Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest and learned from Ice Empress that it was the continent’s Imperial Auspicious Beast. After Xuan Zi confronted Scarlet King, Huo Yuhao revealed himself, and Xuan Zi began bargaining for a suitable Spirit Attribute Soul Beast.

• Lin Qianyi claimed that her group came from Star Luo Royal Academy, and Mo Yunfei welcomed them as Uncle Mo before they settled in for the night.
• The next day, Huo Yuhao left the group after a Soul Beast ambush, following Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s guidance toward a suitable Spirit Attribute Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Ice Empress warned him that the auspicious beast held supreme status among Soul Beasts and possessed formidable power.
• Huo Yuhao concealed himself and retreated, then saw Xuan Zi confront Scarlet King over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• After Huo Yuhao explained what had happened, Xuan Zi refused to release the auspicious beast until Scarlet King found him a Spirit Attribute Soul Beast; Huo Yuhao requested one with fifteen thousand years of cultivation.

Huo Yuhao encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose exchange of memories with his Eye of Destiny revealed the significance of her powers, before Di Tian secured her release. Back at Shrek Academy, Lin Qianyi resumed her Soul Tool studies, and Mu En warned that a war could begin within five years as his remaining lifespan dwindled.

• Xuan Zi forced Scarlet King to agree to fifteen thousand years of service, while Huo Yuhao’s Eye of Destiny connected with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and shared their memories.
• Xuan Zi rejected a Purple Bell Shell as a suitable soul beast for Huo Yuhao, but Di Tian’s arrival forced him to release the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion questioned Di Tian’s reasons for protecting her, and Di Tian affirmed that safeguarding her was his duty as well as a matter of her abilities.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed his soul ring while Lin Qianyi returned to the Soul Tool Department, studied blueprints with He Caitou, and demonstrated her combat skills as a Rank 4 Soul Engineer.
• Mu En told Lin Qianyi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao that Evil Soul Masters had attacked Shrek Academy, that he had at most five years left, and that war between the Sun Moon Empire and the Three Great Empires might come within five years.
• Lin Qianyi warned that killing Jing Hongchen could trigger war, and Mu En agreed with her.

Mu En told Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao that his life was nearing its end and sent them to Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy to serve Shrek Academy’s future. As they prepared for the mission, Xian Lin'er urged Lin Qianyi to ease her relentless pursuit of perfection.

• Mu En revealed that he had little time left and ordered Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao to attend Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy for Shrek Academy’s sake.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao accepted the mission and promised to do whatever was necessary for Shrek Academy.
• Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the others spent their days on intensive classes and training under Mu En.
• Xian Lin'er found Lin Qianyi working on a Soul Tool and watched her carefully mark and assemble it.
• Xian Lin'er questioned Lin Qianyi’s haste and perfectionism, then advised her to choose what mattered and give herself room to rest.

As Mu En prepared to die, he comforted his disciples and assigned the next generation of Shrek Academy leaders. He named Xuan Zi Pavilion Master, Huo Yuhao his successor, and Lin Qianyi a candidate, while setting conditions for Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er to lead the Martial Soul Department.

• Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the others knelt before Mu En as they grieved his impending death.
• Beibei called Mu En “Progenitor Xuan,” revealing that he was Mu En’s descendant.
• Mu En named Xuan Zi Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion, Huo Yuhao the next Pavilion Master heir, and Lin Qianyi a candidate.
• Mu En warned Xuan Zi to control his temper and think carefully before acting as Pavilion Master.
• Mu En gave Yan Shaozhe ten years to improve before taking an assessment, and ordered him to step down as Martial Soul Department Dean if he failed.
• Mu En named Cai Mei'er Yan Shaozhe’s replacement as Dean if he failed the assessment, and Cai Mei'er embraced him in tears.

As Mu En prepared to depart, he gave final guidance and responsibilities to the elders and students of Shrek Academy, including a command to strengthen the Soul Tool Department. He helped Beibei stabilize his Martial Soul and comforted Lin Qianyi, then called Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to his side as they mourned him.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to use the next ten years well and named Fan Yu vice dean of the Soul Tool Department and leader of the Mingde Hall exchange program.
• Mu En ordered Shrek Academy to devote half the income from its city industries to the Soul Tool Department and declared that a Rank 10 Soul Engineer could inherit the Sea God Pavilion Master position.
• Mu En asked Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan to join the Tang Sect, and they agreed.
• Mu En guided Beibei through a Martial Soul transformation, stabilizing it as it made a qualitative leap.
• Mu En urged Lin Qianyi to let go of her burdens and express her feelings, then told her his final lesson was to learn to let go.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong knelt beside Mu En and called him Teacher as he spoke of his gratitude for them.

Mu En gave Huo Yuhao, Lin Qianyi, and Wang Dong his final instructions before passing away in a burst of golden light. Grieving and unable to accept the loss, Huo Yuhao drove himself into obsessive cultivation, and Lin Qianyi knocked him unconscious to stop him from pushing himself into danger; Xiao Xiao then asked her what had happened.

• Mu En urged Huo Yuhao to avoid rushing his cultivation, warned him not to use the Eye of Destiny except in mortal danger, and asked him and Lin Qianyi to protect Shrek Academy in the future.
• Mu En told Wang Dong that his hidden abilities and future were his to shape, then declared his arrival to Shrek's ancestors and dispersed into golden light.
• After Mu En's passing, Huo Yuhao buried himself in cultivation and Soul Tool work, prompting Wang Dong to ask Lin Qianyi to help him.
• Lin Qianyi found Huo Yuhao cultivating on the back mountain and tried to bring him to the Sea God Pavilion, but he attacked her with Extreme Ice.
• Lin Qianyi deflected Huo Yuhao's attack and knocked him unconscious, then brought him to Fan Yu's office, where Elder Xuan, Fan Yu, and He Caitou worried over him.
• That night, Xiao Xiao asked Lin Qianyi whether she had knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious and what had happened.

Lin Qianyi prepared to leave Shrek Academy for a two-year exchange at Sun Moon Royal Academy, receiving tearful farewells and a protective bracelet from Ma Xiaotao. At the exchange meeting, she and Huo Yuhao traded barbs with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen before departing with Jing Hongchen.

• Lin Qianyi told Xiao Xiao that Huo Yuhao had nearly gone astray after Teacher's death, but Xuan Zi had helped him recover.
• Xiao Xiao asked Lin Qianyi to return safely from her two-year exchange at Sun Moon Royal Academy, and Lin Qianyi reassured her.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Lin Qianyi a bracelet containing some of her Soul Power to protect her from danger.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe met Jing Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen the next morning to exchange students, and Jing Hongchen made a pointed remark about Elder Mu's death.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen challenged Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao, and Lin Qianyi mocked their repeated tournament losses before she and Huo Yuhao walked toward Jing Hongchen.

Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao arrived at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and began its exchange program, impressing the staff with their examination results. The chapter left them assembled for their first lessons under the academy’s director of thought education.

• Jing Hongchen introduced Lin Jiayi as the official overseeing Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao’s studies and daily lives at the academy.
• Lin Jiayi explained the academy’s layout, strength-based class placements, uniforms, and the opportunity to study in Mingde Hall after passing assessments.
• Lin Qianyi warned Huo Yuhao that the required physical examination might be a test from Jing Hongchen, then revealed Level 55 Soul Power and three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones during her examination.
• Huo Yuhao’s examination revealed his rare Torso Soul Bone ability, but the testing device screeched and shut down.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao discussed the exchange with Fan Yu, who urged them to learn as much as possible over the next two years.
• At the sixth-year teaching building, the director of thought education called Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao’s names, and both answered present.

Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao studied Soul Tool creation at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Lin Qianyi restrained Ju Zi after Ju Zi attacked her. Three days later, Lin Qianyi confronted a group of students who tried to drive the exchange students out of the laboratory, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Lin Qianyi watched Ju Zi skillfully carve a piece of metal, then asked why Ju Zi had not used auxiliary tools.
• Ju Zi attacked Lin Qianyi with oranges, but Lin Qianyi blocked the attack and knocked Ju Zi unconscious when she continued.
• Huo Yuhao returned, and Lin Qianyi carried Ju Zi to her dormitory after asking Huo Yuhao to find out where it was.
• Three days later, Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao arrived at the laboratory and met Ju Zi and three other students.
• When a man claimed the laboratory had malfunctioned and asked them to leave, Lin Qianyi accused the group of deliberately causing the problem and reminded them that the two were honored exchange students.
• Two students insisted that Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao obey them and threatened to teach them a lesson.

Lin Qianyi rebuked Ke Ke for mocking her and intimidated her after Ke Ke demanded answers about her strength. Back in the dormitory, Lin Qianyi broke through to level fifty-six, then answered a knock from her teacher, Xuan Ziwen.

• Lin Qianyi told Ke Ke to focus on improving herself instead of boasting and criticizing others.
• Ke Ke called Lin Qianyi back and demanded to know how she had reached level fifty before turning fifteen, gained five soul rings, and delivered her punch.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ke Ke that he and Lin Qianyi possessed Extreme Ice, and Lin Qianyi frightened Ke Ke into collapsing without actually harming her.
• Ju Zi helped Ke Ke up, and Ke Ke vented her anger while Ju Zi denied liking Huo Yuhao and said she liked the best cook in the world.
• Lin Qianyi cultivated in the dormitory and broke through to level fifty-six.
• Xuan Ziwen knocked on the door, and Lin Qianyi opened it and greeted him respectfully.

After Wang Shaojie was injured, Xuan Ziwen arranged for Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao to accompany Ju Zi and Ke Ke on a half-month Soul Tool test in the Jingyang Mountain Range, keeping them away from the academy while the dispute cooled. The group reached their campsite, where Ju Zi prepared food and tents, and she stopped Lin Qianyi from taking food.

• Xuan Ziwen said Wang Shaojie's injuries were serious but promised to suppress the royal family's response, then arranged for Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao to leave with Ju Zi and Ke Ke for a Soul Tool test.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to the trip, and the next morning he and Lin Qianyi met Ju Zi and Ke Ke at the school gate, where Ke Ke demanded they follow orders and Lin Qianyi challenged her threat to have them expelled.
• Ju Zi led the group toward the Jingyang Mountain Range, and Lin Qianyi flew with teal Soul Power wings while Huo Yuhao lagged behind on his flying Soul Tool.
• The four landed in a clearing, agreed to rest there overnight, and discussed taking turns on watch.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke prepared food and tents, and Ju Zi slapped Lin Qianyi's hand when she reached for the food.

Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Lin Qianyi tested the Sun Moon Empire’s All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool, taking turns operating it as Lin Qianyi helped restore Ju Zi and Ke Ke’s strength. By the end, Lin Qianyi had taken the controls and impressed Ju Zi and Ke Ke with her precise handling on her first try.

• Huo Yuhao cooked sweet potatoes for Ju Zi, Ke Ke, and Lin Qianyi, and Ju Zi grew tearful because the flavor reminded her of home.
• Ju Zi shared her past with Huo Yuhao, who felt a kinship with her childhood loss.
• The next morning, Ju Zi explained how the heavily armored All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool worked and how its operators had to share the burden of controlling it.
• Huo Yuhao activated Mental Detection Share and took over the Soul Tool after Ju Zi and Ke Ke became exhausted.
• Lin Qianyi used her Soul Power to help Ju Zi and Ke Ke recover, then took the controls and operated the Soul Tool with remarkable steadiness.

Lin Qianyi killed a three-thousand-year Silver Wolf after Ju Zi explained its rarity and strength. The group prepared to roast the wolf in an isolated camp, where Ke Ke asked whether Lin Qianyi was a close-combat or long-range Soul Engineer.

• Ju Zi and Ke Ke marveled at Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao's abilities before a Silver Wolf approached the group.
• Ju Zi identified the Silver Wolf and warned that it was dangerous, while explaining its properties and value.
• Lin Qianyi told Huo Yuhao to protect Ju Zi and Ke Ke, then defeated the Silver Wolf with her Green Feather Sword.
• Lin Qianyi decided the group should roast the wolf and went with Ju Zi to gather branches while Huo Yuhao and Ke Ke prepared its body.
• Lin Qianyi raised an isolation barrier as Huo Yuhao roasted the meat and Ju Zi prepared ingredients; Ke Ke asked Lin Qianyi what kind of Soul Engineer she was.

Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao fought off a wolf pack and killed the Silver Moon Wolf King, allowing Huo Yuhao to absorb its soul ring. After they returned to the academy, Wang Shaojie confronted them with guards, and Lin Qianyi challenged his behavior.

• Lin Qianyi explained that she chose close-combat Soul Engineer training to complement the Divine Feather Azure Luan’s abilities.
• A wolf pack led by the Silver Moon Wolf King ambushed Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke, and Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao defeated most of the wolves with a combined ice attack.
• Lin Qianyi disrupted the Silver Moon Wolf King with Wind Binding and destroyed it with Vermilion Bird Dance, after which Huo Yuhao absorbed its soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao and the others returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Wang Shaojie surrounded them with guards and threatened to retaliate for their earlier treatment of him.
• Lin Qianyi challenged Wang Shaojie’s conduct, but he dismissed her words and laughed.

Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao endured Wang Shaojie's torture while concealing their strength and relying on the danger to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to restrain their enemies. Jing Hongchen intervened, and the chapter ended as Ju Zi arrived with Crown Prince Xu Tianran to confront Wang Shaojie.

• Wang Shaojie ordered Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao taken to the interrogation room and threatened them with torture.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao allowed the guards to restrain and whip them, carefully keeping their Soul Power from exposing their plan.
• Wang Shaojie ordered the guards to use the Dragon Stripping Pillar and a Pinch Stick on Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao.
• Jing Hongchen arrived and stopped the torture, then supported the badly weakened Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Shaojie dismissed Jing Hongchen's authority, but Ju Zi arrived with Crown Prince Xu Tianran and declared that he could intervene.

Xu Tianran stopped Wang Shaojie’s abuse of the Royal Inspection Team, and Lin Qianyi recovered from her injuries while Ke Ke cared for her. Lin Qianyi received Ju Zi’s farewell letter about going to the battlefield and shared it with Huo Yuhao.

• Xu Tianran ordered a Titled Douluo to subdue Wang Shaojie and the Royal Inspection Team, and Jing Hongchen thanked him for intervening.
• Lin Qianyi woke from her unconsciousness, asked Ke Ke about Huo Yuhao, and learned he was fine.
• Ke Ke brought Lin Qianyi medicinal soup, and Lin Qianyi drank it despite disliking the bitter taste.
• Ke Ke gave Lin Qianyi a letter from Ju Zi and explained that Ju Zi was leaving for the battlefield to avenge her father.
• Lin Qianyi read Ju Zi’s farewell letter, then went to Huo Yuhao’s dorm room and handed it to him.

Lin Qianyi turned Jing Hongchen’s attempt to probe her into compensation for her and Huo Yuhao, granting them access to Mingde Hall. As they copied Soul Tool designs there, she asked Huo Yuhao for a detailed map of the Extreme North so she could seek a Soul Ring for her Ice Crystal Butterfly.

• Huo Yuhao wondered whether a woman who had helped them might become their enemy, and Lin Qianyi said they would show no mercy if she threatened the Douluo Continent.
• Lin Qianyi, nearing Rank 60, planned to travel to the Extreme North for a suitable ice-attributed soul beast for her Ice Crystal Butterfly.
• Jing Hongchen visited Lin Qianyi and apologized for the grievances she and Huo Yuhao had suffered, but she deftly deflected his probing questions.
• Jing Hongchen offered Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao unrestricted access to Mingde Hall and its non-top-grade heavy metal materials as compensation.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao entered Mingde Hall and began recording its Soul Tool designs and construction methods for Shrek Academy.
• Lin Qianyi asked Huo Yuhao, who had visited the Extreme North before, to provide her with a detailed map.

Huo Yuhao and Lin Qianyi were swept into a hidden underground maze during the Body Sect’s attack on Mingde Hall. They discovered the Hundred Thousand Year Embryo was the Sect’s target, stole a massive Soul Tool, and escaped after knocking out two Body Sect disciples.

• When alarms sounded in Mingde Hall, Huo Yuhao used his Purple Crystal Demon Eyes to spot the attacking Body Sect, and he followed Lin Qianyi into a hidden underground chamber.
• Huo Yuhao and Lin Qianyi explored the underground maze together and found a gigantic Soul Tool built by Xuan Ziwen.
• Lin Qianyi suspected the Body Sect was searching for the Hundred Thousand Year Embryo from the Star Luo Empire auction, and Huo Yuhao stored the Soul Tool in a Soul Tool while Lin Qianyi concealed their actions.
• After Body Sect disciples approached searching for the embryo, Huo Yuhao impersonated Du Busi with his Simulation Soul Skill, but one disciple recognized the deception.
• Lin Qianyi knocked both disciples unconscious, and she and Huo Yuhao left the area together.

Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao encountered the Heavenly Snow Woman, whose unstable power threatened to consume her, and Electrolux arranged for her to merge with Lin Qianyi. Afterward, they escaped the basement and gave Fan Yu the blueprints, mechanisms, and valuable metals to take back to Shrek Academy.

• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao found the Heavenly Snow Woman, who recognized the Ice Scorpion Emperor Scorpion as Bing'er and refused to endanger her by merging with anyone.
• Electrolux suppressed the Heavenly Snow Woman's power and guided her into Lin Qianyi, strengthening Lin Qianyi's ice abilities and raising her Soul Power from Level 57 to Level 59.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao left the basement and told Fan Yu what had happened.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao handed Fan Yu the blueprints, mechanisms, and valuable metal materials for delivery to Shrek Academy.
• Fan Yu scolded Huo Yuhao for their self-inflicted injury scheme, while Lin Qianyi teased him for taking the blame.

After a detector implicated Huo Yuhao in the theft of a Soul Tool, Jing Hongchen cleared him and later summoned him and Lin Qianyi to discuss compensation. Their meeting turned into a tense exchange, and Jing proposed matches against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students, prompting Huo Yuhao to ask what they would receive if they won.

• Two men inspected Lin Qianyi for a stolen Soul Tool, but their detector showed no reaction.
• The detector flared at Huo Yuhao because of Hongchen's Blessing, and Jing Hongchen intervened to confirm she had given it to him.
• Lin Qianyi met Huo Yuhao afterward, and he explained what had happened; they also discussed the progress Shrek Academy had made with Fan Yu's improvements.
• Jing Hongchen summoned Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao and offered compensation for their past treatment at the academy.
• Jing Hongchen proposed matches against Level 5 or Level 6 Soul Engineers, and Huo Yuhao asked what reward they would receive if they won.