Chapter Summaries

After Xu Tianran defeated Xu Tianzhou and secured his succession, Ju Zi proposed that Lin Qing and his allies replace him and confessed she wanted their child; they kissed before parting. The next morning, Lin Qing caught the Ice Empress secretly reading an illustrated book, then left for the Undead Demiplane to study Necromancy.

• Xu Tianran accepted Lin Qing's help, gave him the Level 9 Sealing Barrier, and left to report Xu Tianzhou's death to the emperor.
• Xu Tianran told Xue Chen that Ju Zi was meant to make Lin Qing fall in love with her, while he planned to use the evil cult and later eliminate it.
• Ju Zi urged Lin Qing to ask Silver Moon to help replace Xu Tianran with a weaker emperor, and said she would rather have Lin Qing's child than bear an heir for the royal family.
• Lin Qing kissed Ju Zi, and they agreed to meet again so he could try her richer tangerine juice.
• Lin Qing found the Ice Empress reading the Song of Ice and Snow in his room, teased her about turning yellow, and then entered the Undead Demiplane to study with Electrolux.

Lin Qing trained his necromancy with Electrolux and learned that Electrolux was developing a spell to turn soul beasts into soul spirits, which could let them provide Soul Rings without being killed. He planned to seek an alliance with the Star Dou Great Forest, while the Ice Empress agreed to accompany him.

• Lin Qing visited the Undead Demiplane, where Electrolux tested his improved necromancy against the Three-Headed Hellhound and Ice Jade Scorpion and praised his progress.
• Electrolux explained his idea for transforming soul beasts into special Soul Rings that could also fight beside Soul Masters, and Lin Qing warned that human greed could still lead to slaughter.
• Lin Qing proposed that the Netherworld protect Star Dou's ferocious beasts in exchange for help against Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, and the Ice Empress agreed to accompany him as the Far North Envoy.
• Lin Qing considered approaching the Silver Dragon King and planned to ask his teacher about it the next day.
• Lin Qing used Spiritual Detection to uncover what the Ice Empress had hidden, and they accused each other of violating moral principles before grappling.

Ye Xishui pressured Kong Deming to upgrade the Death God Tower, but Lin Qing urged his teacher to reject the Holy Spirit Cult and promised to build the empire’s strength without relying on Evil Soul Masters. As Lin Qing prepared for a journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, Kong Deming revealed a giant Humanoid Soul Tool and named him its most suitable pilot.

• Ye Xishui brought the Death God Tower to Kong Deming and demanded he help upgrade it to a Level 10 Soul Tool, offering to teach Lin Qing the Holy Spirit Secret Technique in return.
• After Ye Xishui left, Lin Qing and Kong Deming agreed that the empire should not depend on the Holy Spirit Cult, and Lin Qing vowed to become a Limit Douluo and defeat its Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Qing showed Kong Deming a design for a moonlight-storing Soul Tool, and Kong Deming advised him to use linked Soul Tool components and high-energy compression arrays.
• Lin Qing planned to seek cooperation from the Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared a Soul Tool design to bring on the journey.
• Kong Deming brought out the fifteen-meter Humanoid Soul Tool and chose Lin Qing as its pilot because of his affinity with metal.

Lin Qing tested Mingde Hall’s Humanoid Soul Tool and learned he would accompany Jing to the Iron Sea, while Ye Guyi joined him in hearing Shangguan Wei’er’s plea for help against Evil Soul Masters in the Xishui Alliance. Shangguan Wei’er revealed a planned raid on the alliance’s warehouse, but Lin Qing immediately asked how they would divide the spoils.

• Lin Qing used Ultimate Metal to pilot the Humanoid Soul Tool, demonstrating its mobility and flight before its energy ran out.
• Kong Deming arranged for Lin Qing to accompany Jing to the Iron Sea with the Humanoid Soul Tool and submit a weapon-testing report.
• Lin Qing told Ye Guyi about the trip and recruited Zheng Zhan to join the expedition.
• Shangguan Wei’er approached Lin Qing and Ye Guyi, revealed she knew Ye Guyi was a Holy Angel, and asked them to hear her request for help.
• Shangguan Wei’er said the Xishui Alliance sheltered Evil Soul Masters who killed girls and made their bodies into Corpse Slaves, and described the Ordinary Alliance’s worsening underground war.
• Shangguan Wei’er disclosed a planned meeting at the Green Jade Hotel and proposed attacking the Xishui Alliance’s No. 1 warehouse; Lin Qing asked how they would split the loot.

Ye Guyi and Lin Qing agreed to help the Ordinary Alliance raid a Xishui Alliance warehouse in exchange for Soul Bones, then gathered allies to attack the site. Yu Mengdi led the charge against the Evil Soul Masters, but the Xishui Alliance's deputy leader appeared in his Martial Soul Avatar, prompting Shangguan Wei'er to call for the Angel's rescue.

• Lin Qing negotiated a share of the raid's spoils with Shangguan Wei'er, who agreed to seek three specified Soul Bones for the Ordinary Alliance's help.
• Shangguan Wei'er told Shangguan Ying'er that the alliance needed powerful patrons as Xu Tianran's rise threatened its position, then warned her to win Ye Guyi's favor rather than Lin Qing's.
• Ye Guyi learned that Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Imperial Family supported the Xishui Alliance, and she resolved to oppose Xu Tianran and destroy the alliance's Evil Soul Master network.
• Lin Qing and Ye Guyi recruited Nana, Yu Mengdi, and former Holy Servants for the raid, while Nana and Yu Mengdi argued over who was closer to Ye Guyi.
• The combined forces gathered at the Ordinary Alliance headquarters and set out after learning that Chairman An Litong had lured Xishui Alliance Leader Nangong Wan away from the warehouse.
• Lin Qing sealed the battlefield with a Sealing Barrier, and Yu Mengdi charged the guards before Demon Centipede Soul Douluo arrived in his Martial Soul Avatar, prompting Shangguan Wei'er to shout for someone to save the Angel.

Lin Qing and Ye Guyi defeated the Xishui Alliance’s Demon Centipede Soul Douluo and helped the Ordinary Alliance seize the enemy’s secret warehouse. Afterward, Lin Qing arranged soul beasts and soul bones for his companions as the group headed home.

• Ye Guyi rescued Yu Mengdi from Demon Centipede, while Lin Qing trapped the Soul Douluo in the Steel Machinery Domain and wounded him with Golden Shattering Sword.
• Yu Mengdi and Nana attacked the Xishui Alliance’s Evil Soul Masters as Shangguan Ying'er and Shangguan Wei'er supported the Ordinary Alliance’s fighters.
• Lin Qing used machine-element soul skills to bind Demon Centipede, and Ye Guyi killed him with Holy Sword.
• Yu Mengdi reached level sixty, and Ye Guyi revealed that she had also become a level-sixty Quasi-Soul Emperor; Lin Qing promised to help them obtain suitable soul beasts.
• Shangguan Wei'er and her allies divided the warehouse spoils with Lin Qing, who took the soul tools and destroyed evidence of the battle.
• On the way home, Lin Qing gave Ye Guyi a wind-attribute soul bone to pass to Nana, explaining that the Holy Angel should bring light to her companions.

Ye Xishui punished Nangong Wan for the Xishui Alliance’s losses but accepted Zhongli Wu’s advice to delay retaliation, while Long Xiaoyao confronted his guilt over serving her. Lin Qing and the Hongchen family reached the Iron Sea camp, where the Ice Empress secretly joined him and warned him about the powerful Iron Sea Dragon Emperor.

• Ye Xishui lashed Nangong Wan for losing the Xishui Alliance’s secret warehouse, but Zhongli Wu persuaded her not to attack the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and the Ordinary Alliance yet.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao that his continued protection made him complicit in her killings, and he admitted he had become an evil soul master in truth.
• Jing Hongchen brought Lin Qing, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Zheng Zhan to the Iron Sea to test underwater soul tools and search for rare metals and soul beasts.
• Xu Tianyuan and Luan Feng welcomed the group at the military camp and argued over whether Lin Qing should join their respective soul engineer corps.
• The Ice Empress burrowed into Lin Qing’s tent and explained that the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor was an ancient, exceptionally powerful water-and-metal soul beast who had once invaded the Far North Ice Sea.

Lin Qing and the Ice Empress discussed the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor’s grudge against the Sea Princess before the Corona sailed out to mine the Iron Sea. As the crew fought a mutated Dark Gold Octopus underwater, an army of sea soul beasts approached and the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor erupted from the water before the ship.

• The Ice Empress explained that the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor attacked the Sea Princess to avenge his old friend, the Evil Orca King, whom the Sea God had hunted.
• Lin Qing joined the Corona’s mission with the Imperial Dragon and Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps to test underwater mining tools and confront the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor.
• During the voyage, Lin Qing failed to catch anything but small Mimi Breams, while Meng Hongchen teased him and persuaded him to promise her dates and protection.
• Lin Qing, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Zheng Zhan descended to the seabed with the mining machines, where Xiao Hongchen asked them to capture a mutated Dark Gold Octopus alive for his sixth soul ring.
• Zheng Zhan sensed a large force of sea soul beasts approaching the Corona, and the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor burst through the waves and soared into the sky.

The Sun Moon Empire’s Beast King Soul Engineer Corps fought the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor and his sea soul beasts while Lin Qing captured three targets underwater. Xu Tianyuan prepared to fire the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, Sky Shatterer, at the Dragon Emperor and demanded a share of the Iron Sea’s rare metals.

• The Iron Sea Dragon Emperor confronted Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianyuan after the Gold Luring Device drew him out, then summoned the sea soul beasts and attacked with his Metal Sea domain.
• Luan Feng and Xu Tianyuan activated the linked formations of the Fire Phoenix and Imperial Dragon corps, while Jing Hongchen transformed into his Golden Toad True Body and bombarded the sea soul beasts.
• Lin Qing piloted the Humanoid Soul Tool, defeated and captured the Dark Gold Octopus, then joined Meng Hongchen in capturing a Flowing-Light Seal and an Azure White Whale.
• The Iron Sea Dragon Emperor fired his Great Sea Destruction Wave Cannon, and the linked dragon-and-phoenix attacks met it as Xu Tianyuan decided the corps had to kill him.
• Xu Tianyuan brought out the Sky Shatterer, ordered the soul engineer corps to defend and Zheng Zhan to protect the Corona, and prepared to fire while demanding a share of the mined rare metals.

The Sun Moon Empire’s soul engineer corps drove the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor from the battlefield with a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, then began collecting the spoils. Later, the Ice Empress attacked the wounded Dragon Emperor, and Zheng Zhan tried to keep Lin Qing away from the fight until Lin Qing appeared beside him.

• Xu Tianyuan fired Sky Shatterer while Zheng Zhan and Jing Hongchen joined the bombardment, cracking the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor’s armor and forcing him to flee beneath the sea.
• Luan Feng ordered the soul engineer corps to clear the battlefield and collect resources, while Jing Hongchen announced that the group would rest aboard the Corona for three days.
• Lin Qing wrote a report on the Humanoid Soul Tool, then joined Meng Hongchen on deck, where she confessed her wish for a romance while watching a meteor.
• The Ice Empress tracked down the wounded Iron Sea Dragon Emperor and attacked him with her Eternal Frozen Domain and Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• After the Corona detected the fight, Zheng Zhan convinced the others to leave him behind to guard the ship and keep Lin Qing away from the battle.
• Lin Qing suddenly appeared beside Zheng Zhan, claiming that they had spent the whole night talking and that he had never left the Corona.

The Ice Empress and Lin Qing joined forces with the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers to defeat and capture the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor. Back in the Undead Demiplane, Lin Qing scolded the Ice Empress for risking herself, then she demanded a reward and threatened to summon the Snow Empress.

• The Ice Empress fought the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor, and the arriving Soul Engineer Corps joined the battle while Lin Qing appeared through a Gate of the Undead.
• The Ice Empress, Lin Qing, and the Soul Engineers overwhelmed the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor, but the Ice Empress froze him alive and carried him into the Undead Demiplane.
• Jing Hongchen regretted losing the chance to claim the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor’s Soul Ring, while Luan Feng rejected his suggestion to attack the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Qing returned to the Corona, where Zheng Zhan lamented having to cover for his secret trips and trysts with the Ice Empress.
• Lin Qing entered the Undead Demiplane and reprimanded the Ice Empress for pursuing the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor without warning him, explaining that her safety mattered to him.
• The Ice Empress demanded a reward and threatened to ask the Snow Empress to punish Lin Qing, who accepted the prospect with anticipation.

The Snow Empress completed her human transformation and set out for Mingdu to rescue the Ice Empress, believing she had been deceived by a human. In the Sun Moon Empire, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen departed for their three-year exchange at Shrek Academy while Lin Qing reviewed the past year's affairs and accompanied them toward Tianming City.

• The Snow Empress emerged from her cultivation, thanked Xiaobai for guarding her, and demonstrated that her snow core preserved the power of her former peak.
• After Xiaobai told her that the Ice Empress had gone to Mingdu with a short male human, the Snow Empress decided to go rescue her and left Xiaobai and A-Tai to guard the Far North.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen bickered over Meng Hongchen's failed attempt to spend the night with Lin Qing before leaving for their exchange program.
• Lin Qing reflected on his studies, the captured Iron Sea Dragon Emperor, his progress toward rank seventy, and reports from Ju Zi and Keke's military service.
• Lin Qing, Ye Guyi, and the Hongchen siblings met the exchange group led by Jing Hongchen and flew toward Tianming City.

Lin Qing and Jing Hongchen escorted the Shrek exchange students to Mingdu, where Lin Qing's presence stirred Huo Yuhao's anger and rivalry. The Shrek Six Monsters arrived determined to learn Sun Moon's soul-tool secrets and earn a chance to compete in the next tournament.

• Jing Hongchen and Lin Qing met Yan Shaozhe outside Tianming City, and the two academies exchanged their twelve students each.
• During the flight to Mingdu, Huo Yuhao confronted Lin Qing over Wang Dong's coma, and Lin Qing's remark about Tang Wutong deepened Huo Yuhao's resolve to defeat him.
• Lin Qing questioned Bei Bei about Shrek's leadership and learned that Elder Song had become Sea God Pavilion Master, while Zhang Lexuan was her planned successor.
• Bei Bei kept Shrek's tournament plans secret as he and Lin Qing traded information during the journey.
• The Shrek Six Monsters reached Mingdu and resolved to steal Sun Moon's soul-tool knowledge and blueprints so they could earn a place in the next tournament.

The Shrek exchange students arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and began assessments, only for Huo Yuhao’s attempt to probe a testing instrument to be exposed by anti-Spiritual Detection technology. After Lin Qing assigned instructors and arranged sparring matches, Xu Sanshi challenged Ye Guyi while Ji Juechen sought a stronger opponent.

• Jing Hongchen welcomed the Shrek exchange students, appointed Lin Qing to oversee them, and explained that teachers would not supervise the exchange.
• Lin Qing took the students through physical testing, where the instrument recorded their detailed conditions and revealed their cultivation levels.
• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan distracted Lin Qing while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to examine the testing instrument, but an anti-Spiritual Detection alarm exposed the attempt.
• Lin Qing warned Huo Yuhao about stealing soul tool secrets, and Bei Bei rallied the Tang Sect members to continue pursuing blueprints during their three-year stay.
• At Test Zone Zero, Lin Qing introduced six Mingde Hall instructors and twelve student sparring partners, including Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Ye Guyi and unleashed his Black Tortoise Awakening; after learning the Shrek students' strength, Ji Juechen sought their strongest fighter, and the Cold Moon Divine Needle appeared.

Ye Guyi defeated Xu Sanshi during the Shrek exchange students’ practical assessment, while Lin Qing overwhelmed Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao with his 100,000-year soul ring and Machine Armament. In Mingdu, the Ice Empress ran into the Snow Empress, who demanded to meet Lin Qing and verify his connection to the Netherworld.

• Ye Guyi shattered Xu Sanshi’s Black Tortoise Shield and defeated him, after which a Mingde Hall defensive soul engineer accepted him as a student.
• Ji Juechen challenged Ye Xiaosheng and beat him badly, while Jing Ziyan and Xiao Xiao began their own practical assessments against Jiang Nannan and Nana.
• Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao challenged Lin Qing, but his 100,000-year soul ring and Machine Armament overwhelmed their coordinated attack.
• At Pin Dao Dao, the Ice Empress bought roasted scorpions with Grandma Lin’s money and encountered the Snow Empress at a barbecue stall.
• The Ice Empress told the Snow Empress that Lin Qing was favored by the Netherworld and had agreed to help the Far North’s soul beasts, and the Snow Empress asked to meet him.
• The Ice Empress agreed to take the Snow Empress to Lin Qing and offered to show her around Mingdu while they waited.

Snow Empress tested Lin Qing’s Nether Emperor Sword in a fierce underground duel and agreed to have the Far North support him in reclaiming his lost lands. After using her snow core’s power, she reverted to a tiny child, leaving Ice Empress delighted by her temporary height advantage.

• Ice Empress persuaded Ye Guyi to let Snow Empress, disguised as Xue’er, stay at Zhanghua Garden, while Ye Guyi insisted on watching their sparring in the underground chamber.
• Snow Empress quickly defeated Ye Guyi, and Ice Empress carried the unconscious angel away before Snow Empress challenged Lin Qing to prove the Nether Emperor Sword’s power.
• Lin Qing and Snow Empress exchanged powerful attacks, and Snow Empress used her snow core to restore her strength and freeze the attacking nether souls.
• Snow Empress declared that the Far North would help Lin Qing reclaim his lost lands if he protected its Soul Beasts after death, and Lin Qing promised to honor the agreement.
• Snow Empress shrank to the size of a small child after exhausting her power, and Ice Empress celebrated being taller than her best friend.

After recovering from her battle, the Snow Empress questioned Lin Qing about the Netherworld alliance and agreed to keep her child form while negotiating the Far North’s share. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Shrek’s exchange students admitted they had made no progress stealing soul tool blueprints and asked Huo Yuhao for a plan.

• The Snow Empress woke in child form, blamed Tian Meng Douluo for her condition, and joined Lin Qing’s family for lunch.
• The Snow Empress demanded details from Lin Qing about the Netherworld invasion, the Far North’s rewards, and its role alongside the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Qing persuaded the Snow Empress to remain in child form and agreed that Far North ferocious beasts could serve as Netherworld guardians.
• The Snow Empress attacked Lin Qing with Emperor Elbow: White Flash after he concealed what the Ice Empress had been doing.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan admitted Shrek’s exchange students had stolen no blueprints, and Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for advice.