that shattered Di Tian’s pressure and made him bow in reverence.
• Su Ling told Di Tian he was human, intended to leave, and would not evade his responsibility to Qiu'er; Qiu'er insisted she would leave with him.
• Di Tian recognized Su Ling as the young man Taotie had mentioned and announced that his master wished to see him.
• Di Tian led Su Ling and Qiu'er to Life Lake, where Su Ling entered a silver door alone and arrived at a magnificent silver palace.

The Silver Dragon King revealed the ancient bond between the Qilin Emperor and Dragon God, then urged Su Ling to join her against humanity and the God Realm. Su Ling refused to commit, but she marked him and predicted he would change his mind in three years.

• The Silver Dragon King transformed into human form and told Su Ling that his Qilin Emperor bloodline rivaled her own.
• The Silver Dragon King recounted how the Qilin Emperor, Divine Phoenix, and Dragon God once ruled together, and how the Qilin Emperor and Divine Phoenix sacrificed themselves against an invader.
• The Silver Dragon King claimed Su Ling was destined to join the soul beasts and asked him to help overthrow humanity's rule and become the new Qilin Emperor.
• Su Ling refused to oppose humanity or let the God Kings manipulate him, saying he was not ready to decide the future.
• The Silver Dragon King marked Su Ling's neck and sent him through a gateway, predicting that he would change his mind in three years.

Su Ling returned from the Star Dou Great Forest and reunited with Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi, concealing how he had survived. On the journey back to Shrek, he claimed Qiu'er's rewards and gained Extreme Strength, a Soul Power increase, and the Unmatched spear intent.

• Su Ling left Qiu'er, and Di Tian ordered the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts to treat him as an honored guest and never attack him.
• At the cliff, Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi were mourning Su Ling when he appeared; Zhang Lexuan embraced him, and Xuan Zi confirmed he was safe.
• Su Ling told Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi that he had escaped the explosion through an underground river, hiding his meeting with the Silver Dragon King.
• Xuan Zi described standing against Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao, while Zhang Lexuan claimed she had gained a soul ring, a soul bone, and reached rank eighty-eight.
• The three left the forest and rode toward Shrek; Su Ling claimed Qiu'er's rewards, gaining Extreme Strength, advancing to rank forty-six, and comprehending Unmatched spear intent.

Su Ling demonstrated his fourth soul skill’s weapon forms, then returned to Dark Pavilion and reunited with Tang Ya after surviving an ambush by Evil Soul Masters. Their intimacy resumed as Su Ling felt the love poison’s burning effects again, while Wang Dong’er resented that he had not visited her.

• Su Ling showed Mu En and Xuan Zi that his fourth soul skill could transform into a Qilin Shield and Qilin Spear, and Mu En praised Zhang Lexuan for reaching level eighty-eight.
• Mu En asked Xuan Zi to recount how three Evil Soul Masters, including Long Xiaoyao, had ambushed them.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Su Ling leave and discovered that her Crescent Moon Jade Pendant had shattered.
• Tang Ya welcomed Su Ling back to Dark Pavilion, and he told her that two Titled Douluo had ambushed him in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Ya updated Su Ling on Dark Pavilion’s growth, then kissed him and began undoing her collar as the love poison’s burning sensation returned to him.
• Wang Dong’er complained that Su Ling had not visited her, and Tang San’s divine sense reminded her to respect Su Ling as his true disciple.

Wang Dong'er spoke with Tang San's divine consciousness about her stalled pursuit of Su Ling and planned to approach him. At Dark Pavilion, Su Ling saw its disciples' progress and decided to focus on growing stronger by advancing the goddess conquest system.

• Wang Dong'er told Tang San that Su Ling had spent the past three months in Dark Pavilion and that Tang Ya had kissed him, then planned to invite him for a walk around Sea God Lake.
• Su Ling woke beside Tang Ya, left her resting, and went to the Forging Hall.
• Mu S nian reported that Dark Pavilion had completed one thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows and that Huo Yuhao had forged an Armor-Breaking Divine Crossbow core component.
• Su Ling praised Huo Yuhao, then watched Xuan Zi train the nine Dark Pavilion disciples.
• Su Ling considered gathering faith power and expanding Dark Pavilion, but concluded that he first needed to grow stronger.
• Su Ling decided to raise the goddess conquest progress and bind himself to new goddesses.

Su Ling met Wang Dong'er at Sea God Lake, where her disguised identity and feelings became clear. After provoking her into grabbing his neck, he pretended to be dead, leaving Wang Dong'er to attempt artificial respiration as he secretly enjoyed the situation.

• Shi An delivered Wang Dong's invitation to Su Ling, who agreed to meet her at Sea God Lake that night.
• Su Ling advised Huo Yuhao and the Dark Pavilion's craftsmen, then fed and comforted the exhausted Tang Ya.
• Wang Dong'er met Su Ling in the lakeside pavilion, asked if she looked pretty, and told him a story about a heavenly fairy who disguised herself as a boy at an academy.
• Su Ling made an ambiguous request, and Wang Dong'er shoved him down and grabbed his neck in embarrassment and anger.
• Su Ling pretended to be dead, prompting Wang Dong'er to panic and Tang San's divine consciousness to urge her to give him artificial respiration.
• Wang Dong'er began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and Su Ling suddenly wrapped an arm around her waist.

After Wang Dong'er and Su Ling kissed, her favorability rose enough to unlock the Qilin Seal, and the two spent the evening together at Dormitory 106. Wang Dong'er invited Su Ling to stay the night and began scrubbing his back, leaving her plan to continue.

• Wang Dong'er grew embarrassed after kissing Su Ling, and her favorability reached 64, unlocking the Qilin Seal as a phase-two reward.
• Su Ling carried Wang Dong'er back to Dormitory 106, where she admitted she had been sleeping in his bed while he was away.
• Wang Dong'er asked Su Ling to stay the night, and he agreed despite intending to return to Dark Pavilion to check on Tang Ya.
• Wang Dong'er changed Su Ling's bedding and secretly coordinated with Tang San's divine consciousness before asking to scrub Su Ling's back.
• Wang Dong'er entered the bathroom and clumsily rubbed cherry blossom-scented body wash over Su Ling's shoulders and back.

Wang Dong'er teased Su Ling while helping him bathe, and he turned the tables after she questioned his restraint. The chapter ended with Wang Dong'er washing her feet after their intimate encounter.

• Wang Dong'er scrubbed Su Ling's front and teased him, testing his ticklish spots and pushing her hand toward his waistband.
• Su Ling caught Wang Dong'er's hand and confronted her after she questioned whether he was capable of being tempted.
• Su Ling pulled Wang Dong'er into the bathtub, kissed her, and sealed the bathroom with Soul Power.
• Wang Dong'er pleaded for Su Ling to stop, but he whispered a proposal that she accepted.
• An hour later, Wang Dong'er carried her sandals into the shower and washed her reddened feet.

The next morning, Su Ling claimed the Qilin Seal and learned how a divine resurrection item worked, then bought two Soul Beast Perfect Transformation Cards from the Mystery Shop. He planned to use them on the Ice Empress and Snow Empress and received new weekly missions involving Cui Yajie and Ma Xiaotao.

• Su Ling left Wang Dong'er sleeping, returned to the Dark Pavilion, and retrieved the Qilin Seal as his reward for her second-stage strategy.
• Su Ling examined the Qilin Seal, learned it could suppress enemies and grow through others' faith and admiration, then stored it in his palm.
• Su Ling opened a divine-grade item from Wang Dong'er's reward settlement and discovered the Divine Sense Soul Pact, which could enable ritual resurrection under specific conditions.
• Su Ling refreshed the Mystery Shop, bought two Soul Beast Perfect Transformation Cards, and decided to save them for the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• Su Ling refreshed the weekly missions and received an A-rank mission involving Cui Yajie and an S-rank mission involving Ma Xiaotao's special dessert.

The Holy Spirit Cult learned that Su Ling had survived the attack and possessed a powerful dual-form martial soul. Ye Xishui identified him as their intended Holy Son and ordered Zhongli Wu to activate their agent inside Shrek Academy to bring him back.

• Zhongli Wu questioned Long Xiaoyao about his injuries, and Long Xiaoyao revealed that Xuan Zi had reached Ultimate Douluo and evolved his martial soul into the Taotie Divine Dragon.
• Feng Ling questioned whether the Grade 8 soul tool shell had killed its target, prompting Ye Xishui to summon Nether Lamp's soul.
• Nether Lamp revealed that Love Spider had been devoured and described the boy's 100,000-Year Soul Ring-level Martial Soul Avatar and ultimate evil form before insisting the shell had killed him.
• Zhongli Wu concluded that the boy was Su Ling, the Holy Son they had been seeking, while Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu argued that he had survived.
• Ye Xishui ordered Zhongli Wu to activate their pawn in Shrek Academy and bring Su Ling back, and Feng Ling followed Zhongli Wu out.
• Ye Xishui approached Long Xiaoyao and embraced him from behind.

Su Ling went to Shrek to complete Ma Xiaotao’s weekly task and encountered Jiang Nannan, who recognized his resemblance to the masked benefactor who had once saved her and her mother. After Su Ling sent Xu Sanshi flying into a trash can, Jiang Nannan remained unsure whether Su Ling was truly the man from her past, while Xu Sanshi prepared to confront him again.

• Su Ling learned Ma Xiaotao’s favorability had risen to 57 and resolved to use the system to grow stronger and fight the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang Nannan approached Su Ling, examined him, and crouched in front of him as he wondered what she was doing.
• Xu Sanshi charged at Su Ling, who blocked his Mysterious Underworld Shield with a Qilin Shield and knocked him into a trash can.
• Jiang Nannan recalled how a masked figure had rescued her from the Mysterious Underworld Sect and restored her mother’s health.
• Jiang Nannan concluded Su Ling’s posture and temperament matched her benefactor’s, but questioned whether he could really be the same person.
• Xu Sanshi crawled out of the trash can and shouted Su Ling’s name.