Chapter Summaries

Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi tested whether they could purify the curse on the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, but they were too weak to remove it yet. The chapter then showed Ju Zi, orphaned by the border war, vowing to grow strong enough to kill Dai Hao and destroy the Star Luo Empire.

• Kong Deming bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at its starting price after no one else bid.
• Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi released their martial souls to expose the knife’s evil intent and curse, but withdrew before it could overwhelm them.
• Xu Tiance told Kong Deming that he and Ye Guyi could not yet purify the knife, so they left it for another day and prepared to return.
• Ju Zi recalled that her father had died in the border war and that her mother had died after hearing the news.
• Ju Zi blamed Dai Hao and the Star Luo Empire for her family’s deaths and resolved to grow stronger to take revenge.

Ju Zi set out for Mingdu after her parents' deaths but was attacked by robbers, whom Xu Tiance killed before they could harm her. Recognizing her as the future military leader, Xu Tiance invited her to follow him and made her his personal maid, leaving Ju Zi eager to use his protection to pursue revenge.

• Ju Zi struggled to make her way toward Mingdu with her belongings and seven Gold Soul Coins.
• Two robbers cornered Ju Zi, demanded her bundle, and knocked her down when she refused to surrender it.
• As one robber prepared to stab Ju Zi, Xu Tiance appeared and killed both robbers.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tiance her name, and he recognized her as the future empress and war goddess of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tiance invited Ju Zi to come with him and appointed her his personal maid, while Ju Zi accepted, hoping to gain strength and avenge her parents.

Xu Tiance returned to Mingdu with Ju Zi and spent two years training under Kong Deming and Du Busi. He arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Ye Guyi and Ju Zi to enroll, where Jing Hongchen welcomed them and asked about Kong Deming’s breakthrough.

• Xu Tiance assessed Ju Zi’s talent and considered using immortal herbs to improve her cultivation if she proved loyal.
• Xu Tiance thought about changing Jiang Nannan’s fate and seeking the profound ice marrow and ice extreme divine crystal from the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Over the next two years, Xu Tiance trained in Mingdu while Kong Deming completed the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and became a Level 10 Soul Engineer.
• Xu Tiance, Ye Guyi, and Ju Zi arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to enroll, following Kong Deming’s instructions.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed Xu Tiance and the two young women, then quietly asked whether Kong Deming had become a true Level 10 Soul Engineer.

Xu Tiance toured the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Jing Hongchen and received a token granting him access to its Experimentation Zone. At the second-year dormitory, he met Jing Hongchen’s grandchildren, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

• Jing Hongchen introduced Lin Jiayi to Xu Tiance and gave him a token for free entry to the Experimentation Zone.
• Jing Hongchen showed Xu Tiance the academy’s dormitory area and explained how its student rooms were arranged.
• Xu Tiance spotted Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and joked that they would have to call him great-uncle master.
• Jing Hongchen suggested that Xu Tiance could be friends with his grandchildren instead of applying the family seniority.
• Meng Hongchen introduced herself to Xu Tiance with clear admiration, and Xiao Hongchen introduced himself as her older brother.
• Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi exchanged names with the siblings while Ju Zi remained quietly behind Xu Tiance.

Xu Tiance toured the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Third Laboratory and recognized Xuan Ziwen, a talented researcher he knew would eventually defect to the Tang Sect. He chose not to summon or confront Xuan Ziwen, leaving after briefly meeting him.

• Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi continued their tour of the academy’s experimental area with Lin Jiayi.
• Lin Jiayi introduced the Third Laboratory and pointed out Xuan Ziwen’s name on its members’ list.
• Xu Tiance recalled Xuan Ziwen’s future defection and decided he could not trust him with important work, though Xuan Ziwen had not yet committed any wrongdoing.
• Lin Jiayi offered to summon Xuan Ziwen, but Xu Tiance declined and said he was only curious about the name.
• Xuan Ziwen emerged from a side room and mistook Xu Tiance for a new student, then Lin Jiayi clarified who he was.
• Xu Tiance nodded to Xuan Ziwen and left the laboratory with Ye Guyi and Lin Jiayi.

Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi skipped class and watched Meng Hongchen win a sparring match at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Meng hurried over to Xu Tiance afterward, while Xiao Hongchen prepared for his own bout and lamented that his sister had abandoned her promise to cheer him on.

• Xu Tiance took Ye Guyi for a walk around the academy instead of going to class.
• Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi found a crowd watching Meng Hongchen fight a three-ring Soul Elder in the soul tool arena.
• Meng Hongchen won the match, and Xu Tiance praised her performance.
• Meng Hongchen hurried over to Xu Tiance and noticed Ye Guyi standing beside him.
• Xiao Hongchen spotted Meng Hongchen chatting with Xu Tiance and turned his attention back to his opponent.

Ye Guyi fought Xiao Hongchen on the soul tool platform and defeated him with her Holy Angel Martial Soul and Radiant Sword. Xiao Hongchen vowed to win next time, but Meng Hongchen’s blunt remark left him embarrassed.

• Xu Tiance invited Ye Guyi to challenge Xiao Hongchen, and she agreed.
• Ye Guyi revealed her Holy Angel Martial Soul and her thousand-year second soul ring, shocking Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Ye Guyi drew the Level 5 Radiant Sword and swiftly defeated Xiao Hongchen, who conceded.
• Xiao Hongchen promised Xu Tiance he would not lose next time, but Meng Hongchen pointed out that he had been suppressed throughout the fight.
• Meng Hongchen asked Xu Tiance how Ye Guyi had obtained a thousand-year second soul ring.

Xu Tiance offered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen Immortal Herbs suited to their Martial Souls, promising that they could help them obtain stronger Soul Rings and develop their abilities. Xiao Hongchen began absorbing his treasure, while Meng Hongchen learned Xu Tiance had prepared two treasures for her as well.

• Xu Tiance told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that they could aim for a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings later, and both siblings accepted his offer.
• Xu Tiance brought the siblings to his luxurious dorm room and showed Xiao Hongchen the Golden Toad Holding a Coin Ganoderma, an Immortal Herb suited to his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.
• Xu Tiance instructed Xiao Hongchen to eat the herb's golden roots before its leaves and Toad Pearl, and Xiao Hongchen began absorbing it.
• Xu Tiance gave Meng Hongchen blazing gel and an octagonal mysterious ice crystal, explaining that they could raise her ice and fire attributes to ultimate levels and strengthen her poison.

Xu Tiance gave Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen immortal herbs to cultivate their martial souls, and both showed powerful results. Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad gained ultimate ice and fire attributes, while Xu Tiance left Xiao Hongchen hoping to hunt for soul rings and learn from Elder Kong.

• Xu Tiance gave Meng Hongchen blazing gel and an octagonal mysterious ice crystal, and she swallowed them together to begin absorbing their effects.
• Ye Guyi asked whether Meng Hongchen’s evolved martial soul might achieve martial soul fusion with Xu Tiance, who considered the possibility.
• Xiao Hongchen’s Three-Legged Golden Toad gained a stronger affinity for metal, and his soul power rose five levels to level thirty.
• Xu Tiance invited Xiao Hongchen to join him on a soul-ring hunt and offered to let him ask Elder Kong about soul tools, making Xiao Hongchen eager to earn Elder Kong’s favor.
• Meng Hongchen’s breathing alternated between cold and heat, and Xu Tiance concluded that her martial soul’s ice and fire had become ultimate attributes.
• Xu Tiance told Xiao Hongchen that Meng Hongchen’s martial soul might surpass his in quality, but Xiao Hongchen privately rejected the idea that she could overtake him in cultivation.

Xu Tiance advised Xu Chengjing and Kong Deming on weakening the Holy Spirit Cult and strengthening the Sun Moon Empire by recruiting talented soul masters and enticing declining sects. Xu Chengjing embraced the plan, including Xu Tiance’s offer to help win over the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xu Tiance arrived at the Offering Hall with Ye Guyi and greeted Xu Chengjing and Xu Tianran.
• Xu Chengjing asked Kong Deming how the Sun Moon Empire could preserve its advantage in soul tool technology.
• Xu Tiance urged the empire to curb the Holy Spirit Cult and uproot it once Du Busi became a Limit Douluo.
• Xu Tiance proposed recruiting talented soul masters and attracting sects by addressing their specific needs.
• Xu Tiance said the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect needed defensive and offensive soul tools and an immortal herb to evolve its Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xu Chengjing praised Xu Tiance’s plan to strengthen the empire while diminishing its rivals.

Xu Tiance persuaded Kong Deming and Xu Chengjing to contain the Holy Spirit Cult while using Shrek Academy and restricting Soul Tool exports to weaken their rivals. After Xu Tianran left the Offering Hall in a better mood, hidden figures began following him toward Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor.

• Kong Deming argued that the Sun Moon Empire should squeeze the Holy Spirit Cult out rather than risk a direct assault, and Xu Tiance agreed with the strategy.
• Xu Tiance planned to purge Shrek Academy sympathizers, undermine Shrek's reputation through public opinion, and stop underground organizations from smuggling Soul Tools and technology.
• Xu Chengjing praised the Uproot the Roots plan and left to pursue it and a crackdown on Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tiance teased Xu Tianran about getting married and having children, prompting Xu Tianran to make an excuse and leave the Offering Hall.
• Xu Tianran reflected that his relationship with Xu Tiance had improved and considered the plan's potential before heading toward Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor.
• Several concealed figures silently followed Xu Tianran as he walked toward his manor.

Xu Tianran survived an assassination attempt by Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters when Du Busi intervened and captured their leader. Xu Tiance suspected the cult might be cooperating with a rival prince or trying to destabilize the Sun Moon Empire, but Xu Tianran escaped uninjured.

• An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and eight other Evil Soul Masters ambushed Xu Tianran outside Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor, forcing him to flee while his shadow guards fought them.
• The Myriad Souls Douluo confronted Xu Tianran, but Du Busi arrived and seized the Titled Douluo before he could kill him.
• Xu Tiance learned that Holy Spirit Cult members had attempted to assassinate Xu Tianran and wondered whether a rival prince had allied with the cult.
• Xu Tiance considered that the cult might instead be trying to frame a prince and provoke unrest, while Xu Tianran remained unharmed.

After Zhongli Wu’s failed attempt to assassinate Xu Tianran triggered a sweeping crackdown, Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to withdraw to its headquarters in the Evil Demon Forest. The cult’s plans stalled as Ye Xishui suspected Kong Deming had become a Level 10 Soul Engineer.

• Zhongli Wu raged over the failed assassination, while Nangong Wan reported that Du Busi’s intervention had foiled the operation and endangered the Xishui Alliance.
• Zhang Peng urged the Holy Spirit Cult to pull back after the Sun Moon Empire’s crackdown severely damaged its branches.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao entered the council hall, and Ye Xishui reprimanded Zhongli Wu for acting against her orders.
• Ye Xishui ordered all core members to remain at headquarters, told the cult to abandon its branches, and suspended its outside activities.
• Ye Xishui reflected that she had hoped to kill Du Busi to force Xu Tiance to cooperate, and suspected Kong Deming had become a Level 10 Soul Engineer.

Xu Tiance brought an imposing group of Sun Moon Empire experts and gifted youths to Nine Treasures City to secure the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s cooperation through intimidation and enticement. The group arrived at the sect-controlled city, ready to meet its leaders.

• The Holy Spirit Cult withdrew to the Evil Demon Forest, so Xu Tiance focused on exposing its crimes while Kong Deming assembled a powerful escort for the trip.
• Xu Tiance brought Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Long Aotian along to impress the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and discourage it from secretly aligning with Shrek Academy.
• During the carriage ride, Ye Guyi openly clung to Xu Tiance while Meng Hongchen watched with envy, and the narration explained how an immortal herb had strengthened Long Aotian.
• Ye Yulin announced that they had reached Nine Treasures City, and Xu Tiance looked out at the bustling commercial hub controlled by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Xu Tiance and his party arrived at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect headquarters to force the sect to submit to the Sun Moon Empire. After Du Busi unleashed his Level 98 Super Douluo aura, sect master Ning Tingyu came out to meet them.

• Ye Yulin drove Xu Tiance's party into Nine Treasures City without the guards inspecting their carriage.
• Xu Tiance considered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's dependence on recruited fighters and its possible role within a larger sect.
• Ye Yulin knocked on the sect's gates while Du Busi held back his urge to storm inside.
• Du Busi released his Level 98 Super Douluo aura across the headquarters, and Ning Tingyu appeared at the gates with a middle-aged man.

Xu Tiance led Du Busi and his companions to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that he was the Sun Moon Empire’s Crown Prince, seeking to bring the sect under the empire’s control. He offered discounted soul tools and academy enrollment, then threatened Ning Tingyu with Du Busi’s force if she refused or exposed his identity.

• Ning Tingyu recognized Du Busi and inferred from the visitors and their carriage that the group came from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tiance introduced himself as the Sun Moon Empire’s Crown Prince and said Du Busi was his teacher.
• Xu Tiance asked Ning Tingyu to have the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect join the Sun Moon Empire, offering discounted soul tools and places at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Tiance warned that refusal would force him to silence Ning Tingyu to protect his identity, while Du Busi backed the threat with his intimidating presence.
• Ning Tingyu realized she had little choice, and He Jia clenched his fists before helplessly accepting that he could not defeat Du Busi.