Arc 3Forging the Alliance

Yu Tianjun expanded the Heaven-and-Earth Great Love Alliance by recruiting allies, developing soul spirits, and preparing his people for the Star Luo City tournament. The arc ended with the alliance’s geniuses testing themselves as Yu Tianjun arranged to intercept the Death Messenger.

  • Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi fused their powers, purified the Beast Souls, and killed Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren, while Ye Guyi bonded with the Lightwing Griffin.
  • Han Ruoruo, Ji Juechen, Zhang Lexuan, Ling Luochеn, and Wu Ming joined Yu Tianjun’s alliance, and he began preparing to challenge Shrek and Yan Shaozhe.
  • Yu Tianjun defeated Xiao Hongchen to become Deming Class monitor, then formed a soul spirit contract with the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird and advanced to Level 54.
  • Yu Tianjun recruited the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, freed Huo Yuhao from a possessing soul, and arranged for him to infiltrate Shrek Academy and expose its injustices.
  • Yu Tianjun formed soul spirit contracts for himself and Su Tong, allied with Vina, and returned with the Ice Empress to the Heavenly Dragon Sect before heading to Mingdu.
  • At Shrek, Huo Yuhao and Chen San became dual core disciples, while Yu Tianjun helped Ling Luochеn bond with an Ice Jade Scorpion and grow stronger.
  • Yu Tianjun helped Xiao Hongchen defeat Ma Rulong’s team, and Ye Guyi revealed her tournament disguise before the group prepared to leave for Star Luo City.
  • Ji Juechen defeated Su Tong in a duel, Yu Tianjun sent Starry Sky Douluo and Thunderclap Douluo to intercept the Death Messenger, and Mu En urged Bei Bei to prove his team deserved its roster.
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Ch. 53Dark Qilin Commands Radiance and Decrees Heaven's Judgment, a Prototype Soul Spirit, Recruiting Han Ruoruo (4.8K)

Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to kill the Zhongli brothers, and Electrolux helped Ye Guyi form an Equal Contract with the Lightwing Griffin. After the battle, Yu Tianjun arranged to recruit Han Ruoruo as a combat teaching assistant while keeping the fight’s secrets hidden.

  • Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi fused into Dark Qilin Commands Radiance and Decrees Heaven's Judgment, purified the Beast Souls, and killed Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren.
  • The Lightwing Griffin sacrificed itself to Ye Guyi, and Electrolux adapted his Equal Contract to help the Soul Beast recover and bond with her.
  • Outside the domain, Zheng Zhan, Yu Yuanjue, and Liao Mengkai discussed the Holy Spirit Cult’s influence and the Sun Moon Empire’s political struggle.
  • Ye Guyi emerged with greatly increased power, and Zheng Zhan gave Yu Tianjun and Ling Luochеn Soul Tools before the group concealed the battle’s traces.
  • Yu Tianjun decided to offer Han Ruoruo a six-year teaching-assistant contract and require her to swear secrecy about the battle.

Ch. 54Great Love Takes In Ruoruo, the Sword Addict Joins the Alliance, and Ultimate Metal Dark Gold Claws (4K5)

Han Ruoruo joined Yu Tianjun’s Heaven-and-Earth Great Love Alliance after hearing his plans for the continent, and Ji Juechen accepted recruitment in exchange for powerful soul bones and an upgraded sword. As Yu Tianjun strengthened himself with Dark Gold Terrorclaw Soul Bones, he grew eager to take revenge on Shrek and Yan Shaozhe.

  • Han Ruoruo learned Yu Tianjun had survived Yan Shaozhe’s attack and agreed to join his alliance, hoping to eradicate Evil Soul Masters and help build a better future.
  • Ji Juechen visited Yu Tianjun, who offered him three powerful soul bones instead of returning the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s bones he had found.
  • Ji Juechen joined the Heaven-and-Earth Great Love Alliance and agreed to let Yu Tianjun infuse his Heavenly Meteorite Iron Sword with ultimate metal essence.
  • Ji Juechen began absorbing the three soul bones, while Yu Tianjun took a pair of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Soul Bones for himself.
  • Yu Tianjun’s soul power rose to level fifty as he absorbed the palm bones, and he considered himself ready to confront Shrek and Yan Shaozhe.

Ch. 55The Behemoth Beast Inner Core, Zhang Lexuan Relented, and Wu Ming Was Left Reeling (4K6)

Liao Mengkai agreed to give Yu Tianjun the Behemoth Beast Inner Core after Jing Hongchen pressed him for help recruiting Yu Tianjun into the Deming Class. Yu Tianjun persuaded Zhang Lexuan to join his organization, and Wu Ming was left bewildered when her Shrek companions revealed they had chosen to stay in Mingdu.

  • Liao Mengkai boasted to Jing Hongchen about recruiting Han Ruoruo, and Jing Hongchen asked him for his blood-and-qi training method and the Behemoth Beast Inner Core for Yu Tianjun.
  • Yu Tianjun brought Ling Luochеn to visit Zhang Lexuan, who agreed to help him while asking to retire afterward and open an academy.
  • Yu Tianjun told Zhang Lexuan that Shrek Academy had distorted Blue Tyrant Academy's history, shaking her faith in Shrek.
  • Han Ruoruo visited the imprisoned Wu Ming, who attacked her before realizing who she was and eagerly ate the food she brought.
  • Han Ruoruo, Ling Luochеn, and Zhang Lexuan told Wu Ming they would not return to Shrek and invited her to join them in Mingdu.
  • Wu Ming was stunned by her classmates' choices while Ye Yulin laughed at her confusion.

Ch. 56Tang San reborn: Should I side with the Sun Moon Empire? (4K8)

Yu Tianjun helped establish the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s Deming Class and was named its first class monitor, while Shrek’s Freshmen Tournament reached the semifinals. After Dai Huabin’s team defeated Chen San’s team and Huo Yuhao’s team advanced, Tang San decided Shrek could not help him evolve his martial soul and considered siding with the Sun Moon Empire to capture the Blue Silver Emperor.

  • Yu Tianjun secured a custom Level 9 soul tool for Yu Yuanjue, accepted guaranteed admission to the Deming Class, and agreed to become class monitor for a valuable beast core.
  • Jing Hongchen opened the new semester by introducing Ye Yulin and Liao Mengkai as vice deans and announcing the Deming Class, whose selection tournament Xiao Hongchen won against Meng Hongchen.
  • Jing Hongchen named Yu Tianjun the Deming Class’s first class monitor and invited students to challenge him for the position after the class formed.
  • At Shrek’s Freshmen Tournament, Dai Huabin’s team defeated Chen San’s team with the Hell White Tiger martial soul fusion skill, while Huo Yuhao’s team upset Xie Huanyue’s team.
  • After losing, Tang San resented Shrek’s reliance on Blue Silver Grass and resolved to deceive the Sun Moon Empire into helping him capture the Blue Silver Emperor.

Ch. 57Sea God Island attacks Shrek, Phoenix Calamity, Mu En's scheme (5K)

Tang San retaliated against Yan Shaozhe by invoking the Sea God’s authority, bringing Sea God Island’s army to attack Shrek Academy. The High Priest crippled Yan Shaozhe while Mu En used the fallen dean’s power to strengthen Bei Bei, leaving the battle’s aftermath unresolved.

  • Huo Yuhao’s team won the Freshmen Tournament, but Huo Yuhao and Chen San received only core disciple privileges, not core disciple status.
  • Ma Xiaotao attacked Tang San and Ning Rongrong to learn who had extinguished her evil fire, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm intervened before Yan Shaozhe suppressed the incident and threatened the survivors.
  • After Yan Shaozhe’s punishment, Tang San and Ning Rongrong went to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San used the Sea God’s authority to send Sea God Island after Yan Shaozhe.
  • The High Priest led Sea God Island’s Titled Douluo in an assault on Shrek Academy, defeated its defenders, and destroyed Yan Shaozhe’s soul core and power.
  • Mu En carried Yan Shaozhe’s escaping origin soul power into Bei Bei, intending to help him become a true Radiant Sacred Dragon.

Ch. 58Divine Severing of Yan Shaozhe, Yu Tianjun's Plans, and Brother Xiao's "Smile" Becomes a Laughingstock (5K1)

Mu En separated Yan Shaozhe from Sea God Island’s high priest, stripped him of his Shrek positions, and preserved Shrek’s standing after the island’s attack. In Mingdu, Yu Tianjun defeated Xiao Hongchen in the Deming Class tournament and left him publicly humbled as Yu prepared to pursue his plans in Death Canyon and the Far North.

  • Mu En stopped Sea God Island’s high priest from beating Yan Shaozhe further, and Shrek announced that Yan Shaozhe had been stripped of all positions for releasing an evil soul master.
  • Bei Bei accepted Mu En’s counsel to cultivate harder, while Da Ming and Er Ming discussed whether Shrek might endanger Dong’er.
  • Meng Hongchen showed Yu Tianjun the completed Deming Class grounds, and Yu explained his plan to leave for Death Canyon before later seeking resources and allies in the Far North.
  • Xiao Hongchen challenged Yu Tianjun in the class monitor tournament, but Yu overwhelmed him and won without needing a second soul skill.
  • Jing Hongchen named Yu Tianjun class monitor and awarded him a choice of treasure, while Yu proposed Xiao Hongchen as executive deputy class monitor.
  • Meng Hongchen mocked Xiao Hongchen’s defeat and photographed his crestfallen reaction, declaring that Brother Xiao’s smile would now make everyone laugh at him.

Ch. 59Heavenly Stems Qilin, Blood Qi Soul Core, Soul Spirit Rollout (6K)

Yu Tianjun fused with the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird in Death Canyon, evolving his martial soul into a Heavenly Stems Qilin and forming a blood qi soul core amid a lightning tribulation. After a month, he returned stronger and revealed a method that could let dying soul beasts survive as immortal soul spirits.

  • Yu Tianjun accepted the Devouring Dragon Beast Core from Jing Hongchen and traveled to Death Canyon with his companions to meet the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird.
  • Electrolux explained his soul spirit research, and Yu Tianjun and the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird agreed to form a contract intended to let soul beasts survive beyond their hosts and escape heavenly tribulations.
  • Yu Tianjun fused with the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird at the Yin-Yang Two-Polarity Lake, evolving his Five-Element Qilin into a Heavenly Stems Qilin and gaining five black soul rings.
  • Yu Tianjun swallowed the Devouring Dragon Beast Core and used the lightning tribulation to form a blood qi soul core, while the Dark Prison Lion Emperor and other powerful soul beasts guarded the forest.
  • After a month, Yu Tianjun emerged at Level 54 and gave Liao Mengkai life energy and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, helping him break through to Level 94.
  • Yu Tianjun showed the Dark Prison Lion Emperor the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird as a soul spirit and announced that soul beasts could avoid heavenly tribulations; the Lion Emperor eagerly demanded an explanation.

Ch. 60Mu En's plans, becoming Long Xiaoyao's disciple, and the battle art Myriad-Blade Profound Emperor (6K chapter)

Yu Tianjun returned to Landscape Manor, where Long Xiaoyao discovered his rapid cultivation and taught him the battle art Myriad-Blade Profound Emperor. After accepting Long Xiaoyao as his teacher, Yu Tianjun learned that Evil Soul Masters were targeting tournament prodigies, while suspicions about possible reincarnations at Shrek remained unresolved.

  • The Dark Prison Lion Emperor asked Yu Tianjun and the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird to return for him once they had six rings, hoping to become an immortal Soul Spirit.
  • At Landscape Manor, Long Xiaoyao examined Yu Tianjun and found that he had reached Level 54, condensed his first Soul Core, and showed no signs of evil cultivation.
  • While Yu Tianjun cooked and recounted his exploits, Long Xiaoyao described Shrek's talented students and Bei Bei's plan to absorb Yan Shaozhe's Martial Soul essence, prompting Yu Tianjun to suspect Tang San might have been reborn.
  • Yu Tianjun persuaded Long Xiaoyao to teach him Myriad-Blade Profound Emperor, and Long Xiaoyao accepted him as a disciple despite Yu Yuanjue's dismay.
  • Long Xiaoyao warned Yu Tianjun that an Evil Soul Master organization watched tournament prodigies and targeted Shrek's inner-court disciples, then cautioned him against trying to infiltrate it.
  • Yu Tianjun, Yu Yuanjue, and Long Xiaoyao shared a drink after joking about Mu En's old-fashioned Child Bride arrangement.

Ch. 61Qilin returned to the academy, a fulfilling life, eight months flowed like water (5.1k-word chapter)

Yu Tianjun returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, resumed leading the Deming Class, and spent eight months training and preparing for the Star Luo City tournament. As Yu Tianjun set out to visit home, Bei Bei left Shrek with Tang Ya to avenge the Tang Sect, while Yan Shaozhe watched with bitter resentment.

  • Yu Tianjun returned to the Deming Class, took over practical combat training from Han Ruoruo, and learned how harshly Jing Hongchen and the instructors had been training the students.
  • Jing Hongchen sent Xiao Hongchen and Yu Tianjun's classmates on field exercises; after Wang Shaojie endangered his companions during a beast tide, Xiao Hongchen publicized the evidence and Jing Hongchen expelled Wang Shaojie.
  • Yu Tianjun trained across the academy's environments, learned from its instructors, and spent time with his classmates as eight months passed.
  • Yu Tianjun requested leave to visit home, and Jing Hongchen approved while discussing the tournament lineup and the possibility of recruiting Yu Tianjun's brothers.
  • Mu En sent Bei Bei and Tang Ya to Heaven Dou City to avenge the Tang Sect, with Gong Changlong assigned to protect them in secret.
  • Bei Bei left Shrek with Tang Ya, while Yan Shaozhe watched from the city wall and silently resented Mu En for transforming Bei Bei's martial soul and forcing him into submission.

Ch. 62A princess's heart, your second brother would always be your second brother, meeting the Ice Empress in the Far North (4K5)

Vina agreed to cultivate at the Body Sect and set out for the Far North, while Yu Tianjun returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect and reunited with his brothers. When the Ice Empress was trapped by Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Yu Tianjun and his companions arrived and offered to rescue her in exchange for reasonable compensation.

  • Vina rejected a trip to Star Luo City, vowed to destroy the Inspection Corps, and agreed to train at the Body Sect to grow strong enough to reach level ninety-eight.
  • Yu Tianjun returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, praised the Five Sons of the Heavenly Dragon for their cultivation, and promised to help them reach Titled Douluo.
  • Yu Tianjun casually subdued Yu Tianlong when he challenged him, and the brothers declared their loyalty to Second Brother.
  • Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped the Ice Empress and tried to persuade her to become Huo Yuhao's Wisdom Soul Ring, but she rejected their plan and criticized Huo Yuhao's dependence on Tang San.
  • Yu Tianjun appeared with Yu Yuanjue and Liao Mengkai, agreed to rescue the Ice Empress for compensation, and Liao Mengkai struck the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Prison Cage with his Level 9 Peak Demon God Saber.

Ch. 63Saving the Ice Empress, Speaking with the Snow Empress, Hunting Huo Yuhao (4K4)

Yu Tianjun secured the Ice Empress’s help and met the Snow Empress, then captured Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He arranged to erase Huo Yuhao’s consciousness and promised the Snow Empress a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow in exchange for her support.

  • Yu Yuanjue and Liao Mengkai attacked Huo Yuhao, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm broke the mental prison and teleported him away with Huo Yuhao.
  • The Ice Empress agreed to help Yu Tianjun meet the Snow Empress, and Yu Tianjun promised soul bones for Yu Yuanjue and Liao Mengkai.
  • The Snow Empress answered the Ice Empress’s call and ordered Far North soul beasts to hunt Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
  • The Snow Empress found Huo Yuhao and forcibly pulled the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from his Sea of Consciousness, freezing Huo Yuhao in ice.
  • Yu Tianjun persuaded the Snow Empress to spare the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then asked him to help erase Huo Yuhao’s current consciousness.
  • Yu Tianjun promised to take the Snow Empress to a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow that could restore her lost origin power.

Ch. 64Huo Yuhao falls: wherever you lead, Huo will follow (5.1K, twenty-five thousand words updated today)

Yu Tianjun and Electrolux destroyed the possessing Huo Yuhao's damaged soul and restored the original Huo Yuhao to his body. Seeking revenge, Huo Yuhao pledged allegiance to Yu Tianjun and agreed to return to Shrek Academy as a covert agent before publicly defecting at the Star Luo City tournament.

  • Electrolux extracted the possessing Huo Yuhao's soul and freed the original Huo Yuhao from his Spiritual Prison Cage with help from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
  • Yu Tianjun burned the possessing soul with Purifying Flame, exposing its severe damage and prompting Huo Yuhao to denounce Tang San before leaving Electrolux his memories and disappearing.
  • Electrolux removed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year origin energy, and Yu Tianjun allocated a portion to help the Ice Empress survive her coming tribulation.
  • Huo Yuhao swore allegiance to Yu Tianjun in exchange for help avenging his mother, while asking him to spare Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
  • Yu Tianjun arranged with the Snow Empress for a dying Ice Bear cub to become Huo Yuhao's Wisdom Soul Ring and help him obtain a Second Martial Soul.
  • Yu Tianjun instructed Huo Yuhao to infiltrate Shrek Academy, document its injustices, and publicly defect during the Star Luo City tournament while exposing Dai Hao's abandonment of him and his mother.

Ch. 65Ten-thousand-year profound ice for the Snow Empress, insights into Unity of Heaven and Man, Sacred Dragon Crown Prince Bei Bei (4K6)

The Snow Empress took Yu Tianjun into the Earth Dragon Sect’s ice cavern, where she restored her origin and condensed a second soul core as he studied her Unity of Heaven and Man. In Heaven Dou City, Bei Bei and Tang Ya reclaimed the Tang Sect’s old grounds by defeating the Iron Blood Sect, drawing the emperor’s attention to Bei Bei’s growing power.

  • Nan Shuishui received Princess Vina, but the Snow Empress and Yu Tianjun arrived at the Cold Spring before Vina could explain her search for five-thousand-year snow lotuses.
  • The Snow Empress took Yu Tianjun into the ice cavern, consumed its Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, and condensed a second soul core while Yu Tianjun entered Deep Meditation.
  • Vina suspected the masked companion was Yu Tianjun and decided to go to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, while Nan Shuishui ordered the Earth Dragon Sect to evacuate.
  • In Heaven Dou City, Gong Changlong argued with Tang Ya that the Tang Sect should abandon its rule requiring a Blue Silver Grass sect master, and Bei Bei later comforted her.
  • After Shrek’s connections cleared the way, Bei Bei and Tang Ya attacked the Iron Blood Sect; Bei Bei killed Tie Li and helped Tang Ya avenge her parents.
  • The emperor watched Bei Bei’s battle on a Soul Tool screen and ordered closer ties with the Body Sect.

Ch. 66Second Martial Soul, Child of Light: Let the Gold of Life Burn! An Alliance with the Far North (5.6K)

Yu Tianjun used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin and the Gold of Life to create a second martial soul, the Child of Light, while developing ultimate life as another attribute. The Snow Empress completed her soul-core fusion and, facing an imminent heavenly tribulation, arranged for Bing'er to protect Yu Tianjun until she could join him in two years.

  • Electrolux proposed using the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin and Yu Tianjun’s ultimate light to create a second martial soul that could help him pursue Di Tian as his ninth soul ring.
  • Yu Tianjun, Electrolux, and the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird burned the Gold of Life to create ultimate life alongside ultimate light and stabilize Yu Tianjun’s Sea of Consciousness.
  • The Snow Empress watched Yu Tianjun awaken with the Child of Light, a rudimentary spiritual soul core, and the Pupil of Life, and recognized his three ultimate attributes.
  • Yu Tianjun and the Snow Empress confirmed their alliance after she completed her yin-yang complementary dual soul cores and gained the qualifications to face her seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.
  • The Snow Empress gave Yu Tianjun her mark and promised that Bing'er would protect him until she recovered and joined him in two years; she then asked him to explain his soul spirits.

Ch. 67The Snow Empress's Support, the Aurora Star Qilin Deer, and the Befuddled Miss Su Tong (4K9)

Yu Tianjun secured the Snow Empress's support for soul spirits, received a valuable soul bone, and formed a perfect contract with an Aurora Star Qilin Deer. The Snow Empress then brought Su Tong before him, puzzled by her Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul.

  • Electrolux explained soul spirits to the Snow Empress, who agreed to cooperate with Yu Tianjun and gave him a Stormthunder Sea Eel torso bone.
  • The Snow Empress described powerful light-attribute soul beasts and took Yu Tianjun to the Aurora Glacier, where she introduced him to an Aurora Star Qilin Deer.
  • Electrolux helped Yu Tianjun form a perfect soul spirit contract with the deer, which became his soul spirit and granted him the Aurora Qilin Horns and Aurora Sacred Domain.
  • Yu Tianjun advanced to rank fifty-eight, and the Snow Empress accepted his successful contract as proof that soul spirits could unite humans and soul beasts.
  • The Snow Empress brought Su Tong to Yu Tianjun, wondering how a human could possess a Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul, while Su Tong asked where she was and who they were.

Ch. 68Su Tong Had Wandered for Years, Regretting Only That She Had Never Found a Worthy Lord; Genius Number Nine, the Heavenly Snow Woman (4K5)

Yu Tianjun and Snow Empress forced Su Tong to become Snow Empress’s goddaughter and the Heaven-and-Earth Great Love Alliance’s ambassador, then gave her a soul spirit, a powerful soul ring, and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone. Su Tong accepted her new position as alliance genius number nine, while Yu Tianjun began arranging soul spirits for other allies and discussed Huo Yuhao’s future at Shrek.

  • Yu Tianjun discovered Su Tong was over the tournament’s age limit, while Snow Empress claimed her as a descendant and demanded that she become her goddaughter.
  • Yu Tianjun threatened Su Tong until she agreed to the adoption and accepted a position in his alliance, after which she bonded with the sixty-thousand-year Ice Bear Xiao Xiao Bai as her soul spirit.
  • Yu Tianjun completed Su Tong’s soul spirit contract, and Snow Empress rewarded her with a hundred-thousand-year Snowfield Elephant Emperor Torso Bone.
  • Yu Tianjun gave Su Tong an employee badge ranking her ninth among the alliance’s young geniuses and listed the powerful members ranked above her.
  • Yu Tianjun asked Snow Empress to find soul spirits for his godsister and another ally, then explained that Huo Yuhao was unlikely to be expelled from Shrek for arriving late.

Ch. 69A day with Jade Qilin beat a year with Shrek; Snow Empress bid a fond farewell, Ice Empress arrived, and Vina extended an invitation

Yu Tianjun strengthened Huo Yuhao and sent him back to Shrek Academy as an undercover agent before Snow Empress departed and Ice Empress joined his group. After returning to Dragon City, Yu Tianjun learned that Princess Vina wanted to meet him, leaving his allies wondering how many connections he had across the continent.

  • Yu Tianjun used Ultimate Life to refine Huo Yuhao's body, improved his aptitude, and helped him prepare to infiltrate Shrek Academy under the codename White Tiger Dagger.
  • Snow Empress taught Yu Tianjun her Three Signature Techniques, bid him farewell, and sent Huo Yuhao toward Shrek Academy before leaving for seclusion.
  • Ice Empress arrived with agreed-upon soul bones, announced that she would serve as Yu Tianjun's bodyguard, and brought Su Tong into the group.
  • Yu Tianjun returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect with Ice Empress, where Long Xiaoyao confirmed Snow Empress had left and Yu Tianjun promised compensation to the Earth Dragon Sect.
  • Xing Yan reported that Princess Vina wanted to see Yu Tianjun, prompting Yu Tianjun to postpone the meeting until the Earth Dragon Sect had departed.

Ch. 70Vina: Take me with you to the Sun Moon Continent, all right? Raising a healing-type Limit Douluo, and the unlucky Heaven Dou Empire

Vina reunited with Yu Tianjun and believed his warning that the Sun Moon Empire would overwhelm the Three Great Empires, then asked to leave Heaven Dou with him. Yu Tianjun agreed to take her after the Star Luo City tournament and offered to cultivate her into a powerful healing Soul Master capable of restoring his second uncle’s lost limbs.

  • Vina told Yu Tianjun she had recognized him at the Earth Dragon Sect and had come to see him before the tournament in Star Luo City.
  • Yu Tianjun warned Vina that the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tools gave the Three Great Empires no chance of victory and advised her to prepare the royal family to retreat.
  • Vina asked Yu Tianjun to take her to the Sun Moon Continent, explaining that her defection could turn the empires against Shrek and that she had chosen to leave on her own.
  • Yu Tianjun revealed his Ultimate Dark Qilin and agreed to take Vina after the tournament, once he had gathered enough experts to protect them.
  • Yu Tianjun offered to provide Vina with top-tier cultivation resources and help her strive for Limit Douluo so she could attempt to regrow his second uncle’s severed limbs.
  • Vina accepted Yu Tianjun’s offer, declared that she would leave Heaven Dou behind, and toasted to walking together in the future.

Ch. 71Taking Kong Deming as a disciple? Teacher, I want to improve so badly! Farewell to the Earth Dragon Sect (5.2K)

Yu Tianjun settled the Earth Dragon Sect’s compensation for the ice extreme divine crystal and prepared to leave Dragon City, while Liao Mengkai became his disciple after discovering Yu Tianjun had mastered unity of heaven and man. The chapter ended with Nan Shuishui considering sending her daughter Nan Qiuqiu to the neighboring continent to gain experience.

  • Yu Tianjun and Vina said farewell, and he agreed to meet her again in Star Luo City before heading toward the Earth Dragon Sect.
  • Yu Tianjun and Liao Mengkai agreed to conceal Su Tong’s relationship with the Snow Empress and explain that they had found her in the Far North.
  • Liao Mengkai recognized Yu Tianjun’s mastery of unity of heaven and man and begged him to become his teacher; Yu Tianjun accepted him as a disciple.
  • Liao Mengkai proposed that Yu Tianjun also take Kong Deming as a disciple so Liao Mengkai could become Kong Deming’s senior brother.
  • Yu Tianjun met Nan Shuishui, apologized for bringing the Snow Empress to the Earth Dragon Sect, and agreed that the sect would receive a share of soul tools made from the remaining ice extreme divine crystal.
  • Nan Shuishui accepted Yu Tianjun’s arrangement and considered sending her daughter, Qiuqiu, to the neighboring continent after the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s departure.

Ch. 72Ice Empress instruction manual, Xuan Zi captures the reincarnated God King alive, gold and jade outside, rotten stuffing within (5K2)

Yu Tianjun’s group fled toward Mingdu with the Ice Empress, while Huo Yuhao entered Shrek’s Soul Tool Department as a core disciple. The chapter left the department facing Xuan Zi, who had seized Chen San and demanded Huo Yuhao’s return to the Martial Soul Department.

  • Yu Tianjun and the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s experts crossed the sky toward Mingdu, and the Ice Empress negotiated for food, lodging, and a residence in exchange for acting as their bodyguard.
  • At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao told Zhou Yi and Fan Yu that he had gained a second martial soul and changed his name from Dai Yuhao, prompting Fan Yu to grant him a Level 3 Soul Engineer badge and core disciple status.
  • Huo Yuhao questioned Shrek’s soul engineer standards and worried that the Martial Soul Department would refuse to release him and Chen San, while Fan Yu and Zhou Yi believed the transfer could be arranged.
  • Three days later, Xuan Zi arrived at the Soul Tool Department carrying Chen San and demanded that Qian Duoduo hand over Huo Yuhao so he could take both twin-martial-soul geniuses back to the Martial Soul Department.
  • Qian Duoduo proposed taking the dispute to a Sea God’s Pavilion meeting, while Xuan Zi accused the Soul Tool Department of wasting the two geniuses and bullying Gong Changlong.

Ch. 73Huo Yuhao's Bitter Lot, Sorry, Chen San, and Yu Tianjun's Surprise

At a Sea God's Pavilion Meeting, Mu En ruled that Huo Yuhao and Chen San could remain in the Soul Tool Department as dual core disciples of both departments. In Mingdu, Yu Tianjun returned to Landscape Manor with Su Tong and prepared to involve Zhang Lexuan in Ling Luochеn’s soul spirit contract.

  • Qian Duoduo argued that the Martial Soul Department had mistreated Huo Yuhao and Chen San, while Xuan Zi defended the department and pressed for Chen San’s return.
  • Mu En decided Huo Yuhao could stay in the Soul Tool Department, and Bei Bei’s proposal to grant him core disciple-level resources passed unanimously.
  • After hearing Xuan Zi’s case for Chen San, Mu En made both Chen San and Huo Yuhao dual core disciples of the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department.
  • Yu Tianjun returned to Landscape Manor with Su Tong and was welcomed by Zhang Lexuan, who said Ling Luochеn was meditating.
  • Yu Tianjun introduced Su Tong as a powerful Alliance genius and told Zhang Lexuan to accompany him to see Ling Luochеn, hinting that he had a meaningful surprise for them.

Ch. 74Ice Empress: Let Douluo Continent Burn! Fusing with an Ice Jade Scorpion, Xuan Zi's Brilliant Future (5K4)

Yu Tianjun introduced Soul Spirit bonding to Ling Luochеn, who fused with a royal Ice Jade Scorpion and gained a powerful Soul Ring, an External Soul Bone, and rapidly increased Soul Power. As the alliance planned its tournament team and future expansion, Chen San was forcibly assigned to study under Xuan Zi at Shrek Academy.

  • Yu Tianjun introduced Su Tong to Ling Luochеn, then presented Ling Luochеn with a sixty-five-thousand-year royal Ice Jade Scorpion for a Soul Spirit bond.
  • Yu Tianjun explained Soul Spirits to Ling Luochеn and Zhang Lexuan, who agreed to observe the bonding process and learn how to officiate future contracts.
  • Ling Luochеn fused with the Ice Jade Scorpion, gained a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, and rose from level sixty to level sixty-two.
  • Ling Luochеn thanked Yu Tianjun for changing her future, while the Ice Empress urged him to expand the alliance and establish branches across the continent.
  • Yu Tianjun and Ling Luochеn discussed their tournament team and preparations to challenge Shrek Academy, while Ling Luochеn predicted the likely lineups.
  • At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi seized Chen San and declared him an Inner Court Disciple who would train under him, despite Chen San's protests.

Ch. 75Brother Xiao plotted a coup, Mu En took on Xuan Zi, and everyone's mood was a mess (5.2K)

Yu Tianjun warned Jing Hongchen not to reveal soul spirits before the tournament, while Xiao Hongchen joked about staging a coup to take over Radiant Virtue Hall. At Shrek, Bei Bei led six allies to win the Reserve Team battle royal, leaving Xuan Zi scrambling to change the roster and Huo Yuhao secretly focused on returning to Star Luo City for revenge.

  • Yu Tianjun formed a soul spirit contract with Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion Sunny Ice Toad and cautioned Jing Hongchen that revealing soul spirits could draw Mu En’s attention.
  • Xiao Hongchen joked that he would eventually stage a coup against Jing Hongchen, then learned Yu Tianjun would only fight in key tournament matches.
  • Xuan Zi selected Chen San for the Reserve Team battle royal and ordered him to eliminate He Caitou, while Wang Yan named the other candidates.
  • Bei Bei gathered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan into a team of seven, then overwhelmed the other contestants with his Golden Sacred Dragon.
  • Chen San surrendered when Bei Bei’s lightning reached him, and Xuan Zi rushed to Sea God’s Pavilion to seek changes to the team roster.
  • Bei Bei told the group they would form Shrek’s Reserve Team, while Huo Yuhao privately resolved to return to Star Luo City to avenge his family.

Ch. 76The Second Team Wins with Outside Help, Ultimate Metal Makes Brother Xiao Change His Tune, and the Old Dorm Supervisor

Yu Tianjun led the second reserve team to defeat the Sun Moon Team’s starting lineup, and his Ultimate Metal transformed Xiao Hongchen’s power. After the academy celebrated the victory and prepared to leave for Star Luo City, Yu Tianjun accompanied Ye Guyi and encountered the old dorm supervisor.

  • Ma Rulong’s starting team fell to the second reserve team, and Yu Tianjun infused Xiao Hongchen with Ultimate Metal, letting him turn the fight around and defeat Ma Rulong.
  • Meng Hongchen poisoned Xiao Hongchen after he excitedly proposed swearing brotherhood with Yu Tianjun, and Ye Yulin declared the second reserve team the winner.
  • Ju Zi supplied recovery oranges, while Ma Rulong conceded defeat to Yu Tianjun; Jing Hongchen then invited the team to celebrate before their departure for Star Luo City.
  • Ye Guyi showed Yu Tianjun her soul tools, said Ye Yulin had offered to take her as a disciple, and revealed she would disguise her martial soul as a Lightwing Griffin in the tournament.
  • Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi left the dormitory together and met the old dorm supervisor, who encouraged Yu Tianjun to fight without holding back in Star Luo City.

Ch. 77Sword Addict Battles Snow Lady, Dark Qilin Plots the Death Messenger's Murder, Shrek Acts Unfairly? (5.5K)

Yu Tianjun brought Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to Landscape Manor, where Ji Juechen defeated Su Tong and revealed his newly comprehended Sword Addict Domain. Meanwhile, he planned an ambush for the Death Messenger, while at Shrek Academy Mu En explained why Chen San and Ning Tian had replaced Xiao Xiao and He Caitou on the Reserve Team.

  • Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi said farewell to the elderly dorm supervisor, then Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan challenged Yu Tianjun to fight.
  • Yu Tianjun persuaded Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to return to Landscape Manor and take on the alliance's geniuses, promising rewards for victories.
  • Ji Juechen defeated Su Tong with his Lonely as Snow domain, and Ye Guyi carried the injured Su Tong away.
  • Yu Tianjun decided to send Starry Sky Douluo and Thunderclap Douluo to intercept the Death Messenger during the Inspection Corps mission.
  • Mu En told Bei Bei that Sea God's Pavilion had chosen Chen San and Ning Tian over Xiao Xiao and He Caitou, and advised him to prove his team stronger before the next tournament.
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