Chapter Summaries

Mu En arranged for Xuan Zi to mentor Man Sui and for Liang to teach in the Outer Academy, then wondered why his teacher had stopped answering him through the Golden Tree. On the way to complete Liang’s appointment paperwork, Xuan Zi met Ma Xiaotao and asked her to test Liang’s strength.

• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to give up drinking and look after Man Sui, while Man Sui promised to keep him from drinking.
• Mu En had Lin Huiqun prepare ten large Storage Rings filled with food for Xuan Zi and approved Liang’s appointment as an Outer Academy teacher.
• After everyone left, Mu En reached out to his teacher through the Golden Tree but received no answer, unaware that his teacher was enduring torture within it.
• Xuan Zi carried Man Sui to Sea God Lake, where she excitedly greeted Liang, and then took them toward the academic affairs office to complete Liang’s paperwork.
• Xuan Zi met Ma Xiaotao, learned that Mu En’s pendant had suppressed her evil fire, and asked her to test Liang’s strength.

Ma Xiaotao tested Master Liang’s strength in the Inner Academy arena, where his wind-based swordsmanship let him hold his own against her despite their Soul Power gap. As Liang unleashed his fourth Soul Skill against her Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike, the match’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Ma Xiaotao agreed to test Master Liang, and Xuan Zi brought them to the Inner Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena.
• Xuan Zi and Man Sui bet on the match’s winner, each wagering that the other would owe them a favor if they lost.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a level sixty-eight Soul Emperor, while Master Liang revealed his level fifty-five Unsheathed Blade Martial Soul.
• Master Liang blocked Ma Xiaotao’s flames with a wall of wind and matched her in close combat, prompting Xuan Zi to question his combat skill.
• Ma Xiaotao used her fourth Soul Skill, Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike, and Master Liang answered with his fourth Soul Skill, Face the Wind.

Master Liang defeated Ma Xiaotao and joined Shrek Academy as an Outer Academy combat instructor. In Mingdu, a bulletin exposed the Sun Moon Empire’s collusion with Evil Soul Masters, leaving citizens terrified and questioning their empire.

• Master Liang combined his flame tornado with Master Liang's gale, then used a sudden attack to defeat Ma Xiaotao before Xuan Zi stopped his saber from striking her.
• Ma Xiaotao admitted defeat and left to cultivate, determined to reach Soul Saint as soon as possible.
• Man Sui collected on her wager with Xuan Zi, who agreed to provide Master Liang with cultivation resources and helped appoint him as a practical combat instructor at Shrek Academy.
• A day later, residents of Mingdu read a widely distributed bulletin featuring Angel Yan's fall and detailing the Sun Moon Empire's collusion with Evil Soul Masters and their mass killings.
• Mingdu's citizens feared that the empire might sacrifice them to Evil Soul Masters, and the bulletin shattered their pride in their supposedly civilized nation.

Mingdu erupted into mass protests after bulletins accused the empire’s leaders of colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult, while Jing Hongchen hurried to the palace as the crisis escalated. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen worried about Angel Yan and were ordered to stay inside the academy; the chapter ended with Xu Tianran meeting two visitors at his residence.

• Yang Lin’s clones helped spread the bulletins and urge Mingdu’s citizens into protests, while the City Guard Troops made little effort to stop the marches.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen read the bulletin at the academy; Xiao condemned the alleged collusion, and Meng worried about Angel Yan.
• Jing Hongchen warned Xiao and Meng not to leave the academy, then hurried to the imperial palace after the emperor summoned officials.
• Xu Tianran sat in his residence with a beautiful woman behind him as two guests sat nearby.

Cao Cao and Sima Yi asked to join Xu Tianran’s Crown Prince’s Residence, and Xu Tianran accepted after questioning their motives. Cao Cao then presented him with the severed head of John Doe, the Third Prince’s chief strategist, leaving Xu Tianran delighted and Ju Zi shaken.

• Sima Yi and Cao Cao pressed Xu Tianran for a decision on joining his residence, while Cao Cao questioned whether Xu Tianran was fit to rule.
• Ju Zi defended Xu Tianran after Cao Cao insulted him, but Xu Tianran stopped her and asked why the two men had chosen him over the Third Prince.
• Sima Yi said that he and Cao Cao admired Xu Tianran and wanted to help him ascend the throne, and Xu Tianran welcomed them as guest retainers.
• Cao Cao dropped John Doe’s severed head before Xu Tianran and Ju Zi.
• Xu Tianran recognized John Doe and celebrated his death, while Ju Zi turned deathly pale.

Xu Tianran accepted Cao Cao and Sima Yi’s support while privately believing he could control them, as Star Luo’s court discussed Angel Yan and Xu Jiujiu’s heartbreak. The chapter ended when a visitor named Toji Fushiguro demanded to see Emperor Xu Jiawei and confronted the Offering Hall.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi he intended to subdue Cao Cao and Sima Yi after using their strength to help him claim the throne.
• In Star Luo City, Xu Jiawei asked Wang Xian'er whether Angel Yan was alive, and Wang Xian'er explained that her Healing Angel martial soul would have sensed Angel Yan’s death.
• Xu Jiawei learned that Xu Jiujiu was upset because Kai had rejected her, and he comforted his sister.
• A messenger reported that Titled Douluo Toji Fushiguro had demanded an audience with Xu Jiawei and was already facing members of the Offering Hall.

Toji Fushiguro brought Megumi Fushiguro to the Star Luo Imperial Palace to meet Emperor Xu Jiawei, alarming the empire’s Titled Douluos with his overwhelming strength. After the pair’s bickering convinced the guards that Toji meant no harm, Xu Jiawei arrived and asked what he wanted.

• Xu Jiawei learned that Toji Fushiguro had come to the palace and went to greet him with Xu Jiujiu and Wang Xian'er.
• The Star Luo Empire’s twelve Titled Douluos confronted Toji, who intimidated Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu into silence.
• Megumi Fushiguro revealed that Toji had gambled away his money, and Toji scolded and pulled his son’s ears.
• Xu Jiawei emerged from the palace, greeted Toji, and asked what had brought him there.

Toji Fushiguro announced his title coronation in the Star Luo Empire and arranged for his son Megumi Fushiguro to enroll at Star Luo Royal Academy. He left with five million Gold Soul Coins from Xu Jiawei for gambling, while Megumi stayed behind to complete his enrollment.

• Toji Fushiguro told Xu Jiawei that he had come for his title coronation and named his title Heavenly Tyrant.
• Toji introduced twelve-year-old Megumi Fushiguro, whose soul power was rank thirty-four, and Xu Jiawei agreed to enroll him at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Toji told Megumi not to bother him, handed him over to Xu Jiujiu, and asked the gathered Titled Douluos to lend him spending money for the casino.
• Xu Jiawei gave Toji a Purple Gold Card containing five million Gold Soul Coins, and Toji said Xu could call on him if a fight arose.
• Toji struck Megumi on the head and left, while Xu Jiawei instructed Xu Jiujiu to handle Megumi's enrollment and grant him the highest level of benefits.

Xu Jiujiu escorted Megumi Fushiguro to enroll at the Star Luo Royal Academy and learned about his Ten Shadows Shikigami martial soul. Megumi revealed that he wanted to take the Inner Academy assessment, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to bring him there.

• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu to accommodate Megumi's reasonable requests in hopes of winning over the Heavenly Tyrant.
• Xu Jiujiu accompanied Megumi to the academy, where he demonstrated his Divine Dogs shikigami and she petted the friendly white creature.
• Megumi kept his other shikigami secret and asked to take the Inner Academy assessment instead of enrolling directly.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed and completed Megumi's enrollment paperwork before taking him toward the Inner Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu learned that the Heavenly Tyrant had raised Megumi, taught him to cultivate, and often took his money to gamble.

Xu Jiujiu brought Megumi Fushiguro before the Star Luo Team and arranged for him to prove his worth in a fight. Megumi began battling Huang Heyun, whose Soul Skills drove back Megumi’s Divine Dogs as the duel continued.

• Xu Jiujiu gathered the Star Luo Team and introduced twelve-year-old Megumi Fushiguro, a Level 34 Soul Elder, as a potential tournament member.
• Kai, the team captain and a Level 48 Soul Ancestor, greeted Xu Jiujiu and agreed to referee Megumi’s assessment.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Megumi chose to challenge Kai, but Huang Heyun stepped forward as the opponent he had to defeat first.
• Huang Heyun attacked Megumi immediately, but Megumi summoned black and white Divine Dogs that flanked him and fought him to a standstill.
• Huang Heyun used his second and third Soul Skills to drive the Divine Dogs back, then remarked that summoning-type Soul Masters usually had weak bodies.

Megumi Fushiguro used Nue and his two Divine Dogs to defeat Huang Heyun, a Five-Ring Soul King, without letting him reach him. After Kai confirmed Huang Heyun had only superficial injuries, Megumi asked whether he was qualified to challenge the captain.

• Huang Heyun rushed Megumi Fushiguro, but Nue carried Megumi into the air and let him evade the attack.
• Megumi directed Nue to strike Huang Heyun with lightning while the black and white Divine Dogs kept him under pressure.
• Huang Heyun tried to unleash his fifth soul skill, but Nue’s lightning interrupted him and the Divine Dogs knocked him off the platform.
• Kai checked Huang Heyun’s injuries and announced Megumi Fushiguro as the winner.
• Megumi landed and asked whether he was qualified to challenge the captain, while the Star Luo Empire’s regular team members reconsidered taking the stage.

Hua Mulan arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena and arranged a spar between Kai and Megumi Fushiguro, assuring Kai he could use the Demon Armor. The match began with Megumi summoning his shikigami, and it ended with the Great Serpent swallowing Kai from the shadows.

• Hua Mulan arrived with Star Luo Royal Academy's principal and told Kai to spar with Megumi Fushiguro.
• Hua Mulan greeted the academy students and invited them to consider joining her army after graduation.
• Megumi summoned the Divine Dogs and Nue, but Kai blocked their attacks and wounded the dogs with his Whirling Frost Blade.
• Megumi summoned the Great Serpent, which burst from Kai's shadow and swallowed him whole.

Megumi Fushiguro fought Kai in a Soul Fighting match, but Kai overwhelmed his shikigami after unleashing his Demon Armor. Hua Mulan stopped the fight, offered Megumi a battalion commander’s post, and prepared to leave with Kai before Xu Jiujiu asked to speak with him alone.

• Great Serpent seized Kai in its jaws, but Kai broke off its fangs and hurled it toward Megumi Fushiguro.
• Kai’s Demon Armor withstood Divine Dog: Totality’s attack, and he defeated Great Serpent and Divine Dog: Totality while Nue kept fighting.
• Kai charged at the exhausted Megumi, but Hua Mulan blocked his saber and declared Kai the winner.
• Hua Mulan offered Megumi a battalion commander’s position, but Megumi refused to join the army.
• As Hua Mulan prepared to leave with Kai, Xu Jiujiu asked to speak with Kai alone.

Xu Jiujiu realized Kai liked powerful, assertive women and began considering how to win his attention. At Toji Fushiguro’s investiture ceremony, he sent the Heavenly Fiend Douluo flying with a single punch.

• Xu Jiujiu asked Kai whether he had feelings for Hua Mulan, but Kai rejected the subject and walked away.
• Xu Jiujiu concluded that Kai liked powerful, assertive women and wondered if gaining power would make him notice her.
• Megumi Fushiguro passed the Soul Fighting test, entered the Inner Academy, and joined the full team for the next tournament.
• Xu Jiawei held Toji Fushiguro’s investiture ceremony after waiting for him to finish gambling at the casino.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo challenged Toji Fushiguro, who struck him in the abdomen and sent him flying with a single punch.

Toji Fushiguro knocked out the Heavenly Fiend Douluo with one punch at the Star Luo Empire’s investiture ceremony, prompting Xu Jiawei to court his favor and order the casinos to let him win. Half a month later, Yang Lin’s reputation at Shrek Academy had soared after news spread that he had made a Level 7 Soul Tool, and even his doubters conceded he was the academy’s strongest.

• Toji Fushiguro sent the Heavenly Fiend Douluo crashing through several mountains and left him unconscious, shocking the Titled Douluos at the ceremony.
• Toji Fushiguro assured Xu Jiawei that the Heavenly Fiend Douluo would recover, then declined to fight anyone else and departed.
• Xu Jiawei offered Toji Fushiguro a residence, gifts, and financial support, then told Xu Jiujiu to arrange for the casinos to let him win.
• The casino managers struggled to make Toji Fushiguro win, despite deliberately manipulating games and giving him hints.
• Half a month later, Shrek Academy students widely recognized Yang Lin after learning he had independently created a Level 7 Soul Tool at twelve years old.
• Shrek’s Inner Academy students dropped their objections and accepted Yang Lin as the academy’s strongest.

During Yang Lin’s half month at Shrek, his reputation as its strongest student and youngest Level 7 Soul Engineer grew, while Master Liang transformed the combat skills of the freshmen he taught. As Yang Lin, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest, they saw a notice announcing changes to the Outer Academy’s rules.

• Yang Lin answered questions from young soul engineers, while Huo Yuhao reached Level 1 Soul Engineer in two days after joining the Soul Tool Department.
• Master Liang’s practical combat lessons made students in Freshman Class One and Freshman Class Nine formidable in the Soul Fighting Arena, and an adorable girl and Xuan Zi often followed him.
• Yang Lin and Jiang Nannan planned to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest so Jiang Nannan could hunt a soul beast, and Wang Dong insisted on accompanying them.
• Wang Dong led Yang Lin to the noticeboard, where they read that Shrek would end its recommendation-letter system and restrict teachers from expelling Outer Academy students outside class advancement competitions.

Yang Lin, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan left Shrek City for the Star Dou Great Forest after Jiang Nannan obtained leave to hunt for a soul ring. As they departed, Yang Lin sensed a Soul Saint-level middle-aged man watching them.

• Yang Lin explained to Wang Dong that her Clear Sky Sect status had let her enroll at Shrek without a recommendation letter.
• Jiang Nannan met Yang Lin, received approval to leave, and kissed him on the cheek while Wang Dong watched jealously.
• Xu Sanshi saw the kiss and urged Jiang Nannan to kiss Yang Lin on the lips so he would protect her, while Bei Bei quietly walked away.
• Yang Lin, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan bought supplies in Shrek City and headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Near the city exit, Yang Lin used his Six Eyes to locate a middle-aged Soul Saint who was watching them.

Yang Lin learned that Dai Huabin planned to ambush him and his companions after they returned from the Star Dou Great Forest. Dai Huabin ordered his guards to kill Yang Lin or target the people close to him, leaving the plot poised for the attack.

• Yang Lin identified a token linking a middle-aged man to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and considered how Hua Mulan could use Dai Huabin's actions to gain control of the Western Army Group.
• The middle-aged man reported to Dai Huabin that Yang Lin's group had departed for the Star Dou Great Forest and would likely return in about five days.
• Dai Huabin rejected the man's concerns about Yang Lin's strength and ordered him to attack when the group returned.
• Dai Huabin explained that his hatred of Yang Lin stemmed from being overshadowed at Shrek Academy and from believing Yang Lin had drawn Zhu Lu's affection away from him.
• Dai Huabin instructed the middle-aged man to attack Yang Lin's companions if Yang Lin proved too difficult to kill, and threatened the man's family if the mission failed.
• The middle-aged man left to carry out the order while Dai Huabin also expressed hatred toward Huo Yuhao.

Jiang Nannan absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring from a lightning rabbit Yang Lin created, while Wang Dong'er took advantage of the wait to kiss Yang Lin. Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Vina approached their location, setting up an imminent encounter.

• Yang Lin created a ten-thousand-year lightning rabbit that knocked itself unconscious, and Jiang Nannan killed it and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Wang Dong'er changed back into women's clothes and kissed Yang Lin while Jiang Nannan absorbed the ring.
• Wang Dong'er asked to move closer to Jiang Nannan, but Yang Lin refused and told her not to be ridiculous.
• Shangguan Wan'er suggested that Princess Vina find a place to rest, and the two headed toward the stream near Yang Lin and the others.

Vina asked Shangguan Wan'er whether the Ice Emperor could help her overthrow Wei Zhongxian, but Wan'er urged her to decide whether she wanted to act for herself or for the Wei family. Vina resolved to give the Heaven Dou Empire a new sky, then stumbled upon Yang Lin kissing Wang Dong'er while a blonde girl absorbed a soul ring.

• Vina asked Shangguan Wan'er if the Ice Emperor could help defeat Wei Zhongxian, and Wan'er said he was unlikely to interfere in court affairs.
• Shangguan Wan'er explained that the Body Sect would not intervene, while Wei Zhongxian's rule had enabled martial soul awakenings around Heaven Dou City.
• Shangguan Wan'er asked Vina whether she wanted to overthrow Wei Zhongxian for herself or for the Wei family.
• Vina declared that she wanted to topple Wei Zhongxian for herself and give the Heaven Dou Empire a new sky, but lamented that her forces were too weak.
• Vina pushed through a thicket and saw a blonde girl absorbing a soul ring while Yang Lin and Wang Dong'er kissed.
• Yang Lin pointed out Vina and her companions, and Wang Dong'er turned to see them and cried out.