Chapter Summaries

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the team battle after Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed to stop Lin Qing’s Dragon Gland Thermonuclear Cannon. Shrek’s team chose to keep fighting in the individual matches, while Lin Qing prepared to lead Sun Moon toward its first tournament championship.

• Raiment of Light battled the Dragon Gland Thermonuclear Cannon, but Wang Dong collapsed after the Golden Trident protected her, and Huo Yuhao conceded the team battle.
• Huang Jinxu stopped a finishing attack on Huo Yuhao, declared Sun Moon the winner, and announced that both teams had to submit their lineups for the next matches.
• Star Luo’s spectators urged Lin Qing to return home, while Xu Jiawei arranged treatment for Dai Yueheng and privately welcomed the political advantage of his injuries.
• Huo Yuhao helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire as Wang Yan recommended withdrawing, but Xu Sanshi, Ma Xiaotao, Bei Bei, and Xuan Zi insisted that Shrek continue fighting.
• Bei Bei planned Shrek’s individual-match lineup around Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing and He Caitou’s cigars, while Zhang Lexuan recoiled from the scheme.
• Lin Qing chose to fight first for Sun Moon, and Ma Rulong pledged to accept any arrangement that would secure the championship before Lin Qing promised the team would win together.

Lin Qing swept through Shrek Academy’s individual contestants, defeating Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ling Luochеn. Ma Xiaotao entered the arena determined to save Shrek’s glory, but Lin Qing’s Great Wilderness Heaven-Sealing Finger drove her phoenix evil fire into a transformation, leaving her as the Black Phoenix.

• Lin Qing used rare metal to restore his soul power while Ma Xiaotao replenished hers and Huo Yuhao helped suppress her phoenix evil fire.
• Xu Sanshi awakened his Black Tortoise bloodline against Lin Qing, but Severing Strike shattered his shield and knocked him unconscious.
• Bei Bei revealed his Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline and fought Lin Qing, who defeated him with One Hammer Decides the Outcome and exposed the words “Death paid a visit” on his face.
• Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ling Luochеn each challenged Lin Qing and were defeated, while Ma Xiaotao kept Huo Yuhao below the platform to support her with Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Dai Hao gave Ma Xiaotao a white tiger ring and relayed Dai Yueheng’s message before she went to fight Lin Qing.
• Lin Qing pointed the Great Wilderness Heaven-Sealing Finger at Ma Xiaotao, and her phoenix evil fire transformed her into the Black Phoenix.

Ma Xiaotao accepted the phoenix evil fire and became Black Phoenix to fight for Shrek, while Lin Qing chose to face her rather than withdraw. Their battle escalated into a clash of ultimate metal and ultimate fire, ending with Lin Qing unleashing the Sword of Judgment against Ma Xiaotao’s fusion strike.

• Ma Xiaotao transformed into Black Phoenix, resolving to defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy rather than let Shrek suffer a one-against-seven sweep.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to let Lin Qing fight after Grandma Lin explained his desire to seek justice for Xiao Lan, and the teams began their second battle.
• Lin Qing’s ultimate metal domain and Machine Cycle stopped Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower and overwhelmed her Black Phoenix flames.
• Ma Xiaotao struck Lin Qing’s elemental statue with Evil Flame Cloud-Splitting Strike, but the statue endured and she was thrown back.
• Lin Qing summoned the peak Class 8 Sword of Judgment, while Ma Xiaotao took up the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and unleashed Evil Flame Soul-Refining Cloud-Piercing Slash.
• Lin Qing merged Triple Evil with the Sword of Judgment and released a vast wave of holy flames in a final attack called Judgment.

Lin Qing defeated Ma Xiaotao in the final, and Xuan Zi attacked the arena before Ye Yulin and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Soul Engineers stopped him. With Shrek Academy’s team facing the last individual match, Wang Yan forfeited and revealed the losses the team had suffered before the tournament, declaring that Sun Moon had won but Shrek had not lost.

• Lin Qing’s Sword of Judgment critically wounded Ma Xiaotao, and Xuan Zi broke through the arena barrier to attack him.
• Ye Yulin used the Sun Moon Divine Needle to stop Xuan Zi, while Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan protected Lin Qing and confronted the Taotie Douluo.
• Xu Jiawei ended the standoff, ordered Ma Xiaotao taken for treatment, and allowed the tournament to continue.
• As Huo Yuhao prepared to fight Shrek’s final individual match, Wang Yan took his place and announced that Shrek Academy was forfeiting.
• Wang Yan told the crowd that Shrek’s finalists were mostly reserves and described how the Death Messenger’s attack had killed one official team member, injured six, and abducted another.
• Wang Yan praised the reserves’ efforts and declared that Sun Moon had won the tournament, but Shrek Academy had not lost its standing as the continent’s foremost academy.

At the Soul Master Tournament finals, Lin Qing exposed Shrek Academy’s misconduct and Xuan Zi’s past failures, prompting the Star Luo Empire to award the championship to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and investigate Shrek. Later, Zhang Lexuan sought Grandma Lin’s forgiveness, but Grandma Lin returned her apology gift and urged her to keep searching for an answer she would not regret.

• Wang Yan and Xuan Zi appealed to the spectators’ sympathy, but Lin Qing challenged their account and revealed that the Death Messenger had been only a level fifty soul king.
• Lin Qing accused Xuan Zi of neglecting twelve inner court disciples during a Star Dou Great Forest mission, where eight died, and connected the tragedy to Lin Qing’s departure for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ju Zi presented recordings suggesting He Caitou’s cigars were food-type soul tools, while Lin Qing demonstrated Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing and exposed Shrek’s use of both students’ abilities during matches.
• Xu Jiawei declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the champion and announced an investigation into Shrek Academy, as spectators demanded punishment and Xuan Zi led his injured students away.
• Xu Jiawei and Jing Hongchen arranged talks about tournament fairness and Shrek’s punishment, while the Sun Moon Team returned to the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Zhang Lexuan offered Grandma Lin a Storage Soul Tool as an apology for failing to protect Lin Lan, but Grandma Lin returned it and told Zhang Lexuan to keep thinking until she found an answer she would not regret.

After Sun Moon celebrated its first Soul Master Tournament championship, Lin Qing and the Ice Empress plotted to draw out Taotie Douluo. When Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang was forced to meet Xuan Zi outside Star Luo City, Lin Qing and the Ice Empress ambushed them, leaving Xuan Zi to face three powerful monsters.

• Jing Hongchen toasted the Sun Moon team’s championship and promised rewards, while the team celebrated and Meng Hongchen drunkenly told Lin Qing their shared victory meant they had no reproductive isolation.
• Jing Hongchen left to discuss Shrek Academy with the other imperial academies, and Ye Yulin described the weapons and troops he had prepared around Star Luo City.
• The Ice Empress visited Lin Qing and revealed that a Titled Douluo had entered Huo Yuhao’s room; Lin Qing guessed who it was and asked Zheng Zhan to let him leave unnoticed.
• Cheng Gang left Huo Yuhao’s room after failing to find evidence that he was a transformed soul beast, but Xuan Zi ordered him to meet outside the city.
• Xuan Zi confronted Cheng Gang in the Western Suburb Forest and demanded that he survive three minutes, then Lin Qing and the Ice Empress arrived and challenged Taotie Douluo.
• Lin Qing unleashed the Underworld Emperor Rebirth Domain as the Ice Empress appeared in her Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion form, forcing Xuan Zi to face three monsters.

The Ice Empress, Lin Qing, and two Netherworld creatures ambushed the injured Xuan Zi, overwhelming him after Cheng Gang fled instead of helping. The Ice Empress’s Ice Explosion shattered Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul Avatar and broke his spine, while the Taotie bloodline began to stir as he lay consumed by hatred.

• The Ice Empress and Lin Qing attacked Xuan Zi with the Nether Soul Bone Dragon and Three-Headed Hellhound, exploiting his injuries from the Sun Moon Divine Needle.
• Cheng Gang unleashed his eighth soul skill to escape underground, abandoning Xuan Zi and claiming he would return with reinforcements.
• Lin Qing empowered the Netherworld creatures, and they trapped Xuan Zi inside Bone Hell while the Three-Headed Hellhound tore into his back.
• The Ice Empress used Ice Explosion on the frozen Godly Taotie Bull, shattering Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul Avatar and leaving his spine grotesquely broken.
• Jing Hongchen and other experts arrived after the attackers had departed, and Jing Hongchen denounced them while Xuan Zi’s soul power rapidly declined.
• Xuan Zi swore vengeance as his hatred awakened a stirring in the Taotie bloodline.

After winning the Soul Master Tournament, Lin Qing and the Sun Moon Team returned to Mingdu to a grand imperial welcome. Lin Qing was named Earl of Ultimate Metal and ended his speech by honoring the people who supported the team.

• Xiao Hongchen escorted Grandma Lin toward Mingdu while the Sun Moon Team discussed their expected rewards and Zheng Zhan privately speculated about the Ice Empress's connection to Lin Qing.
• Sun Moon officials and Xu Tianran welcomed the returning team outside Mingdu, and Lin Qing clasped hands with the Crown Prince.
• Xu Tianran awarded Lin Qing the title Earl of Ultimate Metal and granted the other thirteen team members viscount titles, soul bones, money, rare metals, and cultivation medicines.
• Lin Qing thanked the academy, his teachers, supporters, protectors, teammates, and family during his victory speech.
• Lin Qing declared that the supporters of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy were the true champions.

Lin Qing became Kong Deming’s direct disciple and received the Profound Radiant Sun, while Xu Tianran continued plotting to control Ju Zi and use Lin Qing. The chapter ended with Shrek’s defeated team returning to the academy, where Yan Shaozhe ordered the tearful students back to class.

• At the championship parade, Xu Tianran suspected that Ju Zi was changing course, while Lin Qing inspected his rewards, including an eighty-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant Head Soul Bone.
• After the tournament, Lin Qing returned the Sword of Judgment to Jing Hongchen, who led him to Laboratory One to meet Master Kong.
• Lin Qing recognized Kong Deming as the academy librarian, theatrically pretended to be surprised, and accepted Kong Deming’s offer to become his direct disciple.
• Kong Deming promised to train Lin Qing, agreed to capture the Golden Sword Lion King as his soul beast, and gave him the Ranked Carving Knife Profound Radiant Sun.
• Huo Yuhao and the injured Shrek team returned to the academy, where the Outer Court students tearfully welcomed them before Yan Shaozhe ordered everyone back to class.

After Shrek’s tournament defeat and cheating scandal triggered political backlash, Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi tried to blame Wang Yan and protect the academy’s reputation. Mu En rebuked them, removed Xuan Zi from leadership, ordered major reforms, and warned Zhang Lexuan to leave Shrek if its leaders turned against her after his death.

• Yan Shaozhe ordered the outer court disciples to run three hundred laps and arranged for Wang Yan to take the blame for the team’s cheating and defeat.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi discussed Ma Xiaotao’s ruined condition, Xuan Zi’s injuries, and a plan to punish Wang Yan and Ling Luochеn while sparing other team members.
• The Sea God Pavilion convened, where Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe blamed Wang Yan, Ultimate Metal, and soul tools for Shrek’s tournament loss.
• Mu En condemned Xuan Zi for cheating, endangering opponents, and shifting blame, then ordered him to step down and appointed Zhang Lexuan to succeed him.
• Mu En ordered Shrek’s departments to merge, barred the Reserve Team from the next tournament, and sent Yan Shaozhe to Mingdu to restart the student exchange program.
• Mu En told Zhang Lexuan that he was dying and urged her to leave Shrek if Yan Shaozhe or Xuan Zi targeted her after his death.

Lin Qing became Kong Deming’s personal disciple and demonstrated his soul-engineering talent, while Kong Deming urged him to find his own path. The chapter ended with Jing Hongchen resisting Kong Deming’s demand for the Starry Sky Core and Meng Hongchen getting a moment alone with Lin Qing.

• Lin Qing was greeted as the Earl of Ultimate Metal at Mingde Hall, where Ma Rulong told him the empire was treating him like a second crown prince after Kong Deming named him his personal disciple.
• Kong Deming gave Lin Qing diamond essence to carve, and Lin Qing used the Profound Radiant Sun to create the Level 7 soul tool core array Annihilation.
• Kong Deming told Lin Qing to discover his own soul-engineering path, gave him Soul Guidance Laboratory One to use, and promised to guide him as he trained.
• Kong Deming demanded that Jing Hongchen hand over the Starry Sky Core so Lin Qing could absorb it, but Jing Hongchen said he had reserved it as Meng Hongchen’s dowry.
• Meng Hongchen waited with Xiao Hongchen to walk home with Lin Qing, sent her brother away, and leaned in close to Lin Qing while Xiao Hongchen watched from beneath a banyan tree.

Lin Qing sought direction as a soul engineer and received advice from the Ice Empress before she defeated him and his friends in combat training. After the group celebrated at Zhanghua Garden, Grandma Lin reminded Lin Qing that his move to the Sun Moon Empire was a new beginning and urged him not to let revenge or hatred rule his heart.

• Meng Hongchen returned to Zhanghua Garden with Lin Qing, where they found Ju Zi, Keke, Grandma Lin, Xiao Hongchen, and other friends gathered.
• Lin Qing asked Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen for ideas about his path as a soul engineer, and the Ice Empress told him to find a path connected to the one he chose as a soul master.
• The Ice Empress fought Lin Qing, Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan, overwhelming them with her strength and Ultimate Ice.
• Ju Zi served a feast, and the friends discussed their studies at Mingde Hall before settling in for the night at Zhanghua Garden.
• Meng Hongchen teased Lin Qing with his childhood nickname, Little Green Bean, and collected ten kisses from him in exchange for keeping it secret.
• Grandma Lin encouraged Lin Qing to remember the people who loved him, resist hatred, and treat his move to the Sun Moon Empire as a brand-new starting point.

Lin Qing studied soul engineering under Kong Deming while Kong warned him about his ties to Ju Zi and the imperial court. When Yan Shaozhe arrived to restart the exchange student program between Shrek and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Kong demanded a hundred-thousand-year soul bone as the price of entering Mingde Hall.

• Lin Qing submitted his Azure Sky Jade Moon blueprints, and Kong Deming praised his work before showing him how to streamline its defensive arrays.
• Kong Deming gave Lin Qing a defensive array and nourishing delicacies, then cautioned him about becoming involved with Ju Zi and imperial politics.
• Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er discussed Shrek's mission and the risks of negotiating with Mingde Hall.
• Jing Hongchen escorted Yan Shaozhe into Mingde Hall, where he met Kong Deming and Lin Qing in Laboratory One.
• Kong Deming sealed the laboratory with a Level 10 soul tool and demanded an entrance fee, so Yan Shaozhe offered his hundred-thousand-year Skycry Scarlet Phoenix Torso Bone.

Kong Deming secured a student exchange agreement between Shrek and Sun Moon while Lin Qing received a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. As Shrek’s leaders returned home, evil soul masters attacked Shrek City, and Feng Ling abducted Ma Xiaotao to take her to the Holy Church, leaving Xuan Zi consumed by growing evil and hunger.

• Kong Deming identified the Mingxiao Scarlet Phoenix Soul Bone’s intended purpose, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to an exchange program that would begin in two years.
• Jing Hongchen secured places for Shrek’s reserve students in the exchange, while Yan Shaozhe failed to persuade Lin Qing to return to Shrek.
• Kong Deming gave Lin Qing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Yan Shaozhe later told Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo that Shrek needed a new team to challenge Sun Moon.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo returned to find evil soul masters attacking Shrek City as Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion Elders fought them.
• Feng Ling revealed her identity to Yan Shaozhe and abducted Ma Xiaotao, claiming the Holy Church could save her as the Black Phoenix.
• Feng Ling’s attack sent Xuan Zi into Sea God Lake, and he emerged calling himself a useless cripple as evil thoughts and gluttonous hunger consumed him.

Tang Wutong awakened her Sea God bloodline and was ordered to recruit or eliminate the Child of the Dark Side, while Lin Qing broke through to rank sixty and joined the hunt for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. The chapter ended with the Golden Sword Lion King killed and its hundred-thousand-year soul ring rising.

• Tang Wutong revealed that her memories and Sea God bloodline had awakened, transforming her martial soul into the Bright Sea God Butterfly and giving her four ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Tang Wutong told Niu Tian and Tai Tan that the Sea God wanted them to bring the Child of the Dark Side into his fold before resorting to killing him.
• Lin Qing absorbed metal energy in the Metal World and broke through rank sixty as Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, Zheng Zhan, and Ye Yulin discussed funding his cultivation and hunting a soul beast.
• Kong Deming took Lin Qing and the other soul engineers to the Jingyang Mountain Range to hunt the Golden Sword Lion King for its hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Kong Deming restrained the lion pride with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, and Lin Qing killed the defeated Golden Sword Lion King with machine element, releasing its hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Lin Qing absorbed the Golden Sword Lion King's hundred-thousand-year soul ring and right arm soul bone, then learned he would attend the Sun Moon Emperor's birthday banquet. Xu Tianzhen discovered that her family planned to match her with Lin Qing and resolved to resist their scheme.

• Lin Qing endured the Golden Sword Lion King's Soul Shock and absorbed his hundred-thousand-year soul ring while Kong Deming protected him and Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, and Zheng Zhan mined rare metals.
• Lin Qing dissected the Golden Sword Lion King, obtained its right arm soul bone, and absorbed it, gaining hundred-thousand-year soul bones in both arms.
• Kong Deming explained the limits of his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and told Lin Qing to attend the Sun Moon Emperor's birthday banquet.
• Xu Tianran warned Xu Tianzhen that Lin Qing would attend and encouraged her to study alongside him, but she insisted she would enroll at Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy instead.
• The old emperor revealed that he hoped Xu Tianzhen would marry Lin Qing, and she agreed to dress for the banquet while secretly planning to reject the match.

Lin Qing attended the Sun Moon Emperor’s birthday banquet, where the emperor honored him and Xu Tianzhen challenged him to prove the power of the Royal Family’s martial soul. The chapter ended with Lin Qing facing the princess’s challenge before the assembled court.

• The Ice Empress searched Lin Qing’s room for advanced soul guidance secrets and discovered his hidden book, opening what she considered a new world.
• Ju Zi told Lin Qing that she planned to leave Mingde Hall and enlist in the Second Imperial Soul Engineer Corps with Keke as her deputy.
• Lin Qing and Ju Zi attended the emperor’s birthday banquet, where the emperor praised Lin Qing and granted him special court honors.
• Lin Qing sensed that the old emperor’s vitality was fading and took his seat beside Xu Tianran while Ju Zi sat farther back.
• Xu Tianzhen arrived at the banquet in martial attire and challenged Lin Qing to prove that the Royal Family’s inherited martial soul could rival an ultimate martial soul.

At the emperor’s birthday banquet, Xu Tianzhen challenged Lin Qing to prove that the Sun Sacred Flame could rival ultimate metal, but Lin Qing overwhelmed her with his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring skills. After the banquet, the celebration continued in the Imperial Garden, where a girl in an orange-red gown invited Lin Qing to dance.

• Xu Tianran and Xu Tianzhou tried to temper Xu Tianzhen’s challenge, but the emperor asked Lin Qing to demonstrate ultimate metal and Jing Hongchen raised a defensive barrier.
• Xu Tianzhen used her Sun martial soul and Sun Divine Light, but Lin Qing’s ultimate metal swallowed the attack and revealed that he had become a Soul Emperor with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Qing activated Machine Armament and broke through Xu Tianzhen’s Radiance in Ten Thousand Rays, then used Machine Transformation Fusion to fire Dragon Devourer Cannons that he redirected into the palace dome.
• Xu Tianzhen admitted defeat in tears and ran from the hall, while the emperor praised Lin Qing and approved the academy’s resource request, including priority access to rare metals.
• The birthday celebration moved to the Imperial Garden, where Xu Tianzhen stayed too embarrassed to approach Lin Qing, and a girl in an orange-red court gown invited him to dance.

At the emperor’s birthday banquet, Ju Zi danced with Lin Qing while Xu Tianran and Xu Tianzhou competed for his allegiance. Xu Tianzhou launched a coup at Glorious Dragon Gate, and as the princes’ forces prepared to clash, he offered Lin Qing power and wealth in exchange for support.

• Ju Zi persuaded Lin Qing to dance with her, and their graceful performance drew the nobles’ attention.
• Xu Tianran revealed that he had sent Ju Zi to win Lin Qing’s affection and secure his support for the Crown Prince Faction.
• Xu Tianzhou invited Lin Qing to his residence, but Lin Qing hinted that he knew of the Duke of Splendor’s heir’s plot against him, driving Xu Tianzhou to leave.
• Lin Qing agreed to accompany Xu Tianran after the banquet, and they anticipated Xu Tianzhou’s desperate move.
• At Glorious Dragon Gate, Xu Tianzhou ambushed Xu Tianran’s procession behind a Level 9 Sealing Barrier, while Shadow Douluo and God-Sealing Douluo became locked in combat.
• Xu Tianzhou offered Lin Qing a blood-brother oath, a royal title, control of the Offering Hall, and access to the empire’s metal veins if he helped him take the throne.

Lin Qing backed Xu Tianran during the Glorious Dragon Gate Incident and defeated the Violent Gold Bear Family with the Golden Lion King Demon-Sealing Sword Slash. Xu Tianzhou died by suicide, and Kong Deming killed God-Sealing Douluo before taking the God-Sealing Platform and Starry Sky Core for Lin Qing.

• Xu Tianzhou and Xu Tianran each offered Lin Qing power and rewards, but Lin Qing's machine element domain turned the battle against the Third Prince's forces.
• Xu Tianzhou ordered his guards to attack, but Lin Qing raised a steel forest that absorbed their soul cannon barrage.
• Xu Tianzhou summoned the Violent Gold Bear Family, whose patriarch attacked Lin Qing to avenge Zhao Yang.
• Lin Qing severed the patriarch's arm with the Sword of Judgment, then killed the family with the Golden Lion King Demon-Sealing Sword Slash.
• Xu Tianzhou's forces faltered, God-Sealing Douluo fled, and Xu Tianzhou took poison and died after cursing Xu Tianran.
• Kong Deming killed God-Sealing Douluo, recovered the Level 9 God-Sealing Platform, and placed the Starry Sky Core inside it to save for Lin Qing.