Chapter Summaries

After agreeing to return in two years to prove the Soul Spirit Method to Di Tian, Lin Yan left the Star Dou Great Forest with Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast. In his Spiritual Sea, he reconciled the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon, then persuaded Desolate Heaven to become his willing partner by revealing his Divine Trial.

• Lin Yan and Di Tian agreed that Lin Yan would return in two years to condense his seventh Spirit Ring with the Wild Thunder Dragon Soul Spirit before Di Tian.
• Lin Yan asked Scarlet King to walk with him through the Core Zone, where the Auspicious Beast questioned him about the Soul Spirit Method and Xiong Jun appeared before leaving after Scarlet King explained Lin Yan's purpose.
• Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast escorted Lin Yan to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lin Yan later entered the Divine Trial Grounds to meditate in his Spiritual Sea.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon and challenged him, but Lin Yan stopped them and persuaded both Soul Spirits to set aside their grudge.
• Lin Yan showed Desolate Heaven the Thunder God's inheritance artifact and Divine Trial Grounds, convincing him that they could seek immortality together as partners.
• Lin Yan introduced Desolate Heaven to Electrolux and explained that Electrolux had created the Soul Spirit Method and had once reached the level of gods.

Lin Yan learned that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could grant him an ice Martial Soul Slot, but he asked Electrolux to investigate transferring it to someone else. After reuniting with Jiang Nannan, Lin Yan accompanied her and her mother to Profound Water City, where they arrived at Jiang Nannan’s home and she went with Lin Yan to buy supplies.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered Lin Yan an ice Martial Soul Slot, but Lin Yan explained that he already had three Martial Souls and asked whether the slot could be transferred to someone close to him.
• Electrolux agreed to study whether the soul-bound Martial Soul Slot could be transferred.
• Lin Yan flew toward Shrek Academy and met Jiang Nannan and her mother on the road, then offered to accompany them to Jiang Nannan’s hometown.
• Lin Yan and Jiang Nannan spent the night together at a camp, where he told her he was at Soul Power Level sixty-four and acknowledged that he had another girlfriend.
• After eight days of travel, Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, and her mother reached Profound Water City and returned to Jiang Nannan’s home.
• Jiang Nannan’s mother asked her to take Lin Yan around the city to buy daily necessities, and Jiang Nannan left with him.

Jiang Nannan took Lin Yan to visit her former teacher, Huang Ling, at Starlight Junior Soul Master Academy, where she revealed her Soul Ancestor cultivation and Lin Yan revealed he was a Soul Emperor. The next day, Li Yao brought his parents to propose to Jiang Nannan, but she rejected him, and Lin Yan stepped in when the family tried to pressure her.

• Jiang Nannan brought Lin Yan to Starlight Junior Soul Master Academy and reunited with her former teacher, Huang Ling, who welcomed them inside.
• At the academy's exchange competition, Jiang Nannan told Huang Ling she was a Soul Ancestor, Lin Yan revealed he was a Soul Emperor, and Jiang Nannan defeated her opponent in the teachers' matches.
• The next day, Li Yao and his parents arrived at Jiang Nannan's home to propose, but Jiang Nannan firmly rejected him.
• Father Li and Mother Li pressured Jiang Nannan to accept the proposal, so Lin Yan came out and warned the Li family to leave before they humiliated themselves.

Lin Yan defended Jiang Nannan from Li Yao and his family, defeating Li Yao and his Soul Emperor father before the Li Clan returned to apologize. After the memorial for Jiang Nannan’s father, Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, and her mother set out for Shrek City.

• Lin Yan declared himself Jiang Nannan’s boyfriend, rejected Li Yao, and defeated him with a kick after Li Yao attacked.
• Li Yao’s father charged at Lin Yan, but Lin Yan’s Sovereign Over All punch knocked him unconscious, and Lin Yan warned the family not to provoke him again.
• When Li Yao’s family returned with Li Pingtian and another Soul Sage, Li Pingtian apologized, and Lin Yan agreed to let the matter pass.
• Lin Yan accompanied Jiang Nannan and her mother to memorialize Jiang Nannan’s father the next day.
• Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, and her mother packed their belongings and departed Profound Water City for Shrek City.

Lin Yan and his group were ambushed at night by Li Pingtian and the Li Clan, who sought to kill him and seize his treasures. Lin Yan revealed his two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and overwhelming abilities, killing the attackers until only two Soul Sages remained, then erased Li Pingtian with Wild Dragon Bagua.

• Lin Yan sensed the approaching killers and warned Jiang Nannan that the Li Clan had caught up with them.
• Li Pingtian led eleven Soul Masters in an attack, and Lin Yan killed two Soul Kings with his Heavenly Dragon Golden Body.
• Lin Yan revealed his two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and sent the Wild Thunder Dragon to kill the Soul Emperor and two Soul Kings threatening Jiang Nannan and her mother.
• Lin Yan used Desolate Heaven Power and other enhancements to tear through the attackers, while Li Pingtian transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar and was blasted back.
• The second Soul Sage ambushed Lin Yan but failed to seriously injure him, and Lin Yan trapped the survivors with Lightning Forest and killed the remaining Soul Kings and Soul Emperor.
• Li Pingtian broke free and charged Lin Yan, but Lin Yan struck him with Wild Dragon Bagua and made him vanish.

Lin Yan killed the remaining attackers, recovered a Spirit Bone, and escorted Jiang Nannan and her mother safely back to Shrek City. After suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, he reunited with Zhang Lexuan and revealed his Soul Spirit method, explaining that it came from the Thunder God Legacy.

• Lin Yan used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to collect Li Pingtian’s fire-attribute Spirit Bone, then killed the Crow Soul Sage with Wild Thunder Dragon Fist.
• Lin Yan led Jiang Nannan and her mother away from the battlefield, recovered his Soul Power, confirmed his fifth and sixth Spirit Rings were Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and explained Soul Spirits to Jiang Nannan.
• Lin Yan returned to Shrek City and suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with the Three Thousand Buddha Kingdoms Domain.
• Ma Xiaotao learned that Lin Yan had two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, but he declined to explain how he obtained them.
• Zhang Lexuan welcomed Lin Yan home, learned that his sixth Spirit Ring was also a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and heard his account of Soul Spirits and the Thunder God Legacy.

After surviving the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Yan discussed Soul Spirits and his dangerous Space-Movement Left Leg Bone with Mu En, then spent three months cultivating in Sea God Pavilion to comprehend Spatial Power. As the semester ended, Electrolux found a way to transfer Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s ice-attribute Martial Soul Slot, and Lin Yan secured Tian Meng’s reluctant agreement.

• Zhang Lexuan warned Lin Yan not to enter the Star Dou Great Forest alone again, and Lin Yan promised to be more careful.
• Lin Yan told Mu En about Soul Spirits and summoned the Wild Thunder Dragon, which recognized Mu En from an encounter 180 years earlier.
• Lin Yan asked Mu En how to control the Space-Movement Left Leg Bone, and Mu En explained that the Devouring Space Beast Spirit Bone could help him comprehend Spatial Power.
• Mu En arranged for Lin Yan to stay in Sea God Pavilion and use the Golden Ancient Tree’s power to cultivate; after three months, Lin Yan had made only partial progress.
• Electrolux told Lin Yan he had found a way to transfer Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s ice-attribute Martial Soul Slot without causing lasting harm.
• Lin Yan assured Tian Meng that he would not force the transfer, and Tian Meng finally agreed to the procedure.

Lin Yan chose Ning Tian to receive Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s transferable empty Martial Soul Slot, giving her the chance to gain a second Martial Soul. With Electrolux’s help, Lin Yan completed the risky transfer in the Divine Trial Grounds, and Ning Tian was left unconscious but safe.

• Lin Yan found Ning Tian and Wu Feng during the Outer Court holiday and brought them to a hotel, where he explained that he planned to give Ning Tian a transferable Martial Soul.
• Ning Tian hesitated to accept the precious gift, but Lin Yan persuaded her that it would help protect her as a Support-Type Soul Master, and she agreed to undergo the transfer.
• Lin Yan brought the girls to the Divine Trial Grounds and asked Wu Feng to wait at a safe distance while he and Electrolux began the procedure.
• Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unsealed and split part of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s soul origin, then sealed the original and transferred portion.
• Lin Yan used the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul to transfer the soul origin into Ning Tian, and the procedure succeeded, making her a Twin Martial Soul Soul Master.
• Ning Tian fell unconscious, Lin Yan rested after checking on Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and he later took the girls back to the hotel.

Lin Yan gave Wu Feng a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone that raised her Soul Power to level thirty, then confirmed that Ning Tian had awakened an ice-attribute Second Martial Soul and an Eight-Treasure Glazed Pagoda. Ning Tian and Wu Feng left Shrek City, and Lin Yan saw Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao off as they departed for a Spirit Ring and Nine Treasure City.

• Lin Yan explained why Ning Tian received the ice-attribute Martial Soul Slot and gave Wu Feng a Scarlet Flame Armor Dragon Right Arm Bone.
• Wu Feng absorbed the Spirit Bone, strengthened her Red Dragon Martial Soul, and rose from level twenty-eight to level thirty.
• Ning Tian woke and learned that her Second Martial Soul could develop according to the first Spirit Ring she absorbed.
• Ning Tian summoned her evolved Eight-Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and Lin Yan said he would help her reach the legendary Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng left Shrek City with a Nine Treasure Glazed Sect expert, while Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao prepared to travel for Huo Yuhao's Spirit Ring and visit Nine Treasure City.

Lin Yan made a breakthrough in controlling Spatial Power and returned to Shrek Academy, where he learned he would captain the academy’s team in the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. The Inner Court began selecting the official team, and Xixi won the agility-attack position.

• Lin Yan used the Space-Movement Left Leg Bone to draw on Spatial Power and learned to roughly control the direction of his Space Movement.
• Lin Yan encountered Wang Dong and the War King Douluo, resisted the Douluo’s pressure, and revealed that Mu En was his teacher before leaving safely.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lin Yan that the tournament was approaching and that Yan Shaozhe wanted to see him about the team.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Lin Yan to captain Shrek Academy’s team, and Lin Yan agreed before joining him and Zhang Lexuan at the Inner Court Soul Fighting Arena.
• Cai Meier told Yan Shaozhe that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng had qualified, while Xixi won the agility-attack position in the ongoing selection.

Shrek Academy’s seven official tournament members began their first team training session, with Xuan Zi ordering six of them to fight Lin Yan at once. Lin Yan overwhelmed their opening attacks and reflected Ma Xiaotao’s strongest strike back at her, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi addressed the seven selected members, and Xuan Zi called for them to train their coordination in team battles.
• Xuan Zi challenged Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Ling Luochen, Xixi, and Gongyang Mo to face Lin Yan six against one.
• Lin Yan revealed two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, cut through the team’s opening attacks, and sent Dai Yueheng flying with a single mace strike.
• Ma Xiaotao engulfed Lin Yan in Phoenix Evil Fire while Chen Zifeng followed with a sword attack, but Lin Yan emerged unharmed and struck back at Chen Zifeng.
• Xixi rescued Chen Zifeng from Lin Yan’s golden dragon attack, and Ma Xiaotao launched Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike.
• Lin Yan used Counterattack Hammer to reflect Ma Xiaotao’s attack back toward her at increased strength.

Lin Yan dominated a match against the Inner Court team, then joined them in Xuan Zi’s punishment before meeting the newly selected reserve team. The reserve lineup included Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, and the group began introductions ahead of their departure for the tournament.

• Lin Yan defeated Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Xixi, then ended the match when Xuan Zi declared him the winner.
• Gongyang Mo’s remark about Lin Yan winning the tournament alone angered Xuan Zi, who doubled the losing team’s punishment and made Lin Yan share it for lacking team spirit.
• After five days of training, Xuan Zi told Dai Yueheng that his younger brother had failed to make the reserve team despite possessing the Hell White Tiger fusion skill.
• Lin Yan and the official team met the reserve members, whose lineup included Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng instead of Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and He Caitou.
• Xuan Zi told both teams to learn one another’s abilities before leaving the next day, and the reserve members began introducing themselves with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya.

Lin Yan and Shrek’s official and reserve teams gathered, introduced themselves, and prepared to travel to the Ming Dou Mountain Range. After reaching the area, they received intelligence about the Death's Hand Bandit Group and readied their mission to eliminate it.

• The reserve team members and Inner Court students introduced themselves, and Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Yueheng while privately resolving to hide his identity until he could challenge the White Tiger Clan.
• Xuan Zi arranged a friendly match between teams led by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, with Lin Yan serving as referee.
• The next morning, Lin Yan said goodbye to Zhang Lexuan, met Ling Luochen, and joined the official team at the Outer Court gathering point.
• Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Inspection Corps to the reserve team, who all chose to join and accepted a mission to eliminate the Death's Hand Bandit Group.
• The group reached the Ming Dou Mountain Range, obtained intelligence from the Star Luo Empire's Western Army Group, and prepared to begin the operation.

Lin Yan led the Shrek Inspection Corps into the Ming Dou Mountain Range to attack the Death's Hand Bandit Group, but their assault uncovered an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo. The enemy wounded Chen Zifeng and Xixi and drove the group into a desperate fight, while Lin Yan's Buddhist domain forced a strange infant-like red spirit to retreat.

• Lin Yan took command of the team, tracked the Death's Hand Bandit Group to its cave, and killed the guards at the entrance.
• Lin Yan warned the others that corpses could be used against them, so Ma Xiaotao burned the bodies as the group fought through the bandits.
• Lin Yan and the others defeated the bandits in the cavern, but more enemies poured in from the surrounding passages.
• An Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo surrounded the team with blood-red ghosts, and Lin Yan ordered everyone to retreat while they fought to hold their ground.
• The enemy's red light severed Chen Zifeng's right arm and pierced Xixi's abdomen, then knocked Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng aside.
• Lin Yan activated his Heavenly Dragon Golden Body and Three Thousand Buddha Realms, driving the red light away and revealing it as an infant-like spirit.

Lin Yan and the Shrek team faced Blood Infant, an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo, whose attack badly injured four official team members before Xuan Zi arrived and captured him. Lin Yan saved the injured students’ lives and asked that Blood Infant be kept alive, leaving his reasons unexplained.

• Lin Yan used Golden Tree Realm Descends to protect the injured students as Blood Infant revealed himself as an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo.
• Xuan Zi arrived, drove back Blood Infant’s vicious ghosts, and pursued him after Lin Yan urged him to capture the enemy alive.
• Lin Yan used Life’s Blade and his Great Buddha Martial Soul to heal the team’s physical wounds and purge evil energy, but their soul injuries remained; Chen Zifeng could not regrow his lost arm.
• Lin Yan searched the caves, cleared out most of the remaining stragglers, and returned to find that Death God’s Envoy had likely escaped.
• Xuan Zi returned with Blood Infant captured, explained the rare Blood Infant Martial Soul, and questioned Lin Yan about why he wanted the enemy kept alive.

Lin Yan convinced Xuan Zi to hand over the captured Blood Infant Douluo, using Xiao Jiu to suppress him and hoping to strengthen his Golden Body by purifying him. After Xuan Zi took the injured Shrek students back to the academy, Mu En warned that Evil Soul Masters might be gathering into a hidden force; Lin Yan and the remaining team reached Star Luo City for the tournament.

• Lin Yan revealed his god-inheritor status to Xuan Zi and demonstrated that Xiao Jiu could restrain the Blood Infant Douluo, earning permission to keep the prisoner.
• Xuan Zi took Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Xixi, and Chen Zifeng back to Shrek Academy; healers said the three soul injuries would recover, but Chen Zifeng's lost arm would weaken his swordsmanship.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that two recent encounters with Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos suggested a hidden force was active, and ordered the academy's intelligence network to watch them closely.
• Mu En decided not to add replacements to the tournament team, trusting Lin Yan to lead Shrek Academy's remaining competitors.
• After three days of travel, Lin Yan and the other ten survivors arrived in Star Luo City one day before registration closed and received Shrek Academy's top-floor accommodations.

Lin Yan told Shrek Academy’s team that he planned to compete alone in the tournament, and the others agreed to support him. After Jiang Nannan asked about Ning Tian and Wu Feng, she and Lin Yan spent the night together; the chapter ended with Tang Ya catching Jiang Nannan leaving Lin Yan’s room the next morning.

• Lin Yan announced that he intended to represent Shrek Academy alone and win the tournament, and the team members supported his plan.
• At the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s meeting, Xiao Hongchen urged the students to defeat Shrek, while Meng Hongchen privately wondered whether Lin Yan would compete.
• Jiang Nannan visited Lin Yan and asked about Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and Lin Yan explained his family’s hope that he would marry Ning Tian.
• Jiang Nannan asked to stay the night with Lin Yan, and the two became intimate.
• Lin Yan healed Jiang Nannan the next morning, and she decided to attend his matches.
• Tang Ya found Jiang Nannan outside Lin Yan’s room and began to suspect what had happened.

Lin Yan and the Shrek Team arrived at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, where Meng Hongchen recognized him as a Shrek student. Lin Yan chose to face the Tianling Team alone in the opening elimination match, and the opponents resolved to seize the chance to defeat Shrek.

• Jiang Nannan denied Tang Ya's suspicions about spending the night in Lin Yan's room, while Tang Ya later failed to appear with the team and Bei Bei claimed she was sick.
• At Star Luo Square, Meng Hongchen recognized Lin Yan among the Shrek Team members but decided to wait before confronting him.
• The tournament opened with Shrek Academy matched against the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy Team in a single-elimination seven-versus-seven battle.
• Lin Yan stepped onto the platform alone and told the referee he could defeat the Tianling Team without help.
• The Tianling Team grew angry at Shrek's apparent contempt, then saw an opportunity to make history by eliminating Shrek through defeating Lin Yan.

Lin Yan fought Tianling Team alone in the tournament’s first-round elimination match and defeated them without using his Martial Soul. After Shrek Team advanced, he returned to the Star Emperor Hotel and entered the Divine Trial Grounds to begin delivering Blood Infant Douluo.

• Xu Jiawei learned that Shrek Academy had registered only ten students, and the tournament began with Lin Yan facing Tianling Team alone.
• Lin Yan deflected the captain’s Soul Skill and knocked him unconscious with a single knee strike.
• Lin Yan dodged Tianling Team’s ranged attacks, used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to enter their formation, and defeated the other six fighters.
• Tianling Team’s remaining Support-Type Soul Master surrendered, and the referee declared Shrek Team the winner.
• Lin Yan left Star Luo Square, returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, and entered the Divine Trial Grounds to deliver Blood Infant Douluo.

Lin Yan repeatedly purified Blood Infant Douluo in the Divine Trial Grounds, weakening him from a Titled Douluo to a Spirit Douluo while absorbing Merit. After resting and spending time with Jiang Nannan, Lin Yan met Meng Hongchen at a tea restaurant.

• Lin Yan activated Three Thousand Buddha Realms and purified Blood Infant Douluo, absorbing the Merit released as his evil power and cultivation diminished.
• Lin Yan repeated the process seven times, reducing Blood Infant Douluo's strength to Spirit Douluo level before leaving him alive for another day.
• Lin Yan returned to his room, reassured Jiang Nannan, and spent the night with her.
• Lin Yan had breakfast with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, promised them a special gift when they reached Soul King cultivation, and returned to find Jiang Nannan.
• Lin Yan evaded Tang Ya's questions about Jiang Nannan, then met Meng Hongchen at a tea restaurant as arranged.