Recaps

Xu Tiance persuaded Zhang Lexuan to return to the Sun Moon Empire and investigate her family’s destruction, while Kong Deming pointed out that Wu Ming would also be viewed with suspicion if she returned to Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Wu Ming realizing she might have nowhere safe to go back to.

• Xu Tiance explained that Zhang Lexuan had become a discarded pawn of Shrek Academy and invited her to return to the Sun Moon Empire to investigate her family’s extermination.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted Xu Tiance’s offer, hoping to learn the truth about her clan and Shrek Academy’s role in its destruction.
• Xu Tiance revealed that Wu Ming had been awake and pretending to be unconscious, then forced her to wake by stamping toward her hand.
• Wu Ming reflected that Zhang Lexuan had protected the students and had not deliberately led them into danger.
• Kong Deming warned that Shrek Academy would suspect Wu Ming because she had survived the incident after Zhang Lexuan was accused of leading students to their deaths.

Wu Ming accepted that Shrek Academy might treat her as a suspect and asked Xu Tiance to let her join the Sun Moon Empire, which he welcomed. At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe revealed that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had abandoned its city and relocated to the Sun Moon Empire, prompting Xuan Zi to condemn the empire.

• Wu Ming realized that her connection to Zhang Lexuan could make Shrek Academy suspect her, but she decided she could leave the academy behind.
• Wu Ming asked Xu Tiance if she could join the Sun Moon Empire, and he agreed to welcome her.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Wu Ming had joined Shrek Academy only two months earlier and had never attended its Outer Court.
• Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's members had all withdrawn from Shrek Academy and that Nine Treasures City stood deserted.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that the entire Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had relocated toward the Sun Moon Empire's capital, and Xuan Zi angrily denounced the empire.

The Sea God Pavilion Elders discussed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s defection to the Sun Moon Empire and the deaths of Shao Gang and ten Inner Court students, including Zhang Lexuan. Xuan Zi volunteered to protect future Soul Ring expeditions, while Yan Shaozhe warned that the Sun Moon Empire’s growing influence required a response.

• The Sea God Pavilion Elders struggled to understand why the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had abandoned its ties and holdings to join the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that Shao Gang and ten Inner Court students, including Zhang Lexuan, had disappeared in the Star Dou Great Forest and were presumed dead.
• Mu En accepted the loss and urged the Elders to focus on preventing similar incidents.
• Xuan Zi offered to personally protect future groups of Inner Court students hunting for Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu En agreed.
• Yan Shaozhe warned that the Sun Moon Empire had extended its influence into Douluo Continent and urged Shrek Academy to take action.

Xu Tiance brought Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming back from the Star Dou Great Forest, while privately deciding how they might fit into the Sun Moon Empire. During the return trip, he tested whether he and Meng Hongchen could achieve martial soul fusion, and discovered their soul powers merged even more strongly than hers and Xiao Hongchen’s.

• Xu Tiance considered Zhang Lexuan a potential heir to the silver moon martial soul and planned to keep her away from sensitive information, while he thought Wu Ming would be easier to place.
• After cultivating, Xu Tiance noticed Meng Hongchen’s envy and offered her his hand to test their compatibility.
• Meng Hongchen eagerly took Xu Tiance’s hand as Xiao Hongchen and Long Aotian watched, while Wu Ming studied the boys and Zhang Lexuan sat listlessly.
• Xu Tiance told Meng Hongchen to circulate her soul power, and she felt it merge with his more strongly than her soul power fused with Xiao Hongchen’s.
• Xu Tiance sensed the ultimate heat, cold, and poison in Meng Hongchen’s aura and realized he could fuse soul power with her.

Xu Tiance returned to Mingdu, arranged new homes and training for Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming, then began the God of Fire’s trial as the first step toward mastering the elemental laws. In the Divine Realm, Tang San realized he could not interfere with the Seven Elemental Gods’ simultaneous divine tests and revised his plans to win their support, using Xiao Qi to court their favor.

• Xu Tiance confirmed he could achieve Soul Power Fusion with Meng Hongchen, then returned to Mingdu and settled into his routine with Ye Guyi as his cultivation partner.
• Xu Tiance placed Zhang Lexuan in the Imperial Clan Court for instruction in imperial etiquette and arranged for Wu Ming to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Tiance sampled the Seven Elemental Gods’ trial grounds, chose Burning Heaven Purgatory, and resolved to pursue the God of Fire’s test before attempting the other elemental trials.
• Tang San realized the Seven Elemental Gods’ united power prevented him from tampering with their successor’s divine tests.
• Tang San decided to seek the Seven Elemental Gods’ support and make Xiao Qi win their favor, while he searched for another way to bring their successor under his control.