Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianyuan, a transmigrated prince of the Sun Moon Empire, faced an assassination ordered by his half-brother Xu Tianran while waiting for his system to activate. The Pride Sin Template finished binding and granted him powerful new abilities, leaving him poised to confront the three assassins.

• Xu Tianyuan welcomed the system after it appeared, explaining that he had spent years pretending to be useless to evade Xu Tianran’s purge of the imperial family.
• Three masked assassins broke into Xu Tianyuan’s bedchamber, and he recognized them as likely agents of Xu Tianran.
• The system told Xu Tianyuan to stall while the template loaded, so he taunted the assassins and tried to keep them talking.
• The assassins admitted that Xu Tianran had hired them and prepared to kill Xu Tianyuan.
• The Pride Sin Template finished binding and granted Xu Tianyuan the Sunshine talent, Divine Axe Rhitta, and numerous skills and special forms.

Xu Tianyuan awakened the Pride Sin Template while three assassins sent by the crown prince attacked him. He used his Sun Martial Soul to activate the template, transformed into a hulking muscular fighter, and faced the assassins as their leader prepared to fight.

• Xu Tianyuan received the Pride Sin Template but realized its skills seemed to require sunlight, while the three assassins closed in on him.
• Xu Tianyuan summoned his Sun Martial Soul and discovered its light activated the template, strengthening his body despite the nighttime attack.
• Xu Tianyuan's body grew beyond two meters and became massively muscular, shocking the three assassins.
• The leader ordered the others to kill Xu Tianyuan and activated Martial Soul Possession, transforming into a humanoid tiger.

Xu Tianyuan defeated three Soul Kings who attacked him, using his Sun Fireball and Divine Axe Rhitta. Afterward, he returned to his frail form and realized Muscle Mode had influenced his personality, then regretted the cost of his destroyed clothes.

• The leader and the two other men in black activated their Martial Souls and attacked Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianyuan used Cruel Sun to burn the leader alive.
• Xu Tianyuan summoned the Divine Axe Rhitta, broke the spear-wielding man’s weapon, and cleaved him in half.
• Xu Tianyuan used Pride Flare to destroy the winged man’s feather attack and burn him to death.
• Xu Tianyuan returned to normal, recognized that Muscle Mode had changed his personality, and worried about replacing his expensive clothes.

After defeating three assassins, Xu Tianyuan decided to seek protection at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy rather than confront Xu Tianran while he was still too weak. He staged himself as a bloodied survivor and ran to the emperor’s quarters, shouting about the attack to expose Xu Tianran’s plot.

• Xu Tianyuan considered confronting Xu Tianran but decided he needed to grow stronger and find protection from further assassinations.
• Xu Tianyuan chose the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy because Kong Deming’s influence could deter Xu Tianran from attacking him there.
• Xu Tianyuan realized he could not wait in his chambers for stronger assassins and decided to publicize the attempt on his life.
• Xu Tianyuan smeared blood over himself, left his isolated residence, and ran toward the emperor’s sleeping quarters shouting for help.

Xu Tianyuan staged a public report of an assassination attempt to draw palace witnesses and prevent Xu Tianran from killing him openly. Emperor Xu Zhengxiao ordered an investigation, and the chapter ended as Xu Tianran arrived and asked what had happened to his Sixth Brother.

• Xu Tianyuan screamed for help and acted like a terrified, arrogant prince when imperial guards found him covered in blood.
• The guards summoned reinforcements, and a crowd gathered in the palace.
• Xu Zhengxiao arrived with Fire Phoenix Douluo Luan Feng and Mad Bull Douluo Wang Yiheng, then demanded to know who had attacked Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianyuan claimed three assassins had broken into his room and that an unknown person had killed them, hiding that he had slain them himself.
• Xu Zhengxiao ordered an investigation, and Xu Tianran arrived in his wheelchair and asked Xu Tianyuan how he had ended up injured.

Xu Tianyuan pretended to be a terrified victim while confronting Xu Tianran, who concealed his anger and planned a stronger assassination. After Xu Zhengxiao agreed the palace was unsafe, Xu Tianyuan insisted on going to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy that night.

• Xu Tianyuan hugged Xu Tianran in front of the gathered officials, complained about the assassination, and demanded that the culprit have both legs broken.
• Xu Tianran hid his fury, promised to punish the culprit, and probed Xu Tianyuan about the mysterious expert who had saved him.
• Xu Zhengxiao dismissed the onlookers and urged Xu Tianyuan to move in with him, suspecting Xu Tianran had ordered the attack.
• Xu Tianyuan argued that the palace was unsafe and asked to stay at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy instead.
• Xu Zhengxiao agreed to arrange his move to the academy, but Xu Tianyuan insisted on leaving that very night.

Xu Zhengxiao sent Xu Tianyuan to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy under Luan Feng’s protection, while reflecting on the family members he had lost. Jing Hongchen objected to taking in the disgraced prince but was forced to accept him, leaving Xu Tianyuan with a room key.

• Xu Zhengxiao ordered Luan Feng to take Xu Tianyuan to the academy and hold Jing Hongchen responsible for his safety.
• Xu Zhengxiao wondered whether his past killings had brought retribution, and Wang Yiheng agreed that he was reaping what he had sown.
• Luan Feng brought Xu Tianyuan to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and told the guards she was there to see Jing Hongchen.
• Luan Feng informed Jing Hongchen that the emperor had ordered Xu Tianyuan to study at the academy and required him to keep the prince safe.
• Jing Hongchen called Xu Tianyuan trash and objected, but Luan Feng insisted the order could not be refused before leaving.
• Jing Hongchen handed Xu Tianyuan a key marked 007 and told him to find his room and go to bed.

Xu Tianyuan settled into a villa at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and planned to grow stronger while avoiding Huo Yuhao and Tang San. On his way in, he met Ju Zi and Ke Ke, who recognized his name and left warily.

• Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianyuan that he could choose whether to attend classes, and Xu Tianyuan left the office with the key to his residence.
• Xu Tianyuan recalled that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament was approaching and decided to avoid Huo Yuhao so Tang San would not target him.
• Xu Tianyuan reached villa 007, where Ju Zi and Ke Ke mistook his bloodstained clothes as a sign of danger.
• Xu Tianyuan showed the girls his villa key, claimed he had slaughtered pigs, and introduced himself as the sixth prince.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke grew wary after hearing Xu Tianyuan's name and hurried away, while he entered the villa and resolved to bask in the sun each day to gain strength.

Xu Tianyuan questioned Ju Zi after she came to teach him the academy rules, suspecting she was loyal to Xu Tianran and might seek revenge. He threatened to eliminate her, but Ju Zi warned him that her soul tools made her dangerous despite her food-type martial soul.

• Ju Zi came to Xu Tianyuan's room early in the morning to teach him the academy rules and take him to class.
• Xu Tianyuan invited Ju Zi inside, and she reluctantly recited the rules while he watched her closely.
• Xu Tianyuan asked whether Ju Zi belonged to Xu Tianran and said he was considering eliminating her as a future threat.
• Ju Zi doubted Xu Tianyuan could kill the powerful Xu Tianran and warned that her soul tools could defeat him.

Xu Tianyuan offered Ju Zi a choice between death and becoming his spy, but she attacked him instead. After shrugging off her Soul Tool shots, he overpowered her and slapped her, leaving her stunned and bleeding.

• Xu Tianyuan told Ju Zi to submit as his spy or be killed, and Ju Zi chose to fight him.
• Ju Zi fired her Level 3 Soul Tool at Xu Tianyuan, but the bullets bounced off his skin without injuring him.
• Ju Zi fired again in disbelief, and Xu Tianyuan explained internally that sunlight strengthened his body.
• Xu Tianyuan walked toward Ju Zi as she retreated, then grabbed her by the neck when she tried to escape.
• Xu Tianyuan tossed Ju Zi to the floor and slapped her, leaving her dizzy with blood at the corner of her mouth.

Xu Tianyuan beat Ju Zi until she agreed to submit, then revealed that he knew her revenge motive and promised to kill Dai Hao within a year. Ju Zi was shaken by his claim but still doubted that he could avenge her more effectively than Xu Tianran.

• Xu Tianyuan repeatedly slapped Ju Zi until she managed to tell him she would agree to submit.
• Ju Zi agreed but secretly regarded her submission as a temporary expedient and remained loyal to her revenge against Dai Hao.
• Xu Tianyuan told Ju Zi that he knew Dai Hao had killed her father and that Xu Tianran would die by his hand.
• Xu Tianyuan promised Ju Zi that he could kill Dai Hao, currently a Soul Douluo, within one year.
• Ju Zi fell silent, unsettled by Xu Tianyuan's promise but still believing Xu Tianran had a better chance of avenging her father.

Xu Tianyuan told Ju Zi to report his insults to Xu Tianran, hoping to provoke his rival, but Ke Ke interrupted after seeing Ju Zi’s injuries. Ju Zi backed Xu Tianyuan’s lie that they had been playing a game, leaving Ke Ke unaware of what had really happened.

• Xu Tianyuan gave Ju Zi three months to decide whether to work for him and ordered her to tell Xu Tianran about his insults and the slap.
• Xu Tianyuan slapped Ju Zi again when he mistook her explanation about when she would see Xu Tianran for a refusal.
• Ke Ke rushed into Xu Tianyuan’s room, saw Ju Zi’s injuries, and tried to take her away.
• Xu Tianyuan claimed Ju Zi had agreed to play a game, and Ju Zi confirmed his story rather than accuse him.

Ke Ke misunderstood Xu Tianyuan and Ju Zi’s morning interaction, while Xu Tianyuan discovered that sunlight steadily increased his soul power. After reaching level thirty, he learned that sunbathing could also condense a soul ring and strengthen his existing rings, leaving him happily basking in the sun.

• Ke Ke mistook Xu Tianyuan and Ju Zi’s situation for a shared kink, and Ju Zi fled with her after Xu Tianyuan sent them to class.
• Xu Tianyuan dragged a lounge chair into the sunlight and found that sunbathing increased his soul power with unusual speed and purity.
• After an hour, Xu Tianyuan reached level thirty and worried that he would need to hunt for a soul ring to advance.
• Xu Tianyuan noticed a purple ring forming around him and realized sunlight could condense a soul ring when he reached a bottleneck.
• Xu Tianyuan checked his first two soul rings and discovered their ages had increased, then settled back into the sunshine.

Ju Zi wondered whether Xu Tianyuan had been hiding his strength after seeing him spend the day basking in the sun. When she told Xu Tianran that Xu Tianyuan had beaten her and shrugged off a Level 3 Soul Tool, Xu Tianran began to suspect his brother had concealed his cultivation.

• Ke Ke visited Ju Zi and warned her to be careful around Xu Tianyuan, while Ju Zi watched him bask in Villa 007's courtyard and questioned the rumors about him.
• Ju Zi received Xu Tianran's summons and went to their usual meeting place at the restaurant.
• Xu Tianran noticed Ju Zi's bruised face and demanded to know who had beaten her.
• Ju Zi said Xu Tianyuan had beaten her and that her Level 3 Soul Tool could not hurt him.
• Xu Tianran struggled to reconcile the report with Xu Tianyuan's known rank of twenty-nine and wondered if his brother had hidden his strength.

Xu Tianran learned that Xu Tianyuan had humiliated Ju Zi and insulted him, and his rage nearly drove him to attack his younger brother. After his adviser warned him against striking at the academy, Xu Tianran began to suspect that someone was guiding Xu Tianyuan.

• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to monitor Xu Tianyuan’s actions and cultivation at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ju Zi repeated Xu Tianyuan’s insults about Xu Tianran’s crippled legs, impotence, and desire to become emperor.
• Xu Tianran flew into a rage and shattered the dining table while vowing to kill Xu Tianyuan.
• The crew-cut man warned Xu Tianran that killing Xu Tianyuan at the academy would damage his reputation and be difficult to conceal.
• Xu Tianran reconsidered and wondered whether Xu Tianyuan was secretly clever or had someone advising him.

Xu Tianran and Yu Dazhi discussed how to kill Xu Tianyuan without tying the plot to the crown prince, deciding to wait until he left the academy to hunt soul beasts. Ju Zi was ordered to monitor Xu Tianyuan, while Xu Tianran placed his hopes of gaining the throne and ascending to godhood in Yu Dazhi.

• Xu Tianran and Yu Dazhi concluded that someone seeking to weaken Xu Tianran had arranged Xu Tianyuan's provocation, and they speculated about possible rivals for the throne.
• Xu Tianran asked Yu Dazhi for a way to kill Xu Tianyuan without acting personally, and Yu Dazhi proposed ambushing him when he left the academy to hunt for soul rings.
• Yu Dazhi advised Xu Tianran to hire mercenaries and send a Soul Douluo after the mysterious expert protecting Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianran praised Yu Dazhi as Yu Xiaogang's descendant and revealed his ambition to become a god with Yu Dazhi's help.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to watch Xu Tianyuan's movements and report back to him.

Xu Tianyuan reached rank thirty-two after a day of sunbathing, then went looking for dinner and met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. Xiao insulted and threatened him while Meng remained captivated by his appearance, leaving Xu Tianyuan caught between the siblings as rumors about him came up.

• Ju Zi questioned whether anyone was backing Xu Tianyuan after recalling his confidence and strength.
• Xu Tianyuan advanced to rank thirty-two and gained his third Soul Ring by sunbathing.
• Hungry and unfamiliar with the academy, Xu Tianyuan asked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen for directions to the cafeteria.
• Xiao Hongchen told Xu Tianyuan to scram, while Meng Hongchen invited him to go to dinner with her.
• Xiao Hongchen called Xu Tianyuan trash and warned him to stay away from Meng Hongchen, and Meng recalled rumors about the sixth prince.

Xu Tianyuan challenged Xiao Hongchen to a duel after securing a recording of Xiao’s promise not to involve Jing Hongchen. Xu’s first axe strike shattered Xiao’s defense and left him stunned by the power of a rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.

• Xu Tianyuan asked Xiao Hongchen whether Jing Hongchen would expel him if he won a fight, and Xiao promised not to tell his grandfather about a fair duel.
• Xu Tianyuan recorded Xiao Hongchen repeating his promise, then accepted Xiao’s offer to let him make the first three moves.
• Xu Tianyuan activated Muscle Mode, summoned Divine Axe Rhitta, and swung at Xiao Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen formed a metal shield with his Third Soul Skill, Golden Condensation, but Xu Tianyuan’s axe split it apart.
• Xiao Hongchen detonated metal blocks to dodge the strike, and Xu Tianyuan’s axe gouged a deep crater in the ground.

Xu Tianyuan defeated Xiao Hongchen with the heat of the Divine Axe Rhitta, forced him to address him as Lord Xu Tianyuan, and took his ring as compensation. Xiao Hongchen survived the fight but was left burning with humiliation and resentment.

• Xu Tianyuan used the Divine Axe Rhitta to overwhelm Xiao Hongchen's black ice iron armor with scorching heat.
• Xu Tianyuan brought down Dust Slash, melted Xiao Hongchen's armor, and stopped the axe just short of his face.
• Xu Tianyuan kicked Xiao Hongchen into the perimeter wall and made him call him Lord Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianyuan deactivated muscle mode and demanded compensation for emotional distress.
• Xiao Hongchen handed Xu Tianyuan his ring, and Xu Tianyuan found tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins inside.

After defeating Xiao Hongchen, Xu Tianyuan left the academy students to argue over his presence in the villa district and went to change before heading out for food. The others were left baffled by Xiao Hongchen’s injuries and Xu Tianyuan’s casual confidence.

• Meng Hongchen cooled Xiao Hongchen with her Red-Eyed Ice Toad and concealed that Xu Tianyuan had defeated him.
• Ma Rulong and the other students arrived, found Xiao Hongchen burned and dazed, and questioned what had happened.
• Meng Hongchen claimed Xiao Hongchen had merely fallen and hit his head, while the students doubted her explanation.
• Nana recognized Xu Tianyuan as the useless sixth prince, and the students mocked him for supposedly entering the villa district through his family connections.
• Xu Tianyuan said he lived in Villa 007 and asked what they could do about it, then returned to change and strolled out of the villa district.