Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• After fleeing through the night, Yu Tianjun, Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, Liao Mengkai, and their captives stop in a remote wilderness. The journey has left everyone exhausted.
• Yu reveals he preserved the female Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s soul ring. Xiao initially celebrates the prospect of absorbing it, then pays three million Gold Soul Coins to keep it from being sold to the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion.
• Yu then reveals the bear also had a rare left-arm soul bone. Xiao instantly abandons his pride and begs for it, trading away a one-use Level 9 teleportation device—the Void Emblem. Yu accepts the exchange, and Xiao safely absorbs the soul bone.
• Ji kills the male bear and begins absorbing its soul ring. Yu finds no conventional soul bone on it, then cultivates and breaks through to rank 46. Liao jokes about how powerful Yu and the other young Soul Engineers will become, while gloating over the captured Shrek figures.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong complains about the poor facilities. She and Tang San discuss the academy’s legacy and decide not to rebuild the Tang Sect, trusting someone of the current era to do it.
• Ma Xiaotao, overcome by her unstable Evil Fire Phoenix, attacks them. Tang San uses the power of his Sea God trident rune to disperse the flames, but he and Rongrong collapse.
• Yan Shaozhe and a healer arrive. Shaozhe orders the students treated and compensated, but also tells them to forget the incident or face expulsion. Tang San hears this while barely conscious and is appalled by Shrek’s response.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Hongchen shifts from boastful triumph to shameless pleading when the soul bone is revealed. He remains proud, but is learning when to bargain and when to yield.
• Yu Tianjun controls the negotiations, teasing Xiao and trading the soul bone for the valuable Void Emblem. His cultivation breakthrough reinforces his exceptional talent.
• Ji Juechen remains stoic through the ordeal and focused on his sword, even while absorbing a soul ring.
• Liao Mengkai is amused by Xiao’s antics and sees the group’s gains as promising for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San share nostalgia for their former lives and Shrek’s history, but their reunion with the academy’s present is far from reassuring.
• Tang San protects Rongrong despite the difference in power, then learns that Shrek’s leadership may prioritize avoiding scandal over student safety.
• Ma Xiaotao is portrayed as a danger to those around her when her evil fire overwhelms her reason; Shaozhe admits its suppression has become increasingly difficult.

Significant themes

• Pride versus pragmatism: Xiao’s reversals show that survival and valuable gains matter more to him than maintaining an image of invincibility.
• Power, ambition, and rivalry: The soul ring, soul bone, and Yu’s breakthrough fuel competition between young talents and hopes for the Sun Moon Empire’s future.
• Legacy and change: Tang San and Rongrong reflect on the institutions and traditions they left behind, only to find the present-day Shrek troublingly different.
• Institutional failure and irony: The academy’s supposed training culture contrasts with Ma Xiaotao’s uncontrolled attack and Shaozhe’s attempt to silence its victims.

Key plot points and events

• Yu Yuanjue emerges from seclusion as a Level 97 Super Douluo and learns that his grandson Yu Tianjun is safe in Mingdu, though Yu Xiaoying has lost an arm and a leg after trouble in Death Canyon. Furious at Shrek, Yu Yuanjue wants revenge, but Long Xiaoyao advises him to wait, grow accustomed to his new strength, and keep Tianjun from being drawn into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yu Tianjun returns to the Heavenly Dragon Sect with the unconscious Zhang Lexuan. He explains that the Mingdu group encountered Shrek’s Inner Court students during a chaotic soul-hunting trip and rescued Lexuan. When her silver-moon soul power responds to Tianjun’s ultimate darkness, they discover the pair may possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The same events look disastrous from Shrek’s perspective. Cai Mei’er and Han Ruoruo find a bloodied scene in the Star Dou Great Forest and assume Lexuan and Wu Ming have died. Mu En’s search leads him to believe Lexuan’s silver-moon martial soul was destroyed; Xiong Jun confirms that she was killed by members of his bear clan, though the reader knows Lexuan survived and is now in Mingdu.
• At Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En rebukes Xuan Zi for blaming Wu Ming and declares that Lexuan died heroically trying to save her junior. He orders stronger protection for students on soul-hunting trips, has Lexuan’s deeds recorded on the Sea God Stele, and reinstates Yan Shaozhe as Martial Soul Department Dean. He warns that future negligence will have severe consequences.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Yuanjue shifts from celebratory confidence to grief and rage, then relief when he learns Tianjun is alive. His hostility toward Shrek remains, but he agrees to Long Xiaoyao’s counsel.
• Long Xiaoyao acts as mediator and guardian: he restrains Yu Yuanjue, warns him about Mingdu’s powerful soul engineers, and remains wary of Tianjun’s choices. He recognizes that Lexuan may now be unlikely to return to Shrek.
• Yu Tianjun reunites with his family, explains his actions, and appears to have formed an unusual soul-power connection with Lexuan. His playful defense of bringing her home contrasts with the seriousness of the possible fusion.
• Mu En is devastated by what he believes is Lexuan’s death. His grief turns to anger at Xuan Zi’s callousness and to a resolve to improve student safety.
• Xuan Zi tries to shift blame onto Wu Ming and Lexuan, but Mu En slaps him and forces him to retract his words. Yan Shaozhe accepts departmental responsibility and proposes safeguards, winning some of Mu En’s approval.

Significant themes

• Negligence and responsibility: Shrek’s failure to provide protection is presented as a central cause of the tragedy—or apparent tragedy.
• Grief, loyalty, and sacrifice: Lexuan is remembered as a senior who risked herself for a junior, while Mu En’s mourning reveals his attachment to her.
• Misunderstanding and dramatic irony: Shrek believes Lexuan is dead, but she is alive in Mingdu, where her growing bond with Tianjun may reshape her future.
• Rivalry and revenge: Yu Yuanjue’s resentment toward Shrek intensifies, while Long Xiaoyao urges restraint and warns against a more dangerous enemy, the Holy Spirit Cult.

Key plot points

• Yu Tianjun leaves the Heavenly Dragon Sect for Mingdu with his grandfather, Yu Yuanjue, and others. Long Xiaoyao is pleased to remain behind, believing he has helped protect the Dark Qilin and Holy Angel from the Holy Spirit Cult; he celebrates by ordering a feast.
• Mu En tells Bei Bei that Zhang Lexuan died protecting a younger student during a Star Dou Forest expedition. Shaken and furious, Bei Bei condemns Shrek’s failure to provide protection. Mu En admits no one was assigned to guard the group and says he has begun reforms.
• Mu En asks Bei Bei to enter the Inner Court and inherit his legacy, making him Shrek’s hope for the future. Bei Bei agrees, despite knowing this will disrupt his plans with Tang Ya to travel and rebuild the Tang Sect. Mu En offers to help Tang Ya graduate and find a place at the academy.
• At the Sun Moon Empire’s Offering Hall, Kong Deming celebrates the empire’s good fortune: Zhang Lexuan’s defection, Yu Tianjun’s powerful family connection, and other promising recruits and soul-ring gains. He assigns Liao Mengkai to train Yu Tianjun in close combat and blood vitality, and plans a tournament class to challenge Shrek.
• In Mingdu, Yu Tianjun reunites with Yu Yuanjue at the villa. They discuss the Holy Angel, Princess Vina, and the possibility of future ties with the Angel Clan. Yu Tianjun insists his relationships are innocent and says he intends to make the Heavenly Dragon Sect strong enough to stand against Shrek and other powers.

Character developments and interactions

• Bei Bei shifts from a carefree student to someone burdened with responsibility. His grief for Zhang Lexuan fuels his anger at Shrek, but loyalty to Mu En and Lexuan’s protective ideals leads him to accept the Inner Court path.
• Mu En recognizes Shrek’s institutional failures and tries to reform the academy, while using his remaining years to prepare Bei Bei as his successor.
• Kong Deming is pleased by the Sun Moon Empire’s growing advantage, but also takes a personal interest in shaping Yu Tianjun’s training and preparing the empire’s tournament team. His comic exchange with Liao Mengkai reveals the latter’s clumsy flattery and Kong’s sharp, teasing manner.
• Yu Tianjun and Yu Yuanjue share an easy, affectionate rapport. Yuanjue playfully probes his grandson’s romantic prospects, while Tianjun maintains clear boundaries and expresses confidence in his family’s future.
• Long Xiaoyao is content in his comfortable role at the Heavenly Dragon Sect, though he privately hopes to relinquish his nominal Holy Spirit Cult position.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and institutional failure: Lexuan’s death exposes Shrek’s neglect of student safety and forces changes.
• Duty versus personal life: Bei Bei sacrifices his plans with Tang Ya to honor family expectations and Lexuan’s legacy.
• Power, talent, and political advantage: The Sun Moon Empire sees Shrek’s losses as an opportunity and prepares to surpass it.
• Family ambition and resilience: Yu Tianjun wants to raise his clan’s standing so it will no longer be vulnerable to stronger factions.

Plot points and events

• At a farewell dinner in Shrek City, Bei Bei tells his friends he will enter the inner court early. The academy’s chief disciple, Zhang Lexuan, was reportedly killed while protecting her team in the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving the academy without its expected successor.
• Xu Sanshi questions why the academy sent no powerful escort, while Bei Bei insists it has learned from past tragedies. Tang Ya is upset about Bei Bei leaving, and he promises to visit once a month.
• Huo Yuhao suspects the Sun Moon Empire—and specifically Xiao Hongchen’s group—was responsible for Zhang Lexuan’s supposed death. He keeps his suspicions to himself and resolves to seek revenge, while prioritizing his own breakthrough and journey to the Far North.
• In Mingdu, Yu Tianjun returns home and shares a candlelit meal with Ye Guyi. He reveals that Zhang Lexuan survived and is recovering at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, though her martial soul remains a concern.
• Ye Guyi shows Yu Tianjun an old Angel Clan book documenting more than a hundred martial soul fusion skills. She hopes their light-and-dark abilities might combine, and proposes testing their compatibility at the Underground Soul Fighting Arena. Yu Tianjun agrees but conceals that he and Zhang Lexuan already showed signs of a fusion response.

Character developments and interactions

• Bei Bei accepts the burden of entering the inner court early, while trying to reassure Tang Ya and his friends.
• Xu Sanshi moves between anger at Bei Bei’s sudden departure, concern for his safety, and comic attempts to impress Jiang Nannan; she remains cool toward him.
• Tang Ya grieves over Zhang Lexuan and then over Bei Bei’s departure, showing how strongly she depends on him.
• Huo Yuhao becomes increasingly suspicious of the official account and silently commits to settling the score with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi share an affectionate, easy domestic rapport. Ye Guyi’s lively optimism contrasts with Yu Tianjun’s strategic thoughts about Shrek and revenge. Her interest in their potential fusion skill gives their relationship a new, playful direction, while Yu Tianjun’s secret about Zhang Lexuan adds tension.

Significant themes

• Truth versus appearances: Shrek believes Zhang Lexuan died, while the reader learns she is alive; Huo Yuhao’s suspicions are closer to the truth than his friends realize.
• Loss, duty, and institutional failure: Zhang Lexuan’s reported death and Bei Bei’s accelerated entry expose the costs of the academy’s dangerous responsibilities.
• Loyalty and affection: Friendship, romance, and family bonds shape the characters’ choices and provide comfort amid danger.
• Power and ambition: Yu Tianjun weighs revenge against Shrek and the risks posed by powerful forces, while Ye Guyi’s fusion-skill research hints at a new source of strength.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Wu Ming awakens in Sun Moon and declares that she will never accept help from the Sun Moon Empire. When she tries to resist, the doctors knock her unconscious and ask their superiors how to handle her.
• In Shrek City, Ling Luochен brings Han Ruoruo her withdrawal application. Han, already grieving the apparent loss of Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming, is devastated to learn that Ling plans to leave as well.
• Ling explains that she is leaving because Shrek’s leadership has betrayed her trust: Yan Shaozhe and three Inner Court graduates allegedly harmed the talented young man she regarded as a brother. She also believes the academy’s favoritism makes her efforts and prospects there pointless.
• Ling intends to go west to confront Yan Shaozhe’s students and seek an outlet for her grief and anger. Han agrees to accompany her to Mingdu, both to support Ling and to see Sun Moon for herself.
• In fact, Zhang Lexuan survived and is recovering in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s infirmary. Jing Hongchen asks Yu Tianjun to help treat the damage to her martial soul, since a Dark Gold Dreadclaw tore it. The academy hopes that Zhang will wake up in Sun Moon and see that she is being cared for there.
• Yu agrees to treat her under strict conditions: only trusted people may observe, and the procedure must remain secret. Ye Guyi decides to accompany him.
• Yu and Ye reflect on their previous night’s martial-soul-fusion experiments. They have found a way to activate their fusion under special conditions, but the Dark Qilin dominates the fusion, leaving Ye with little control. Their sparring also wrecked the nearby Soul Fighting Arena.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Ruoruo moves from despair over her friends’ apparent losses toward decisive action. Though worried about the academy’s response, she chooses loyalty to Ling over staying behind.
• Ling Luochен abandons her remaining attachment to Shrek, condemning its leadership and unequal treatment of students. Her grief for the murdered young man becomes a determination to confront those connected to him.
• Yu Tianjun takes on the role of Zhang’s healer while insisting on privacy and clear boundaries. A stray strand of Ye’s hair briefly causes a comic misunderstanding during his call with Jing Hongchen.
• Ye Guyi is curious and teasingly flirtatious with Yu. She accepts that their fusion is controlled by him, though she laments that her Holy Angel martial soul is inferior to his Dark Qilin.
• Jing Hongchen follows Elder Kong’s plan to use Zhang’s recovery and relocation to strengthen her loyalty to Sun Moon, despite his own reservations about Yu’s closeness to her.

Significant themes

• Institutional betrayal and disillusionment: Ling and Han question Shrek’s ideals after seeing its negligence, favoritism, and alleged misconduct.
• Grief turned into action: Ling channels loss into a plan to confront those she blames, while Han responds by standing beside her.
• Loyalty and belonging: Wu Ming’s refusal of Sun Moon’s help contrasts with the academy’s attempt to win Zhang’s allegiance through care.
• Power and partnership: Yu and Ye’s fusion is formidable but unequal, raising questions about control and the balance between partners.

Key plot points and events

• Yu Tianjun is brought to the medical facility to help Zhang Lexuan, whose silver moon martial soul was torn apart by a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Although the fragments are slowly repairing themselves, the bear’s lingering, exceptionally sharp soul power is preventing recovery.
• Using the Sun Moon Empire’s equipment to draw out Lexuan’s unconscious martial soul, Yu Tianjun channels the Five-Element Qilin into ultimate metal. It suppresses and draws out the bear’s soul power, healing one fragment and improving Lexuan’s condition. Yu Tianjun absorbs the dark-gold energy, gaining a small cultivation benefit.
• The treatment may allow Lexuan to wake that same night. Yu Tianjun agrees to continue, but insists on precautions: Lexuan must not be able to expose his abilities, and he may require her to swear an oath on her martial soul.
• Liao Mengkai rushes off to report Yu Tianjun’s remarkable talent to Master Kong. Yu Yuanjue remains at the facility, while Ye Guyi goes to cultivate.
• At the academy, Ye Guyi senses something suspicious about Nana, a student with a ghost martial soul. She decides to investigate with Yu Tianjun rather than attack alone, suspecting a possible connection to evil soul masters.
• Lexuan wakes in an unfamiliar Sun Moon Empire infirmary, disoriented by its advanced medical technology. Yu Tianjun greets her with a pointed reminder that she has returned to the empire—and calls her its “Princess Consort.”

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Tianjun demonstrates a new, powerful application of his Five-Element Qilin: generating ultimate metal. He is willing to reveal the ability to trusted allies and treat Lexuan, but remains politically cautious and prepared to enforce secrecy.
• Liao Mengkai is impressed by Yu Tianjun’s talent and protective of his prospects, warning him not to jeopardize his cultivation for Lexuan. His enthusiasm turns to excitement as he hurries to report the breakthrough.
• Ye Guyi privately suspects Yu Tianjun might be acting out of romantic interest, then revises her judgment when she learns the treatment also aids his cultivation. Her devotion to fighting evil soul masters remains strong, though she recognizes the need for allies.
• Zhang Lexuan regains consciousness in enemy territory, confronted with unfamiliar surroundings and Yu Tianjun’s teasing, politically charged welcome.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Ultimate attributes dominate lesser powers, while Yu Tianjun’s rare ability marks him as an exceptional strategic asset.
• Trust versus vigilance: Yu Tianjun trusts his allies enough to reveal his power but remains wary of Lexuan and the possibility that she could expose him.
• Politics, loyalty, and shifting allegiances: Lexuan’s awakening in the Sun Moon Empire raises questions about her position and loyalties.
• Ideals and judgment: Ye Guyi’s suspicion of Nana reflects the chapter’s distinction between judging people by their actions and judging them by their martial souls.

Key plot points and events

• Zhang Lexuan wakes in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s medical room, confused about her location and wary of Yu Tianjun, who says he rescued her from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu questions why Shrek sent no powerful protector and argues that the academy undervalues her despite her status as a future Sea God’s Pavilion heir. He also challenges her loyalty by suggesting Mu En’s past intervention to avenge her family was a transaction.
• Zhang angrily defends Mu En and Shrek. Yu then reveals that he is Dark Qilin Yu Tianjun, the Shrek-affiliated enemy presumed dead after a conflict involving Dean Yan Shaozhe. He declares his intent to compete for the Sun Moon Empire and defeat Shrek at the next tournament.
• Alarmed by the political and personal consequences of Yu’s revenge, Zhang is overwhelmed and faints again. Yu resumes her treatment, using power refined from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Meanwhile, Meng Hongchen confronts her brother Xiao for going away with Tianjun without her. Her mood improves when Jing Hongchen tells her that Tianjun left her a rare external soul bone—the Death Spider Emperor’s Eight Spider Lances—to help control her poison backlash.
• Jealous and suspicious, Meng prepares lethal poison for Xiao. He placates her with photographs and claims he joined the trip to keep watch on Tianjun. When he accidentally reveals that Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming were brought back from Shrek, Meng briefly grows threatening before accepting his explanation that they were taken as prisoners.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Lexuan remains fiercely loyal to Shrek and Mu En, but Yu’s revelations expose her doubts about Shrek’s protection and place her in a precarious position as both a valued heir and a vulnerable patient.
• Yu Tianjun shows himself to be a polished, strategic speaker who uses Zhang’s neglect and Shrek’s past actions to undermine her confidence. His grudge against Yan Shaozhe and Shrek is now openly tied to a plan for public revenge.
• Meng Hongchen swings between gratitude and jealousy: Tianjun’s thoughtful gift deepens her affection, while his absence and Xiao’s involvement make her possessive and suspicious.
• Xiao Hongchen tries to manage Meng’s anger with flattery, service, and a reassuring account of his role, but his careless disclosure nearly earns him a dose of poison.
• Jing Hongchen supports Meng and strongly approves of Tianjun, seeing him as an ideal match for his granddaughter.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and obligation: Zhang’s gratitude to Mu En and devotion to Shrek clash with Yu’s argument that past kindness does not erase present neglect.
• Political rivalry and revenge: Tianjun’s survival and defection turn a personal grievance into a threat to Shrek and the balance between empires.
• Trust and manipulation: Yu’s persuasive framing unsettles Zhang, while Meng’s suspicions shape her exchanges with Xiao.
• Affection expressed through gifts and protection: Tianjun’s soul-bone gift demonstrates care, while Meng’s jealousy and Xiao’s anxious appeasement provide a comic counterpoint to the chapter’s darker conflict.

Plot points and events

• Yu Tianjun agrees to accompany Xiao Hongchen to the Sun Moon Academy’s Five-Element World, where he plans to complete a self-created technique based on his five-element qilin.
• Xiao boasts that his Three-Legged Golden Toad can absorb metal energy faster than anyone. Yu promptly drains the Metal World’s energy, then samples the Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth training grounds as well.
• In the Earth World, Yu begins shaping five elemental spheres in pursuit of a perfectly unified fusion—the Great Five-Element Divine Light. Xiao senses the danger and retreats.
• Vice Dean Liao Mengkai and Yu Yuanjue observe. Yu Yuanjue recognizes Yu’s aim as balancing and integrating his abilities; Liao notes its potential as a model for a soul tool.
• Kong Deming, secretly employed as the academy’s dorm supervisor, arrives with Five-Colored Stone Gloves for Yu. He suggests studying Wang Yiheng’s Blazing Heavenly Net as a possible reference, then gives Xiao a high-level soul tool and departs without fanfare.
• At Shrek, Ning Rongrong and Tang San confront Dean Yan Shaozhe over an Inner Court student’s attack on them and the academy’s meager compensation. Yan refuses to apologize, insisting Outer Court students have no standing to demand equal treatment from Inner Court members.
• Yan tells them to grow stronger and challenge his disciple—and him—if they want redress. Tang San rejects the compensation and chooses to remain at Shrek, vowing to retaliate if an opportunity arises.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Tianjun demonstrates confidence and growing mastery, revealing a technique that could fuse all five elements and potentially erase energy. His easy victory over Xiao’s absorption talent establishes the scale of his ability.
• Xiao Hongchen is humbled by Yu’s energy consumption but remains curious and loyal, following him through the training grounds. His comic boasting and past antics contrast with his genuine interest in Yu’s limits. Kong’s gift also earns his admiration.
• Kong Deming appears powerful, discreet, and generous: he offers Yu practical guidance, treats Xiao kindly, and asks that his visit remain secret. His presence reassures Yu Yuanjue about Yu’s safety.
• Yan Shaozhe remains composed and unapologetically authoritarian. He frames the confrontation as a lesson in cultivation, while Du Weilun accepts this explanation.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San feel insulted and dismissed. Rongrong argues from her status and the danger they faced; Tang invokes fairness and ultimately turns his anger into a resolve to become strong enough to challenge the academy’s leaders.

Themes

• Strength and status: Both academies judge students by power and rank, though Shrek’s hierarchy is especially explicit.
• Integration and innovation: Yu’s five-element fusion—and Kong’s suggestion of a soul-tool analogue—connect martial cultivation with engineering.
• Mentorship and discipline: Kong offers quiet guidance, while Yan believes hardship will forge Tang San into a better student.
• Comedy and pride: Xiao’s grandiose stories and Yu’s teasing lighten the chapter, contrasting with the tense, humiliating dispute at Shrek.

Summary

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• Character development: The author reflects on becoming more experienced and admits to feeling wary of reader suggestions and reviews, while reaffirming a commitment to keep writing.
• Themes: The note emphasizes the joy of storytelling and reading, the value of positive energy, and the creator’s vulnerability when sharing work publicly.
• Interactions: The author thanks readers for their support, acknowledges that many follow the book quietly, and promises to publish at least two chapters per day going forward.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Zhang Lexuan awakens in a Sun Moon Empire recovery room and discovers that her injuries are healing at remarkable speed. Her Moon Martial Soul responds warmly to Yu Tianjun’s presence, revealing that their martial souls have over 90% compatibility and may be capable of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Lexuan asks Yu Tianjun to kill her rather than let Shrek’s leaders escape accountability. He refuses, explaining that he rescued both her and Wu Ming.
• Wu Ming has rejected treatment, food, and contact with the Sun Moon Empire, and is being kept in an underground chamber. Yu Tianjun makes Lexuan’s visit conditional on persuading Wu Ming to accept care and abandon her hostility toward the empire. He also argues that Shrek’s condemnation of Sun Moon Soul Tools—and its claims of moral superiority—are hypocritical.
• Lexuan asks for time to decide, knowing Wu Ming may die if she cannot reach her soon.
• Meanwhile, Han Ruoruo arrives in Mingdu with Ling Luochеn. She is struck by the city’s scale, modern infrastructure, and everyday civilian Soul Tools, including a heating device powered by ore rather than soul power.
• As the two tour the city, Han reflects on Shrek’s technological stagnation and the Martial Soul Department’s failure to protect Lexuan and Wu Ming. Their outing is interrupted indirectly when two Xishui Alliance operatives identify Han as a high-priority target and report her presence, though they lack the strength to confront her themselves.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Lexuan is physically recovering but emotionally torn. Her potential bond with Yu Tianjun complicates her loyalty to Shrek, while her concern for Wu Ming forces her to consider engaging with the empire she opposes.
• Yu Tianjun acts as both healer and political negotiator. He is pragmatic and sharply challenges Lexuan’s assumptions about the Sun Moon Empire, but leaves her some choice and time.
• Wu Ming, though absent from the scene, is characterized by fierce defiance: she refuses even life-saving aid from the empire.
• Han Ruoruo begins as a skeptical visitor but is unsettled by Mingdu’s civilian technology and increasingly doubts Shrek’s priorities and leadership.
• Ling Luochеn guides and supports Han, sharing what she knows about Soul Tools and gently helping her enjoy the city.
• The Xishui Alliance operatives reveal that the organization is monitoring prominent Shrek figures and seeking credit by reporting them to its leaders.

Significant themes

• Technology and progress: Mingdu’s civilian Soul Tools challenge Shrek’s portrayal of Sun Moon technology as wasteful or merely military.
• Institutional hypocrisy and decline: Lexuan and Han both question Shrek’s claims to justice and its failure to protect its people or keep pace with innovation.
• Loyalty versus survival: Lexuan must weigh solidarity with Wu Ming against the need to persuade her to accept help.
• Prejudice and propaganda: Yu Tianjun disputes the idea that the Sun Moon Empire is uniquely cruel, pointing to violence and injustice on all sides.
• Unwanted connection: Lexuan’s potential fusion with Yu Tianjun creates a personal bond across the political divide, even as she remains bound by grief and loyalty.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Guyi identifies Nana, a Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy student, as a Holy Spirit Cult mole. Yu Tianjun agrees to help capture her and attack the cult’s Mingdu branch.
• While preparing, Yu completes the Great Five-Element Divine Light, a powerful technique that gathers and controls all five elements. It drains Soul Power so rapidly that he can sustain it for only about three minutes without a Soul Core.
• In his Sea of Consciousness, Electrolux awakens. He counsels Yu not to abandon his hatred, but to keep it from obscuring the beauty and people worth cherishing. Yu invites Electrolux to journey with him toward greater heights.
• Yu asks to learn Purifying Flame to counter Evil Soul Masters’ abuse of souls. Electrolux agrees to teach him, establishing a teacher–student relationship. Yu then enters five days of Deep Meditation, reaching Soul Power rank 47 and opening a second Sea of Consciousness for Electrolux.
• After waking, Yu learns that Nana has already been captured. She reveals she was once harmed by the Holy Spirit Cult and now follows Ye Guyi, committed to fighting Evil Soul Masters.
• Nana says the branch’s powerful, elusive Soul Saint is called Lord Zhongli. Yu suspects a connection to the Zhongli family and plans a surprise attack: he will hide in Ye Guyi’s shadow while she and Nana enter the branch, then strike if the Soul Saint is present.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu’s growing power is matched by a clearer sense of purpose: he remains vengeful, but Electrolux urges him to balance vengeance with care for what he still values. Yu responds warmly and invites the older man to share his future.
• Electrolux moves from observing Yu to actively mentoring him, trusting his character and teaching him a means to purify abused souls.
• Ye Guyi and Yu act as close, enthusiastic partners in their campaign against the cult. Her playful manner contrasts with Yu’s urgent, tactical focus.
• Nana shifts from suspected infiltrator to openly committed ally, while Liao Mengkai and Yu Yuanjue discuss expanding Yu’s training across both elemental combat and physical power.

Significant themes

• Vengeance and restraint: Hatred can be a response to injustice, but it must not destroy the ability to recognize beauty or connection.
• Light and darkness: Moral purpose depends on the heart, not outward power; Yu’s darkness can serve a righteous end.
• Mentorship and healing: Electrolux’s advice and instruction offer Yu both practical strength and a model for surviving past trauma.
• Alliance against evil: Former victims and trusted companions unite to oppose those who exploit and torment others.

Key plot points and events

• Outside Mingdu, the Zhongli triplets identify Shrek’s Han Ruoruo and Ling Luochеn as targets and ambush them with a captured light-attribute beast soul, sealing the area with an Isolation Soul Tool.
• Meanwhile, Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi raid a Holy Spirit Cult branch altar. Yu’s Qilin Domain incapacitates its servants, while Guyi kills the two guarding Evil Soul Emperors.
• The pair release the trapped vengeful souls from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Guyi’s holy light and Yu’s Purifying Flame ease their suffering, revealing the cruelty behind the cult’s control of its servants. They spare the innocent survivors for possible recruitment and leave Nana to help them say farewell to their dead families.
• A captured cultist reveals that an elder is hunting near Mingdu’s eastern outskirts. Tianjun and Guyi go there and find Han and Ling close to defeat.
• Tianjun ambushes Zhongli Tian with a concealed, empowered sword strike, then traps the other brothers. Guyi arrives and beheads the wounded Tian, leaving the remaining brothers stunned.

Character developments

• Ye Guyi grows more resolute in her hatred of evil soul masters after seeing the vengeful souls and their victims. Killing the cultists also strengthens her, pushing her to the threshold of Soul King.
• Yu Tianjun shows both ruthless efficiency in combat and compassion toward the abused servants, offering survivors a chance to join his cause if they choose.
• Nana is entrusted with protecting the survivors and must confront the grief of saying goodbye to her parents.
• Han Ruoruo remains determined to protect the unconscious Ling, despite her injuries and despair.
• The Zhongli brothers mistake Tianjun for a powerful member of their own cult, then panic when Guyi’s identity is revealed.

Significant themes

• Purification versus corruption: Guyi and Tianjun turn the vengeful souls’ pain into peace, contrasting with the cult’s exploitation of the dead and living.
• Justice and choice: Tianjun seeks to punish evil while allowing survivors to choose whether to join his cause.
• Appearance and mistaken identity: Tianjun’s dark aura and methods make the Zhongli brothers assume he is the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son.
• Companionship and trust: Tianjun and Guyi fight as a coordinated pair, and their teasing, affectionate exchanges offset the brutality of battle.

Character interactions

• Tianjun and Guyi work together seamlessly: he controls the battlefield and she delivers holy attacks, while both help free the vengeful souls.
• Guyi gently comforts Nana before leaving with Tianjun, who assigns Nana responsibility for the survivors.
• Han and Ling support one another under attack, with Han shielding the unconscious Ling.
• After Guyi joins Tianjun at the ambush, she jokes that he could pass for the cult’s Holy Son. Their enemies’ final cry—“Has Spirit Hall returned?”—captures their shock at seeing the dark qilin and holy angel fight side by side.

Plot points and events

• Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dark Qilin Commands Radiance and Decrees Heaven’s Judgment. Its combined power of ultimate darkness and sacred light purifies the Evil Soul Masters’ Beast Souls and kills the Zhongli brothers, including the two Evil Soul Saints, Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren.
• After the battle, the Lightwing Griffin approaches Ye Guyi and sacrifices itself to become her fifth Soul Ring. With Yu Tianjun’s teacher, Electrolux, intervening, its damaged soul is restored through an Equal Contract, creating a mutually beneficial bond resembling a prototype Soul Spirit.
• Yu Tianjun and Ye Guyi gain greatly from purifying and defeating Evil Soul Masters. Ye Guyi reaches rank fifty-five and prepares for secluded cultivation; Tianjun reaches rank forty-nine.
• While Tianjun’s domain conceals the aftermath, the officials outside discuss the Sun Moon Empire’s uneasy ties with the Holy Spirit Cult and the danger posed by powerful Evil Soul Masters. They also reveal the Empire’s succession struggle and the crown prince’s dealings with the cult.
• Once the domain falls, Zheng Zhan gives Tianjun and Ling Luochеn powerful Soul Tools as compensation and protection. Ye Guyi goes into seclusion, while Zheng Zhan destroys evidence of the battle.
• Tianjun decides to recruit the unconscious Han Ruoruo as a practical-combat teaching assistant. He expects her to swear secrecy and proposes a six-year contract, though he privately doubts Shrek would welcome her back afterward.

Character developments

• Yu Tianjun demonstrates both lethal strength and strategic cunning. He protects the secrecy of his and Ye Guyi’s abilities, manages the aftermath, and turns Han Ruoruo’s knowledge into an opportunity for recruitment.
• Ye Guyi grows substantially stronger and deepens her partnership with Tianjun. Her connection with the Lightwing Griffin gives her a new source of power and a possible path toward becoming a Soul Emperor.
• Electrolux shows that his recovered strength and knowledge can benefit others, adapting his world’s Equal Contract to the local Soul Beast system.
• Han Ruoruo is left unconscious and becomes central to Tianjun’s plan, though she has not yet agreed to join him.
• Zheng Zhan is shaken by the danger and anxious about accountability, so he offers valuable Soul Tools and helps cover up the incident.

Themes

• Union of opposites: Darkness and sacred light, despite seeming incompatible, combine into a powerful force for judgment and purification.
• Power gained through purification: Defeating Evil Soul Masters releases trapped souls and yields strength to those who cleanse them.
• Trust and mutual benefit: The Lightwing Griffin’s contract with Ye Guyi offers healing and shared gains rather than simple sacrifice.
• Political compromise and ambition: The Empire’s leaders tolerate dangerous allies for strategic reasons, while rival princes maneuver for power.
• Pragmatism and control: Tianjun protects his secrets by managing witnesses, evidence, and even potential recruits.

Character interactions

• Tianjun and Ye Guyi fight as a coordinated pair, share the gains from their victories, and affirm their intention to keep advancing together.
• Electrolux treats Ye Guyi warmly and works with her and the Lightwing Griffin to establish their contract; Tianjun’s trust makes the procedure possible.
• Yu Yuanjue and Liao Mengkai support Tianjun’s secrecy and discuss the political threat posed by the Holy Spirit Cult with Zheng Zhan.
• Zheng Zhan’s gifts help smooth over the danger to the group, while Tianjun responds by treating the battle’s rewards and aftermath as manageable business.
• Tianjun’s proposed recruitment of Han Ruoruo mixes genuine professional opportunity with coercion: he offers employment and a future deadline, but is prepared to confine her if she refuses to protect their secrets.

Plot points and events

• Han Ruoruo wakes in Yu Tianjun’s home after he rescued her from the Holy Spirit Cult. He explains that he survived the attack by Yan Shaozhe and has been hiding in Mingdu; revealing he is alive could put him in danger.
• Yu Tianjun invites Han to join the Heaven-and-Earth Great Love Alliance. He describes a reformist agenda: fighting Evil Soul Masters, improving ordinary people’s lives, expanding civilian soul-tool use, and strengthening ties between humans and soul beasts. He promises Han work, support, and help advancing her cultivation.
• Han refuses to attack her homeland, but accepts that the alliance’s goals need not mean war against the Original Three Kingdoms. Trusting Luochen’s judgment and wanting a better future, she joins.
• Yu meets Ji Juechen, admits he withheld two soul bones after their earlier hunt, and offers him three other valuable bones in exchange. Ji accepts both the bones and Yu’s invitation to become a founding member of the alliance.
• Yu uses his ultimate-metal ability to enhance Ji’s Heavenly Meteorite Iron Sword, raising its potential. Ji pledges to fight at Yu’s side.
• As Ji begins absorbing the soul bones, Yu absorbs a pair of Dark Gold Terrorclaw palm bones. His strength rises to level fifty, and he grows increasingly eager to confront Shrek and Yan Shaozhe.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Ruoruo moves from suspicion and cautious gratitude to committed membership. Her loyalty to Shrek is weakened by its failures, but she draws a firm distinction between seeking justice and attacking her homeland.
• Yu Tianjun presents himself not only as a powerful avenger but as a leader with a broad social vision. He recruits through candor, practical benefits, and respect for personal choice.
• Ji Juechen joins readily because he trusts Yu and values the chance to grow stronger. His devotion to his sword is played for humor: he is briefly jealous when it seems more interested in Yu’s enhancement than in returning to him.
• Yu’s interactions with both recruits emphasize trust and reciprocity: he is frank about his motives, offers substantial rewards, and honors their independence.

Significant themes

• Reform versus entrenched institutions: Yu argues that outdated powers like Shrek cannot solve widespread poverty, abuse, and Evil Soul Master violence.
• Justice and loyalty: Han supports cooperation against evil while rejecting indiscriminate hostility toward her homeland.
• Trust and alliance-building: Personal faith and honest dealing help turn former allies and outsiders into founding members.
• Power and revenge: Yu’s growing strength and new recruits bring his campaign against Shrek closer, though his stated goals extend beyond vengeance.

Key plot points and events

• At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Liao Mengkai boasts to Jing Hongchen about recruiting Han Ruoruo, a powerful Shrek Inner Court Soul Sage, as a specially appointed teacher. Jing recognizes Yu Tianjun’s influence in the generous contract and is annoyed that Liao has claimed the credit.
• Jing asks Liao to hand over his family’s method of cultivating blood and qi, along with the Behemoth Beast Inner Core behind it, so Tianjun can benefit. Liao initially resists but agrees after Jing explains that the academy needs to support Tianjun’s growth—and reveals how much he has personally spent to fund Tianjun’s training.
• Tianjun brings Ling Luochеn to visit Zhang Lexuan and invites her to join his organization, which aims to eradicate Evil Soul Masters and address society’s deeper problems. Zhang agrees to help him, on the condition that she can eventually retire and open a school.
• Tianjun challenges Zhang’s faith in Shrek by describing Blue Tyrant Academy’s history and arguing that Shrek’s official account erased its predecessor’s role and concealed how the academy was built. Zhang recognizes that the academy she idealized may have been flawed from its foundations.
• Han Ruoruo visits Wu Ming, who is being held and recovering in a comfortable basement room. Wu, starving and disoriented, initially mistakes Han for a rescuer. She then discovers that Han, Ling, and Zhang have all chosen to leave Shrek or reject returning to it—and that Tianjun expects her to consider joining them too.

Character developments and interactions

• Jing Hongchen shows growing commitment to Tianjun, despite his outwardly calculating manner: he has secretly absorbed substantial costs to support Tianjun’s cultivation and seeks additional resources for him.
• Liao Mengkai is proud of his recruitment success but ultimately gives up a treasured family inheritance to help Tianjun.
• Zhang Lexuan begins reconsidering her loyalty to Shrek after hearing an alternative account of its origins. She accepts Tianjun’s invitation while preserving her dream of teaching children in retirement.
• Ling Luochеn backs Tianjun’s cause and supports Zhang through their reunion and difficult conversation.
• Han Ruoruo has committed to working in Mingdu and helps bring her friends into the new organization.
• Wu Ming is left bewildered as she realizes her friends have made life-changing decisions without her; the others reassure her that she will not be forced to join.

Significant themes

• Institutional myth versus historical truth: Tianjun’s account undermines Shrek’s heroic self-image and prompts Zhang to question its legitimacy.
• Reform and moral responsibility: The characters seek to confront the causes of Evil Soul Master activity rather than merely respond to its consequences.
• Loyalty and fresh starts: The former Shrek members weigh their affection for the academy against the chance to pursue a different future.
• Patronage and sacrifice: Jing’s hidden spending and Liao’s family inheritance illustrate the resources and personal costs involved in backing Tianjun’s ambitions.

Plot and key events

• Yu Tianjun reports that he has recruited three talented former Shrek students to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy: Han Ruoruo as a teaching assistant, Zhang Lexuan as a librarian, and Wu Ming to work in a fire-based training environment.
• He asks Jing Hongchen to commission a Level 9 soul tool for his grandfather, Yu Yuanjue, a Level 97 Super Douluo. Jing recognizes its potential both to strengthen Yu and to demonstrate how soul tools can enhance powerful beast-soul masters.
• Yu accepts guaranteed entry to the new Deming Class and agrees to become its class monitor after learning the position comes with a valuable dragon-eating beast core as a reward. He plans to seek his fifth soul ring in three months.
• At the academy’s new-semester ceremony, Jing introduces Ye Yulin and Liao Mengkai as vice deans and announces the elite Deming Class. The ceremony showcases Yu’s civilian soul-tool inventions, while Meng Hongchen delivers an overblown tribute to him.
• The Deming Class trials test theory, soul-tool fabrication, and combat. Xiao Hongchen defeats his sister Meng in the final, though her improved poison pushes him to use his soul-bone skill. Yu is named class monitor; students may challenge him for the post.
• At Shrek, the Freshmen Tournament semifinals pit Chen San’s team against Dai Huabin’s. Chen San’s Blue Silver Grass proves ineffective against Dai’s stronger martial soul, and Dai and Zhu Lu win with their martial soul fusion skill, Hell White Tiger. Huo Yuhao’s team also wins its semifinal.
• Humiliated by the defeat, Chen San—secretly Tang San—decides Shrek cannot help him evolve his Blue Silver Grass. He considers betraying the academy and temporarily aligning with the Sun Moon Empire to capture its hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Tianjun continues to operate pragmatically, treating recruitment, rewards, and assignments as business. He remains relaxed and playful, but his request for a soul tool shows his concern for his grandfather’s protection.
• Jing Hongchen grows increasingly enthusiastic about the extraordinary talent Yu has brought to the academy. He supports Yu’s ambitions and arranges his influential class-monitor role.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen compete as siblings. Meng’s stronger poison nearly turns the match, but Xiao’s Soul King cultivation and defensive soul-bone ability secure his win.
• Chen San/Tang San responds to defeat with resentment rather than reflection. He dismisses Huo Yuhao for sparing Dai Huabin, envies stronger martial souls and fusion skills, and shifts from relying on Shrek to plotting a deceptive alliance with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu Jin and Zhou Yi argue over their students’ prospects, while Fan Yu points out the mismatch between Chen San’s Blue Silver Grass and the Seven Kill Sword. The academy’s judgment that Chen San is not worth investing in reinforces his isolation.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism and loyalty: Yu treats service as a transaction, while Tang San is willing to betray Shrek when it no longer serves his goals.
• Talent, power, and institutional competition: The academy recruits elite students and concentrates resources in the Deming Class, while Shrek’s tournament exposes the decisive advantage of stronger martial souls and fusion skills.
• Soul tools and cooperation: Jing sees the potential for soul tools to complement soul masters, especially powerful beast-soul users.
• Resentment and ambition: Tang San’s humiliation revives his contempt for Blue Silver Grass and drives him toward increasingly manipulative plans.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao’s team wins the Freshmen Tournament, defeating Dai Huabin’s team with the Golden Road. Despite his championship performance, Huo Yuhao is denied core-disciple status and receives only its privileges. Tang San—known here as Chen San—receives the same treatment.
• Tang San resents Shrek’s leadership, especially Dean Yan Shaozhe, and plans to leave the Martial Soul Department for the Soul Tool Department. Though he despises Soul Tools, he sees studying them as necessary for his longer-term ambitions.
• Ma Xiaotao confronts Tang San and Ning Rongrong, demanding to know who extinguished her evil fire. When they deny knowing, she attacks. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm takes control of Huo Yuhao and uses the Sky Dream Finger to stop her. The clash knocks out Ma Xiaotao, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.
• Yan Shaozhe orders the matter concealed. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong receive compensation, while Tang San and Ning Rongrong are threatened with losing their privileges if they speak. Shrek offers the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect tax reductions as compensation.
• Furious at Shrek’s hypocrisy and abuse of power, Tang San resolves to retaliate. He and Ning Rongrong travel toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San uses his divine authority to send a command to Sea God Island: punish Yan Shaozhe, but do not kill him.
• Sea God Island’s High Priest and a formidable force of Titled Douluo sail to Shrek and demand Yan Shaozhe. When Shrek refuses, battle breaks out. The High Priest’s ocean-based power overwhelms Shrek’s defenders despite their resistance.
• The High Priest captures Yan Shaozhe and destroys his soul core, stripping him of his strength. Mu En does not rescue him; instead, he absorbs Yan Shaozhe’s escaping soul power and channels it into Bei Bei, intending to strengthen Bei Bei’s Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline.

Character developments

• Tang San shifts from resentment to deliberate revenge. He hides his anger when confronted by Shrek, then uses his divine influence to unleash Sea God Island against the academy.
• Huo Yuhao remains opportunistic: he wants a connection with Ma Xiaotao and access to Shrek’s resources, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm intervenes when asked.
• Yan Shaozhe is exposed as willing to intimidate students and suppress scandal to protect Shrek. His authority and power collapse after Sea God Island’s attack.
• Ma Xiaotao remains dangerously unable to control her evil fire, attacking others to force answers.
• Mu En puts Shrek’s interests and Bei Bei’s advancement ahead of Yan Shaozhe’s survival, treating the fallen dean as a source of power for his great-grandson.
• Bei Bei becomes the beneficiary of Yan Shaozhe’s defeat, receiving his power and the prospect of a major transformation.

Significant themes

• Power and justice: Shrek’s leaders use threats and institutional influence to bury wrongdoing, while Tang San responds by invoking an even greater power.
• Institutional decline and hypocrisy: Tang San sees the academy as a corrupted version of the Shrek he remembers, where loyalty and reputation matter less than authority and self-interest.
• Revenge and consequences: Shrek’s mistreatment of Tang San and Ning Rongrong sets off a retaliation far beyond the original dispute.
• Ambition and exploitation: Characters repeatedly treat others—and even a defeated ally—as resources to advance their own goals.
• The danger of uncontrolled power: Ma Xiaotao’s volatile fire and Sea God Island’s overwhelming assault show how quickly strength can become destructive.

Character interactions

• Ning Rongrong comforts and defends Tang San, then joins his revenge plan.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong witness Ma Xiaotao’s attack; the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm takes over Huo Yuhao to stop her.
• Yan Shaozhe and Teacher Li pressure Tang San and Ning Rongrong into silence, deepening their hostility toward Shrek.
• Tang San’s hidden command brings the High Priest into direct conflict with Xuan Zi and Shrek’s defenders.
• Mu En rejects the opportunity to save Yan Shaozhe and instead uses the fallen dean’s power to cultivate Bei Bei.

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.

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.