Recaps

Ning Tian woke in the infirmary after losing to Lin Xi’s team, and Lin Xi treated the lingering effects of Huo Yutong’s mental attack. He proposed a partnership between Unlimited Blade Works and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Tian struggled to find a reason her sect needed the high-level Soul Tools it lacked.

• Ning Tian woke with a headache and realized her team had lost, then saw Lin Xi sitting beside her bed.
• Lin Xi warned Ning Tian not to move and used his life force to ease the effects of Huo Yutong’s Soul Shock.
• Lin Xi told Ning Tian that Wu Feng had withdrawn into herself after the defeat, and Ning Tian accepted that her team had been outmatched.
• Lin Xi gave Ning Tian a business card and proposed that Unlimited Blade Works cooperate with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Tian questioned why her sect should partner with a producer of low-level Soul Tools when it wanted access to high-level ones.
• Lin Xi pointed out that the sect had little use for high-level Soul Tools, leaving Ning Tian unable to defend her argument.

Lin Xi proposed a long-term partnership between Unlimited Blade Works and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Tian agreed to seek her family's approval. After leaving the infirmary, Lin Xi explained that he planned to use rare pills as employee benefits rather than sell them and provoke the sects.

• Lin Xi offered Ning Tian three terms: a lasting Soul Tool partnership, purchases of one sample of each precious pill, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's help organizing a trade convention in Star Luo City.
• Ning Tian accepted in principle but said she needed her family's elders to review the agreement, and Lin Xi gave her time to decide.
• Lin Xi warned Ning Tian that Wu Feng's personality would eventually get her into trouble, then confirmed that Huo Yutong had knocked Ning Tian unconscious.
• Ning Tian concluded that Lin Xi's team had hidden strength and that she should build a good relationship with him.
• Lin Xi told Artoria he would keep Projected pills as employee benefits instead of selling them, since selling secret formulas would antagonize the sects.

In the freshmen assessment final, Lin Xi’s team quickly overwhelmed Dai Huabin’s team, but Lin Xi challenged Dai Huabin to fight Huo Yutong one-on-one. Dai tried to surrender, but Yan Shaozhe ordered the referee to make him accept the duel.

• Dai Huabin’s team faced Lin Xi’s team, wary of Lin Xi’s power after hearing he had defeated Xie Huanyue with one kick.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu planned to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as soon as the match began, but Lin Xi’s silver-haired teammate knocked Dai down and pinned Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.
• Dai Huabin saw Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong each wield three black Soul Rings and realized his team could not win.
• Lin Xi challenged Dai Huabin to fight Huo Yutong alone, offering to count the match as Dai’s victory if she lost.
• Dai Huabin refused to fight and tried to surrender, but Yan Shaozhe told the referee to make the duel happen.

Huo Yutong faced Dai Huabin alone in the arena, determined to take revenge herself, and used her skill and enhanced strength to seize control of their fight. After Dai Huabin activated his third Soul Skill, she prepared to unleash Emotion Control, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Yan Shaozhe supported making Huo Yutong fight Dai Huabin and watched with interest as the match began.
• Huo Yutong refused Lin Xi's offer to defeat Dai Huabin for her, choosing to settle her grievance herself.
• Dai Huabin charged Huo Yutong with his White Tiger Martial Soul, but she dodged with Spiritual Detection and struck him with her sword.
• Huo Yutong's enhanced strength and swordsmanship drove Dai Huabin backward, forcing him to activate White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Huo Yutong targeted Dai Huabin's head with Spiritual Detection and activated Emotion Control.

Huo Yutong overwhelmed Dai Huabin in their duel, then challenged his Hell White Tiger fusion with Zhu Lu. She defeated the fusion with a full-strength Soul Shock, leaving Dai Huabin unconscious and Zhu Lu exhausted.

• Huo Yutong used her spiritual attacks to batter Dai Huabin until he could barely fight back.
• Huo Yutong stopped attacking and had Melusine release Zhu Lu, then taunted Dai Huabin about being unable to defeat an orphan.
• Huo Yutong challenged Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Dai Huabin agreed.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger and raised its paw to strike Huo Yutong.
• Huo Yutong opened the Eye of Destiny and struck the Hell White Tiger with Soul Shock, dissolving it and leaving Dai Huabin unconscious.

After the freshman assessment, Lin Xi and his friends settled into their new roles while Unlimited Blade Works allied with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Eight months later, the students reached the end of the semester, and Lin Xi looked forward to a major turning point during the holiday.

• The remaining assessment team surrendered to Lin Xi and the others, and Lin Xi gave the champion Soul Bone to Wang Dong.
• Wang Yan became the class's homeroom teacher, and Lin Xi and Huo Yutong were appointed class president and vice president.
• Ning Tian reported that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect accepted Lin Xi's proposal, formalizing an alliance with Unlimited Blade Works.
• Over the next eight months, Huo Yutong became a Level 2 Soul Engineer, Wang Dong reached level thirty, and Lin Xi searched for a suitable Soul Beast for his next Heroic Spirit.
• On the final day of the semester, Wang Yan dismissed the class for the holiday, and Lin Xi anticipated a major turning point for himself and Huo Yutong.

Wang Dong questioned why Lin Xi followed certain rules, and he explained that he fulfilled his class-monitor duties because he believed people should take responsibility for their place in society. Wang Dong suspected he was hiding a deeper secret, but Lin Xi's teasing interrupted her before she could ask.

• Wang Dong complained about having to grade homework with Lin Xi, but he ignored her and continued working.
• Wang Dong asked why Lin Xi followed rules despite having the power to disregard them, and he said he was fulfilling his responsibility as class monitor.
• Lin Xi explained that he saw people as bound to society and believed taking responsibility was part of being human.
• Wang Dong doubted his explanation and wondered whether he was concealing a secret that could help her understand him.
• Lin Xi mocked Wang Dong for grading slowly, and she blushed, denied caring about his secret, and hurried to finish the homework.

Lin Xi told Wang Dong that he had foreseen Huo Yutong’s future and deliberately sought her out, then explained how his affection for her grew into a longing for family. He began recounting the event that changed their lives: Huo Yutong’s mother died, leaving her alone.

• Wang Dong asked Lin Xi and Huo Yutong about their plans for the break and their Soul Rings, and Lin Xi teased her about the next class assessment.
• Lin Xi sent Huo Yutong to pack and took Wang Dong to Sea God Lake to speak privately.
• Lin Xi told Wang Dong that he had foreseen Huo Yutong becoming a peerless powerhouse and had approached her when she was being bullied so she would remember him.
• Lin Xi explained that Huo Yutong’s clinginess and fear of losing him stirred his own longing for family, and he came to regard her as his little sister.
• Lin Xi recalled that Huo Yutong’s mother died, leaving her with no family.

Lin Xi explained how he had run away with Huo Yutong after Huo Yun'er’s death, then warned Wang Dong that her father might one day try to harm Huo Yutong. He left after making clear that he would kill Wang Dong if she became their enemy.

• Lin Xi told Wang Dong that he had taken Huo Yutong away from the Duke's Mansion after Huo Yun'er died, despite the hardships they faced as children.
• Lin Xi reassured Wang Dong that he and Huo Yutong were happy now, then said he would never forgive anyone who threatened their life together.
• Lin Xi revealed that he had foreseen Wang Dong’s father trying to harm Huo Yutong and said this was why he had resisted sharing a dorm room with Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong asked what Lin Xi would do if she tried to harm Huo Yutong, and Lin Xi said he would leave flowers on her grave after killing her.
• Lin Xi told Wang Dong to consider her choice carefully, said he would apply to change dorms next semester, and left.

After rejecting Wang Dong, Lin Xi reunited with Huo Yutong, who recognized that he was upset and urged him to stop hiding his feelings from her. Huo Yutong took Lin Xi out to relax, and he looked ahead to the future they would build together.

• Huo Yutong guessed that Lin Xi had rejected Wang Dong and warned him that Wang Dong's guardians might cause trouble.
• Lin Xi reassured Huo Yutong that he could handle Wang Dong's family and praised her for understanding him.
• Huo Yutong stopped Lin Xi from brushing off his bad mood and reminded him that he had once told her not to ignore her own feelings for his sake.
• Huo Yutong said she wanted to share Lin Xi's burdens and pulled him away so they could enjoy the day together.
• Lin Xi looked back at the dormitory and believed that he and Huo Yutong could create a brighter future together.

Lin Xi, Emiya, and Melusine traveled into the Far North to find an eighty-thousand-year-old Snow Spirit Queen as a suitable target for summoning Morgan. After Melusine and Emiya defeated a large group of Snow Spirits, they pressed onward, expecting the queen to be nearby.

• Lin Xi explained why he had chosen Morgan and worried that Morgan and Artoria would clash after the summoning.
• With Melusine's help, Lin Xi and Emiya reached the Far North in less than two days to hunt for the Snow Spirit Queen.
• Emiya spotted more than a hundred hostile Snow Spirits, and he and Melusine prepared to fight.
• Emiya's projected swords killed dozens of the weakest Snow Spirits, and Melusine slaughtered the rest with her blade.
• Emiya advised against resting because their battle had likely alerted the queen, so Lin Xi agreed to keep moving.

Lin Xi and his companions fought the Snow Queen and her clan in the Far North. After Emiya trapped the queen in Unlimited Blade Works, they broke through her defenses and killed her with a coordinated attack.

• The Snow Queen gathered her clan to create a blizzard domain that drained Lin Xi's Soul Power and disrupted his perception of Melusine.
• Lin Xi ordered Emiya to act, while Melusine kept the Snow Queen occupied and Artoria protected Emiya from the Snow Spirits.
• Emiya activated Unlimited Blade Works, isolating the Snow Queen and letting Artoria, Melusine, and a rain of swords overwhelm her.
• The Snow Queen unleashed a final attack, but Lin Xi used Command Spells to direct Artoria to block it and Melusine to break her barrier.
• Emiya ended the fight with a gunshot, and swords erupted from inside the Snow Queen, killing her.

After absorbing the Snow Queen’s eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring, Lin Xi summoned Morgan, who nearly attacked Artoria before he persuaded her to stand down by promising to help her see Baobhan Sith again. Morgan then revealed that Lin Xi had misunderstood the nature of his Martial Soul.

• With the Snow Queen defeated, Lin Xi recalled Artoria and Emiya and asked Melusine to finish off the remaining Snow Spirits; she killed nearly all of them.
• Lin Xi absorbed the Snow Queen’s Soul Ring over the course of a day, then summoned Morgan as his next Heroic Spirit.
• Morgan recognized Artoria and raised her staff to attack her, but Lin Xi stepped in and refused to use a Command Spell against Morgan.
• Lin Xi told Morgan about Baobhan Sith, and Morgan agreed not to attack Artoria as long as Artoria did not provoke her.
• Morgan reappeared and told Lin Xi that his Martial Soul was not a Command Spell.

Lin Xi learned from Morgan that his Martial Soul was his Master Qualification, not the Command Spells, and that the Human Order of two worlds had helped him summon Heroic Spirits. Morgan believed his Martial Soul could undergo a Second Awakening, leaving Lin Xi eager to see how Huo Yutong was progressing.

• Morgan explained that Lin Xi's Command Spells were magical power left by the Makiri Family, while his Martial Soul was his Master Qualification.
• Morgan theorized that the Human Order of both worlds had drawn Lin Xi in as reinforcements because the Douluo Continent's Human Order was failing.
• Lin Xi asked whether his Master Qualification could count as a Body Martial Soul and undergo a Second Awakening.
• Morgan said she could work out a method if she witnessed a Body Martial Soul's Second Awakening.
• Lin Xi thanked Morgan and thought about Huo Yutong's progress as he looked up at the night sky.

Huo Yutong survived the Soul Bone fusion’s third stage by realizing that her deepest wish was to remain with Lin Xi, not simply to pursue revenge. Her newfound power repaired her body and Sea of Consciousness, while Rong Nian Bing sensed an unusual presence in the lower realm and resolved to investigate.

• The Ice Empress doubted that Huo Yutong could complete the Soul Bone fusion, and Tian Meng defended her.
• Huo Yutong’s Sea of Consciousness began to crack because her resentment toward the Duke's Mansion could not sustain her through the third stage.
• Huo Yutong recalled Lin Xi’s story about finding a star amid suffering and realized that her most important wish was to stay with him.
• Huo Yutong drew on her gratitude and attachment to Lin Xi to strengthen herself, repairing her body and Sea of Consciousness.
• The Ice Empress acknowledged Huo Yutong’s potential, while Tian Meng celebrated her success.
• Rong Nian Bing sensed a powerful presence from the lower realm and decided to investigate the worlds beneath the God Kings.

Tang San sensed that an outsider had helped the child of destiny break his seal and resolved to investigate who was interfering. Meanwhile, Ning Tian received Lin Xi’s request to invite the Body Sect to a trade fair, and Lin Qiu'er set out for Shrek Academy under the president’s protection.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that the child of destiny had briefly broken his seal and suspected another Divine Realm power was helping her.
• Tang San considered Destruction, Life, and the new God Kings as possible suspects and planned to contact Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Ning Tian received Lin Xi’s request to invite the Body Sect to the Soul Tool trade fair and hesitated because of the sect’s hostility toward Shrek Academy and Soul Tools.
• Lin Xi told Ning Tian to mention that Unlimited Blade Works had a Body Martial Soul Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls, and Ning Tian agreed to pursue the invitation.
• Lin Qiu'er left an Unlimited Blade Works merchant association for Shrek Academy after staff recognized the president’s signature on her note.

Huo Yutong decided to pursue Lin Xi and asked Tian Meng and the Ice Empress how to become more feminine. After their advice, she took her first step by changing how she addressed Lin Xi and throwing herself into his arms; Lin Xi welcomed her back as she wondered how he would respond to the change.

• Huo Yutong decided to take a chance on pursuing Lin Xi, despite fearing that confessing could damage their bond.
• Huo Yutong asked Tian Meng and the Ice Empress how to become more feminine, and the Ice Empress told her to focus on a role that suited her.
• Tian Meng advised Huo Yutong to understand her own role, and she decided to stop calling Lin Xi “Brother Lin Xi.”
• Huo Yutong arrived at the Unlimited Blade Works Chamber of Commerce warehouse, called out to Lin Xi, and threw herself into his arms.
• Lin Xi eventually relaxed and welcomed Huo Yutong back.

Lin Xi learned that Morgan could connect him and Huo Yutong to the Leyline, which would provide major benefits for both of them. After Morgan explained how it would accelerate Huo Yutong’s cultivation, Huo Yutong returned and asked Lin Xi to take her to obtain her Third Soul Ring.

• Lin Xi mourned Huo Yutong’s new habit of addressing him by name, while Morgan teased him and searched for the world’s Leyline.
• Morgan explained that connecting to the Leyline would give Lin Xi’s Servants more Magical Energy but would not remove the limits imposed by his cultivation.
• Lin Xi asked whether Huo Yutong could connect to the Leyline, and Morgan said it could help her absorb the powers within her and reach Titled Douluo level in about five years.
• Huo Yutong returned and asked Lin Xi when he would take her to get her Third Soul Ring.

Wang Dong waited for Lin Xi to return, convinced that he had left Shrek to avoid her, until he finally appeared in their dorm. When Lin Xi started to leave again, she called out to him.

• Wang Dong brooded over Lin Xi’s warning that they were enemies and believed his kindness had drawn her into loving him.
• As registration ended and Lin Xi still had not returned, Wang Dong asked Wang Yan, Fan Yu, Zhou Yi, Xu Sanshi, and others where he was, but none knew.
• Wang Dong concluded that Lin Xi had chosen not to come back and collapsed onto his bed, mourning what she thought was their final farewell.
• Lin Xi entered the dorm, greeted Wang Dong, and said he had to go explain the situation to Dean Yan.
• Wang Dong called out to Lin Xi as he prepared to leave again.

Lin Xi returned to Shrek and found Wang Dong waiting for him, but she refused to let him leave her life. After learning her father was at fault for harming Yutong, Wang Dong decided to reveal her real gender and openly pursue Lin Xi, ending the chapter by introducing herself as Wang Dong'er.

• Wang Dong tearfully confronted Lin Xi for coming back late, and he explained that he had been searching for Soul Rings for himself and Yutong.
• Lin Xi said he planned to move out and asked Yan Shaozhe not to assign Wang Dong a roommate, but Wang Dong stopped him and asked whether her father had been at fault for harming Yutong.
• Lin Xi confirmed that her father was responsible and Yutong was an innocent victim, so Wang Dong decided not to support her father.
• Wang Dong told Lin Xi she would reveal her real gender and move to the girls' dormitory so she could openly pursue him, and Lin Xi reluctantly accepted her decision.
• Wang Dong returned to the dorm room with her real appearance and introduced herself to Lin Xi as Wang Dong'er.

Lin Xi explained why he and Huo Yutong had missed the academy’s Soul Ring reward, then used Huo Yutong’s extraordinary progress to justify it. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe accepting Lin Xi’s fabricated explanation while Lin Xi concealed the real causes of her growth.

• Yan Shaozhe questioned Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong'er about being late, and Lin Xi said they had been searching for a Spiritual-type Soul Beast for Huo Yutong’s Soul Ring.
• Huo Yutong revealed three Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring, and told Wang Dong'er she had reached level 35.
• Lin Xi claimed Huo Yutong’s Martial Soul Second Awakening had caused accumulated Soul Power to surge after she obtained her Second Soul Ring.
• Yan Shaozhe found Lin Xi’s explanation plausible, while Lin Xi privately reflected that Huo Yutong’s real gains had come from accumulated energy, the Ice Empress, and Morgan’s Leyline connection.
• Lin Xi decided to keep Morgan and Huo Yutong’s Ultimate Martial Soul secret from Shrek’s leaders and asked Yan Shaozhe whether his excuse was suitable.

Yan Shaozhe approved Wang Dong'er’s request to move into the girls’ dormitory, and she announced that she wanted to pursue Lin Xi. Huo Yutong took Wang Dong'er aside after Lin Xi left and confronted her about her declaration.

• Yan Shaozhe accepted that Huo Yutong’s new Soul Ring was suitable and agreed to handle Wang Dong'er’s dormitory change.
• Wang Dong'er said she wanted to live as a girl and pursue Lin Xi, provoking Huo Yutong’s intense jealousy.
• Huo Yutong defended Lin Xi when Yan Shaozhe teased him about Wang Dong'er’s feelings.
• After leaving the office, Huo Yutong asked Wang Dong'er to explain herself and requested a private conversation with her.
• Lin Xi left the two girls alone, and Huo Yutong quickly pressed a finger to Wang Dong'er’s neck and asked why she had been displeased.

Huo Yutong confronted Wang Dong'er over her thoughtless confession to Lin Xi, explaining that she could pursue him but must not cause him trouble. Wang Dong'er accepted the warning and left, while Huo Yutong privately resolved to act faster in pursuing Lin Xi herself.

• Wang Dong'er challenged Huo Yutong by asking whether she was jealous, but Huo Yutong said she was angry because Wang Dong'er had acted selfishly toward Lin Xi.
• Huo Yutong explained that Wang Dong'er's confession had ignored Lin Xi's feelings and put him in an uncomfortable position.
• Huo Yutong told Wang Dong'er she could compete for Lin Xi, but warned her not to cause him trouble again.
• Wang Dong'er accepted the warning, asked whether Huo Yutong truly did not care about her pursuit, and then hurried away.
• Huo Yutong admitted to herself that she felt some jealousy and resolved to act faster.

Lin Xi confronted Dai Huabin after he mocked Lin Xi and Huo Yutong over their core disciple status, then proved Dai Huabin had provoked him first with a voice recorder. Wang Dong'er revealed her real name and gender to the class, while Wang Yan began questioning Lin Xi about the incident and his new Soul Tool.

• Dai Huabin jeered at Lin Xi about being late, and an unseen blow sent him crashing into the classroom wall.
• Lin Xi denied striking Dai Huabin and persuaded the students to confirm they had seen nothing.
• Wang Dong'er entered the classroom using her real name, explaining that she no longer feared being harassed at Shrek Academy.
• Wang Yan arrived, noticed the damage to the wall, and asked what had happened.
• Lin Xi played a recording of Dai Huabin's insult and explained that his pen-like device was a Soul Tool voice recorder invented by Morgan.

Lin Xi discussed the voice recorder Soul Tool with Wang Yan, then consulted Morgan and Electrolux about Soul Spirits, Soul Cores, and Magecraft. Morgan said Soul Spirits were nearly understood, proposed building a world-specific Throne of Heroes, and warned Lin Xi that awakening his Magical Energy Circuits in two days would be painful.

• Wang Yan questioned Lin Xi about the voice recorder, learned it was a new invention from the Unlimited Blade Works Chamber of Commerce, and punished him by making him stand outside class.
• Lin Xi entered his Sea of Consciousness and learned from Electrolux that he and Morgan were nearing the completion of their research into Soul Spirits.
• Morgan told Lin Xi she was considering building a Throne of Heroes based on the history of the Douluo Continent, with its own Ghostliners.
• Morgan explained that forming a Soul Core would ruin Lin Xi's Magic Circuits and prevent him from practicing Magecraft.
• Morgan warned Lin Xi that she would awaken his and Huo Yutong's dormant Magical Energy Circuits in two days, and Lin Xi accepted the coming pain.