Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yue learned about Long Xiaoyao’s domain and received cultivation guidance, while the Tang Sect reopened in Shrek City under Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao. Ning Tian and Wu Feng planned to undermine the sect as Wang Dong traveled to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Long Xiaoyao explained that his domain consumed Mental Power, and Jiang Yue asked him for cultivation advice.
• With Shrek Academy’s help, Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao opened a Tang Sect base in Shrek City, where Bei Bei vowed to find Tang Ya’s killer and uncover the truth about her death.
• Bei Bei remembered how Tang Ya’s head and evidence of her crimes had been displayed at Shrek Academy, and Zhang Lexuan urged him to focus on the Tang Sect’s reopening.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian watched the ceremony and recalled that Tang Ya had nearly killed them; Ning Tian ordered them to outbid the Tang Sect when recruiting disciples.
• Ning Tian criticized Bei Bei’s cultivation and worried about the upcoming tournament, while Wu Feng complained that Wang Dong’s departure left Shrek short of team members.
• Wang Dong traveled toward the Sun Moon Empire.

Ning Tian considered Wang Dong’s mysterious background and the hardships facing her former classmates as Wang Dong trained at the Clear Sky Sect and prepared to leave for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Meanwhile, Tai Tan fell in love, and Long Xiaoyao investigated Jiang Yue’s newly enhanced soul ring and promised to protect and support him.

• Ning Tian concluded that Wang Dong’s withdrawal from Shrek Academy reflected her powerful family backing, while Dai Huabin’s injuries had devastated his talent and Huo Yuhao trained to surpass him.
• Wang Dong demonstrated her hammer skills to Niu Tian, reached rank forty-nine, and asked to leave the Clear Sky Sect; Niu Tian told her to reach rank fifty and then attend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s recruitment season.
• Niu Tian reflected on raising Wang Dong with Tai Tan and worried about his brother, who had secretly gone to a Soul Beast Gathering Ground and fallen in love with a human woman.
• Long Xiaoyao speculated that Jiang Yue’s simultaneous absorption of an Evil Eye Tyrant soul ring and skull bone had turned his sixth soul ring into a hundred-thousand-year ring.
• Long Xiaoyao urged Jiang Yue to display his hundred-thousand-year soul ring without fear, promised him resources and protection, and told him he could use Long Xiaoyao’s wealth freely.

Jiang Yue returned with a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring, impressing his friends and discussing Di Qiu'er’s prospects for a powerful future ring. Jing Hongchen then took Jiang Yue aside and offered him the Hongchen Family’s two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Embryo, leaving the deal underway.

• Jiang Yue showed Xiao Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Di Qiu'er, and Meng Hongchen his red hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring, and Xiao Hongchen envied it.
• Jiang Yue told Di Qiu'er that she could withstand a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and recommended a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Jing Hongchen announced that the academy would select its Main Team after recruitment season and asked Jiang Yue whether he could resolve Meng Hongchen’s problem; Jiang Yue said he was reasonably confident.
• Jing Hongchen privately warned Jiang Yue that the Soul Beast Embryo was a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast and that Xiao Hongchen had little chance of absorbing it.
• Jing Hongchen offered Jiang Yue the Soul Beast Embryo, which the Hongchen Family had bought at auction, and thanked him for preventing a possible attack on Star Luo City.

Jing Hongchen brought Jiang Yue into Mingde Hall, where Jiang Yue considered its dangerous underground arsenal and the risks posed by the Body Sect’s future attack. Jing Hongchen then invited Jiang Yue to help with Project One, which required a powerful mental-attribute soul master to control a Humanoid Soul Tool.

• Jiang Yue thought about Mingde Hall’s stockpile of Level-Nine Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells and planned to move them if he became Hall Master.
• Jiang Yue anticipated the Body Sect would target the Snow Empress Embryo beneath Mingde Hall within six months to a year.
• Jing Hongchen took Jiang Yue through the guarded entrance and elevator into Mingde Hall’s vast underground workshop.
• Soul engineers watched Jiang Yue warily, fearing he might challenge them like Ji Juechen.
• Jing Hongchen offered Jiang Yue a prominent place on the research team for Project One if he agreed to help control its Humanoid Soul Tool.

Jing Hongchen brought Jiang Yue to see Project One, a massive Humanoid Soul Tool, and realized Jiang Yue might help make the project succeed. Ye Yulin was impressed by Jiang Yue’s abilities and tried to recruit him as a student, while Jing Hongchen insisted that Jiang Yue was his grandson-in-law and would be taught by him if he chose to study soul tools.

• Jing Hongchen recognized Jiang Yue’s powerful Mental Power as a possible answer to Project One’s pilot requirements and urged him to call him Grandpa, while teasing him about Meng and the Hongchen family’s future.
• Jing Hongchen took Jiang Yue into the laboratory and showed him the fifteen-meter Humanoid Soul Tool he had been developing for Project One.
• Ye Yulin confronted Jing Hongchen for bringing Jiang Yue into the laboratory without permission, then questioned whether the young soul master could meet the Flight System’s requirements.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that Jiang Yue was a fourteen-year-old Soul Emperor with exceptional Mental Power and physique, and Jiang Yue displayed his six soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ye Yulin offered to train Jiang Yue to become a Ninth-Level Soul Engineer or possibly a Level 10 Soul Engineer, but Jing Hongchen blocked him and argued that he would teach Jiang Yue himself.

Jiang Yue visited Mingde Hall, where Jing Hongchen showed him the unfinished Project One Humanoid Soul Tool and handed over the Snow Empress Embryo. He planned to use the Snow Empress as the Unfeeling Sword’s Martial Soul Avatar and considered how to restore Meng Hongchen’s arm, leaving Tian Meng hopeful that Jiang Yue would spare the Ice Empress if possible.

• Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen argued over who would train Jiang Yue in Soul Tools, but they avoided fighting to protect Project One.
• Jing Hongchen showed Jiang Yue the Humanoid Soul Tool and asked him to try piloting it once his cultivation advanced.
• Jing Hongchen gave Jiang Yue the Snow Empress Embryo, which the God-Sealing Platform kept trapped in a milky-white vortex.
• Jiang Yue planned to use the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass Soul Bone to restore Meng Hongchen’s arm by replacing her fire attribute with ultimate ice.
• Jiang Yue told Tian Meng that the Snow Empress would become the Unfeeling Sword’s Martial Soul Avatar, and Tian Meng urged him to recruit or kill the Ice Empress for their godhood plan.
• Jiang Yue promised to seek a gentler way to deal with the Ice Empress for Tian Meng’s sake, while Tian Meng privately resolved to kill her himself if necessary.

Xu Tianran learned about Jiang Yue and sent Ju Zi to investigate and approach him discreetly. Jiang Yue began helping Meng Hongchen absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and her martial soul evolution was underway as the chapter ended.

• Xu Tianran read his spy's report about Jiang Yue, then ordered Ju Zi to investigate him and attempt to recruit him without attracting attention.
• Jiang Yue summoned Meng Hongchen and revealed that he would use a hundred-thousand-year soul bone to address her damaged arm.
• Jiang Yue warned Meng Hongchen that the soul bone could evolve her Zhuqing Ice Toad martial soul into ultimate ice, though it might remove its fire and poison attributes.
• Jiang Yue used his blood to suppress the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone's power, allowing Meng Hongchen to summon her martial soul and begin absorbing the octagonal mysterious ice grass soul bone.
• Meng Hongchen's Zhuqing Ice Toad appeared behind her as the room grew cold and misty during the absorption.

Jiang Yue watched Meng Hongchen’s martial soul evolve into ultimate ice as she absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass soul bone, intervening when her soul bones destabilized. Meng Hongchen remained unconscious while Xiao Hongchen discovered her in Jiang Yue’s room and asked if they were together.

• Jiang Yue sealed the room to contain the freezing mist as Meng Hongchen’s Zhuqing Ice Toad began transforming.
• The Zhuqing Ice Toad lost its fire attribute and red eyes as the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s power awakened its ice attribute.
• When Meng Hongchen’s soul bones began competing, Jiang Yue used his soul skills to freeze the soul power in her left arm and stabilize their fusion.
• Meng Hongchen absorbed the soul bone and gained ultimate ice and Ice Poison, but remained unconscious as her body adjusted.
• Jiang Yue cut through the frozen door, releasing the cold into the villa, where Xiao Hongchen found Meng Hongchen in his room and asked if they were together.

Jiang Yue discussed Meng Hongchen’s martial soul evolution with Xiao Hongchen while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy opened enrollment. Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi arrived as new students, and Ji Juechen sensed that both concealed unusual strength.

• Jiang Yue told Xiao Hongchen that Meng Hongchen’s martial soul had evolved and her left hand would likely recover, while Xiao insisted he could still defeat her.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy began enrolling students, and Ji Juechen watched the arrivals while hoping to find strong opponents.
• Ji Juechen sensed a mountain-like aura and assumed its owner was a powerful strength-based fighter before seeing Wang Dong'er arrive.
• Wang Dong'er registered as a fourteen-year-old level-fifty-two Battle Soul King and applied to the Practical Soul Guidance Department.
• Lan Fozi registered as a sixteen-year-old level-fifty-six Battle Soul King with a Deep Sea Demon Whale martial soul, and the academy admitted her despite her being a Sea Soul Master.
• Ji Juechen sensed that Wang Dong'er felt like a mountain and Lan Fozi like the sea, then decided to leave the mystery to Jiang Yue and focus on fighting.

Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Jing Hongchen learned that their talents could strengthen the next tournament team. Jiang Yue recognized their names and martial souls and was stunned, especially because he believed Lan Fozi should still be a soul beast.

• Ji Juechen watched the admissions candidates and recognized Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi as rare geniuses worth sparring with.
• Wang Dong'er learned that the academy provided free meals, single dorm rooms, and private bathrooms, and she enthusiastically preferred it to Shrek Academy.
• Jing Hongchen waited outside his villa as Meng Hongchen underwent martial soul evolution, while Jiang Yue reassured him about her condition.
• Lin Jiayi brought Jing Hongchen the files for Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi, reporting that both were Soul Kings with top-tier martial souls and strong tournament potential.
• Jiang Yue heard their names and realized that Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi matched people he knew, then worried that Lan Fozi had revealed herself as a soul beast in Mingdu.

Jiang Yue worried about the arrival of Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi while Meng Hongchen completed her recovery and evolved her martial soul into the ultimate-ice Moon Toad. The chapter ended with Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er explaining the slow cultivation associated with ultimate attributes to the Hongchen family.

• Jiang Yue learned from Lin Jiayi that Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi had enrolled, and he suspected their arrival might be connected to God King Tang discovering that something was wrong.
• Jing Hongchen approved Wang Dong'er and Lan Fozi for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's Main Team selection and revealed that Meng Hongchen had recovered.
• Jiang Yue recognized Wang Dong'er as the girl who had disguised herself as a boy at Shrek Academy, and Xiao Hongchen anticipated Meng Hongchen's reaction.
• When Meng Hongchen's icy cocoon began to glow with unstable soul power, Jiang Yue activated his spatial skill and reached her before the ice shattered.
• Meng Hongchen emerged unharmed with her martial soul evolved into the ultimate-ice Moon Toad, though her cultivation had only reached rank fifty-three.
• Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er explained that ultimate martial souls cultivated slowly, leaving Jing Hongchen and the others to consider what they had learned.

Jing Hongchen worried that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy lacked experience cultivating ultimate martial souls after Meng Hongchen's evolution, but Jiang Yue explained how to support her growth. Jing Hongchen set aside an exchange with Shrek Academy and warned the team to prepare for a broader tournament and a coming war.

• Xiao Hongchen celebrated Meng Hongchen's new ultimate attributes, while Jing Hongchen worried about the empire's lack of experience nurturing ultimate martial souls.
• Jing Hongchen considered accepting Shrek Academy's exchange request in return for its cultivation experience, but Meng Hongchen and Jiang Yue argued that they could manage without it.
• Jiang Yue explained that strengthening Meng Hongchen's physique and providing suitable resources could speed her cultivation, and Jing Hongchen agreed to follow his advice.
• Jing Hongchen warned the team that Crown Prince Xu Tianran might control the next tournament, that its participants could include sects, and that war might soon begin.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to win the championship, while Jiang Yue warned him not to take reckless pills and Jing Hongchen cautioned the team about the Body Sect, Holy Spirit Cult, and Clear Sky Sect.
• Meng Hongchen asked Jiang Yue to cook a celebratory meal and went with Di Qiu'er to decide what they would eat.

Jiang Yue cooked a meal with Meng Hongchen and Di Qiu'er when its aroma drew Ju Zi to his group. After Ju Zi introduced herself, Jiang Yue recognized her and wondered how to handle the future empress and goddess of war.

• Jiang Yue considered whether Wang Dong'er had come to the academy because of him and decided to watch how often they crossed paths.
• Ju Zi worried about Xu Tianran's request that she approach Jiang Yue, but could not think of a safe way to do so.
• The aroma of Jiang Yue's cooking drew Ju Zi from the cafeteria to a clearing where Jiang Yue and his companions were eating.
• Ju Zi watched Jiang Yue feed Meng Hongchen and Di Qiu'er and privately judged him to be a practiced womanizer.
• Jiang Yue noticed Ju Zi hiding in the bushes, and she came out and identified herself as Xuan Ziwen's student.
• Jiang Yue recognized Ju Zi and considered the consequences of killing her or altering her future fate.

Jiang Yue’s cooking brought Ju Zi to tears by recalling her late father and prompted her to break through in cultivation. After Ju Zi apologized and left, Jing Hongchen warned Jiang Yue and the others that she was Xuan Ziwen’s talented student and had close ties to Xu Tianran.

• Ju Zi followed the aroma of Jiang Yue’s cooking and accepted an invitation to eat with him, Di Qiu’er, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.
• The food’s familiar taste reminded Ju Zi of her late father, overwhelmed her with memories, and helped her break through her cultivation.
• Ju Zi excitedly grabbed Jiang Yue’s hand and thanked everyone, prompting Di Qiu’er to pull her away and guard Jiang Yue.
• Ju Zi apologized for her outburst and left, privately deciding not to report Jiang Yue to Xu Tianran so she might have a chance to taste his cooking again.
• Jing Hongchen arrived, identified Ju Zi as Xuan Ziwen’s student, and warned the group that she was closely connected to Xu Tianran.

Jing Hongchen warned the Hongchen Family to stay out of the imperial succession struggle and discussed the dangers and future of the Holy Spirit Cult. At the cult’s headquarters, Ye Xishui confronted Feng Ling over Zhongli Wu’s death and demanded an explanation.

• Xiao Hongchen asked Jing Hongchen about the princes’ struggle for the throne, and Jing explained that Xu Tianran was favored to inherit the throne after killing his brothers.
• Jing Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen and the others that the Hongchen Family should remain neutral, then advised Jiang Yue to have Senior Long reveal their connection to Xu Tianran while keeping it secret from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult and considered how Ye Guyi might benefit when the empire eventually turned against the evil soul masters.
• At the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, Ye Xishui questioned Feng Ling about Zhongli Wu’s death in the Star Dou Forest and her own survival.

Ye Xishui appointed Feng Ling acting Cult Master and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to prepare for Xu Tianran’s planned tournament trap, while Feng Ling sought whale rubber for Ma Xiaotao. Long Xiaoyao punished Feng Ling for provoking him, shattering her bones and severely damaging her Soul Core after Ye Xishui ordered him to stop.

• Ye Xishui questioned Feng Ling about Zhongli Wu’s death, then heard that Ma Xiaotao had reached rank seventy-five and planned to make her a Titled Douluo.
• Ye Xishui made Feng Ling acting Cult Master and directed the cult’s resources toward Feng Ling and Ma Xiaotao.
• Feng Ling asked for high-quality whale rubber so Ma Xiaotao could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as her eighth ring, and Ye Xishui ordered Long Xiaoyao to provide a piece.
• Ye Xishui told Feng Ling that the cult would join Xu Tianran’s tournament in Mingdu to kill promising young Soul Masters and recruit suitable disciples.
• After the other Titled Douluos left, Long Xiaoyao restrained Feng Ling and warned her not to challenge a Limit Douluo.
• Ye Xishui tried to stop Long Xiaoyao, but he shattered Feng Ling’s bones and severely damaged her Soul Core, leaving her alive.

Long Xiaoyao crippled Feng Ling and resisted Ye Xishui’s control, while privately resolving to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and die before her. In his Sea of Spirit, Jiang Yue learned how to condense soul cores and began planning how to strengthen his body before attempting it.

• Long Xiaoyao left Feng Ling alive but gravely injured, then listened as Ye Xishui soothed him and promised they would eventually leave the Holy Spirit Cult together.
• Long Xiaoyao resolved that he would atone to Ye Xishui by dying before her, but would ensure she died so the Holy Spirit Cult could be destroyed.
• Jiang Yue discussed soul cores with Tian Meng, who explained that powerful soul beasts such as Di Tian and the Evil Eye Tyrant possessed dual soul cores.
• Tian Meng used his mental power to break Long Xiaoyao’s seal, and Jiang Yue absorbed the instructions for condensing a soul core.
• Jiang Yue realized he needed to wait until reaching Soul Sage and sought ways to improve his physique, including obtaining the Body Sect’s Body-Refinement Secret Art.

Jiang Yue speculated about his mysterious ice-fire body and the possibility that Tang San had concealed his presence, then joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s finalized tournament team. At the team introduction, Wang Dong'er recognized him, and Jiang Yue noticed that new teammate Lan Fozi was hiding a secret.

• Jiang Yue considered whether the Body Sect could awaken his ice-fire body and whether Tang San had hidden him from the Divine Realm, while deciding to focus on growing stronger.
• Jing Hongchen confirmed Jiang Yue, Di Qiu'er, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen as the academy's main team members and introduced Nana, Lan Fozi, and another girl as the remaining teammates.
• Wang Dong'er recognized Jiang Yue, and he revealed that he was dating Di Qiu'er and Meng Hongchen, leaving Wang Dong'er stunned and uncomfortable.
• Jiang Yue asked Jing Hongchen whether he had noticed anything strange about Lan Fozi, but Jing Hongchen found nothing unusual.
• Jiang Yue's mental power revealed a miniature Deep Sea Demon Whale and a red glow around Lan Fozi, while she worried he might have uncovered her secret and reminded herself that she had come to save her mother.

Jing Hongchen had the academy’s new tournament team begin a sparring match, and the students revealed the power and tensions shaping their rivalries. The fight remained underway as Di Qiu’er battled Wang Dong’er, Meng Hongchen faced Lan Fozi, and Jiang Yue humored Nana and Xiao Hongchen.

• Jing Hongchen welcomed Lan Fozi, Wang Dong’er, and Nana to the team and urged them to defeat Shrek Academy at the next tournament.
• Meng Hongchen joined Jiang Yue’s side for the four-versus-three spar, while Xiao Hongchen went to Nana’s side.
• Lan Fozi revealed that she had advanced to Soul Emperor, and Meng Hongchen filled the arena with icy mist.
• Di Qiu’er attacked Wang Dong’er with the Golden Dragon, prompting Wang Dong’er to unleash her Clear Sky Hammer against her.
• Meng Hongchen fought Lan Fozi with ultimate ice and poison while Xiao Hongchen’s cannon fire disrupted their battle.
• Jiang Yue dodged Nana and Xiao Hongchen’s attacks using Mental Detection, then agreed to take the match seriously.