Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan transmigrated to Douluo Continent during the Peerless Tang Sect era and used five sets of system choices to select the Sun Moon Empire background, Hades Sword aptitude, Heavenly Stem Qilin martial soul, Qilin Legs soul bone, and Gu Yuena as his protector. He then awoke as Lin Xi’s younger brother, with a captain promising to avenge Lin Xi’s death.

• Lin Yuan learned that the system had transported him to Douluo Continent and locked his new body at fifteen years old.
• Lin Yuan chose the Sun Moon Empire background over the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek.
• Lin Yuan selected the Hades Sword aptitude and Heavenly Stem Qilin martial soul.
• Lin Yuan chose Qilin Legs as his soul bone and Gu Yuena as his protector.
• Lin Yuan awoke amid an angry crowd, and a captain promised to avenge Lin Xi, whom Lin Yuan realized was his deceased older brother.

After inheriting the original owner’s memories and fusing with the Qilin Leg Bone, Lin Yuan chose the Heavenly Stem Qilin as his primary martial soul and entered the individual match against Xu Sanshi to avenge his brother. He revealed a martial soul that suppressed Xu Sanshi’s Black Tortoise Shield and began draining his soul power.

• Lin Yuan fused with the Qilin Leg Bone, broke through to rank 50, and chose the Heavenly Stem Qilin as his primary martial soul.
• Lin Yuan persuaded Teacher Ma to let him take the individual match, claiming he wanted revenge for his brother.
• Xu Sanshi opened the match by using Xuanwu Swap and preparing Xuanwu Shock, but Lin Yuan remained unaffected.
• Lin Yuan summoned the Heavenly Stem Qilin, suppressing Xu Sanshi’s Black Tortoise Shield and stunning the spectators with his four black soul rings.
• Lin Yuan used Jia-Yi Yin-Yang Wood Escape to dispel Xu Sanshi’s attack, break through his shield’s defense, and erode his soul power.

Lin Yuan defeated Xu Sanshi with his Yin-Yang fire skills, leaving him unconscious and near death. Xuanzi blamed Lin Yuan and demanded his disqualification, provoking outrage from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Lin Yuan broke through Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Shield with his first soul skill, then used his second skill's Yin-Yang flames to overwhelm him.
• Xu Sanshi tried to activate Black Tortoise Descent, but Lin Yuan's Ding Yin Fire attacked his Sea of Spirit, causing the move to backfire and leaving him gravely injured.
• Xuanzi arrived and tried to save Xu Sanshi, but his soul power worsened Xu Sanshi's injuries.
• Xuanzi accused Lin Yuan of trying to kill Xu Sanshi and ordered Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu to revoke Lin Yuan's competition qualification.
• Xiao Hongchen protested Xuanzi's demand, and Lin Yuan challenged Xuanzi's claim that excessive cruelty was wrong.

Lin Yuan challenged Xuanzi’s double standards after the match, and Jing Hongchen stopped Xuanzi from attacking him. The confrontation was interrupted by news that Xu Sanshi had died, leaving Xuanzi enraged.

• Lin Yuan questioned Xuanzi for condemning Shrek injuries while disregarding deaths at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuanzi released his rank ninety-eight soul power and rushed at Lin Yuan, who prepared to summon Gu Yuena.
• Jing Hongchen arrived and confronted Xuanzi, warning that Shrek could provoke a war with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Shrek Academy’s students announced that Xu Sanshi was dead, and Xuanzi examined his cold, spiritually lifeless body.

Lin Yuan’s victory over Xu Sanshi nearly provoked Xuanzi into another attack, but Jing Hongchen’s Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons and the Star Luo Emperor’s warning forced him to stand down. Ma Xiaotao then entered the individual match against Lin Yuan, who received Hongchen’s Protection and mocked her accusation that he had used a dirty trick.

• Jing Hongchen displayed two Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons, deterring Xuanzi from attacking after Xu Sanshi’s death.
• The Star Luo Emperor urged Xuanzi to consider the greater good, and Xuanzi backed down.
• Electus told Huo Yuhao that Xuanzi’s actions had caused Xu Sanshi’s fatal backlash, but Huo Yuhao blamed the Sun Moon Empire instead.
• Wang Yan prepared Shrek’s next contestant, and Ma Xiaotao volunteered to fight Lin Yuan.
• Jing Hongchen gave Lin Yuan the ninth-level soul tool Hongchen’s Protection before Ma Xiaotao accused him of using a dirty trick.
• Lin Yuan mocked Ma Xiaotao’s accusation as the individual match was about to begin.

Lin Yuan battled Ma Xiaotao in the tournament, using his unusual water and earth soul skills to withstand her powerful phoenix attacks despite their disparity in strength. After combining Ren Water and Nine Nether Gui Water to blast Ma Xiaotao back, he left her stunned by his ability to wield both powers together.

• Ma Xiaotao opened the match with a phoenix-fire attack, and Lin Yuan blocked it with his Ren Water soul skill.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Howling Heaven Strike, but Lin Yuan’s Gui Water cage extinguished much of the fire and disrupted her soul power before she broke free.
• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Meteor Shower and charged Lin Yuan, while he raised Wu Earth barriers to defend himself.
• Lin Yuan turned the barriers into a swamp that restrained Ma Xiaotao and let him retreat from her attack.
• Lin Yuan combined Ren Water and Nine Nether Gui Water into a black dragon that blasted Ma Xiaotao back and left her questioning how he could wield two different powers.

Lin Yuan used fused elemental attacks to suppress Ma Xiaotao, but her desperation drove her to embrace the dark evil fire and transform into a Rank 70 Dark Phoenix. Lin Yuan refused Jing Hongchen’s plea to concede and prepared to reveal his own trump card.

• Lin Yuan fused Nine Nether Kui Water with Yimu Vines to bind Ma Xiaotao and suppress her soul power, then struck her with a Jitu Ding Fire Arrow.
• Ma Xiaotao’s dark phoenix flames burned away the negative effects, and her soul power broke through to Rank 70.
• Xuanzi recognized that Ma Xiaotao had darkened, while Jing Hongchen urged Lin Yuan to concede for his safety.
• Lin Yuan refused to back down and challenged Ma Xiaotao, asking whether she thought her transformation was the only trump card.

Lin Yuan revealed the Hades Sword, a third martial soul that astonished Jing Hongchen and Xuanzi, and used its deathly power to wear down Ma Xiaotao. As Ma Xiaotao lost herself completely to her evil fire, Lin Yuan switched back to the Heavenly Stems Qilin and appeared above her for another attack.

• Ma Xiaotao attacked Lin Yuan with a slash engulfed in black phoenix flames, while Jing Hongchen tried to intervene and Xuanzi kept watch over him.
• Lin Yuan revealed the Hades Sword and its aura of death and withering, prompting Jing Hongchen and Xuanzi to realize he possessed a Trinity Martial Soul.
• Lin Yuan summoned skeletal warriors with Netherworld Rebirth and struck Ma Xiaotao with Hades Slash, which began draining her life force and soul power.
• Ma Xiaotao charged Lin Yuan again, but he summoned more skeletal warriors and landed two additional sword strikes that left her unsteady.
• Ma Xiaotao's reason was consumed by her evil fire and she destroyed the skeletal warriors, so Lin Yuan dispersed the Undead Force, returned to the Heavenly Stems Qilin, and appeared above her with a Yin-Yang Five Elements attack poised.

Lin Yuan defeated Ma Xiaotao with Qilin Step, but exhausted himself and was nearly attacked by Xuanzi. Jing Hongchen protected Lin Yuan, and Xuanzi's confrontation with the Star Luo Emperor left the conflict on the verge of escalation.

• Lin Yuan used Qilin Step to gather the power of heaven and earth, pin Ma Xiaotao in place, and overwhelm her dark phoenix flames.
• Xuanzi rescued the unconscious Ma Xiaotao as Lin Yuan collapsed from exhausting his soul power.
• Xuanzi accused Lin Yuan of being an Evil Soul Master and tried to attack him, but Jing Hongchen pulled Lin Yuan to safety and aimed a ninth-rank soul cannon at Xuanzi.
• Jing Hongchen argued that Ma Xiaotao seemed more like an Evil Soul Master than his rational student, and the spectators questioned Xuanzi's accusation.
• Xuanzi threatened to eliminate Lin Yuan and challenged Jing Hongchen, then dismissed the Star Luo Emperor's warning and angered him further.

Xuanzi confronted the Star Luo Empire after Ma Xiaotao died from the Hades Sword’s Withering Force, but he backed down when powerful reinforcements arrived. Jing Hongchen challenged his claim that Shrek alone had suffered losses, and Xuanzi declared Shrek Academy’s defeat.

• The Star Luo Emperor accepted Xuanzi’s challenge to fight, while Dai Hao prepared to stand against him.
• Xuanzi hesitated to attack when he realized the Star Luo forces and Jing Hongchen could overwhelm him.
• Xuanzi discovered Ma Xiaotao had died after the Withering Force consumed her life and sealed soul power.
• Ten golden-robed figures appeared, prompting Xuanzi to apologize and seek a way out.
• Jing Hongchen pointed out that the Sun Moon Empire had also lost students, and Xuanzi crushed the competition platform before admitting Shrek Academy’s defeat.

After Lin Yuan defeated Ma Xiaotao, Xuanzi reluctantly made Shrek Academy surrender, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the tournament. As the Sun Moon team secretly left Star Luo City, Xuanzi appeared in their path.

• Huo Yuhao and other Shrek students refused to surrender, but Xuanzi knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious and insisted that the students survive.
• Xuanzi confirmed Shrek Academy's surrender, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was declared the champion.
• Xuanzi silently threatened Lin Yuan, then had to endure Huang Jinxu demanding compensation for the damaged arena.
• Lin Yuan attributed his strength and multiple martial souls to a miraculous encounter, and Jing Hongchen agreed to cooperate with someone while arranging their escape.
• Lin Yuan advised Meng Hongchen to be guarded if she tried absorbing the ice-attributed Soul Bone, then the Sun Moon team left before dawn and encountered Xuanzi.

Xuanzi attacked Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Empire students to seize Lin Yuan, overwhelming Jing Hongchen’s defenses. When Lin Yuan flew out to face him, he summoned Gu Yuena.

• Xuanzi revealed his Rank 98 power and transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar to attack Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen’s two Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons failed to injure Xuanzi, who shattered Jing Hongchen’s protective shield.
• Xuanzi threatened to kill the students if Jing Hongchen used his cannon, leaving Jing Hongchen unable to protect Lin Yuan.
• Meng Hongchen and the other students stood up for Lin Yuan, calling him a hero of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Yuan flew out to confront Xuanzi and summoned his guardian, Gu Yuena.

Lin Yuan confronted Xuanzi over the deaths of Xu Sanshi and Ma Xiaotao, then summoned Gu Yuena, a Rank 98 powerhouse, to face him. Gu Yuena dismissed Xuanzi’s threats and accepted Lin Yuan’s order to kill him, beginning their battle as she turned space into a black hole.

• Lin Yuan accused Xuanzi and Shrek Academy’s upper ranks of causing Xu Sanshi and Ma Xiaotao’s deaths through their own decisions.
• Xuanzi tried to attack Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan summoned Gu Yuena through a spatial rift.
• Gu Yuena revealed her Rank 98 strength and addressed Lin Yuan as Young Master, dispelling Xuanzi’s hope that she was unaffiliated with him.
• Xuanzi called Lin Yuan an Evil Soul Master and threatened Gu Yuena with Shrek’s power, but she rejected his warning and said she did not care about Shrek.
• Lin Yuan ordered Gu Yuena to kill Xuanzi, and Xuanzi transformed into his Taotie Divine Bull form and charged.
• Gu Yuena faced Xuanzi without using her Silver Dragon Spear and turned the distorted space before her into a black hole.

Gu Yuena overwhelmed Xuanzi with her elemental control, forcing him to flee and reveal his fear when she unleashed another attack. After Gu Yuena turned to Lin Yuan, Xuanzi swallowed his pride and apologized to him.

• Gu Yuena trapped Xuanzi in an Elemental Cage and drained the earth-element power of his ninth soul skill.
• Xuanzi activated Taotie Awakening and barely escaped the cage, then tried to flee after recognizing Gu Yuena's overwhelming strength.
• Gu Yuena revealed nine pale golden soul rings and trapped Xuanzi again as she prepared Elemental Tide.
• Xuanzi pleaded with Gu Yuena to spare him and offered an apology, but she turned her gaze toward Lin Yuan.
• Humiliated, Xuanzi apologized to Lin Yuan through clenched teeth.

Gu Yuena overwhelmed Xuanzi after he admitted that jealousy had led him to target Lin Yuan and that Xu Sanshi and Ma Xiaotao had died because of him. Xuanzi burned his life force and broke through Gu Yuena’s cage, but she transformed into her Silver Dragon Avatar and drove her spear toward his chest.

• Lin Yuan mocked Xuanzi’s admission that he had acted out of jealousy and feared Lin Yuan would threaten Shrek.
• Gu Yuena struck Xuanzi with Elemental Tide, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Xuanzi transformed into the Taotie Divine Bull and tried to flee, but Gu Yuena trapped him with Elemental Cage.
• Jing Hongchen realized Xuanzi was burning his life force as his power surged, and Xuanzi broke through the cage before charging toward him.
• Gu Yuena activated her Martial Soul Avatar, met Xuanzi’s attack, and pierced through his empowered form with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Xuanzi tried to burn more life force and transform again, but Gu Yuena’s spear reached his chest.

Gu Yuena stopped Xuanzi from detonating his Soul Core, but Mu En’s stored power helped him escape after a final strike wounded him. She recovered Xuanzi’s arm and revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone, which Lin Yuan accepted, while a slumbering presence awakened beneath the Star Dou Great Forest lake.

• Xuanzi began to detonate his Soul Core, but Mu En’s stored power emerged as a Radiant Holy Dragon and forced Gu Yuena to defend against it.
• The Radiant Holy Dragon changed targets and attacked Lin Yuan, so Gu Yuena shielded him and Jing Hongchen while Xuanzi burned his life force and escaped through a spatial rift.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Yuan that her spear strike had left Xuanzi with no more than twenty years to live and reduced his soul power rank.
• Gu Yuena handed Lin Yuan Xuanzi’s severed arm, and the Silver Dragon Spear stripped it to reveal a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone that Lin Yuan accepted.
• A pair of purple dragon eyes opened beneath the lake in the Star Dou Great Forest, and an ancient voice wondered what was happening.

The Silver Dragon King mistook a Silver Dragon Spear and its wielder for a God Realm counterfeit made from her old blood essence, and ordered Di Tian to wait rather than expose their plans. Meanwhile, Wang Yan’s battered delegation returned to Shrek, where the missing-armed Xuanzi appeared above the city.

• The Silver Dragon King sensed Gu Yuena’s power and concluded that the matching Silver Dragon Spear was a counterfeit created by the God Realm to lure her out.
• Di Tian vowed to destroy the supposed spy, but the Silver Dragon King stopped him and said their race would wait until it recovered and returned to Dragon Valley.
• Di Tian left the Lake of Life resolved to endure another ten thousand years before taking revenge on the God Realm.
• Wang Yan led Shrek’s gloomy delegation home after student deaths and the loss of Shrek’s ten-thousand-year glory.
• Xuanzi appeared above Shrek City without his right arm, drawing Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin’er, and the city lord into the sky to face him.

After Xuanzi returned from battle crippled and near the end of his lifespan, Mu En summoned a Sea God Pavilion meeting and furiously rebuked him for nearly killing someone under Shrek's name. As Xuanzi described the mysterious Evil Soul Master and life-draining spear that defeated him, Mu En wondered about the power behind them.

• Mu En paid a steep price to activate his contingency and called the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Wang Yan recounted the events as the elders faced the bodies of Ma Xiaotao and Xu Sanshi, whose deaths threatened Shrek's standing and influence.
• Xuanzi emerged with his right arm missing, his lifespan reduced to about ten years, and his strength diminished to that of a Pseudo-Titled Douluo.
• Mu En angrily rebuked Xuanzi for his actions, while Xuanzi lowered his head and remained silent.
• Xuanzi insisted that an exceptionally powerful Evil Soul Master had defeated him and described her elemental control and life-draining spear.
• Mu En ruled out Ye Xishui and wondered how the mysterious weapons could suppress Xuanzi's bloodline rank, thinking of Lin Yuan and Gu Yuena.

After Ma Xiaotao’s death and Xuanzi’s crippling, Mu En prepared Shrek Academy for a future without him and considered helping Song Lao reach rank ninety-eight. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan returned with the Sun Moon team as Jing Hongchen worried that the Holy Spirit Cult would react to his broken appointment and surviving talent.

• Yan Shaozhe urged Mu En to avenge Ma Xiaotao, but Mu En told Song Lao to prepare for a breakthrough to rank ninety-eight.
• Mu En considered Lin Yuan’s talent and the Body Sect’s interest in Huo Yuhao, then postponed deciding how to deal with Lin Yuan.
• After emerging from seclusion, Xuanzi found that Shrek members treated him coldly and that he was barred from entering the Sea God Pavilion freely.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuanzi that Mu En wanted to help Song Lao break through and that Xuanzi’s temperament made his presence risky.
• Lin Yuan returned with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while Gu Yuena stayed away from him, and Jing Hongchen agreed to keep her involvement secret.
• Jing Hongchen worried that the Holy Spirit Cult might respond to his broken appointment because Lin Yuan, another person of interest to them, was still alive.

After returning to Mingdu, Lin Yuan rested at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and fused Xuanzi’s hundred-thousand-year right arm spirit bone. He was about to enter the imperial palace to receive his reward when Ji Juechen challenged him to a duel, and Lin Yuan decided he should leave for a while.

• The Sun Moon Empire’s returning heroes were greeted by cheering crowds, and Jing Hongchen arranged a luxurious residence for Lin Yuan at the academy.
• Lin Yuan rested for a day, then fused Xuanzi’s right arm spirit bone and gained the Myriad-Calamity Rock Armor and Rockburst Shaking Fist spirit skills.
• Ji Juechen appeared at Lin Yuan’s door and challenged him, but Meng Hongchen explained that Lin Yuan had to go to the imperial palace to receive his reward first.
• Ji Juechen agreed to fight Lin Yuan the next day and left, while Meng Hongchen escorted Lin Yuan toward Jing Hongchen’s office.
• Lin Yuan recalled his bond with Lin Xi and resolved to leave for a while, despite the trouble it might cause.