Chapter Summaries

Xiling earned 487,200 merits in the abyssal tide and joined the Blood God Camp as an external member, while Long Yuxue advanced to major and became deputy director of the Special Operations Department. Two years later, after defending against three more tides and reaching level fifty, Xiling suspected Tang Hao or the plane consciousness had been suppressing his cultivation.

• Xiling received 487,200 merits for the battle, and the colonel discovered that he was an external member of the Blood God Camp.
• Xiling told Long Yuxue that they were equal despite his new status, then visited the Blood God Camp and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
• Over the next two years, Xiling rescued soldiers during three abyssal tides, thwarted attacks by abyssal emperors and the Lord of the Abyss, and rose to colonel.
• Xiling gave away most of his merits, while Long Yuxue used hers to become a major and deputy director of the Special Operations Department.
• Xiling reached level fifty after two years of slow cultivation and suspected that Tang Hao or the plane consciousness was targeting him.
• Xiling considered using Herrscher transformation to destroy Tang Hao, the plane consciousness, and perhaps the God Realm, but felt resistance at the thought.

Xiling was summoned to the Blood God Camp and awarded the rank of major general, but he had to defeat Blood Nine to accept it. Their battle began with Xiling overwhelming Blood Nine’s Sluggish Domain, and Blood Nine moved to deflect Xiling’s Subspace Spear.

• Cao Dezhi summoned Xiling to the Blood God Camp, where Zhang Huanyun and the Blood Gods were waiting.
• Cao Dezhi announced that Xiling had been awarded the rank of major general, and pinned the new insignia onto his shoulders.
• Zhang Huanyun told Xiling that he had to defeat Blood Nine to prove he could accept the rank.
• Blood Nine revealed his Titled Douluo strength and Battle Armor, while Xiling’s five enhancement soul rings pushed his aura close to a Super Douluo’s.
• Xiling’s spatial domain forced back Blood Nine’s Sluggish Domain, and a Subspace Spear appeared before Blood Nine.
• Blood Nine raised his Snake Lance to deflect the Subspace Spear.

Xiling battled Blood Nine, using spatial powers to overwhelm him despite Blood Nine’s Battle Armor and Martial Soul Avatar. Blood Nine was left unable to resist as Xiling pinned him in the air with a relentless barrage of punches.

• Blood Nine broke free of Xiling’s Spatial Imprisonment by unleashing his sixth soul skill and knocking the Subspace Spear aside.
• Xiling froze and shattered Blood Nine’s python attack, then sent the Subspace Spear at him again.
• Blood Nine activated his Martial Soul Avatar and caught the spear in his jaws, but its spatial power corroded his body before he threw it off course.
• Xiling closed in and struck Blood Nine’s giant python form with a series of Spatial Tremor punches, preventing him from counterattacking.
• Blood Eight and Blood Seven watched in shock as Xiling battered Blood Nine without giving him a chance to recover.

Xiling defeated Blood Nine in a spar and was promoted to major general. He confronted the Plane Spirit about his slowed cultivation, learning that Tang Hao held most of the stolen plane authority and that whoever was suppressing Xiling’s cultivation came from beyond the Douluo Plane.

• Xiling defeated Blood Nine, then caught him safely as he fell and accepted his opponent’s admission of defeat.
• Xiling returned to the dormitory and met Long Yuxue, who noticed his new major general rank but ran off without explaining why she had come.
• Xiling prepared to merge his ten soul rings, and a strange disturbance in the sky preceded the Plane Spirit’s arrival.
• Xiling demanded an explanation for his cultivation slowing, and the Plane Spirit denied causing it.
• The Plane Spirit explained that Xiling’s power had sealed Tang Hao and was helping reclaim the plane authority Tang Hao stole, but killing him could leave Douluo Star vulnerable to the Abyssal Plane.
• The Plane Spirit said that whoever suppressed Xiling’s cultivation had to be far above it and could not be from the Douluo Plane.

After four years in the Blood God Legion, Xiling left early and returned to Shrek City, where someone at the orphanage recognized him. His departure left Long Yuxue with a gift and an unspoken farewell, while Zhang Huanyun gave him an invitation to lecture at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

• Xiling recovered the sealed Honkai Energy from the plane spirit and dismissed it.
• Two years later, Xiling told Long Yuxue he was leaving the Blood God Legion and gave her a protective pufferfish necklace; she accepted it as a friend.
• Zhang Huanyun gave Xiling an invitation to lecture at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and Xiling agreed to visit.
• Long Yuxue watched Xiling leave without giving him the jade pendant she had prepared, while Long Tianwu encouraged her to seize the opportunity.
• Xiling used a spatial passage to reach Shrek City and visited the orphanage, where a light-gray figure recognized him and called him "Queen!"

Xiling reunited with Bella and visited the orphanage, where he discovered Na Nali caring for the children and promised her a Four-Word Battle Armor. He and Bella then went to the Spirit Pagoda and entered Leng Yaozhu’s office, where a silver-haired figure was waiting.

• Bella greeted Xiling warmly, and the two headed to the orphanage to visit the children and Grandpa Director.
• Xiling saw Na Nali watching over the children and offered to arrange a Four-Word Battle Armor for her.
• Na Nali returned to caring for the children, while Xiling and Bella visited Grandpa Director and then left for the Spirit Pagoda.
• The gatekeepers recognized Bella and let her and Xiling pass through the Spirit Pagoda without obstruction.
• Xiling and Bella entered Leng Yaozhu’s office and found a silver-haired figure standing before her.

Xiling returned to the Spirit Pagoda after ending his Blood God Legion service early, where Bella immediately confronted Gu Yue for embracing him. He told Leng Yaozhu he planned to teach at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy the next day.

• Xiling returned to Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue after ending his military service early, and Gu Yue rushed to embrace him.
• Bella sent Gu Yue flying into a wall, then explained that she attacked because she did not like seeing Gu Yue hug Xiling.
• Xiling, Bella, Gu Yue, and Leng Yaozhu sat together, and Xiling explained that his progress in the Blood God Legion had stalled.
• Leng Yaozhu recalled Xiling's record-setting achievements and his rise in the soul master rankings.
• Xiling told Leng Yaozhu that he would visit the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy the next day to teach its students.

Xiling agreed to visit Shrek Academy with Gu Yue, but took her to Heaven Dou City to ask Zhen Hua to forge Heavenforged metals for a friend’s four-word Battle Armor. After Zhen Hua agreed, Xiling and Gu Yue left for Mingdu, while Na’er continued cultivating at Shrek Academy.

• Gu Yue persuaded Xiling to travel with her and discouraged him from visiting Na'er, who was cultivating in seclusion at rank forty-five.
• The next morning, Xiling used spatial teleportation to take Gu Yue to Heaven Dou City, explaining that he needed Zhen Hua to forge metals for a woman’s four-word Battle Armor.
• Gu Yue questioned Xiling about the woman, then relaxed after he explained the circumstances behind his promise to help her.
• Xiling asked whether the Dragon God's Nine Trials required Gu Yue and Na'er to fuse their bloodlines, and promised to intervene if the trials demanded anything unreasonable.
• Xiling and Gu Yue met Zhen Hua, who agreed to forge the metals when Xiling’s friend came to participate; Zhen Hua had become more willing to help after Bella protected him from evil soul masters.

Xiling and Gu Yue met Tang Wulin and the others outside the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy in Mingdu. After Xiling explained why he had warned them they might become enemies, the group learned their future was uncertain and that he had meant to encourage them.

• Xiling and Gu Yue arrived at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where they encountered Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Wu Zhangkong.
• Xie Xie asked why Xiling had turned back into a man, and Xiling kicked him hard enough to send him flying.
• Xiling recognized that the group had come to challenge the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy as their final exam.
• Tang Wulin asked what Xiling had meant when he warned that they might become enemies, and Wu Zhangkong explained that several of them had chosen Shrek Academy to see Xiling.
• Xiling said their positions and beliefs might put them on opposing sides someday, but that the future was uncertain and his warning had been meant to revive their fighting spirit.

Xiling escorted Tang Wulin and the others into the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where the staff treated him as a figure of extraordinary standing. He announced that he would be their final exam opponent, leaving the students to face a battle against someone far stronger than themselves.

• Xiling rebuked Tang Wulin and the others for provoking rival academies and urged them to behave with the bearing expected of Shrek Academy.
• Xiling used a special invitation to open the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's gates, and a blond middle-aged man hurried out to welcome him as Your Excellency.
• The Shrek students realized the academy's staff believed Xiling was an exceptional powerhouse and wondered whether he had reached Title Douluo at not yet fifteen.
• Xiling encouraged the students to regain their confidence and said he would be their final exam opponent so he could judge their progress.
• Wu Zhangkong said the students did not have to defeat Xiling but had to give everything they had to earn full marks.

Xiling arranged a demonstration match at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where Tang Wulin, his friends, and Gu Yue were due to face him. Before that match began, Xiling agreed to fight six of the academy’s strongest young students, and his overwhelming pressure immediately stunned the arena.

• The blond middle-aged man agreed to arrange a combat venue after Xiling explained that Tang Wulin and the others were Shrek Academy students taking a final exam.
• Xiling ordered Gu Yue to join Tang Wulin and the others, and she reluctantly agreed.
• The group traveled to the Great Soul Arena, where the blond middle-aged man asked Xiling to fight Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s students first.
• Xiling entered the arena before nearly ten thousand students and introduced himself as a Rank 62 all-round Battle Soul Emperor.
• Xiling released six purple-gold Soul Rings, unleashing pressure that left everyone except Titled Douluo-level powerhouses struggling to breathe.

Xiling demonstrated the overwhelming gap between himself and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s six top students in the Great Soul Arena. After Long Chen and the others refused to surrender, Xiling defeated their opening attacks with ease.

• The six students struggled under Xiling’s pressure, while the academy elders discussed his immense potential and their hope of leaving a good impression on him.
• Xiling withdrew his pressure and invited Long Chen and the others to admit defeat, but Long Chen refused to surrender without fighting.
• Long Chen attacked with his Bright Sacred Dragon abilities, but Xiling’s light finger tap broke his enhancement and sent him crashing into the spectator stands.
• You Dingqi, Jian Mochen, and Kuang Zhantian attacked Xiling together, but his shockwave sent their weapons flying and knocked them down.

Xiling effortlessly defeated the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s remaining fighters, then began a match against Gu Yue and the Shrek Academy team. The chapter leaves the match just starting, as the team reveals its Soul Ring configurations and Gu Yue’s five black rings shock the audience.

• Xiling urged Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and they transformed into the Ice and Snow Goddess.
• The Ice and Snow Goddess’s sword attack failed against Xiling, who redirected her strike and gently lowered the defeated women and their teammates to the ground.
• The three-word Battle Armor Master praised the students’ courage, announced Xiling’s special lesson, and declared the match between Shrek Academy and Xiling.
• Gu Yue and five others entered the arena, and Xiling told them to give their best before moving a hundred meters away.
• Tang Wulin and the others revealed their Soul Rings, and Gu Yue’s five black rings astonished the audience and Xie Xie.

Xiling tested Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Lizhi in a team battle, quickly eliminating the two support fighters before facing the remaining four. He used spatial distortion to twist their coordinated assault, leaving the outcome of their attacks unresolved.

• Gu Yue revealed five black soul rings, and Xiling praised her before ordering the six students to attack him for their final exam.
• Xu Lizhi boosted the team with steamed buns while Tang Wulin spread his Blue Silver Domain and the group launched their opening control attack.
• Xiling dodged Xu Xiaoyan's control skills, tossed her out of the arena, and then sent Xu Lizhi flying out as well.
• Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie combined their attacks against Xiling from every direction.
• Xiling twisted space across the arena, deflecting the four students' attacks as Tang Wulin realized the danger too late.

Xiling tested Tang Wulin’s team by using chaotic space to turn their attacks against each other, then punished Xie Xie for teasing him. The test ended with Xie Xie bruised and complaining while the audience laughed.

• Xiling used chaotic space to redirect the team’s attacks, injuring Ye Xinglan and Tang Wulin and exposing the group’s slow reactions.
• Xiling ended the test and told the team their coordination was decent but they needed to improve their ability to adapt.
• Gu Yue and Xie Xie questioned why Xiling had ended the test so quickly, and Xie Xie’s teasing prompted Xiling to teach him a lesson.
• Xiling used spatial power to restrain Xie Xie and gave him several controlled blows, leaving him bruised and battered.
• Xie Xie admitted that Xiling had not changed, then complained that Xiling had denied him any dignity in front of the audience.

After teaching at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Xiling graded his friends’ final exams during the trip back to Shrek City. He returned them through a spatial passage and claimed he was the strongest in the world, but they dismissed it as a joke.

• Xiling taught Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy students about cultivation, Soul Masters, and choosing Soul Spirits for weak martial souls.
• Gu Yue teased Xiling during the ride back, while Wu Zhangkong asked him to grade the students’ final exams.
• Xiling jokingly said everyone but Xie Xie received full marks, then ultimately gave Xie Xie full marks as well.
• Xiling opened a spatial passage that brought the group directly to Shrek City.
• When Xie Xie asked about Xiling’s strength, Xiling said he was only a Soul Emperor and claimed he was the strongest in the world, which the others took as a joke.

Gu Yue took Xiling to the Star Dou Forest, where they discussed her duty as the soul beast ruler and what she would do if he ever opposed the race’s revival. Their conversation was interrupted when Di Tian and the other great fierce beasts appeared, wary of Xiling and shaken by the truth Gu Yue had revealed about the Dragon God.

• Gu Yue led Xiling to the Star Dou Forest instead of the Spirit Pagoda and admitted that she resented humanity’s destruction of soul beast lands.
• Gu Yue thanked Xiling for revealing the Dragon race’s history and helping her gain the Dragon God’s Heart and Nine Trials, then promised the soul beasts would aid him.
• Xiling warned Gu Yue that she might one day have to choose between him and her people, and urged her to listen to the soul beasts rather than let love govern her decisions.
• Xiling told Gu Yue he hoped she would raise her spear against him if he became an obstacle to the soul beast race’s revival.
• Di Tian, Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji appeared and knelt before Gu Yue, while Di Tian regarded Xiling with suspicion.
• Di Tian remained shaken by Gu Yue’s revelation that the Dragon God had devised the plan that destroyed the soul beast race.

Xiling visited Gu Yue at the Lake of Life and learned that she was teaching Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts human knowledge so they could develop Battle Armor. He advised her to use her human connections to help them study, and the chapter ended with Gu Yue kissing him and secretly taking a photo while the beasts pretended not to notice.

• Gu Yue led Xiling to the Lake of Life, where he saw the stone houses she had prepared for Di Tian and the others to study the four secondary professions.
• Gu Yue explained that she wanted soul beasts to learn human knowledge and develop Battle Armor so they could negotiate with humanity as equals.
• Xiling suggested that Di Tian and the others study in the human world and that Gu Yue use her connections, including a reclusive clan, to reduce the risks.
• Gu Yue embraced and kissed Xiling in front of Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Myriad Demon King, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji, then revealed that she had taken a photo of them.
• When Gu Yue asked whether the ferocious beasts had seen anything, Xiong Jun and the others claimed they had been admiring the moonlight despite the sun shining overhead.

Gu Yue teased Na'er with a photo of her and Xiling, then the group met Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui for a meal after exams. Xiling learned Xie Xie liked Yuanen and gave her a golden gemstone, urging her to uncover the truth about her past.

• Gu Yue sent Na'er a photo and provocative message about Xiling, prompting Na'er to crush her soul communicator in anger.
• Five days later, Shen Yi announced the holiday, and Xie Xie introduced Xiling and Gu Yue to Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu at a restaurant.
• Yue Zhengyu revealed that Xiling ranked seventy-first on the Federation Wind and Cloud Ranking and was the Federation's youngest major general.
• The group discussed their holiday plans, and Yuanen Yehui said she had no home and would stay at the academy.
• Xiling privately confirmed that Xie Xie liked Yuanen, then gave Yuanen a golden gemstone and told her to crush it if she discovered the truth.

Xiling hinted that Yuan En Yehui needed to uncover a hidden truth, then agreed to help Xu Xiaoyan become stronger. He traveled to Heaven Dou City with Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Na Nali, learning that Tang Wulin planned to meet Zi Xin there.

• Xiling gave Yuan En Yehui a golden gemstone and urged her to discover the truth for herself; she left after saying she understood.
• Xiling prompted Xie Xie to chase after Yuan En Yehui, then reassured Tang Wulin that she needed time to think.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked to cultivate with Xiling so she could become stronger, and he agreed to take her to Heaven Dou City.
• Xiling brought Na Nali from the orphanage and traveled to the high-speed rail station with Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin; Gu Yue stayed behind to deal with Na'er.
• On the train, Tang Wulin told Xiling he was going to meet Zi Xin in Heaven Dou City.