Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Lin Xi discovered that his innate-full-Soul-Power Command Spell Martial Soul could strengthen him and summon Heroic Spirits, giving him a way to prepare for the dangers of the Douluo Continent. After summoning Artoria, he decided to make contact with Huo Yuhao.

• Lin Xi reviewed how he had transmigrated into the Douluo II era and decided not to steal Huo Yuhao's opportunities.
• Lin Xi discovered that his three daily-replenishing Command Spells could boost his strength permanently and increase his Soul Ring's age.
• Lin Xi used a hundred-year-old Red Dragon Grass as a holy relic and successfully summoned Artoria as his first Heroic Spirit.
• Lin Xi called Artoria and set out to make contact with Huo Yuhao.

Lin Xi brought Artoria to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, where they found Huo Yutong being bullied, and he stepped in to protect her. After trading blows with her attackers’ leader, Lin Xi faced the Soul Grandmaster as he transformed, then summoned Artoria.

• Lin Xi explained his plans to Artoria, who agreed that his deception of Huo Yutong would not harm her and might save her.
• Lin Xi and Artoria found Huo Yutong surrounded and insulted by children outside the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion.
• Lin Xi knocked one bully down and challenged the group’s Soul Grandmaster leader with a wooden stick.
• Lin Xi used his sharpened combat instincts to dodge and endure the young man’s attacks until the leader transformed with his Black Snake Martial Soul.
• Lin Xi summoned Artoria as the transformed Soul Grandmaster prepared to continue fighting.

Lin Xi and Artoria defeated the thug who had been harassing Huo Yutong, and Lin Xi began steering Huo Yutong’s future by asking her not to join the Tang Sect. In the Divine Realm, a long-haired figure sensed that someone had altered the child of destiny’s fate and vowed revenge.

• Artoria appeared at Lin Xi’s command and defeated the young man after he attacked her with his Soul Ring ability.
• Lin Xi checked on Huo Yutong, who thanked him and introduced herself as Dai Yutong.
• Lin Xi planned to earn Huo Yutong’s trust and guide her toward powerful opportunities so she would become grateful and loyal to him.
• Lin Xi asked Huo Yutong to promise she would never join the Tang Sect, and she agreed without knowing why he had asked.
• A long-haired figure in the Divine Realm sensed an interference with the child of destiny’s fate and threatened the person responsible.

Tang San discovered that someone had disrupted the route he arranged for the child of destiny, but he dismissed the possibility that anyone could have breached his barrier. He failed to learn anything useful from Da Ming and Er Ming, then altered Xiao Qi’s restrictions so she would gravitate toward the person with the strongest destiny, unaware that his complacency would lead to catastrophe.

• Tang San realized the Tang Sect route he had prepared for the child of destiny had been cut off and angrily wondered who had interfered.
• He contacted Da Ming and Er Ming, who said they knew little about the continent’s young geniuses because they had stayed on the Clear Sky Sect’s grounds.
• Tang San ended the call, concluded that his other contacts were also useless, and reflected on the missing contingency in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• He decided to modify Xiao Qi’s restrictions so she would subconsciously approach whoever had the strongest power of destiny.
• Tang San dismissed the disruption as a minor miscalculation, not knowing his attitude would bring disaster upon him and the Divine Realm.

Lin Xi invited Huo Yutong to join him in a dangerous fight against the Soul Masters who had threatened them. Huo Yutong explained that she wanted to prove she could protect herself and her mother, and Lin Xi agreed to take her along and promised he would not abandon her.

• Artoria knocked Lin Xi and Huo Yutong down during sword practice and warned them not to let concern for each other cloud their judgment.
• Lin Xi asked Huo Yutong if she wanted to join him in luring stronger Soul Masters outside the city to fight them.
• Huo Yutong told Lin Xi she had begun sword practice after seeing him defeat someone who bullied her, and that she wanted to grow strong enough to protect her mother.
• Huo Yutong asked Lin Xi to take her along so she could prove she was no longer helpless.
• Lin Xi agreed and told Huo Yutong that, as his junior sister, she could trust him not to abandon her.

Lin Xi and Huo Yutong were ambushed by Mr. Li and the young men seeking revenge for Xiao Wang, but Artoria and her two students overwhelmed their attackers. Mr. Li was left stunned as Artoria resumed their fight and revealed her confidence in the children.

• Lin Xi confronted the men following him, and Artoria deflected an arrow before Mr. Li and Xiao Wang's allies emerged.
• Mr. Li demanded that Lin Xi apologize to Xiao Wang, but Lin Xi refused and challenged the group to attack together.
• Mr. Li revealed his tiger Martial Soul and four Soul Rings while his Soul Grandmaster companions attacked; Artoria easily defeated two of them.
• Mr. Li sent his remaining men after Lin Xi and Huo Yutong, but the two children knocked them down.
• Mr. Li was distracted by the children long enough for Artoria to nearly cut him, then she said they were her students and could not lose to trash.

Lin Xi and Huo Yutong defeated two Soul Grandmasters, but Mr. Li revealed his strength as a Soul Ancestor and nearly overwhelmed Artoria. Lin Xi used his Command Spells to empower Artoria’s Excalibur, killing Mr. Li and the other thugs; afterward, Huo Yutong praised Lin Xi without him realizing it.

• Lin Xi and Huo Yutong used iron swords and their training to defeat two Soul Grandmasters, while Mr. Li questioned Lin Xi’s unusual abilities.
• Mr. Li refused to settle matters and attacked Lin Xi and Huo Yutong with his fourth Soul Skill, forcing Artoria to defend them.
• Lin Xi recalled Artoria and asked Mr. Li what he had planned to do after defeating them; Mr. Li admitted he intended to assault Artoria.
• Lin Xi ordered Artoria with his Command Spells to unleash her Noble Phantasm at full power, and Artoria’s Excalibur obliterated Mr. Li and the other thugs.
• Huo Yutong told Lin Xi that Artoria’s display had been cool, but she was actually praising Lin Xi, who misunderstood her.

Lin Xi realized Huo Yutong did not understand the gravity of killing and promised to help her learn to value life. He revealed that he had invested in her because he foresaw her becoming a peerless powerhouse, and she accepted his offer to become partners.

• Lin Xi asked Huo Yutong how she felt about his killing the thugs, and her grateful response made him worry that she did not understand the weight of life.
• Lin Xi reassured Huo Yutong that he would teach her to recognize and correct her mistakes, and she asked why he had treated her so well.
• Lin Xi claimed his Martial Soul let him perceive fate and told Huo Yutong that she would become a peerless powerhouse, explaining that he hoped to benefit from helping her grow stronger.
• Lin Xi offered to help Huo Yutong reach the continent's pinnacle and possibly glimpse the Divine Realm, and she agreed to work with him.
• Huo Yutong asked to hear about Lin Xi's childhood, so he agreed to tell her as the two continued talking late into the night.

Over six years, Lin Xi grew into the continent’s strongest Soul Elder, built a Soul Tool business, and helped Huo Yutong develop her abilities. After Huo Yun’er died and Huo Yutong left the Duke’s Mansion, Lin Xi traveled with her and brought her to the Star Dou Great Forest to wait for Tian Meng.

• Lin Xi used his Command Spells to strengthen his body and raise his Soul Ring ages, becoming the continent’s youngest and strongest Soul Elder.
• Lin Xi summoned Black Emiya and used his skill with Soul Tools to start a business.
• Huo Yutong trained in swordsmanship, Magecraft, and Soul Tools, reaching level ten three years earlier.
• Huo Yun’er died, and Huo Yutong changed her surname and left the Duke’s Mansion with Lin Xi.
• Lin Xi traveled with Huo Yutong across the continent and led her to the Star Dou Great Forest before Shrek’s admissions closed to find Tian Meng.

Lin Xi and his companions were driven toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest by a powerful Soul Beast that Melusine’s draconic might could not deter. When the creature arrived, Lin Xi recognized it as a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Lin Xi and Melusine realized Soul Beasts were approaching despite Melusine’s draconic might, suggesting a formidable presence was driving them.
• Lin Xi decided to retreat to the forest’s outskirts and confront the threat there, with his Command Spells and Servants ready.
• Melusine carried Lin Xi and Huo Yutong toward the forest’s edge while Artoria used Mana Burst to keep pace.
• At the outskirts, Melusine warned Lin Xi that the approaching Soul Beast was on another level and told him to summon Emiya if danger arose.
• A golden, flame-footed lion-like Soul Beast appeared, and Lin Xi identified it as a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Lin Xi met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who mistook him for a Divine Beast of Destiny with power surpassing her own. Realizing he could exploit her misunderstanding, Lin Xi falsely claimed he could foresee the future and prepared to use that claim to gain her help.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Lin Xi and his companions, then stopped and asked what he was.
• Lin Xi introduced himself and questioned why she had sought him out, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said she had come to greet a higher-order Divine Beast of Destiny.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion explained that anyone wielding destiny power could be considered a Divine Beast of Destiny, and said Lin Xi's destiny power was extraordinarily strong.
• Lin Xi falsely claimed that he could foresee the future, convincing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that he possessed a destiny-type ability.
• Lin Xi asked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion if she knew why he had come to the Star Dou Great Forest at that particular time.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion questioned Lin Xi about the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and his plans, but Lin Xi insisted she learn the truth by touching foreheads with Huo Yutong. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion accepted, and Huo Yutong fainted as their memories began to flow between them.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion spent two days traveling with Lin Xi and his group, watching Artoria and Melusine defeat Soul Beasts and enjoying Huo Yutong’s grilled fish.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion confronted Lin Xi and asked when the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would escape and what he planned to do with him.
• Lin Xi told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to touch foreheads with Huo Yutong to exchange memories and learn his plans.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion angrily objected, but her power of destiny warned her not to attack Lin Xi, and she feared calling Di Tian would doom the Soul Beast Clan.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion agreed to share the power of destiny, and Lin Xi brought Huo Yutong to touch foreheads with her.
• A flood of memories entered Huo Yutong, and she fainted.

Lin Xi learned that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had received Huo Yutong’s memories and invited her to join him, but she chose to stay and digest them. He explained why he planned to go to Shrek, declined her invitation to join the Star Dou Great Forest, and left with Huo Yutong.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion understood Lin Xi’s plan and decided to digest Huo Yutong’s memories before choosing what to do next.
• Lin Xi gave the Three-Eyed Golden Lion a signed note and suggested she use the name Lin Qiu’er if she later visited the human world.
• Lin Xi explained that he planned to attend Shrek because it offered the best route to opportunities he needed.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion invited Lin Xi to come to the Star Dou Great Forest, but he declined because he would not abandon his human identity.
• Lin Xi carried Huo Yutong away, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion reflected on her memories and wondered where Lin Xi had come from.

Huo Yutong awakened the Eye of Destiny and began learning to use it from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Tian Meng and Electrolux arrived as Lin Xi had expected. Electrolux unexpectedly entered Lin Xi’s Sea of Consciousness instead of Huo Yutong’s, forcing Lin Xi to reconsider his plans.

• Huo Yutong awakened the Eye of Destiny, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion volunteered to teach her to control it.
• Huo Yutong learned to interfere with others’ luck, though her weakness limited the power to affecting ants.
• Tian Meng appeared before Huo Yutong, while Lin Xi and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion kept their distance so he would not be frightened away.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion spotted a gray mass approaching, but it rushed past Artoria and Melusine and entered Lin Xi’s head.
• Electrolux formed a bead in Lin Xi’s Sea of Consciousness, and Lin Xi decided he would need to keep the Blade of Life's Watch for restoring Electrolux’s power.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Xi brought Huo Yutong to Shrek City so she could enroll, then approached Fan Yu to join the Soul Tool Department. He revealed his three black Soul Rings to convince Fan Yu to hear his request.

• Lin Xi and Huo Yutong left the Star Dou Great Forest after securing future cooperation, and Huo Yutong's Soul Power rose to rank 16.
• Lin Xi and Huo Yutong reached Shrek City, where Lin Xi explained his misgivings about Shrek's growing power.
• Lin Xi used a city lord's recommendation letter to enter Shrek Academy and went to the Soul Tool Department's teaching building.
• Lin Xi introduced himself to Fan Yu and offered to show him something, but Fan Yu initially ordered him to leave.
• Lin Xi displayed three black Soul Rings, prompting Fan Yu to reconsider and ask what he wanted.

Huo Yutong pushed herself through exhausting Spiritual Detection practice because she feared becoming too weak to stand beside Lin Xi. After Lin Xi arranged her admission to Shrek as a core disciple, he confronted her for forcing herself and encouraged her to rest, leaving her reassured by his concern.

• Huo Yutong exhausted herself practicing Spiritual Detection, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned her to stop when she nearly collapsed.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yutong that Lin Xi had returned, and she hurried to compose herself before he arrived with Fan Yu.
• Lin Xi demonstrated Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection Sharing to Fan Yu, who accepted her into Shrek and granted both her and Lin Xi core disciple treatment in the Soul Tool Department.
• Lin Xi noticed Huo Yutong's pain and confronted her for forcing herself to use her Soul Skill, then explained that she should refuse requests rather than hurt herself to please others.
• Lin Xi took Huo Yutong to complete her enrollment and promised they would explore Shrek City, while she quietly resolved to live up to his care for her.

Lin Xi explained how he secured Huo Yutong's enrollment and revealed that he had promised to join the Soul Tool Department as Fan Yu's disciple. After reassuring Huo Yutong that he preferred that department anyway, Lin Xi learned that Artoria and Melusine had found the person he wanted to meet.

• Lin Xi told Huo Yutong that Zhou Yi would be their homeroom teacher and that they had clashed over education before she accepted his demands.
• Huo Yutong questioned what Lin Xi had given up to secure her enrollment, and he admitted that he had agreed to become Fan Yu's disciple and choose the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yutong blamed herself for Lin Xi's department choice, but Lin Xi assured her that he would have chosen the Soul Tool Department regardless and criticized Shrek's Martial Soul Department.
• Artoria and Melusine told Lin Xi they had found the person he had sent them to locate, and he invited Huo Yutong to meet the senior.

Lin Xi watched Xu Sanshi fawn over Jiang Nannan, then confronted him after she rejected him and forced him to hear a business proposal. Xu Sanshi agreed to talk somewhere quiet after discovering that the first-year freshman could overpower him even after Martial Soul Possession.

• Xu Sanshi brought Jiang Nannan flowers and invited her to a restaurant, but she told him to get lost.
• Huo Yutong asked Lin Xi about Xu Sanshi, and Lin Xi explained that he wanted to approach him for a deal.
• Jiang Nannan scolded Xu Sanshi, and Lin Xi stepped in to introduce himself and propose a deal.
• Xu Sanshi tried to leave, but Lin Xi grabbed his shoulder and immobilized him.
• Xu Sanshi activated Martial Soul Possession but still could not break free, then agreed to speak with Lin Xi somewhere quiet.

Lin Xi challenged Xu Sanshi to a wager and defeated him instantly by summoning Melusine, then secured both Mystic Water Pills and Xu Sanshi’s friendship. He gave Xu Sanshi a membership card for his family’s Unlimited Blade Works Chamber of Commerce.

• Lin Xi proposed betting two Mystic Water Pills against becoming Xu Sanshi’s friend, and Xu Sanshi accepted.
• Xu Sanshi agreed to fight Lin Xi privately beside Sea God Lake rather than in the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Lin Xi summoned Melusine, who crossed the distance in an instant and held her spear to Xu Sanshi’s neck.
• Xu Sanshi conceded, promised to deliver the Mystic Water Pills, and agreed to become Lin Xi’s friend.
• Lin Xi gave Xu Sanshi a membership card, and Xu Sanshi recognized the Unlimited Blade Works Chamber of Commerce.

Lin Xi revealed his connection to Unlimited Blade Works and asked Xu Sanshi to introduce him to Bei Bei and Tang Ya so he could learn about the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons. After leaving Xu Sanshi, Lin Xi walked through Shrek with Huo Yutong and Melusine clinging to him, creating a campus legend.

• Xu Sanshi recognized Unlimited Blade Works as a powerful merchant association and realized Lin Xi was its young master.
• Lin Xi declined Xu Sanshi’s invitation to dinner and asked him to arrange an introduction to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who were away hunting soul beasts.
• Xu Sanshi happily agreed, believing the connection could benefit Bei Bei and the Tang Sect.
• After Lin Xi and Huo Yutong left, Huo Yutong clung to Lin Xi’s arm, and Melusine teased her while Artoria declined to intervene.
• Lin Xi walked through the streets with Huo Yutong and Melusine holding onto him, and their appearance became a campus legend.