Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan entered the imperial palace with Jing Hongchen, where Xu Tianxing praised him and introduced Kong Deming, who offered to take him as a disciple. Xu Tianran then arrived and proposed that he and Lin Yuan become sworn brothers, leaving Lin Yuan wary but recognizing that his apprenticeship could protect him from choosing sides too soon.

• Jing Hongchen escorted Lin Yuan into the palace and promised to help smooth over any trouble.
• Xu Tianxing welcomed Lin Yuan, praised his strength, and heard Jing Hongchen explain how Lin Yuan had helped the empire.
• Kong Deming met Lin Yuan and offered to accept him as a disciple, and Lin Yuan agreed.
• Xu Tianran arrived in his wheelchair, congratulated Lin Yuan on becoming Kong Deming's disciple, and proposed that they become sworn brothers.
• Lin Yuan distrusted Xu Tianran's offer and realized that his apprenticeship could keep him from declaring allegiance prematurely.

Lin Yuan left the palace without committing to a political faction and set out for the Jingyang Mountain Range to obtain a metal-attributed fifth soul ring. Xu Tianran then discussed Lin Yuan with Zhongli Wu, whose Holy Spirit Cult wanted to recruit him, while Xu Tianran remained wary of acting against his imperial father.

• Kong Deming escorted Lin Yuan away from Xu Tianran and promised to provide materials on Twin Martial Souls and help with Soul Guidance Devices.
• Jing Hongchen let Lin Yuan keep the Hongchen Blessing and approved his trip to obtain a fifth soul ring.
• Lin Yuan headed toward the Jingyang Mountain Range and considered the threat posed by the Holy Spirit Cult's Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
• Xu Tianran met Zhongli Wu, who urged him to secure Lin Yuan for the Holy Spirit Cult and offered to kill the emperor.
• Xu Tianran refused to let Zhongli Wu act against his imperial father before his position was secure, and Zhongli Wu vanished into the shadows.

Lin Yuan traveled to the Jingyang Mountain Range with Gu Yuena to find a powerful soul beast for his fifth soul ring, while Xu Tianran considered how Lin Yuan’s mysterious strength might be used against the Holy Spirit Cult. At the range’s center, Lin Yuan encountered a giant beast that he recognized as a Behemoth.

• Xu Tianran discussed Lin Yuan’s hidden power with Juzi and considered using him to keep the Holy Spirit Cult in check.
• Lin Yuan reached the Jingyang Mountain Range by flying soul tool and summoned Gu Yuena to help him find a fifth soul ring.
• Gu Yuena identified three candidate soul beasts, but Lin Yuan asked her to keep searching the range’s core.
• Gu Yuena discovered that a new ruler had forced the three candidates away from their habitats, and she led Lin Yuan to its cave.
• A massive, dark-golden-scaled beast emerged, and Lin Yuan identified it as a Behemoth.

Lin Yuan recognized the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear as an atavistic Half-Behemoth and, with Gu Yuena’s help, killed it and absorbed its seventy-thousand-year soul ring. Afterward, Lin Yuan reached level fifty-eight and noticed a bronze-lustrous hand bone emerge from the corpse.

• Lin Yuan identified the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s bronze claws as evidence of its Behemoth bloodline and realized it was an atavistic Half-Behemoth.
• Gu Yuena attacked the Half-Behemoth with Elemental Tides and wore it down while it tried to flee.
• Lin Yuan finished off the weakened Half-Behemoth with Bing-Ding Yin-Yang Fire Escape, and Gu Yuena guarded him as he absorbed its soul ring.
• Lin Yuan suppressed the soul ring’s backlash with the Five-Element Heavenly Stem Qilin and completed the five-hour absorption, reaching level fifty-eight.
• Lin Yuan looked toward the Half-Behemoth’s corpse, and Gu Yuena drew a bronze-lustrous hand bone from it.

Lin Yuan fused with the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s Behemoth Claw and demonstrated its devastating power. Long Xiaoyao arrived to take Lin Yuan to the Holy Spirit Cult, but Gu Yuena challenged him, and the two began to clash.

• Lin Yuan endured five hours of torment before fusing the Behemoth Claw, an external Soul Bone for his right hand.
• Lin Yuan tested Behemoth Claw, destroying everything within a radius of one hundred and fifty meters and discovering that its attacks ignored defenses and always hit.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged from a spatial rift and explained that he had been entrusted to bring Lin Yuan to meet someone.
• Gu Yuena challenged Long Xiaoyao after he admitted he could not control what would happen once they reached the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Gu Yuena dissolved Long Xiaoyao’s black hole attack, and the two powerful fighters began a seemingly balanced battle.

Gu Yuena revealed her Four-Word Battle Armor and fused with the Silver Dragon King's True Form, pushing her power beyond Long Xiaoyao's. She destroyed his strongest attack, but a streak of blood-red light appeared before the outcome was clear.

• Gu Yuena summoned her Four-Word Battle Armor, whose power overwhelmed Long Xiaoyao's domain and pushed her across the threshold of a Limit Douluo.
• Long Xiaoyao mistook Gu Yuena's armor for a Soul Guidance Device made by Kong Deming, but she ignored his questions and fused completely with her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Long Xiaoyao attacked with Dark Dragon Claw, but Gu Yuena used Elemental Separation to dismantle it and sealed the surrounding space when he tried to retreat.
• Long Xiaoyao unleashed his ninth soul skill, Dark Sacred Dragon Annihilation Claw, and Gu Yuena compressed and destroyed it with Spatial Seal and Elemental Fusion.
• Long Xiaoyao closed his eyes as Gu Yuena's attack left him with nowhere to evade, but a blood-red streak tore through space.

Ye Xishui arrived in time to shield Long Xiaoyao from Gu Yuena’s attack, but Gu Yuena turned her attention to Ye Xishui for threatening Lin Yuan. Ye Xishui unleashed the Reaper Tower’s full power, only for Gu Yuena’s Silver Dragon Spear to devour the attack’s resentful spirits.

• Long Xiaoyao began to accept death, but Ye Xishui tore through space and shielded him from Gu Yuena’s crushing attack.
• Gu Yuena summoned Lin Yuan to her side and told Ye Xishui that she would pay for trying to kill him.
• Ye Xishui summoned her Blood God Demon Puppet and unleashed the Reaper Tower’s Death God’s Light at Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena used the Silver Dragon Spear’s Spirit Devour to swallow the resentful spirit power and erase Ye Xishui’s attack.

Gu Yuena used her damaged Four-Word Battle Armor to overpower Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, but Ye Xishui escaped with her Phoenix Nirvana soul skill. Gu Yuena explained the armor’s limits to Lin Yuan, who realized how much her concern for him had constrained her.

• Gu Yuena suppressed Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao with her Silver Dragon Spear and Elemental Cage, preventing them from drawing on Heaven and Earth Origin Power.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized that Gu Yuena had two cores, while Ye Xishui unleashed the Reaper Tower’s resentment and watched the Silver Dragon Spear’s spirit devour it.
• Ye Xishui put away the Reaper Tower and used her Light Phoenix’s Phoenix Nirvana to tear open the sealed space and escape with Long Xiaoyao.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Yuan that her damaged Four-Word Battle Armor could be used only five times in total, leaving four uses after the fight.
• Gu Yuena explained that she could fight the dragon-type martial soul user evenly in her normal state but had feared he would attack Lin Yuan.

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao survived their fight with Gu Yuena but suffered severe losses, while Lin Yuan returned to the academy and began planning to strengthen himself with Battle Armor. The chapter left him with Gu Yuena’s promise to design Battle Armor blueprints and Jing Hongchen preparing to take him somewhere.

• Ye Xishui used nearly all the resentful souls in the Reaper Tower to stabilize her cultivation, while Long Xiaoyao’s strength fell to the Demigod level.
• Ye Xishui questioned whether to continue pursuing Lin Yuan, but Long Xiaoyao left with her to recover from their injuries.
• Lin Yuan realized Gu Yuena’s damaged Four-Word Battle Armor would be difficult to repair because the era lacked skilled blacksmiths, then asked her to design Battle Armor blueprints for him.
• Gu Yuena agreed to design Battle Armor for Lin Yuan, and they returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Jing Hongchen was shocked that Lin Yuan had reached rank fifty-nine after gaining a soul ring and Soul Bone, warned him against using the empire’s dangerous cultivation methods, and asked him to come along.

Lin Yuan buried his brother Lin Xi and vowed to correct the cruel era, then joined the Hall of Virtue to cultivate Soul Guidance Devices alongside his Martial Soul. At his new workbench, he began designing a Soul-Guided Gatling that could give everyone large-scale firepower.

• Jing Hongchen took Lin Yuan to a guarded mountaintop grave he had built for Lin Xi, and Lin Yuan buried his brother’s ashes and poured wine over the mound.
• Lin Yuan mourned Lin Xi, condemned the increasingly violent Soul Master world, and vowed to correct the wrong era before kowtowing three times at his brother’s grave.
• Jing Hongchen invited Lin Yuan to join the Hall of Virtue, and Lin Yuan agreed without hesitation.
• The next day, Lin Yuan arrived at his workbench beside Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the other tournament team members; Meng Hongchen asked whether Lin Yuan’s mysterious helper would return, and Lin Yuan assured her he would not.
• Lin Yuan considered Xiao Hongchen and imagined making large-scale firepower available to everyone, then began crafting a Soul-Guided Gatling.

Lin Yuan forged and tested a Soul Guidance Gatling, impressing Jing Hongchen with its overwhelming firepower and pre-charging technology. After negotiating for five Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons, Lin Yuan discovered the Gatling’s barrel would wear out quickly and decided he needed to visit Gengxin City.

• Lin Yuan made the Soul Guidance Gatling’s barrel from Deep-Sea Silver Mother and used a blueprint from Gu Yuena to add pre-charging technology.
• Lin Yuan tested the Gatling at a high-level range, where its sustained fire destroyed the targets and damaged the metal wall.
• Jing Hongchen asked to buy the pre-charging technology, and Lin Yuan requested five Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons in exchange.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to discuss the deal with Elder Kong, then worried that Lin Yuan’s enthusiasm for explosions reflected psychological problems.
• Lin Yuan inspected the Gatling and realized its barrel lacked durability, so he decided to visit Gengxin City.

Lin Yuan received five Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons from Kong Deming, who suspected that Lin Yuan was a God's Successor after learning of the battle in the Jingyang Mountain Range. Shrek Academy proposed peace talks and an exchange-student program, but Jing Hongchen insisted they come to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Kong Deming praised Lin Yuan's soul-guidance invention and handed him the five Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons he had requested.
• Kong Deming told Jing Hongchen that human action and resentment energy had been found in the Jingyang Mountain Range, leading them to suspect Ye Xishui had attacked Lin Yuan and that someone powerful had intervened.
• Kong Deming speculated that Lin Yuan might be a God's Successor and warned Jing Hongchen that the imperial succession struggle could become dangerous as the emperor's health worsened.
• Lin Jiayi delivered Shrek Academy's letter proposing peace talks and an exchange-student program, with two 50,000-Year Soul Bones offered as an apology.
• Jing Hongchen rejected the idea of traveling to Shrek and replied that its representatives could hold peace talks in the Sun Moon Empire.

Mu En pushed Shrek Academy to pursue an exchange program with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, forcing Xuanzi to accept the academy’s demands after Mu En threatened to abandon him. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan faced Ji Juechen in a sword match and defeated him, though Ji Juechen looked forward to fighting again.

• Mu En convened the Sea God Pavilion elders and argued that Shrek needed to learn from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Soul Guidance Devices.
• Jing Hongchen replied that the exchange program required twice the Soul Bones and a public apology from Xuanzi.
• Xuanzi refused to apologize until Mu En said he could die, and Xuanzi finally agreed to the conditions.
• Lin Yuan requested leave from Jing Hongchen, but Ji Juechen stopped him and demanded their long-awaited match.
• Lin Yuan summoned the Hades Sword and defeated Ji Juechen with Hades Slash, and Ji Juechen promised to challenge him again.

Lin Yuan arrived in Gengxin City seeking a skilled blacksmith who could forge his Two-Word Battle Armor. He found Blacksmith Association president Xiao Zhen, a Saint Craftsman, but Xiao Zhen’s reaction to the armor blueprint ended their meeting on a hostile note.

• Lin Yuan left the Sun Moon Empire with Gu Yuena, who gave him a blueprint for his Two-Word Battle Armor.
• In declining Gengxin City, Lin Yuan went to the Blacksmith Association and asked to meet its president about a business proposal.
• Xiao Zhen introduced himself as a Saint Craftsman and said Spirit Forging was merely the threshold for entry into the association.
• Lin Yuan showed Xiao Zhen the Battle Armor blueprint, and Xiao Zhen rejected it as a Soul Guidance Device and ordered him to leave.

Lin Yuan persuaded Xiao Zhen to cooperate with the Blacksmith Association and forge alloy for Battle Armor, despite Xiao Zhen’s resentment toward Soul Guidance Devices. Xiao Zhen produced an exceptionally powerful Spirit-Infused Alloy, and Lin Yuan explained that his own needs were unusual.

• Xiao Zhen rejected Lin Yuan’s request to forge metal for Soul Guidance Devices, saying he and the Blacksmith Association would rather starve than support them.
• Lin Yuan argued that humanoid Soul Guidance Devices could restore blacksmiths to their former prominence, and Xiao Zhen reluctantly agreed to cooperate.
• Lin Yuan supplied five rare metals and Yin-Yang Essence Iron, and Xiao Zhen forged them into Spirit-Infused Alloy.
• Xiao Zhen announced that the alloy had a fusion rate of ninety-four, leaving Lin Yuan impressed by how closely it matched his Heavenly Stems Qilin Martial Soul.
• Xiao Zhen asked how long production would take and whether every piece needed to be so refined, and Lin Yuan replied that he was a special case.

Lin Yuan and Gu Yuena completed his first Battle Armor, Qilin, from rare Five-Elements Yin-Yang Spirit-Infused Alloy forged by Xiao Zhen. Xiao Zhen was impressed by its power and finally let go of his doubts about helping the Blacksmith Association rise again.

• Xiao Zhen forged a second piece of Spirit-Infused Alloy and revealed that his daughter had joined Shrek Academy with Twin Martial Souls.
• Lin Yuan warned Xiao Zhen that the Star Luo Empire might oppose the Blacksmith Association’s rise, but Xiao Zhen left without deciding whether to leave the empire.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Yuan to place drops of his blood on the alloy pieces so he could control the finished Battle Armor, and she began making its components.
• One month later, Lin Yuan put on the One-Word Battle Armor, which greatly enhanced his Soul Power, spiritual power, and physical body.
• Lin Yuan named the Battle Armor Qilin, and Xiao Zhen was astonished by its power and abandoned his remaining concerns.

Lin Yuan and Jing Hongchen agreed to use Shrek Academy’s planned negotiations as a trap, while Jing Hongchen grew wary of Shrek’s hidden strength. At the meeting in the Mingdou Mountains, a mysterious elderly man in a wheelchair appeared through a spatial rift, revealing Shrek’s trump card.

• Lin Yuan urged Xiao Zhen to persuade Xiao Xiao to leave Shrek Academy, and Xiao Zhen agreed to try talking to her.
• Jing Hongchen told Lin Yuan that Shrek Academy planned to negotiate an exchange program in the Sun Moon Empire and worried that Mu En might target Lin Yuan.
• Jing Hongchen proposed keeping Shrek’s delegation in the Sun Moon Empire, and Lin Yuan agreed to help set a trap at the Mingdou Mountains.
• Jing Hongchen met Yan Shaozhe and Xuanzi at the border and demanded the items before accepting the storage ring Yan Shaozhe handed over.
• A spatial rift opened, and an elderly man in a wheelchair emerged; Jing Hongchen recognized him as a Limit Douluo, but the man calmly snapped his fingers.

Mu En sacrificed his remaining essence blood to fight Gu Yuena while Yan Shaozhe attacked Jing Hongchen, leaving Lin Yuan to face Xuanzi. Lin Yuan emerged in One-Word Battle Armor, his strength rising close to Soul Douluo, and prepared to settle his grudge with Xuanzi himself.

• Jing Hongchen refused Mu En’s offer to trade his life for Lin Yuan, and Gu Yuena rejected Mu En’s proposal as well.
• Mu En burned his remaining essence blood and fought Gu Yuena, who overpowered him despite his brief return to peak strength.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked Jing Hongchen while Xuanzi confronted Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan equipped One-Word Battle Armor made from Spirit-Infused Alloy, boosting his aura to within a hair’s breadth of a Soul Douluo.
• Xuanzi summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, and Lin Yuan declared that he would end their grudge with his own hands.

Lin Yuan used his bloodline and fused abilities to overcome Xuanzi’s defenses, forcing the injured elder to burn his essence blood and regain Titled Douluo strength. Lin Yuan then shattered Xuanzi’s attack with the Behemoth Claw and questioned how long his borrowed power would last.

• Xuanzi trapped Lin Yuan with Xuan Ox Prison, but Lin Yuan used Wu-Ji Yin-Yang Earth Escape to take control of the earth attribute and countered with a Jitu Ding Fire Arrow.
• Lin Yuan struck Xuanzi with an Yimu Kui Water Spear and used a Gengxin blade to break through Heaven Mending, wounding him and disrupting his Soul Power circulation.
• Xuanzi burned his essence blood to cross the threshold of a Titled Douluo again and attacked Lin Yuan with Taotie Trample.
• Lin Yuan tore apart Xuanzi’s shockwave with Behemoth Claw and left five marks on his chest, making Xuanzi recognize the legendary Behemoth power.
• Lin Yuan asked Xuanzi how long the power he had gained through external means could last.

Lin Yuan and Gu Yuena held their ground against Mu En and Xuanzi, despite the overwhelming power of the two Shrek elders. After Lin Yuan’s Hades Sword began draining Xuanzi’s life, Xuanzi tore out his ochre Soul Core.

• Gu Yuena swallowed Mu En’s Dragon Emperor Domain Suppression with Elemental Annihilation, while their battle continued across the highest battlefield.
• Xuanzi attacked Lin Yuan with a meteor shower and Taotie Trample, but Lin Yuan used an Yi-Earth Geng-Metal Shield and Behemoth Claw to escape.
• Xuanzi used Ring Devouring to sacrifice part of his soul ring’s origin and strengthen himself into the Titled Douluo realm.
• Lin Yuan switched to the Hades Sword and used Netherworld Rebirth and Hades Soul-Devouring Slash to erode Xuanzi’s life force.
• As his life and strength rapidly dwindled, Xuanzi reached into his dantian and forcibly tore out his ochre Soul Core.