Chapter Summaries

Gu Tong revealed that his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils let him see Soul Power pathways and detect disturbances in the forces around him, then used the ability to defeat Chen Lü’s Wind Formless. Qin Xiao explained the difference between martial arts and immortal cultivation, and scolded Long Aotian for wanting to cultivate immortality instead of mastering the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force.

• Gu Tong explained that his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils showed him the paths of Soul Power and could help him interrupt Soul Skills, after the others mistook his ability for something perverse.
• Chen Lü used Wind Formless to vanish into the breeze and challenged Gu Tong to find him.
• Gu Tong spotted Chen Lü by tracking the forces between heaven and earth, struck him with a beam of red light, and explained that Chen Lü’s comprehension was incomplete.
• Qin Xiao told Chen Lü that a martial artist would lose to an immortal cultivator, prompting Wang Yanfeng to ask about the two realms.
• Long Aotian said he wanted to cultivate immortality, but Qin Xiao urged him to master the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force instead and declared he would not let Long Aotian sink so low.

Qin Xiao encouraged Long Aotian and the others, then they witnessed Du Busi awaken the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force by visualizing Di Tian’s dragon form. Du Busi broke free of the black dragon’s restraints, and as its phantom entered his body, his aged face began to grow younger.

• Qin Xiao told Long Aotian about a man who lost a hundred battles before winning and becoming a supreme powerhouse, but the group could not identify him.
• Qin Xiao accepted the group’s thanks and was about to send them away when powerful soul fluctuations came from the ancient tree.
• Long Aotian recognized that Du Busi might have grasped the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force as a black dragon phantom appeared around him.
• Jin Peng stopped Body Sect powerhouses from approaching and explained that Du Busi was making a breakthrough.
• Du Busi roared, and the black dragon phantom broke free of its restraints before plunging into his body, causing his wrinkles to fade.

After Qin Xiao awakened a Di Tian particle in Du Busi, the rejuvenated Sect Master thanked him and agreed that the Body Sect would stand by him. Du Busi planned to warn the Heaven Dou Empire about the Sun Moon Empire and took Long Aotian on as a student, then summoned the people waiting nearby.

• Du Busi descended before Qin Xiao and thanked him for restoring his youth and strengthening his body with a Di Tian particle.
• Qin Xiao warned Du Busi that supporting him could put the Body Sect against major powers, but Du Busi said the sect already had many enemies.
• Qin Xiao warned that the Sun Moon Empire might attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and Du Busi agreed to have its defenses strengthened.
• Qin Xiao left, and Du Busi ordered Long Aotian to begin training with him the following morning.
• Du Busi soothed Long Aotian when he tried to kneel in gratitude, then called Jin Peng and the people waiting nearby to approach.

Du Busi explained his self-created soul skill to the Body Sect experts, but they struggled to understand it. As Vina showed signs of comprehending the method, Zhongli Wu’s forces gathered near Shrek City and prepared to assess its defenses.

• Du Busi told the Body Sect experts that his ability awakened soul beasts within tiny particles of the body, but they said his explanation made no sense to them.
• Jin Peng confirmed Du Busi’s account and advised the experts to memorize the method and study it in secluded cultivation.
• After the experts left, soul power erupted from Vina, and Du Busi realized the sect might have found another person who could comprehend the ability.
• Feng Ling reported that Shrek City had Titled Douluo guarding its walls and was installing suspected powerful soul tools.
• Zhongli Wu dismissed Shrek’s defenses as a bluff, reasoning that the city had no Level 9 Soul Engineers.

Zhongli Wu led the Holy Spirit Cult in an assault on Shrek City, overwhelming its defenders and unleashing destruction across the city. Yan Shaozhe confronted the invaders but was defeated by Zhongli Wu, leaving Shrek’s people shaken and the battle unresolved.

• Zhongli Wu rallied more than a hundred Holy Spirit Cult experts and led them toward Shrek City.
• Tai Tan and Yan Shaozhe heard a blast, realized Shrek City was under attack, and rushed out to confront the threat.
• The Holy Spirit Cult seized Shrek City's walls after defeating its defenders, and Feng Ling revealed to Yan Shaozhe that she had always belonged to the cult.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the cult members to attack throughout Shrek City, and they razed buildings as Yan Shaozhe tried to stop them.
• Zhongli Wu engaged Yan Shaozhe and defeated him, leaving Shrek City's residents fearful and questioning their faith.

Zhongli Wu attacked Shrek Academy and argued that the Holy Spirit Cult represented justice, but Tai Tan intervened and revealed Shrek’s remaining powerhouses. Zhongli Wu ordered a retreat, while Yan Shaozhe urged the mysterious Second Sect Master to pursue them.

• Zhongli Wu mocked Yan Shaozhe and declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would destroy Shrek and be remembered as the continent’s heroes.
• Yan Shaozhe called for the Second Sect Master, but Zhongli Wu dismissed the warning until Tai Tan burst out of Shrek City and knocked him away.
• Tai Tan challenged Zhongli Wu and summoned Shrek’s powerful reinforcements, including numerous Titled Douluo and Soul Saints.
• Zhongli Wu assessed Shrek’s forces and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to retreat from the battlefield.
• Yan Shaozhe asked the Second Sect Master why he was not pursuing the fleeing Holy Spirit Cult members.

After the Clear Sky Sect drove off the Holy Spirit Cult, Yan Shaozhe assessed Shrek City's losses and worried about the academy's decline. Far from the city, Zhongli Wu heard Feng Ling's plan to use Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya to undermine Shrek from within.

• Tai Tan refused Yan Shaozhe's request to pursue the fleeing Holy Spirit Cult and returned to Shrek Academy with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xian Lin'er told Yan Shaozhe that about a tenth of Shrek City's buildings were damaged and roughly a thousand people had died.
• Xian Lin'er comforted Yan Shaozhe, while Qian Duoduo interrupted them and then followed her toward the Sea God's Pavilion.
• Zhongli Wu regrouped with the Holy Spirit Cult several hundred li from Shrek City and learned that Feng Ling had another plan.
• Feng Ling proposed using Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya to infiltrate Shrek Academy, and Zhongli Wu approved the plan.

Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya returned to Shrek Academy, where Yan Shaozhe welcomed them and Bei Bei was startled when Tang Ya kept her distance. Yan Shaozhe pressed them to explain their disappearance because Feng Ling had been involved in the attack on Shrek.

• Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya arrived at Shrek City, and Ma Xiaotao persuaded the guards to let them enter by identifying Tang Ya as a longtime student.
• At the Teaching Affairs Office, Ma Xiaotao reassured Tang Ya that her plan would keep their identities from being exposed.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, welcomed Ma Xiaotao back, and expressed sympathy to Tang Ya over her past tragedies.
• Bei Bei rushed in to see Tang Ya, but she avoided his attempt to take her hand and warned him to keep his distance.
• Yan Shaozhe asked where Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya had been, explaining that Feng Ling had taken them and was involved in the attack on Shrek Academy.

Yan Shaozhe questioned Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao about their time in the Holy Spirit Cult, and they explained the cult's location and how they were captured. Tang Ya revealed that her dark blue silver grass awakened after she avenged the Tang Sect, and the chapter left Yan Shaozhe hearing her account of becoming a prisoner.

• Bei Bei asked Yan Shaozhe to stop questioning Tang Ya, but Yan Shaozhe insisted he needed to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya said the cult's headquarters was in the Evil Demon Forest in the Sun Moon Empire and estimated that it had at least ten Titled Douluos.
• Ma Xiaotao said the cult had imprisoned them and tried to make them submit, but had not yet resorted to extreme measures.
• Tang Ya said she returned to her family's former home, killed the people who had seized the Tang Sect's property, and survived because her blue silver grass awakened as dark blue silver grass with an evil devouring attribute.
• Tang Ya explained that the Holy Spirit Cult invited her to join, abducted her after she refused, and imprisoned her alongside Ma Xiaotao.

Tang Ya returned to Shrek Academy, and Yan Shaozhe struggled with whether to shelter her despite her dark martial soul and the uproar over her slaughter of a sect. After Tang Ya tried to leave and Bei Bei vowed to follow her, Yan Shaozhe let her stay in the Sea God's Pavilion under strict secrecy.

• Bei Bei defended Tang Ya and urged Yan Shaozhe not to treat her like a criminal.
• Tang Ya declared herself an Evil Soul Master and attempted to leave Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei stopped Tang Ya and insisted he would abandon his future and join her if she left.
• Yan Shaozhe called them back and proposed that Tang Ya remain hidden in the Sea God's Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe said Shrek Academy would eventually condemn Evil Soul Masters publicly, while Tang Ya agreed to stay out of sight.

Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Shrek Academy had relied on the Clear Sky Sect to repel the Holy Spirit Cult, but warned that the sect’s help came at a steep price. He explained that Shrek’s ties to the Clear Sky Sect were transactional, leaving Ma Xiaotao stunned by the revelations.

• Yan Shaozhe sent Bei Bei to take Tang Ya to the Sea God's Pavilion, then told Ma Xiaotao that Shrek lacked a supreme expert to protect it.
• Ma Xiaotao asked how Shrek had repelled the Holy Spirit Cult, and Yan Shaozhe revealed that he had brought in the Clear Sky Sect's experts.
• Ma Xiaotao comforted Yan Shaozhe and praised his talent, briefly easing his worries.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Clear Sky Sect had demanded a steep price and would leave if Shrek could no longer pay.
• Yan Shaozhe cited the decline of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to show that the Upper Three Sects' old ties meant little.

Ma Xiaotao struggled with her divided loyalties after returning to Shrek Academy, while Bei Bei brought Tang Ya to the Sea God's Pavilion and introduced her to Zhang Lexuan. Zhang Lexuan questioned Tang Ya about her disappearance, but Bei Bei interrupted and took Tang Ya away to rest.

• Yan Shaozhe urged Ma Xiaotao to focus on cultivating and promised to protect her at Shrek Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao returned to her room and worried that contacting Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling might expose her identity.
• Bei Bei entered the Sea God's Pavilion with Tang Ya and introduced her to Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan questioned Tang Ya about where she had been, and Bei Bei stopped her and took Tang Ya to settle in.

Bei Bei rejected Zhang Lexuan’s warning to stay away from Tang Ya, and their argument escalated until he wrote Zhang Lexuan a letter of divorce. Zhang Lexuan accepted the end of their bond and declared that she no longer owed Mu En anything.

• Zhang Lexuan warned Bei Bei that Tang Ya was no ordinary person and urged him to keep his distance, but Bei Bei challenged her intuition and she slapped him.
• Tang Ya came out of her room, defended Bei Bei, and left the Sea God's Pavilion after Zhang Lexuan said she could choose whether to stay or go.
• Bei Bei blocked Tang Ya from leaving and declared that he would go with her if she left Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei blamed Zhang Lexuan for interfering and wrote her a letter of divorce, telling her to leave.
• Zhang Lexuan said she had only stayed with Bei Bei to repay Mu En, accepted that their bond had ended, and declared that she no longer owed Mu En anything.

Tang Ya secured Bei Bei’s loyalty after driving Zhang Lexuan away, while Qin Xiao prepared to return to the Sun Moon Empire amid rising conflict. The chapter left Qin Xiao eager for the coming chaos and Du Busi newly restored to his prime after reaching Level 99.

• Bei Bei angrily rejected Zhang Lexuan and swore he would never beg her, then reassured Tang Ya that she was the only one he loved.
• Tang Ya privately celebrated removing Zhang Lexuan as a threat and revealed her desire to see Shrek Academy destroyed.
• Two months later, Du Busi broke through to Level 99 using Qin Xiao’s cultivation method and thanked him for extending his life.
• Qin Xiao revealed that he had reached Level 57 and told Du Busi he planned to return to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Du Busi warned Qin Xiao that the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked Shrek and that further conflict might erupt, but Qin Xiao said he hoped the chaos would intensify.

Qin Xiao advised Du Busi to cooperate with or stay neutral toward the Sun Moon Empire if it attacked, arguing that the Heaven Dou Empire needed time to grow stronger. As Qin Xiao prepared to leave, Du Busi arranged for Vina to accompany him to the Sun Moon Empire disguised as his maid.

• Qin Xiao told Du Busi that the Heaven Dou Empire needed to gain strength and suggested it could eventually annex Dou Ling and Star Luo.
• Du Busi explained that the Heaven Dou Empire’s weak foundations meant it would need powerful fighters such as Chen Lü, Wang Yanfeng, Vina, Long Aotian, and Gu Tong to rise.
• Qin Xiao urged Du Busi to cooperate with the Sun Moon Empire or remain neutral if it attacked, and Du Busi agreed to remember his warning.
• Qin Xiao announced that he was leaving and said he would collect the pills and ores Du Busi planned to prepare on his next visit.
• Du Busi summoned Vina and proposed that she accompany Qin Xiao to the Sun Moon Empire disguised as his maid and relay his needs to the sect.

Qin Xiao returned to the Sun Moon Empire with Vina under the protection of Body Sect experts and learned that Dai Hao had offered a hundred prisoners in exchange for Qin Xiao alone. Jing Hongchen accepted Vina as an ally and explained that Dai Hao’s offer was revenge for Qin Xiao killing his second son.

• Vina asked to remain by Qin Xiao’s side, and Du Busi agreed to send Jin Peng and other Titled Douluos to protect her and assist Qin Xiao.
• Half a month later, Jin Peng brought Qin Xiao and Vina back to the Sun Moon Empire and told Qin Xiao how to contact the guards.
• Sun Moon Empire Heaven Dou Imperial Academy staff escorted Qin Xiao and Vina to Jing Hongchen, who was shocked to see Qin Xiao return and accepted Vina as one of their allies.
• Jing Hongchen told Qin Xiao that Dai Hao had offered to release a hundred prisoners in exchange for him.
• Qin Xiao confirmed he had killed Dai Hao’s second son, and Jing Hongchen explained that Dai Hao’s hopes for his family legacy had been ruined.

Qin Xiao discussed the danger of returning to the Star Luo Empire with Jing Hongchen, who suggested he could claim the White Tiger Duke title and marry Xu Jiujiu. Meng Hongchen reunited with Qin Xiao at the academy, and the chapter ended with her defending him when Jing Hongchen criticized his teasing.

• Jing Hongchen asked whether Qin Xiao wanted to return to the Star Luo Empire and inherit the White Tiger Duke title, but Qin Xiao showed no interest.
• Qin Xiao suggested Jing Hongchen consider the Hongchen Family's young lady instead, and Jing Hongchen warned that the White Tiger Duke and the Body Sect were threats to him.
• Meng Hongchen entered Jing Hongchen's office, recognized Qin Xiao, and threw herself into his arms in tears.
• Qin Xiao told Meng Hongchen a fabricated story about the Body Sect beating him, and she believed it and demanded that Jing Hongchen punish them.
• Jing Hongchen scolded Qin Xiao for teasing Meng Hongchen, but Meng Hongchen slapped the table and rebuked her grandfather for how he spoke to Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Jing Hongchen warned him about threats from the Body Sect and the White Tiger Duke. He reunited with Xuan Ziwen, who had neglected himself while trying to become strong enough to rescue Qin Xiao and now armed him with powerful soul tools.

• Qin Xiao joked that the Body Sect had begged him to become its Holy Son, but Jing Hongchen dismissed the story and Meng Hongchen thought Jing’s skepticism was another joke.
• Jing Hongchen warned Qin Xiao that the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders, and the White Tiger Duke could all pose dangers, and Qin Xiao promised to be careful.
• Qin Xiao went to Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory, where Xuan Ziwen was overjoyed to see him alive and Meng Hongchen explained that Xuan Ziwen had blamed himself for Qin Xiao’s capture.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Qin Xiao fifty Class 8 Invincible Shields and modified Class 6 fixed-mounted soul cannons capable of unleashing Class 8 power.
• Xuan Ziwen said he would make Qin Xiao more weapons when he received another round of funding.

Qin Xiao returned to the laboratory, where Xuan Ziwen learned that he had become a Level 7 Soul Engineer and agreed to help him develop stronger equipment. Qin Xiao began designing a Humanoid Soul Tool as ministers in the Sun Moon Empire recalled his identity and called for his death.

• Xuan Ziwen showed Qin Xiao his Soul Tools and vowed to grow strong enough to take revenge on Elder Jin, while Qin Xiao urged him not to rush.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Qin Xiao to a spar, then surrendered after learning Qin Xiao had made a Level 7 Soul Cannon himself.
• Meng Hongchen praised Qin Xiao's achievement, and Xuan Ziwen offered to make him Level 8 Soul Tools.
• Qin Xiao requested rare materials and began designing a Humanoid Soul Tool with Vina assisting him while Ju Zi was away at the battlefield.
• Jing Hongchen told Crown Prince Xu Tianran that Qin Xiao had returned, and a minister identified him as Dai Hao's son and urged that he be killed.

Jing Hongchen defended Qin Xiao’s value as the Sun Moon Empire’s ministers debated whether he could be trusted, while Crown Prince Xu Tianran postponed a decision. At the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Qin Xiao completed a Humanoid Soul Tool controlled by his Mental Power, as Dai Hao ordered an officer to bring him back from the Sun Moon Empire.

• Jing Hongchen argued that Qin Xiao’s talent and actions made him valuable, but ministers demanded he prove his loyalty, with some insisting he kill Dai Hao.
• Crown Prince Xu Tianran promised to consult the Emperor and give the ministers an answer within three days, and Jing Hongchen left the meeting.
• Dai Hao learned Qin Xiao had returned to the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy and ordered an officer to recruit companions and secretly bring him back.
• Qin Xiao finished carving the Magic Array Cores and explained to Xuan Ziwen that his Humanoid Soul Tool used mechanical components and low-level Magic Arrays.
• Qin Xiao assembled the Humanoid Soul Tool and used his Mental Power to activate its Magic Arrays, making it walk, jog, and leap.