Chapter Summaries

Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao’s team fought Dai Huabin and his allies, with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao disabling much of the opposing side and Wang Dong unleashing Butterfly Light Slash. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu revealed their Hell White Tiger fusion, and Qi Xuan stepped forward to face it as Huo Yuhao remembered his promise to stand by him.

• Qi Xuan overpowered Dai Huabin in close combat, while Huo Yuhao avoided using Soul Impact on him and watched the battle.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Xiao Xiao to switch opponents, and Wang Dong drove Wu Feng back before moving to help Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Zhu Lu and Wu Feng with Cauldron's Tremor's Ripple after Huo Yuhao briefly disrupted Ning Tian's enhancement.
• Wang Dong joined Huo Yuhao and unleashed Butterfly Light Slash, while Yan Shaozhe rescued Wu Feng and Ning Tian from the attack.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu transformed into the Hell White Tiger, badly wounded by Butterfly Light Slash, and Qi Xuan advanced to confront it.

Qi Xuan fought the Hell White Tiger until both were badly injured, buying time for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to unleash their first Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Eternal Golden Eyes. The three-colored beam struck the Hell White Tiger, but the chapter ended before the result was revealed.

• Qi Xuan formed lightning armor around his right arm and struck the Hell White Tiger, but the clash broke his fingers and shattered the armor.
• Qi Xuan continued attacking the Hell White Tiger, while Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong to trust that they could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong embraced as their Haodong Power gathered, and Qi Xuan and the Hell White Tiger battered each other until both were exhausted.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong created Eternal Golden Eyes and fired its blue-purple-gold beam at the Hell White Tiger.
• Wang Dong collapsed from exhaustion as Xiao Xiao supported her, while the spectators waited to see what had happened to the Hell White Tiger.

Team Qi Xuan won the Freshman Assessment Tournament, and Shrek Academy awarded the champions four supreme-grade Treasure Gathering Pavilion vouchers and a soul bone. Yan Shaozhe learned that Mu En had spread the Golden Tree’s energy to heal the students, and Mu En asked him to reconsider Shrek’s motto.

• Yan Shaozhe applauded as Du Weilun announced Team Qi Xuan as the tournament champions, and a healing Soul Saint treated the injured freshmen.
• Golden Tree energy spread from Sea God Lake, healing the students and strengthening Qi Xuan’s soul power; Yan Shaozhe went to Sea God Island to investigate.
• The next day, Yan Shaozhe announced Treasure Gathering Pavilion vouchers for the top three teams and a soul bone for Qi Xuan, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe met Mu En at the Sea God Pavilion and learned that Mu En had sent the Golden Tree’s energy to the arena for the students.
• Mu En explained that the energy was a small gift from the Golden Tree, then asked Yan Shaozhe whether he had ever thought Shrek’s motto was wrong.

Mu En urged Yan Shaozhe to reform Shrek Academy and prepare for an inevitable war with the Sun Moon Empire. After the academy approved major support for soul tool research and cross-department courses, the four young students shared a soul bone and Xiao Xiao gave Huo Yuhao her Treasure Gathering Pavilion voucher.

• Mu En challenged Yan Shaozhe's claims of neutrality and criticized Shrek for neglecting soul tools and students whose talent had not emerged early.
• Mu En announced that war between Sun Moon and Douluo was inevitable and said he would invoke the Sea God Token to begin Shrek's transformation.
• Du Weilun presented the four youngsters with a thousand-year Heavenly Sound Magpie Skull, but Huo Yuhao declined it after the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned that it was unsuitable.
• Xiao Xiao accepted the soul bone and gave Huo Yuhao her premium Treasure Gathering Pavilion voucher.
• Yan Shaozhe told Qian Duoduo that the Sea God Pavilion Elders had approved more funding for soul tool research and required soul tool courses and greater cross-department access.
• Qian Duoduo agreed to the reforms and planned for Fan Yu to introduce soul tools to new students the following Monday.

Huo Yuhao and Qi Xuan visited Shrek City’s Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where they browsed its goods and met classmates Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen. Huo Yuhao urged Qi Xuan to buy a supposedly deteriorated piece of whale rubber, which the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized as ten-thousand-year whale glue.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to go shopping with Qi Xuan and mentioned he wanted to attend an upcoming Soul Tool Department lecture.
• Huo Yuhao and Qi Xuan ran around Shrek City to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and registered for free with their student badges.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao used their vouchers and money to browse the Pavilion’s displays, where they encountered Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen.
• Cao Jinxuan said that goods with the time attribute were prohibitively expensive, while Zhou Sichen considered buying a five-hundred-year essence spirit herb.
• Huo Yuhao found a black piece of whale rubber priced at six thousand Gold Soul Coins and asked Qi Xuan to buy it.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified the supposedly deteriorated thousand-year whale rubber as ten-thousand-year whale glue.

At the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, Qi Xuan bought a rare wisp of thunder dragon essence that he felt certain he could absorb. A representative of the mysterious Mr. Yu then offered lavish compensation to obtain it, and Qi Xuan suspected the man belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Qi Xuan learned that the yellow material he had bought was ten-thousand-year whale glue, then followed Huo Yuhao to the third floor.
• Qi Xuan discovered a wisp of thunder dragon essence sealed in a Level 7 Spirit-Binding Cage and bought it despite the risk and high price.
• A staff member told Qi Xuan that Mr. Yu wanted to speak with him, and Huo Yuhao warned that the visitor seemed ill-intentioned.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao met Mr. Yu's representative in a private room, where the elderly man offered two million Gold Soul Coins and another peerless treasure in exchange for the essence.
• Qi Xuan connected the clues about lightning and dragon bloodline and asked whether the representative came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao encountered Xue Lin of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, then ran into Ma Xiaotao while she was berserk with evil fire. All three collapsed after Ma Xiaotao crashed nearby, and Yan Shaozhe ordered the students taken to Sea God Island for treatment.

• Xue Lin offered Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao a Thunder Core and an invitation to visit the Heavenly Dragon Sect after they refused to sell the thunder dragon essence.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and headed back toward Shrek Academy.
• Qi Xuan spotted Ma Xiaotao charging toward them in a blaze of evil fire and carried Huo Yuhao away at full speed.
• Ma Xiaotao regained enough awareness to swerve and strike her own carotid artery, but she crashed nearby as Huo Yuhao's ice awakened the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Qi Xuan and Huo Yuhao collapsed unconscious from the clash of heat and cold, and Ma Xiaotao fainted after checking that they were alive.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered the teachers to bring Ma Xiaotao and the two first-year students back to Sea God Island.

After Huo Yuhao woke, Yan Shaozhe apologized for Ma Xiaotao’s rampage and explained the ways to suppress her Evil Fire Phoenix. Ma Xiaotao rejected those options and began burning away her soul power to destroy the evil fire herself.

• Huo Yuhao woke and learned that Xu Sanshi was resting in the next room.
• Yan Shaozhe apologized for Ma Xiaotao’s attack and explained that her evil fire could be addressed with a rare fire-attribute immortal herb or temporary help from an ice-attribute Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao considered asking Yan Shaozhe for help retrieving his mother’s remains but decided to pursue his revenge himself.
• Ma Xiaotao resolved to confront the evil fire by destroying the fused sinister aura and fiery energy within her.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned her Evil Fire Phoenix and set her own soul power ablaze, risking her cultivation and life.

Ma Xiaotao endured a dangerous attempt to purge the evil from her body while Qi Xuan asked Mu En and Yan Shaozhe about absorbing the thunder dragon essence. Mu En explained that it could form Yin-Yang Mystic Thunder, but Qi Xuan would need five rings before his body could withstand it.

• Mu En praised Ma Xiaotao's resolve as she wrapped herself in flames to undergo a rebirth.
• Qi Xuan cultivated in the Sea God Pavilion while Mu En and Yan Shaozhe came to see him.
• Qi Xuan told Mu En and Yan Shaozhe about obtaining the thunder dragon essence and asked Yan Shaozhe to guard him while he absorbed it.
• Mu En explained that lightning-type soul beasts faced repeated heavenly tribulations and that the essence came from a Thunder Dragon's failed tribulation.
• Mu En identified the essence as yin thunder that could complement Qi Xuan's yang thunder and form ultimate lightning, but warned that Qi Xuan should wait until he had five rings to absorb it.

Qi Xuan read about Shrek Academy’s new soul-ring hunting program and considered whether his body could withstand a ten-thousand-year third soul ring. He met Xiao Xiao, learned about her new soul-bone ability, and ended up invited to the Sleeping Dragon Court.

• Qi Xuan found a notice announcing that students could apply for academy-led trips to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings.
• Qi Xuan considered signing up but worried that his plan to absorb a ten-thousand-year third soul ring was far beyond normal limits.
• Xiao Xiao told Qi Xuan she had absorbed the Heavenly Sound Magpie skull bone, reached rank twenty-five, and gained the Heavenly Sound Tremor skill.
• Xiao Xiao said Wang Dong had gone with Huo Yuhao to a soul tool lecture, then asked Qi Xuan to celebrate with her at the Sleeping Dragon Court.
• Qi Xuan named the Sleeping Dragon Court, and Xiao Xiao agreed to treat him there.

Qi Xuan took Xiao Xiao to the Sleeping Dragon Court, where they ran into Shen Yao, a former sect senior who had betrayed Xiao Xiao’s sect. After Shen Yao attacked Xiao Xiao, Qi Xuan intervened, and the confrontation ended with Shen Yao questioning their relationship.

• Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao ate together in a private room at the Sleeping Dragon Court, and Qi Xuan promised to treat her next time.
• Xiao Xiao encountered Shen Yao, who mocked her as a former junior sister after betraying their sect six years earlier.
• Shen Yao attacked Xiao Xiao with her Joyful Sheng, and Xiao Xiao struggled to counter her stronger Soul King abilities.
• Qi Xuan punched Shen Yao and sent her flying when she lunged at Xiao Xiao.
• Shen Yao asked whether Qi Xuan was Xiao Xiao’s lover, and Qi Xuan denied it before asking if she made a habit of taking lovers.

Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao were trapped by Shen Yao and her powerful Evil Soul Master master, so Qi Xuan unleashed the thunder dragon essence and summoned a heavenly tribulation. Xiao Xiao escaped and called for help as Qi Xuan became part of the lightning and prepared to unleash his final attack.

• Shen Yao consumed a man's soul and revealed that she was an Evil Soul Master, while her master sealed the space and ordered her to capture Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao.
• Qi Xuan told Xiao Xiao to flee, then shattered the Thunder Dragon Jade Bracelet and released the thunder dragon essence into the sealed space.
• Qi Xuan used his lightning to destroy resentful souls and crack the spatial seal, allowing Xiao Xiao to escape through a window.
• Qi Xuan connected the thunder dragon essence to heaven and earth, bringing down a heavenly tribulation that badly wounded Shen Yao and forced her master to reveal his true form.
• Xiao Xiao fired a distress flare, and Xuan Zi arrived but could not pull Qi Xuan out of the tribulation; Qi Xuan transformed into lightning and declared the Divine Firmament Righteous Law.

Qi Xuan survived the heavenly tribulation with Electrolux's help, and the lightning reshaped his body and evolved his martial soul. After the Little Thunder Dragon fused with him and formed a Soul Ring, Qi Xuan gained Yin-Yang Mystic Thunder and a new third Soul Skill.

• Electrolux protected Qi Xuan's soul from the heavenly tribulation and explained how his mastery of pure light let him withstand it.
• The lightning reconstituted Qi Xuan's body, greatly strengthening his physique and stirring signs of evolution in his martial soul.
• The Little Thunder Dragon entered Qi Xuan's body and settled near his dantian.
• The Little Thunder Dragon's power formed a Soul Ring for Qi Xuan, breaking his bottleneck and evolving his lightning into Yin-Yang Mystic Thunder.
• Qi Xuan gained his third Soul Skill, Mystic Thunder Three Tribulations Transformation, and learned that the Little Thunder Dragon's Soul Ring could grow with him.

Qi Xuan learned that his third Soul Skill was the Mystic Thunder Three Tribulations Transformation, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong visited him in the hospital and heard Xiao Xiao explain the Music Sect’s history and Shen Yao’s betrayal. Shi Xing questioned Qi Xuan about the attack, revealing that Shen Yao had likely died but Blood Soul Old Ghost might still recover through his soul fragments.

• Qi Xuan discovered that his third Soul Skill granted Yin-Yang Transformation, with Yang Lightning increasing attack power and Yin Lightning increasing speed and healing.
• Huo Yuhao earned permission to study in the Soul Tool Department after impressing Fan Yu, then learned Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao had been caught in an explosion and hurried to the hospital with Wang Dong.
• Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Qi Xuan that Shen Yao had betrayed the Music Sect, later becoming an Evil Soul Master after her lover abandoned her.
• Shi Xing arrived to question Qi Xuan about the attack, but Yan Shaozhe intervened and made clear that the academy would protect its students.
• Shi Xing identified Shen Yao as likely dead beneath the heavenly tribulation and warned that Blood Soul Old Ghost could recover through his remaining soul fragments, then asked Qi Xuan for anything further.

After Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao helped defeat two Evil Soul Masters, Yan Shaozhe reported the incident to the Sea God Pavilion and nominated Qi Xuan as a reserve member. The meeting approved the nomination, then turned to evidence linking the attack to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Shi Xing left after telling Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao to rest, and Yan Shaozhe explained his background and urged Qi Xuan to stay at the academy hospital.
• Huo Yuhao told Qi Xuan he had begun auditing Soul Tool Department classes and discussed Shi Xing’s strength with him.
• Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion that Qi Xuan and Xiao Xiao had become involved in the Evil Soul Master attack and that Qi Xuan had summoned a heavenly tribulation to kill two attackers.
• Yan Shaozhe nominated Qi Xuan as a Sea God Pavilion Reserve Member, and Xuan Zi supported the proposal.
• The Sea God Pavilion unanimously approved Qi Xuan’s nomination, conditional on his graduation from the Outer Court and reaching soul power rank sixty for full membership.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced the next agenda item and reported that the attack had revealed traces of the Holy Spirit Cult.

After six months of training, Qi Xuan received a mission to identify the Blood Soul Old Ghost at a treasure exhibition in Snowcloud City, while Huo Yuhao continued advancing in Soul Tool engineering. The chapter ended with Qi Xuan recoiling when Xuan Zi offered to escort him.

• Shrek City imposed martial law after an Evil Soul Master attack, but the search failed to find the Holy Spirit Cult's leaders.
• Huo Yuhao became a Level 1 Soul Engineer in six months and began working toward Level 2, while Qi Xuan trained separately under a program designed for his ultimate lightning.
• Mu En used old academy records and advice from the Heavenly Dragon Douluo to shape Qi Xuan's training, which involved consuming lightning-rich treasures and sparring with Xuan Zi.
• Qi Xuan continued returning to his dormitory to spend time with Huo Yuhao, and the two shared what they had learned despite their different studies.
• Xuan Zi told Qi Xuan that the Blood Soul Old Ghost might appear at a Snowcloud City exhibition displaying an immortal herb that could repair the soul, and asked him to identify the enemy.
• Xuan Zi offered to escort Qi Xuan on the mission, prompting Qi Xuan to joke that he would rather go alone.

Qi Xuan feared the dangers of leading an expedition, given Xuan Zi’s disastrous record, and persuaded the academy to let him train alone. He set out with extensive safeguards and suspected Xuan Zi was secretly watching over him.

• Qi Xuan recalled Xuan Zi’s deadly failures as a team leader and worried about facing danger without anyone else to sacrifice.
• Qi Xuan argued that the solo expedition would test his combat experience, wilderness survival, communication, and quick thinking.
• The academy approved Qi Xuan’s plan, and Mu En gave him a token to summon help while the Soul Tool Department equipped him with automatic defenses.
• Qi Xuan carried eight Invincible Shields, and Huo Yuhao privately admitted he had loosened a screw on one of them.
• Qi Xuan suspected a teacher was secretly protecting him, probably Xuan Zi.

Qi Xuan investigated Bluestone Town after learning that people had been disappearing and Elder Yi sensed evil necromancy nearby. He followed a black-robed figure toward the Church, then found the elderly couple dead inside a house.

• Qi Xuan met Zheng Hua, who invited him to an Angel Society mass, before a patrolman chased Zheng Hua away and warned Qi Xuan about the town’s disappearances.
• The patrolman told Qi Xuan that people had vanished from Bluestone Town for three years, with more cases in recent months and many victims reportedly little girls.
• Elder Yi sensed blood, flesh, and the cries of lost souls, identifying the evil presence as necromancy likely practiced by an Evil Soul Master.
• Qi Xuan chose an inn near the Church and watched a black-robed figure leave a nearby house and head toward it after nightfall.
• Qi Xuan entered the house and found the elderly couple dead.

Qi Xuan investigated the Church after finding the elderly couple dead and Cui'er missing, only to discover a divine presence that blocked his call for help. When Zheng Hua revealed the statue during Mass, Qi Xuan saw that it depicted a Fallen Six-Winged Angel.

• Qi Xuan found the elderly couple dead, searched their home for Cui'er, and took a black robe before leaving.
• Qi Xuan entered the Church, where Zheng Hua recognized him and a strange aura filled his mind until Elder Yi shielded him.
• Elder Yi sensed a deity's aura from the covered statue, and Qi Xuan's token to contact Mu En failed to work.
• Zheng Hua began the Mass and claimed that an angel would descend, though Elder Yi had identified the statue's aura as belonging to a deity.
• Zheng Hua unveiled the statue, and its force held Qi Xuan's gaze as he saw a Fallen Six-Winged Angel.

Qi Xuan infiltrated an Angel Society ritual where Zheng Hua prepared to sacrifice Cui'er and a blonde girl to a Fallen Angel statue. After Qi Xuan awakened the blonde captive, she revealed herself as the Soul Ancestor Ye Guyi, whose holy powers clashed with the statue as Qi Xuan fled with Cui'er.

• Qi Xuan resisted the Fallen Angel statue's mental influence with help from Elder Yi and Little Thunder Dragon.
• Zheng Hua brought Cui'er and a blonde girl to the dais and ordered the worshippers to sacrifice them.
• Qi Xuan took the dagger and approached the captives, realizing the blonde girl was a Soul Master.
• Qi Xuan secretly sent Soul Power into the blonde girl, awakening her as a four-ring Soul Ancestor.
• Ye Guyi unleashed her holy abilities, burning the black-robed figures and prompting black smoke to emerge from the statue.
• Qi Xuan carried Cui'er toward the back of the hall and recognized the blonde girl as Ye Guyi.