Chapter Summaries

Sunday and his companions traveled the border as the Nameless, a group devoted to helping ordinary people, and learned that Wolf Bandits were behind villagers disappearing. They entered the mountains to find the bandits, with Sunday insisting that he would face their leader and keep his students safe.

• Sunday said that kindness could be awakened, and he and his companions spent three months helping people along the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
• The group named themselves the Nameless because they followed a new path without seeking fame, status, or wealth.
• A farmer told Sunday that villagers had disappeared in the mountains and that fear of the Wolf Bandits had deprived the village of much of its food.
• Sunday and the others reassured the farmer that they would deal with the Wolf Bandits, declined his offer of payment, and headed into the mountains.
• Dugu Yan and the others asked to fight the bandits for practice, but Sunday refused to let them face the leader and warned them that battle was unpredictable.
• Sunday led the group through the forest, ordering his students to stay away from the bandits' center while he handled their leader.

Sunday’s team defeated the Wolf Bandits, and Yu Feng gained a Soul Bone as they set their sights on the championship. Sunday then went to Spirit City to check Bibi Dong’s recovery and began healing her soul, leaving her immobilized under his power.

• Sunday found the Wolf Bandits’ valley and sent Dugu Yan and the others to fight the bandits while he confronted their leader.
• Sunday killed the Wolf Bandit leader with a golden palm and took the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone from the crater.
• Dugu Yan’s team chose Yu Feng to absorb the Soul Bone, raising his Soul Power Level to forty-seven, and Sunday urged them to pursue the championship.
• Sunday sent the team back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to focus on cultivation, then traveled to Spirit City to check on Bibi Dong.
• Sunday found Bibi Dong recovering in her bedchamber and used his Path to immobilize her and heal her injured soul.

Sunday confronted Bibi Dong over her hatred of the Qian Family and her refusal to acknowledge her own choices, while confirming that he was a god named Van Wyck. He began explaining his view of humanity’s three faces, but had not yet finished when the chapter ended.

• Bibi Dong asked Sunday who he was and what he wanted, and he identified himself as Van Wyck and said he was beyond Rakshasa.
• Bibi Dong accused the gods of corruption and suspected Sunday had made her a pawn in his plans.
• Sunday revealed that Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue’s birth mother, provoking her to angrily deny the subject and seize his sleeve.
• Sunday accused Bibi Dong of blaming others while refusing to face her own part in what had happened.
• Bibi Dong blamed the Qian Family and Qian Xunji, while Sunday acknowledged Qian Xunji’s crimes and began describing humanity’s three faces.

Sunday rebuked Bibi Dong for the choices that led to her misfortune, then left Spirit Hall with Hu Liena questioning what her teacher had concealed. He traveled to the cave where Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass was growing, took her and a hidden Soul Bone, and headed toward Heaven Dou City.

• Sunday told Bibi Dong that her schemes and selfishness had helped cause the calamity, then urged her to reconsider her past before leaving her room.
• Hu Liena asked Sunday why he had attacked Bibi Dong and criticized her, but he refused to explain their private history and challenged Hu Liena’s view of her teacher.
• Sunday warned Hu Liena that Bibi Dong’s hatred and ruthless plans were leading her toward ruin, then vanished and left Hu Liena wondering what her teacher had hidden.
• Sunday traveled to Holy Soul Village, entered the cave where Ah Yin was growing, and took the Blue Silver Grass into the Dream of the Great Unity.
• Sunday opened a hidden compartment, retrieved a stone box containing a Soul Bone, and set off for Heaven Dou City.

Sunday tended the Blue Silver Emperor and gave Ye Lingling a Hundred Thousand Year healing Soul Bone, which she prepared to absorb. He warned her to keep it secret, especially from anyone at Shrek Academy.

• Sunday planted the Blue Silver Emperor in his villa’s Flower Garden and nourished it with water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and nine-grade purple ganoderma.
• Sunday found Ning Rongrong at the Imperial Fighting Team’s training area, learned Ye Lingling was likely in the Infirmary, and heard Ning Rongrong warn him to be careful of Tang Yuehua.
• Sunday found Ye Lingling in the Medicinal Herb Garden and offered her the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone.
• Ye Lingling initially refused the precious Soul Bone, but Sunday persuaded her to accept it as an investment in her and the team’s chance to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• As Ye Lingling prepared to absorb the Soul Bone, Sunday warned her never to reveal it unless necessary, especially to anyone from Shrek Academy.

Sunday warned Ye Lingling to keep her Soul Bone hidden, then attended the Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony with Ning Fengzhi and encountered Xue Qinghe and Tang Yuehua. As the ceremony continued, Ning Rongrong criticized the performers and praised Sunday’s music instead.

• Sunday told Ye Lingling not to reveal her Soul Bone, especially to anyone from Shrek Academy, and left her to absorb it.
• Meng Shenji delivered Sunday an invitation to the Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony, which Sunday accepted.
• Three days later, Sunday and Ning Fengzhi arrived at the Moonlight Pavilion and were welcomed by Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua led Sunday and Ning Fengzhi to a private room, where they met Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong.
• During the ceremony, Ning Rongrong disparaged the performances and said Sunday played better, prompting Ning Fengzhi to reprimand her.
• Tang Yuehua asked Sunday whether he understood music theory, and he replied that he understood a little.

Tang Yuehua invited Sunday to perform at the Moonlight Pavilion graduation ceremony, where his piano piece, “Hope Has Feathers and Wings,” was introduced to the audience. Sunday began playing as Xue Qinghe grew furious that Tang Yuehua was using his fame to raise her own standing.

• Tang Yuehua asked Sunday to perform, and he agreed while suspecting she wanted a private conversation.
• Tang Yuehua invited Sunday to tea on the pavilion’s top floor, and he named his piece “Hope Has Feathers and Wings.”
• Tang Yuehua ended the graduation ceremony, introduced Sunday as the Heaven Dou Imperial Offering and Guardian Douluo, and asked him to perform.
• The audience was stunned by Sunday’s status, while Xue Qinghe angrily realized Tang Yuehua was using Sunday’s reputation for her own benefit.
• Ning Fengzhi cautioned Xue Qinghe to keep his emotions in check as Sunday appeared at the piano and began playing.

Sunday performed a calming piece of music at Tang Yuehua's graduation ceremony, impressing the audience and drawing the attention of Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi. He declined their invitation and met Tang Yuehua, refusing to sell her his Soul Power Potion while giving her the song's score.

• Sunday's piano performance captivated the hall, and Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qinghe praised his talent afterward.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe invited Sunday to dine with them, but Sunday declined because Tang Yuehua had asked to meet him.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Sunday to be careful of Tang Yuehua, while he and Xue Qinghe discussed rising prices and reforms as they left.
• Tang Yuehua led Sunday to a secluded balcony and asked to discuss his method of increasing Soul Power, but Sunday said he would only offer Potions as prizes at the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Tang Yuehua asked for the score of Sunday's song, and Sunday gave it to her; she read the lyrics aloud, prompting Sunday to judge her performance as passable.

Sunday refused Tang Yuehua’s request to sell his potion formula, but Tang Lie confronted him and attacked after boasting of the Clear Sky Sect’s power. Sunday subdued Tang Lie and Tang Xiao with divine pressure, leaving them injured and unable to move.

• Tang Yuehua offered the Clear Sky Sect’s alliance and any price for Sunday’s potion formula, but Sunday refused and prepared to leave.
• Tang Lie emerged, blasted Tang Yuehua aside, and boasted that the Clear Sky Sect could defeat even Spirit Hall.
• Sunday dismissed Tang Lie and turned to leave, but Tang Lie tried to grab him, so Sunday seized his wrist and forced him to his knees.
• Tang Xiao approached Sunday to intervene, and Sunday’s divine pressure slammed Tang Xiao and Tang Lie to the floor, leaving Tang Lie coughing blood.
• Sunday broke Tang Lie’s wrist, sat down, and asked whether the two men thought they were worthy of looking him in the eye.

Sunday learned that the Clear Sky Sect had secretly regained great strength and warned Qian Renxue, who ordered Spirit Hall agents to hinder its members and planned to turn the sect against Bibi Dong. The next morning, Heaven Dou City gathered for the unveiling of civilian soul tools, while a purple-dressed woman watched Qian Renxue from the Martial Soul Temple.

• Sunday freed Tang Xiao and Tang Lie at the Moonlight Pavilion, then told them to cherish their remaining time before leaving for the Crown Prince's Manor.
• Sunday told Qian Renxue that Tang Xiao, Tang Lie, and all seven Clear Sky Sect elders had become Titled Douluos.
• Qian Renxue invited Sunday to the unveiling of civilian soul tools at Heaven Dou Square and explained that the empire had approved his designs.
• After Sunday left, Qian Renxue ordered Pufferfish and Snake Lance to trouble the Clear Sky Sect members in Heaven Dou City and alerted Salas to inform Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• The next morning, crowds gathered in Heaven Dou Square for the unveiling as Imperial Knights guarded the venue.
• At the Martial Soul Temple, a purple-dressed woman watched Qian Renxue and asked Salas what she planned to unveil.

Bibi Dong questioned Salas about the Clear Sky Sect and a confidential letter while a public Soul Tool launch brought Sunday into negotiations with Ning Fengzhi. After learning that Clear Sky Sect members had fought Sunday, Ning Fengzhi left to accelerate his plans against the Three Great Clans, while Sunday remained untroubled by possible opposition.

• Bibi Dong confronted Salas over sending a confidential report about the Clear Sky Sect to the Worship Hall instead of the Papal Hall.
• Sunday showed Ning Fengzhi a bicycle Soul Tool, and Ning asked to receive future offensive and defensive Soul Tool manufacturing methods.
• Xue Qinghe realized Sunday was trying to draw Ning Fengzhi closer and explained that Tang Xiao and Tang Lie had attacked Sunday and been beaten.
• Ning Fengzhi left the launch after learning the Clear Sky Sect had several Titled Douluos, resolving to weaken the Three Great Clans before openly confronting them.
• Sunday told Xue Qinghe that strength made him unconcerned about Ning Fengzhi's ambitions or the Martial Soul Temple.

Sunday agreed to let Bibi Dong invest in Soul Tool Technology, trusting that it would benefit the people and hoping she would change. He left Bibi Dong and Xue Qinghe alone together, with their strained relationship still unresolved.

• Salas invited Sunday to meet Bibi Dong, and Xue Qinghe insisted on accompanying him.
• Bibi Dong asked about investing in Soul Tools, but Xue Qinghe rejected her before Sunday agreed to discuss a second round of investment.
• Bibi Dong showed a calmer attitude toward Xue Qinghe, though she privately resolved to destroy the world and punish those who had wronged her.
• Sunday agreed to Bibi Dong's request, explaining that ordinary people should not suffer because of personal feelings.
• Sunday told Bibi Dong he believed in her and Spirit Hall, then left her and Xue Qinghe to talk alone.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue reconciled briefly, but their reunion fell apart when Bibi Dong demanded that Qian Renxue leave Sunday and return to Spirit City. Qian Renxue stormed out in disguise, while Bibi Dong vowed to expose Sunday.

• After Sunday left, Bibi Dong asked Qian Renxue to drop her disguise and gently asked whether she had been well.
• Bibi Dong apologized and called Qian Renxue “Xue'er,” prompting Qian Renxue to embrace her and weep.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Renxue to return to Spirit City, but Qian Renxue said she wanted to stay in Heaven Dou and mentioned Sunday.
• Bibi Dong accused Sunday of manipulating Qian Renxue and ordered her to leave him, but Qian Renxue defended him and accused Bibi Dong of trying to ruin their relationship.
• Qian Renxue changed back into Xue Qinghe and stormed out, while Bibi Dong vowed to expose Sunday's true nature.

Bibi Dong ordered Salas to monitor Qian Renxue and report her movements to Spirit Hall and the Worship Hall. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Sunday explained to Dugu Bo how his clash with the Clear Sky Sect helped block its political options, then said he would rest and enjoy the scenery before the tournament.

• Bibi Dong told Salas to document Qian Renxue’s movements and send copies of the reports to the Worship Hall.
• Sunday played chess with Dugu Bo and explained that he had deliberately fought the Clear Sky Sect to advance his plans.
• Sunday reasoned that his support for the Crown Prince’s Faction would prevent the Clear Sky Sect from allying with Heaven Dou, while the Star Luo Empire would not tolerate its power.
• Sunday defeated Dugu Bo at chess and said he planned to rest and admire the scenery until the tournament began.
• Sunday reflected that people should remember the meaning of their journey instead of rushing toward its end.

Sunday affirmed his willingness to support a Paradise for all while Dugu Bo hoped to witness it and live peacefully with Yanyan. At the Crown Prince's Manor, Qian Renxue showed Sunday a newly made rifle, whose quality impressed him, and he asked to test it.

• Dugu Bo warned Sunday that the Crown Prince's Faction might bring danger, but Sunday said he would gladly sacrifice his own future for a Paradise without oppression or class.
• Dugu Bo said he hoped to see Sunday's Paradise rise and then left to meet Yanyan after her Mimicry Training Ground session.
• An attendant summoned Sunday to the Crown Prince's Manor, where he found Qian Renxue distracted and resolved.
• Qian Renxue presented Sunday with a rifle and cartridges, explaining that she had arranged for it to be made but keeping the method secret.
• Sunday inspected the rifle, praised its accuracy, and asked Qian Renxue if he could try it.

Sunday demonstrated a powerful rifle to Qian Renxue, then explained why he opposed Spirit Hall and believed humanity should not submit to gods. Qian Renxue admired his ideals but concealed her identity, changing the subject to Xue Ye’s proposed inter-academy tournament.

• Sunday fired the rifle through a willow and showed Qian Renxue how to use it.
• Qian Renxue asked Sunday what he thought of Spirit Hall, and he praised its original purpose but criticized its corruption and failed reforms.
• Sunday declared that faith could not excuse ignorance and argued that humanity had created gods and should serve people rather than become cold, unfeeling gods.
• Qian Renxue admired Sunday’s commitment to peace and equality, while privately deciding that Bibi Dong had wrongly maligned him.
• When Sunday noticed Qian Renxue’s distraction, she claimed she was thinking about organizing the inter-academy tournament Xue Ye had proposed.

Sunday left after discussing the Exchange Tournament and the successful rifle with Qian Renxue, who then asked Golden Crocodile to teach the Clear Sky Sect a lesson. Golden Crocodile arrived at Clear Sky Peak and summoned his martial soul, leaving the sect elders debating whether to flee as the chapter ended.

• Sunday told Qian Renxue the Exchange Tournament was likely two or three months away and left after confirming the firearms were ready for batch production.
• Golden Crocodile met Qian Renxue, questioned whether Sunday knew her identity, and heard that she wanted the Clear Sky Sect punished rather than destroyed.
• Qian Renxue had Snake Lance and Pufferfish report their fight with Tang Xiao and Tang Lie, then sent them to ensure Golden Crocodile did not kill anyone.
• Golden Crocodile flew to Clear Sky Peak and summoned his enormous golden crocodile martial soul, alarming the sect.
• Tang Xiao and the elders debated how to respond, and one suggested sending core disciples away.

Golden Crocodile confronted Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders, provoking them with claims that he had beaten Tang Chen. After breaking their formation and defeating several elders, he left Tang Xiao helpless in midair and warned that he might crash into the mountain.

• Tang Xiao approached Golden Crocodile alone, hoping to negotiate while the elders prepared to evacuate the disciples and hold off an attack.
• Golden Crocodile insulted the Clear Sky Sect and claimed he had defeated Tang Chen, prompting Tang Xiao and the seven elders to attack him.
• Golden Crocodile struck two elders with his Crocodile God Claw, broke their formation, and kicked Tang Lie into the mountain.
• Tang Xiao used Clear Sky True Body and charged with Sky-Piercing Strike, but Golden Crocodile suppressed him with his Golden Crocodile King martial soul.
• Golden Crocodile watched Tang Xiao plummet with his soul power scattered and mocked the elders, warning that Tang Xiao might become a rat pancake.

Golden Crocodile outmaneuvered the Clear Sky Sect elders, injured Tang Xiao, and damaged Clear Sky Peak before escaping. More than two months later, Shrek Academy entered the Heaven Dou Empire academy Exchange Tournament, where Yu Xiaogang arrived convinced his newfound cultivation made him exceptional.

• Golden Crocodile tricked the Clear Sky Sect elders, knocked the Second Elder and Third Elder from the sky, and rescued Tang Xiao only after they had fallen.
• Golden Crocodile cleaved apart half of Clear Sky Peak and escaped as the Clear Sky Sect elders blamed Spirit Hall and raged.
• More than two months later, academies began registering for the Heaven Dou Empire academy Exchange Tournament, and Flender brought Shrek Academy’s team to compete for experience, recognition, and prize money.
• Shrek Academy’s group pushed past the registration queue, drawing ridicule from the other academies.
• Yu Xiaogang approached the registration desk and privately boasted that his rapid cultivation growth and theories would make him someone ordinary people could never reach.

Yu Xiaogang registered Shrek Academy for the tournament and defended the rapid growth of its students by claiming it came from his teaching. Sunday suspected their strength came from dangerous herbs and exposed how unstable their power was, leaving Yu Xiaogang to deny that they had taken medicine.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to register Shrek Academy, and Sunday intervened after the registration teacher objected to his accusations.
• Yu Xiaogang's announcement that Shrek Academy had arrived drew public hostility, and Liu Erlong threatened the onlookers.
• Sunday remarked that Shrek's students had advanced unusually quickly and warned that their strength appeared unstable.
• Yu Xiaogang denied that the students had taken medicine and credited their progress to his theories and teaching.
• Sunday pointed out that he had never mentioned pills, leaving Yu Xiaogang's denial suspicious.