Chapter Summaries

Xiling represented the Skysea Alliance against Shrek Academy in an exhibition match, while Tang Wulin and his classmates watched in shock. After Shrek swiftly defeated six opponents, Xiling faced the remaining seven alone and revealed four violet-gold Soul Rings and a spatial longsword.

• Tang Wulin and the others recognized Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan among Shrek's team and spotted Xiling representing the Skysea Alliance.
• The match began, and Shrek's team used Soul Skills and coordinated attacks to defeat six Skysea Alliance members in about a minute.
• Shrek's leading boy and the fallen Skysea members mocked Xiling and urged him to admit defeat, while Xie Xie trusted his strength.
• Xiling summoned four violet-gold Soul Rings and formed a spatial longsword, filling the arena with spatial pressure.

Xiling revealed four soul rings and used spatial power to make Shrek Academy’s attacks pass through him and rebound against the team. As the injured Shrek students refused to concede, Xiling defended his right to use his abilities and challenged their unwillingness to accept defeat.

• The spectators and Shrek Academy’s seven students were stunned when Xiling revealed that he had four soul rings at age ten.
• Xiling’s spatial ability let Shrek’s attacks pass through him, then redirected them back at the seven students.
• The Shrek students continued attacking, but their own reflected strikes injured them while Xiling strolled through the barrage.
• Xiling told the battered team to admit defeat, but their lead boy demanded that he stop using his soul skill and fight face-to-face.
• Xiling refused, saying his soul skill was part of his strength, and criticized the team for blaming him instead of accepting their loss.

Xiling defeated all seven Shrek students with a single sword strike, ending Shrek Academy’s ten-thousand-year undefeated record. After the match, Wu Zhangkong explained that Shrek’s Outer Court students could become competitors for the Zero Class students’ goal of entering the Inner Court, and Xiling questioned what Shrek’s glory meant to him.

• The Shrek leader challenged Xiling to face the students’ attacks head-on, and Xiling offered to concede if he could withstand one strike from him.
• Xiling’s sword strike shattered the seven students’ defenses, severed their Soul Power circulation, and left them unable to fight; the referee declared the Skysea Alliance the winner.
• Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan celebrated Xiling’s victory, while Gu Yue said she could have defeated the Shrek students too.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the defeated students were Outer Court students and warned that two younger Shrek students were likely designated Inner Court disciples and future competitors.
• Xiling asked Wu Zhangkong what Shrek’s glory meant to him and recounted the Shrek leader’s behavior, leaving Wu Zhangkong doubtful and uncertain whether such an attitude was only a minority case.

After defeating the Shrek team in the exhibition match, Xiling decided to leave Skysea City, while Wu Zhangkong rejected a return to Shrek and Gu Yue prepared to leave Eastsea Academy after the tournament. The chapter ended with Xiling departing and Zero Class reduced from seven members to five.

• The white-haired woman reassured the defeated Shrek students and told them to treat the individual events as experience, then explained to Wu Zhangkong that she had not expected Xiling to compete.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that Xiling was his friend, not his student, and refused to return to Shrek, saying he had no face to see their teacher.
• Xiling told Gu Yue that he missed home and planned to leave the next day; Gu Yue asked him to stay, but he declined.
• The next morning, Xiling informed Wu Zhangkong, watched some matches, and left Skysea City without telling Xie Xie and the others.
• Gu Yue felt reluctant to let Xiling go and applied to withdraw from Eastsea Academy after the tournament, leaving Zero Class with five members.

On the train to Heaven Dou City, Xiling was targeted by Dark Bell, Na Nali, who tried to control him and recruit him into the Holy Spirit Cult. Bella restrained Na Nali, but just as she began to confess, Honkai Energy started consuming her reason.

• Na Nali sat beside Xiling and used the bells at her waist to send a mental attack toward him.
• Na Nali revealed that she recognized Xiling as Heavenly Phoenix Douluo's disciple and tried to make him her servant.
• Bella appeared, seized Na Nali's wrist, and suppressed her Soul Power.
• Xiling revealed that he had never been affected by Na Nali's control and demanded to know why she had attacked him.
• Na Nali tried to evade his questions, but Bella's grip forced her to agree to talk.
• Dark purple patterns spread across Na Nali's skin as her eyes turned red, and Xiling identified the energy consuming her as Honkai Energy.

Xiling extracted the Honkai Energy from Na Nali, raising his Soul Power Level while weakening her from level ninety-eight to level ninety-six. After learning how the Holy Spirit Cult used the energy, he kept Na Nali captive and had her lead him and Bella toward a branch in western Heaven Dou City.

• Xiling absorbed the Honkai Energy tormenting Na Nali, raising his Soul Power Level from forty-one to forty-two and lowering her cultivation to level ninety-six.
• Na Nali revealed that Dark Hummingbird, she, and some Soul Sages and above had come into contact with Honkai Energy, which the Holy Spirit Cult was trying to control.
• Xiling realized that energy assimilated by the Honkai Energy he released fed back into his Void Core, and decided to keep Na Nali alive to locate Holy Spirit Cult branches.
• More than three hours later, Xiling, Bella, and the weakened Na Nali arrived in Heaven Dou City by soul-guided train.
• Xiling ordered Na Nali to lead them to the branch, and she obediently headed toward the western part of the city.

Xiling investigated a secluded Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Heaven Dou City and discovered that everyone inside was an evil soul master. He fought them alone, destroying eight of them while the Soul Sage remained.

• Na Nali led Xiling and Bella to a hidden Holy Spirit Cult tavern in Heaven Dou City.
• Bella released her dragon might, forcing the tavern’s patrons and staff to reveal their evil martial souls.
• Bella took Na Nali away while Xiling stayed behind to test his strength and confront four Soul Kings, four Soul Emperors, and one Soul Sage.
• The Soul Sage and the other evil soul masters attacked Xiling together, but Spatial Folding let him evade their assault.
• Xiling struck back with a sweeping sword light that annihilated the eight evil soul masters other than the Soul Sage.

Xiling killed the evil Soul Masters in a hidden Heaven Dou City stronghold, then cooperated with the authorities while they investigated. Governor Mo Wu thanked him for uncovering the threat, and Xiling treated the deed as a small effort.

• Ghost Shadow burned his life force and martial soul origin to self-destruct, but Xiling shifted him and the blast into the sky, sparing the city below.
• Liu An interrogated Xiling, who explained that he had killed four Soul Kings, four Soul Emperors, and Ghost Shadow after finding the evil Soul Master stronghold.
• An officer verified that Xiling was the personal disciple of Leng Yaozhu, and Liu An asked him to remain until the governor decided how to handle the incident.
• Mo Wu met Xiling, apologized that the Holy Spirit Cult had established a stronghold in his city, and thanked him for eliminating the danger.
• Xiling told Mo Wu that he had simply dealt with the evil Soul Masters because they were everyone's enemies.

Xiling questioned Governor Mo Wu about whether anyone stood behind him, then continued hunting the Holy Spirit Cult’s strongholds in Heaven Dou City without drawing out its powerful members. He decided to use Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua as bait and arrived at the Forging Masters Association, where he met Zhen Hua.

• Xiling told Mo Wu that eliminating the Evil Soul Masters mattered more than his identity or whether someone supported him, then left the governor’s office as Mo Lan arrived.
• Xiling and Na Nali raided more Holy Spirit Cult strongholds, but the powerful Evil Soul Masters stayed hidden while factions across Heaven Dou City watched his actions.
• Na Nali offered to gather the cult members by posing as Dark Bell, but Xiling ignored her proposal and considered using Zhen Hua as bait instead.
• Xiling went to the Forging Masters Association to find Zhen Hua and identified himself as Leng Yaozhu’s disciple to the receptionist.
• Zhen Hua entered the association and introduced himself as its chairman, the continent’s only Divine Craftsman.

Xiling arranged with Zhen Hua to use a forged Heavy Silver teleportation anchor to lure out hidden evil Soul Masters, then headed toward the Far North. That night, he awoke in a void where his Soul Power and Void Core were gone and heard an ethereal female voice address him.

• Xiling explained that he could turn Heavy Silver into a teleportation anchor and asked Zhen Hua to carry it as bait for evil Soul Masters.
• Xiling revealed Bella and the captured Na Nali, convincing Zhen Hua to help draw the hidden evil Soul Masters out of Heaven Dou City.
• Zhen Hua agreed to carry the anchor and act as bait, while Xiling returned to the hotel and planned to travel to the Far North.
• As Xiling slept, his consciousness entered an empty void and discovered that his Soul Power and Void Core had vanished.
• An ethereal female voice spoke to Xiling, saying that it had been a long time.

Xiling encountered Sirin in a collapsing space and woke in tears, suspecting that becoming a Herrscher was meant to turn him into her. As he prepared to leave for the Far North, he ordered Bella to kill Na Nali, but Na Nali revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to capture Xiling and use him to exchange for Leng Yulai, putting his teacher in danger.

• Sirin appeared before Xiling, but vanished as the space collapsed before he could hear what she said.
• Xiling woke in a hotel room crying, saw the Void Core in his hand, and wondered whether losing his humanity as a Herrscher meant becoming Sirin.
• Xiling prepared to set off for the Far North and told Bella to deal with Na Nali, deciding that he could not let her go after the people she had harmed.
• Na Nali pleaded that some evil soul masters had been forced into the Holy Spirit Cult because society rejected them, but Xiling argued that their victims deserved justice too.
• Na Nali revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had sent her to capture Xiling and exchange him for Leng Yulai, and warned that the cult might target his teacher.

Xiling spared Na Nali and assigned her to serve Bella as a maid, then learned the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to capture him and recover the Spacetime Divine Shuttle. Na Nali explained that the cult also intended to use Leng Yulai to pressure Leng Yaozhu, and Xiling asked whether they had prepared another plan.

• Xiling stopped Bella from killing Na Nali and told Bella she could call him Queen.
• Xiling ordered Na Nali to serve Bella as a maid, and Bella accepted the arrangement.
• Xiling realized the Holy Spirit Cult wanted the Spacetime Divine Shuttle and showed it to Na Nali.
• Na Nali explained that the cult planned to trade Xiling for the Spacetime Divine Shuttle and Leng Yulai, then use Leng Yulai to make Leng Yaozhu vulnerable to future pressure.
• Xiling asked Na Nali whether the Holy Spirit Cult had prepared another plan besides capturing him alive.

Xiling sensed that Grandpa Dean was in danger and rushed to the orphanage, saving him and the children from an evil soul master. He confronted the attacker while Na Nali loudly pretended to despise the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving the bewildered man questioning her betrayal.

• Na Nali admitted she did not know the Holy Spirit Cult's next plan, though she began analyzing what its members might do.
• Xiling sensed his spatial mark on Grandpa Dean activate and immediately opened a passage to the orphanage.
• An eight-ringed evil soul master threatened Grandpa Dean and the children after losing three Soul Kings while trying to capture the old man.
• Xiling used spatial power to rescue Grandpa Dean and the children, then appeared before the attacker with Bella and Na Nali.
• The evil soul master asked Na Nali to help capture Grandpa Dean, but Na Nali claimed she hated evil soul masters and demanded his surrender.
• The black-robed man was stunned by Na Nali's words and asked how she could hate evil soul masters after serving as one of the Holy Spirit Cult's Four Heavenly Kings.

Xiling fought a rank eighty-seven black-robed man from the Holy Spirit Cult, who unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar after being suppressed by Xiling’s spatial abilities. Xiling evaded the man’s attacks but struggled to damage him, and the battle left Xiling’s limited Soul Power facing the enemy’s seemingly inexhaustible reserves.

• Na Nali condemned the Holy Spirit Cult and revealed that she now served two great lords, shocking the black-robed man.
• Xiling attacked with Subspace Spears, then restrained the black-robed man with Spatial Imprisonment and struck him with Spatial Strangulation.
• The black-robed man activated his Martial Soul Avatar, dramatically increasing his power and alarming the children, dean, and powerful figures in Eastsea City.
• Xiling used Spatial Folding to evade the man’s punch, but reflected that he could not wield the Void Core’s spatial authority against such a powerful opponent.
• The black-robed man unleashed a barrage of tentacles, forcing Xiling to teleport and use his spears to fend them off until one dissolved his sleeve and began draining his Soul Power.

Xiling used his control over space to trap the black-robed man, who unleashed Honkai Energy and mutated into a Super Douluo-level monster. Xiling destroyed him with countless Subspace Spears, then greeted Wu Zhangkong and absorbed the remaining Honkai Energy.

• Xiling fused his four purple-gold soul rings and froze the battlefield as the black-robed man pursued him.
• The black-robed man released the Honkai Energy inside him, mutating into a monster whose power reached the level of a Super Douluo.
• Xiling invoked Void Realm, summoning tens of thousands of Subspace Spears that tore the monster apart.
• Na Nali watched Xiling absorb the Honkai Energy left behind by the monster.
• Wu Zhangkong, Leng Yaozhu, and other reinforcements arrived, and Xiling greeted Wu Zhangkong as his Soul Power Level rose to the peak of level forty-three.

After killing an evil Soul Master, Xiling discussed the battle with Wu Zhangkong and warned that they might someday become enemies. He returned to the orphanage, checked on the director, and urged him to move to Shrek City, but the director asked him to protect the children instead.

• Xiling dismissed his victory over the evil Soul Master as normal, astonishing the witnesses, while the Spirit Pagoda master left to report what he had seen to Leng Yaozhu.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Gu Yue and the others had withdrawn from the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament and returned to Eastsea City after Xiling and Gu Yue left.
• Xiling asked Wu Zhangkong to tell the others to grow stronger because they might become enemies someday, and Wu Zhangkong agreed to pass on the message.
• Xiling returned to the damaged orphanage, confirmed the director was safe, and asked him to move to the Spirit Pagoda in Shrek City.
• The director refused to leave for his own safety and asked Xiling to settle the orphanage children somewhere safe.

After the Holy Spirit Cult attacked the orphanage, Xiling arranged protection for the children and dean, then set a plan in motion to draw the cult toward him. In Shrek City, he asked Leng Yaozhu for a recommendation to join the Northern Legion, leaving her astonished and questioning his reasons.

• Xiling persuaded the dean to come with him, contacted the Spirit Pagoda and Leng Yaozhu, and warned her that the Holy Spirit Cult might target her younger sister.
• Leng Yaozhu arranged to acquire an orphanage near the Spirit Pagoda and cover its expenses while the children received temporary shelter.
• Xiling asked Na Nali to discreetly reveal that he possessed the Spacetime Divine Shuttle, and Bella agreed to keep watch over her.
• Two days later, Xiling settled the children in Shrek City and brought the dean along, while the dean chose to remain with them.
• At Leng Yaozhu's villa, Xiling asked her to recommend him for enlistment in the Northern Legion; she questioned his sudden decision and pointed out that he did not meet the age requirement.

Xiling agreed to join the Blood God Legion in three months and learned that he had placed seventh on the Young Genius Ranking. While Na Nali spread information about the Spacetime Divine Shuttle to Holy Spirit Cult informants, Leng Yulai arrived at the villa and clashed with her.

• Xiling asked Leng Yaozhu to help him enlist in the Northern Legion, but she recommended the Blood God Legion because it accepted recruits based on strength rather than age.
• Xiling agreed to join the Blood God Legion in three months, saying he wanted to spend more time with Leng Yaozhu before serving for at least five years.
• Leng Yaozhu showed Xiling the updated Young Genius Ranking, where he placed seventh and became its youngest top-ten entrant.
• Over the next three days, Leng Yaozhu gave Xiling a recommendation letter, and Na Nali leaked vague information about the Spacetime Divine Shuttle to Holy Spirit Cult informants.
• Leng Yulai mocked Na Nali's height, and Na Nali retorted by reminding him that he had failed to improve his cultivation and had been defeated by Xiling.

Xiling arranged for Na Nali to teach and protect the children at the orphanage, then told Leng Yaozhu he was leaving Shrek City to draw out the Holy Spirit Cult. After traveling more than a hundred kilometers by Soul Train, he used the Spacetime Divine Shuttle and brought the train to a sudden halt.

• Leng Yulai left after Na Nali pointed out that her predicament was her own fault.
• Xiling promised Na Nali restored cultivation and four-word Battle Armor if she taught at the orphanage and protected the children, then gave her a contract and five years of salary in advance.
• Xiling considered founding a faction called Honkai Academy, and Leng Yulai returned and challenged him over his unequal treatment of her and Na Nali.
• Xiling told Leng Yaozhu he would leave for a few days and asked her to watch over the orphanage and home while he drew out the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Two days later, Xiling boarded a Soul Train out of Shrek City and activated the Spacetime Divine Shuttle, causing the sky to darken and the train to stop abruptly.

Xiling lured Ghost Emperor away from the train and faced him while waiting for Bella to emerge. Bella blocked Ghost Emperor’s attacks and promised to defeat him within a hundred moves, then protected Xiling from his ghostfire.

• Xiling watched the train resume its journey, confirmed Ghost Emperor had come for the Spacetime Divine Shuttle, and challenged him.
• Ghost Emperor attacked Xiling with a killing blow, but spatial ripples stopped his hand just before it reached him.
• Bella emerged from the void and struck Ghost Emperor with an icy punch that sent him flying and chilled his Battle Armor.
• Xiling asked how long Bella would need to kill Ghost Emperor, and Bella answered that she could do it within a hundred moves without exceeding this world’s limits.
• Ghost Emperor summoned a giant skull that unleashed green ghostfire, but Bella’s spatial barrier kept the flames from reaching her or Xiling.