Chapter Summaries

Xiling encouraged Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie to pursue military service by promising them rewards for strong tournament performances. At the Star Luo Grand Stadium, Xu Xiaoyan began her first match against the powerful Ling Wuxie, whose mentor expected him to reach at least the quarterfinals.

• Xiling told Xu Xiaoyan he would arrange a military position if she performed well, and promised to help Xie Xie evolve his Martial Soul if he placed in the individual competition’s top three.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie renewed their determination, while Xiling reflected that he needed allies to help him take control of the Federation.
• Xu Xiaoyan and her companions entered the packed Star Luo Grand Stadium, where she learned her first match was approaching and Xie Xie’s unusual fighting spirit surprised the others.
• Xu Xiaoyan was matched against Ling Wuxie, a five-ring Soul King and One-Word Battle Armor Master whose mentor, Old Lin, watched from the stands.
• When the match began, Xu Xiaoyan charged at Ling Wuxie, hoping to strike before he could activate his Battle Armor.

Xu Xiaoyan defeated Ling Wuxie in the tournament’s individual preliminaries, leaving him eliminated and determined to grow stronger. After Xiling watched her victory, the tournament’s first individual round concluded and the other events began.

• Xu Xiaoyan blocked Ling Wuxie’s Soul Skill with her Star Staff, then bound him with Star Wheel Chains and struck him with Brilliant Starlight.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s attack overwhelmed Ling Wuxie’s Soul Power and knocked him out of the match, stunning the audience and the two elderly spectators.
• Ling Wuxie regretted underestimating Xu Xiaoyan, and his teacher scolded him before embracing him and promising to take him to Hell Valley.
• Xu Xiaoyan spotted Xiling in the stands and smiled, while Xiling watched Ling Wuxie and his teacher before disappearing.
• The tournament’s individual preliminaries ended after three days, and the first rounds of the doubles, team, and mecha matches followed.

Xiling rejected Dai Yun'er's proposal to make him her prince consort and later went to Sky Star Theater to prevent a Green Skeleton terrorist attack. The attackers were killed before they could escape, but Tang Wulin still faced the imminent launch of their soul cannon shell.

• Dai Yun'er asked Xiling to become her prince consort, and he rejected her, explaining that he had someone he liked and would not stay in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Yun'er angrily threatened Xiling, but his icy glance frightened her into silence.
• Xiling went to Sky Star Theater after recalling that the Green Skeleton Resistance Organization planned an attack there.
• Green Skeleton members prepared to fire a seventh-grade soul cannon shell as Tang Wulin watched from hiding.
• An unseen attacker killed the Green Skeleton members in midair, while Tang Wulin turned his attention to the soul cannon shell that was about to fire.

Xiling’s intervention sent a self-detonating cannon shell far from Tang Wulin, and the next morning he encountered Dai Yun’er, who challenged him to a bet. When he rejected her again, Xu Xiaoyan stopped Dai Yun’er from grabbing him, and Dai Yueyan apologized for his sister’s behavior.

• A spatial rift carried the cannon shell away from Tang Wulin, and it exploded over an uninhabited mountain range.
• Xiling finished writing in his notebook and praised Xu Xiaoyan’s progress during their elevator ride to breakfast.
• Dai Yun’er confronted Xiling at the hotel and proposed a bet, but he refused and started to leave.
• Dai Yun’er tried to grab Xiling, and Xu Xiaoyan stopped her and told her to respect his rejection.
• Dai Yueyan introduced himself and apologized for Dai Yun’er’s behavior.

Xu Xiaoyan accepted Dai Yun'er's wager to keep her from bothering Xiling, and Xiling encouraged her to believe she could win. At the tournament venue, Xu Xiaoyan and the Shrek team discovered Dai Yun'er and Dai Yueyan were part of Monster Academy, whose powerful leader turned a hostile gaze on her.

• Xu Xiaoyan wagered that if she won a match against Dai Yun'er in the tournament, Dai Yun'er would stop bothering Xiling, while Xiling approved the bet.
• Dai Yueyan reprimanded Dai Yun'er for acting impulsively and warned her to show Xiling respect.
• Xu Xiaoyan apologized to Xiling for making the wager, and he told her he believed she would win, renewing her determination.
• Xu Xiaoyan and the Shrek group arrived at Star Luo Grand Stadium for the team battles and entered the waiting area for their third-round match.
• Monster Academy arrived with Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er, and its burly leader's eyes turned dark red as he stared at Xu Xiaoyan.

Xu Xiaoyan faced Long Yue, the formidable leader of Monster Academy, and realized how much stronger he was. After both academies won their opening team battles, she hurried back to train while Xiling went to the Spirit Pagoda branch.

• Long Yue confronted Xu Xiaoyan over her bet with Dai Yun'er, and the two held an even aura standoff before Dai Yueyan intervened.
• Xiling explained Long Yue's reputation and strength, comparing him to his own power at around level thirty-seven.
• Monster Academy's seven competitors, led by Dai Yueyan, defeated their opponents, displaying six five-ringed Soul Masters and powerful Soul Rings.
• Wu Zhangkong urged the Shrek team to believe in themselves, while Xu Xiaoyan remained silent after Dai Yun'er taunted her.
• Shrek Academy won its team battle, and Xu Xiaoyan hurried back to the hotel to pursue her breakthrough to Soul King and complete her One-Word Battle Armor.
• Xiling watched Xu Xiaoyan leave, then headed to the Spirit Pagoda's branch in the Star Luo Empire.

Xiling confronted Zhang Geyang at Spirit Pagoda and demanded his support for Leng Yaozhu's bid to become the next tower master. After Zhang rejected his coercion and invoked his rank ninety-eight strength, Xiling declared that he relied on his present power, leaving their confrontation on the brink of violence.

• Xiling entered Zhang Geyang's office and requested an intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform slot and a thousand-year star-attribute Soul Spirit, which Zhang readily approved.
• Xiling demanded that Zhang and his faction vote for Leng Yaozhu at the next Spirit Pagoda assembly.
• Xiling accused Zhang of belonging to Qiangu Dongfeng's faction and offered him a choice between becoming an enemy or a friend.
• Zhang unleashed his rank ninety-eight Super Douluo pressure and warned Xiling that he was too green to challenge him.
• Xiling remained unmoved and told Zhang that he relied on his strength in the present.

Xiling used his overwhelming power to force Zhang Geyang to choose whether to become a friend or enemy, then returned to the hotel and left Xu Xiaoyan advice about the Spirit Ascension Platform. At the tournament, Xu Xiaoyan learned she would face Monster Academy’s Su Mu in the second round, but remained calm as she waited for her match.

• Xiling suppressed Zhang Geyang with his aura and gave him time to decide whether to side with him or the Qian Gu family.
• After Xiling left, Zhang Geyang reflected on his defeat and concluded that the Spirit Pagoda was about to change.
• Xiling returned to the hotel, left Xu Xiaoyan a spiritual message about Soul Spirits and the Spirit Ascension Platform, and offered to reimburse her expenses.
• Ling Wuxie searched the tournament draw and found that Xu Xiaoyan would face Su Mu, a Monster Academy contestant.
• Xie Xie remarked on Xu Xiaoyan’s bad draw, while she calmly meditated in the waiting area before her match.

Long Yue dominated his individual competition match, enduring a young woman’s layered ice attacks without moving and forcing her to concede. Xiling watched from the stands and privately resented how much of a show-off Long Yue was.

• Monster Academy’s competitors entered the individual competition as spectators debated how many top rankings they would claim, including whether the princess could reach the top three.
• Long Yue faced a young woman who asked to use all her Soul Skills, and he agreed to stand still while she attacked.
• The young woman combined four ice-based Soul Skills into an ice sphere, which shattered against Long Yue without making him flinch.
• The young woman struck Long Yue’s right chest with her Frostheart Palm, but he remained unharmed and revealed that he had absorbed her Soul Power as icy breath.
• The young woman admitted defeat, the crowd applauded Long Yue, and Xiling privately called him a show-off.

Xu Xiaoyan faced Su Mu, the Fox King of Monster Academy, in an individual match and used her Stellar Domain to negate his control and soul-power-draining halos. The chapter left her advancing toward Su Mu as his Reversal Halo also failed to affect her.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui suspected that Long Yue was a defense-type Soul Emperor with six rings.
• Xie Xie won his individual match against a four-ring Soul Ancestor who had two pieces of Battle Armor.
• Su Mu began his match against Xu Xiaoyan by releasing his five-ring Nine-Tailed Fox Martial Soul and a Slow Halo.
• Xu Xiaoyan activated her Stellar Domain, which removed the Slow Halo’s control effect and made her immune to negative effects.
• Su Mu’s Soul Power Stripping halo failed to affect Xu Xiaoyan, and she continued toward him.
• Su Mu used his Reversal Halo, but Xu Xiaoyan entered it without being repelled.

Xu Xiaoyan endured Su Mu’s five simultaneous halos and summoned overwhelming star power to counter his attack. She left thousands of golden Star Spears suspended above the arena, poised to strike.

• Xu Xiaoyan bound Su Mu with Star Wheel Chains and pierced his Reversal Halo with Heavenly Star Throw, wounding his five tails.
• Su Mu’s tails shielded him from the Star Spear, and he rose in fury as his eyes turned blood-red and his tails grew.
• Su Mu unleashed Slow, Soul Power Stripping, Reversal, Devouring, and Destruction Halos at once, trapping Xu Xiaoyan in their range.
• Xu Xiaoyan resisted the halos’ negative effects but suffered tearing injuries from Destruction Halo as her teammates watched helplessly.
• Xu Xiaoyan called upon the stars, stopped the tearing force, and filled the sky above the arena with thousands of golden Star Spears.

Xu Xiaoyan defeated Monster Academy’s Su Mu with her Stellar Domain and Star Spears, and Su Mu conceded without using his Battle Armor. Xiling revealed that Su Mu had already lost the ability to control his Battle Armor, leaving Xu Xiaoyan’s victory more decisive than her teammates realized.

• Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Spears overwhelmed Su Mu’s attacks and left him badly wounded.
• Su Mu refused to release his Battle Armor, conceded the match, and said he would use it in the team battle to defend his group’s honor.
• The referee declared Xu Xiaoyan the winner, and Long Yue warned Monster Academy’s fighters not to underestimate their opponents.
• Xie Xie praised Xu Xiaoyan and joked that she should replace Tang Wulin as captain, while Tang Wulin grabbed him by the head.
• Xiling told the group that Su Mu had not chosen to forgo his Battle Armor out of pride; he had already lost the ability to control it.

After Xu Xiaoyan defeated Su Mu, Xiling explained his opponent’s mistakes and warned Xu Xiaoyan about the limits of her domain and the need to develop her own techniques. He gave her Starfall Iron infused with his power to use in completing her Battle Armor, and she asked what he would do next.

• Xiling explained that Su Mu’s damaged tails and overconfidence had led to his defeat, then took Shrek Academy’s team back to the hotel.
• News of Su Mu’s loss spread across Star Luo City, raising Xu Xiaoyan’s fame and drawing crowds to the Star Luo Hotel.
• Xiling praised Xu Xiaoyan’s self-created Soul Skills and warned her not to rely on her Stellar Domain or imitate his techniques forever.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Xiling that twelve pieces of her One-Word Battle Armor were complete, and he gave her Starfall Iron infused with spatial power for the final piece.
• Xu Xiaoyan sensed that Xiling had more to say and asked what would happen to him.

Xiling told Xu Xiaoyan he was leaving Star Luo Continent for Douluo Continent to prepare for an enormous coming disaster and hinted that he might become Federal Speaker. He sent her to the Spirit Pagoda to prepare for a breakthrough, while Su Mu suffered from wounds to his tails and Dai Yueyan sat nearby in anger.

• Xiling told Xu Xiaoyan he planned to leave early and might become Federal Speaker.
• Xiling said he was preparing for a disaster too immense to face alone and urged Xu Xiaoyan to grow stronger so she could help him later.
• Xiling reminded Xu Xiaoyan that she had already won her bet with Dai Yun'er and explained that Long Yue was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor and Two-Word Battle Armor master.
• Xiling took Xu Xiaoyan through a spatial passage to the Spirit Pagoda, where he had arranged a Star Attribute soul spirit and access to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Su Mu sat in pain as his five badly wounded tails slowly healed, while Dai Yueyan sat across from him, visibly furious.

After Xu Xiaoyan defeated Su Mu, Xiling brought her to the Spirit Pagoda to select a stellar-attribute Soul Spirit while confronting Zhang Geyang about joining Sky Phoenix’s side. Zhang Geyang accepted Xiling’s terms, with his Star Luo territory left untouched in exchange for unconditional obedience when called upon.

• Dai Yueyan recognized Fang'er’s online analysis of Su Mu’s defeat as a warning from his father and focused his anger on Xu Xiaoyan.
• Xiling brought Xu Xiaoyan to Zhang Geyang’s office through a spatial rift, and Zhang confirmed that she had defeated Su Mu.
• Zhang Geyang arranged for Xu Xiaoyan to choose from the Spirit Pagoda’s stellar-attribute Soul Spirits, and she left with a guide.
• Xiling demanded Zhang Geyang’s obedience, and Zhang admitted that he had already tested Xiling the previous day.
• Xiling promised not to interfere with Zhang Geyang’s Star Luo territory as long as Zhang obeyed him without condition when needed.

Xiling secured Zhang Geyang’s agreement to support Sky Phoenix and revealed his plan to make Qiangu Dongfeng step down through force. After returning to Shrek City, he demonstrated his pressure to Leng Yaozhu and asked how many moves Qiangu Dongfeng could withstand against him.

• Xiling persuaded Zhang Geyang to cast his vote for Sky Phoenix at the upcoming council meeting and hinted that he would force Qiangu Dongfeng to abdicate through martial strength.
• Xiling arranged unrestricted access to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform for Xu Xiaoyan, notified the Federation Delegation of his return, and made a farewell visit to the Star Luo Palace.
• Xiling returned to the Douluo Continent and waited at Leng Yaozhu’s villa, where Leng Yulai saw him and left without speaking to him.
• Leng Yaozhu questioned whether Xiling had enough time to remove Qiangu Dongfeng through political means, and Xiling said he intended to use force instead.
• Xiling released a pressure that shook Leng Yaozhu and asked how many moves Qiangu Dongfeng could withstand against him.

Xiling assured Leng Yaozhu that he was prepared to deal with Qiangu Dongfeng and revealed that he had promised to help Di Tian survive his next Heavenly Tribulation. He traveled to Star Dou Forest to assist Di Tian, whose accumulated cultivation meant the nine-hundred-thousand-year tribulation was approaching.

• Xiling told Leng Yaozhu that he, Bella, and she could withstand the Spirit Pagoda’s forces, then revealed he planned to visit Star Dou Forest.
• Xiling opened a spatial rift and left Leng Yaozhu, who wished him well and decided to cook him a proper meal.
• Xiling arrived beside the Lake of Life, where Di Tian appeared and said that only he was ready to undergo a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Di Tian explained that he had released the seal suppressing his cultivation, bringing his next tribulation near after years of preparation.

Xiling helped Di Tian face the Heavenly Tribulation at Lake of Life, while powerful factions across the continent detected the storm. As Di Tian endured the first two bolts, Xiling intercepted the third with a spatial mirror and redirected it into a fissure.

• Xiling told Di Tian to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation at Lake of Life, and Di Tian said it would arrive within half a day.
• The tribulation clouds gathered over Star Dou Forest, and Di Tian transformed into a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon to meet the first bolt.
• Di Tian endured the first bolt and scattered the second with his tail while Xiling watched the storm.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ordered Spirit Pagoda detectors to monitor the Heavenly Tribulation, as other major powers also turned their attention toward Star Dou Forest.
• When the third bolt descended, Xiling stopped Di Tian from taking it and opened a spatial mirror to redirect the lightning into a fissure.

Xiling turned Di Tian’s interrupted Heavenly Tribulation into a million-year Godhood Tribulation, then had Bella hold the clouds in place while he redirected the lightning into the Dragon God's Dragon Soul. As more strikes fell, the tribulation still could not break Bella’s suppression, and the destruction spread across much of the Douluo Continent.

• Xiling's interference transformed Di Tian’s Heavenly Tribulation into a million-year Godhood Tribulation that threatened the Star Dou Forest and Shrek City.
• Xiling told Di Tian to retreat and summoned Bella, who pinned the tribulation clouds in place with her overwhelming pressure.
• Xiling provoked the suppressed tribulation into striking, then swallowed its lightning with a spatial vortex and redirected it into the Dragon God's Dragon Soul.
• Xiling told the Dragon God that the lightning was repayment for its ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods, leaving the Dragon God unable to refute him.
• The fifth, sixth, and seventh strikes descended, spreading destructive power across the Star Dou Forest, Shrek, and more than half of the Douluo Continent.

Xiling overcame Di Tian’s Nine-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation by compressing and sealing its final lightning strike. He then told the Fierce Beasts to attend a Spirit Pagoda meeting in one month, leaving Xiong Jun fearful that the humans would ambush them.

• Xiling used his spatial power to withstand the ninth Heavenly Tribulation and compress its lightning into a small cube.
• The tribulation clouds dispersed, and Xiling’s six purple-gold Soul Rings re-formed as he reassured Bella that he had only spent some strength.
• Di Tian thanked Xiling for ending the tribulation and felt relieved that he no longer had to suppress himself as before.
• Xiling told Di Tian that the Spirit Pagoda would hold a meeting in one month and asked the Fierce Beasts to attend as Soul Beasts.
• Xiong Jun warned that entering human territory could expose them to an ambush, and Xiling froze him with a glance.