Chapter Summaries

Two years after their first encounter with Jing Liu, Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao arrived in Haiyuan City to seek help for Ma Xiaotao’s worsening evil fire. The city’s prosperity and widespread Soul Tools impressed Yan Shaozhe, and they entered the lavish Sea Cliff Villa to meet Snow Moon Douluo and Lu Jingming.

• Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao were astonished by Haiyuan City’s towering buildings, bustling streets, and widespread use of Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe reconsidered his prejudice against Soul Tools as he saw how they had improved ordinary people’s lives.
• Ma Xiaotao, now a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor with a newly acquired fourth Soul Ring, felt uneasy about meeting Lu Jingming while seeking help for her worsening evil fire.
• Yan Shaozhe recalled that Jing Liu’s power made Shrek Academy’s usual prestige useless, so he brought precious heavenly treasures and planned to approach humbly.
• A Golden Guard escorted Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao into the luxurious Sea Cliff Villa, whose Soul Guiding materials and construction Yan Shaozhe estimated cost at least a hundred million Gold Soul Coins.

Yan Shaozhe brought Ma Xiaotao to Haiyuan City to ask Jing Liu to remove Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, but Jing Liu’s effortless spatial transfer shocked him and made him reconsider his prepared approach. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe humbly requesting Jing Liu’s help and offering Shrek Academy’s favor and a generous gift in return.

• Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao crossed the City Lord's Residence and marveled at its advanced soul tool structures and lavish wonders.
• Lu Jingming welcomed Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, while Ma Xiaotao introduced herself provocatively and Lu Jingming ignored her bait.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that he had come to visit Jing Liu and ask for her assistance.
• Jing Liu appeared beside Lu Jingming through an effortless spatial transfer, shocking Yan Shaozhe and undermining his confidence.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Jing Liu to remove Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, offering Shrek Academy’s favor and a generous gift.

Jing Liu’s strength gave Lu Jingming and Haiyuan City leverage as Yan Shaozhe agreed to negotiate with Chang Li. While they left to discuss terms, Ma Xiaotao challenged Lu Jingming to a spirit fight, but Zhang Lexuan stepped in to face her.

• Yan Shaozhe addressed Jing Liu humbly after witnessing her strength, and Jing Liu told him to negotiate with Lu Jingming’s side while she acted afterward.
• Chang Li invited Yan Shaozhe to discuss the terms, and he followed her away despite Ma Xiaotao’s protests.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Lu Jingming to a spirit fight, hoping to teach him a lesson, but Zhang Lexuan offered to fight her instead.
• Zhang Lexuan put the Little Fox down, and it ran to Keqing, who held it while teasing Zhang Lexuan for protecting Lu Jingming.
• Lu Jingming teased Keqing about being jealous, and she pinched his cheek, called herself his elder sister, and placed the Little Fox on his head.

Lu Jingming explained how his True Authority gained power from the influence he and those he materialized had on the world, with Black Tower currently providing the most. On the beach, Ma Xiaotao challenged Zhang Lexuan to a spirit fight, and the chapter ended with both preparing to battle as Lu Jingming and Keqing watched.

• Lu Jingming recalled that Black Tower’s discarded Soul Tools had spread across the continent and earned him the most True Power.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to suppress her Soul Power and fight Ma Xiaotao fairly.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a level forty-one Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Ancestor and insisted she could handle older opponents.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that she was a level sixty-eight Silver Moon Soul Emperor, startling Ma Xiaotao with her strength.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed to use only her first four soul skills and suppress her Soul Power, and Ma Xiaotao accepted the terms.
• Lu Jingming and Keqing settled beneath a beach umbrella with snacks and drinks to watch the fight.

Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao fought on the beach, trading moonlight sword attacks and Phoenix True Fire. Ma Xiaotao’s fourth soul skill engulfed Zhang Lexuan in flames, but Zhang Lexuan’s silver moonlight repelled the fire and left Ma Xiaotao’s apparent victory in doubt.

• Ma Xiaotao attacked Zhang Lexuan with her Phoenix Fireline, but Zhang Lexuan countered with Moon Ring Broken Blade, and their clash blasted a crater into the beach.
• Ma Xiaotao activated Fire Phoenix Bath and Phoenix Wing Sky Soar to fly and enhance herself, while Zhang Lexuan summoned seven moonlight swords with Heavenly Dance Moon Wheel Sword.
• Ma Xiaotao dodged the swords and weakened them with Phoenix True Fire, but the exchange drained much of her Soul Power and damaged her clothes.
• Enraged, Ma Xiaotao charged Zhang Lexuan with Phoenix Howling Sky Strike and engulfed her in a pillar of flame.
• Zhang Lexuan’s fourth soul ring shone, and her silver moonlight repelled the Phoenix True Fire, preventing it from harming her.

Zhang Lexuan defeated Ma Xiaotao in their soul battle, and Lu Jingming's teasing made the exhausted girl faint from anger. Zhang Lexuan and Keqing prepared to take their guest somewhere to rest.

• Zhang Lexuan used her Moon Phase Rotation to withstand Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Howling Sky Strike, then unleashed Moonfall Sword Domain.
• Ma Xiaotao, drained of Soul Power and unable to evade the sword qi, fell onto the beach after her fiery defense was pierced.
• Lu Jingming teased the battered Ma Xiaotao while Keqing helped her up and covered her with a clean garment.
• Ma Xiaotao fainted from anger after Lu Jingming called her a little girl, and Keqing scolded him for provoking her.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Jingming and Keqing to take Ma Xiaotao somewhere to rest.

Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan discussed Ma Xiaotao’s strength and Saint Freya Academy’s plans for next year’s tournament. After recovering from her duel, Ma Xiaotao woke at the villa and met Keqing, who had cared for her.

• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Jingming that Ma Xiaotao was powerful and could become even harder to defeat if her Martial Soul evolved into Ultimate Fire.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that she had challenged Ma Xiaotao to assess Shrek Academy’s elite students ahead of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament.
• Lu Jingming considered how to find five strong teammates for Zhang Lexuan and Keqing, since Saint Freya Academy had few suitable students.
• Ma Xiaotao woke in an unfamiliar bed and worried after noticing that someone had changed her clothes.
• Keqing reassured Ma Xiaotao that she had changed her clothes, offered her Silver Spirit Fish soup, and introduced herself.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Keqing and introduced herself as Xiaotao.

Keqing told Ma Xiaotao that Jing Liu would purge the evil fire in her body in three days. After Lu Jingming sparred with Jing Liu, Yan Shaozhe agreed to the three conditions Chang Li had negotiated with him, leaving Jing Liu to treat Ma Xiaotao.

• Keqing reassured Ma Xiaotao that Jing Liu would help purge her evil fire in three days and admired her self-control.
• Jing Liu easily defeated Lu Jingming in a swordsmanship spar and warned him not to neglect his training.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Jingming that Chang Li had finished negotiating with Yan Shaozhe.
• Lu Jingming, Zhang Lexuan, and Jing Liu met Yan Shaozhe, who accepted their three conditions on behalf of Shrek Academy and asked when Ma Xiaotao could be treated.
• The first condition required Shrek Academy to provide two places beneath the Sea God Island Golden Ancient Tree for one year of cultivation.

Shrek Academy agreed to Haiyuan City's three conditions, including helping promote the Simulated Universe, in exchange for two Golden Tree cultivation slots and support for Ma Xiaotao. After the two sides reached a cooperation agreement, Jing Liu began removing Ma Xiaotao's evil fire with her Ultimate Ice.

• Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion members agreed to Haiyuan City's conditions, believing the Golden Tree could easily support two people's cultivation.
• Yan Shaozhe experienced the Simulated Universe and agreed to help Haiyuan City promote it, ordering a thousand login devices for Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized that Shrek Academy's influence could shield Haiyuan City from resistance by the Spirit Fighting Arena factions.
• Shrek Academy and Haiyuan City finalized their cooperation agreement.
• Jing Liu used her Ultimate Ice to drive the evil fire from Ma Xiaotao's body.

Lu Jingming helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire, declined Yan Shaozhe’s invitations, and sent Zhang Lexuan and Keqing to cultivate at Shrek Academy’s Golden Tree while avoiding its possible dangers himself. After Yan Shaozhe departed, Lu Jingming manifested Ningguang and asked her to establish a merchant association in Shrek City.

• Lu Jingming chose Zhang Lexuan and Keqing for Shrek Academy’s two Golden Tree cultivation slots and gave up his own to avoid the potential danger he suspected the tree posed.
• Jing Liu spent half a day helping Ma Xiaotao expel her evil fire and sealed what remained with her Ultimate Ice Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe invited Lu Jingming to study at Shrek Academy’s inner court, but Lu Jingming declined.
• Yan Shaozhe left with Ma Xiaotao and the Simulated Universe soul tool device; Ma Xiaotao glared at Lu Jingming before departing.
• Lu Jingming manifested Ningguang and assigned one hundred Golden Guards to accompany her to Shrek City to establish a merchant association.

Ningguang prepared to establish herself in Shrek City, while Lu Jingming arranged her escort and entrusted Lu Wu and the Golden Guard to her. The chapter ended with the Golden Guard established at five hundred members, as the cost and technical demands of creating more Fusion Warriors kept Lu Jingming from expanding it further.

• Ningguang said she looked forward to raising Qunyu Pavilion above the new world and felt confident she could build a foothold in Shrek City with Lu Jingming's support.
• Lu Jingming agreed to Ningguang's plans as she prepared to travel to Shrek City with Zhang Lexuan, Keqing, and part of the Golden Guard, escorted by Jing Liu.
• Zhang Lexuan worried over Lu Jingming's health before leaving, and he reassured her that he could take care of himself.
• Lu Jingming ordered Lu Wu to follow Ningguang's commands, explaining how the loyal former guard had become a Soul King-level Fusion Warrior through The Great Black Tower's surgery.
• Lu Jingming had limited the Golden Guard to five hundred members because Fusion Surgery required scarce Soul Beast genes, extensive technical support, and costly nutrients.

Lu Jingming rewarded the Golden Guards with the promise of future enhancements, then watched Ningguang, Keqing, Zhang Lexuan, and the others depart aboard the Haiyuan. After Chang Li comforted him, he asked how her dealings with the Sun Moon Empire were progressing as he sought a source of Soul Guiding Metal for The Great Black Tower.

• Lu Jingming praised Lu Wu and promised to make him the first Golden Guard to receive an upgraded Fusion Warrior procedure, while promising rewards to the other guards as well.
• More than a hundred Golden Guards knelt and swore their loyalty to Lu Jingming as Ningguang and Keqing assessed their discipline.
• Lu Jingming watched the Haiyuan carry Ningguang, Keqing, Zhang Lexuan, and the others away, and felt sad about being apart from Zhang Lexuan and Jing Liu for a year.
• Chang Li offered to comfort Lu Jingming, who lay on her lap and played with the pink-haired little fox.
• Lu Jingming asked Chang Li about the Sun Moon Empire, hoping to secure Soul Guiding Metal for The Great Black Tower through an influential underground smuggling group.

Chang Li told Lu Jingming that she had established contact with the Peaceful Alliance, prompting him to warn her about its leader, Shangguan Wei'er. At Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe reported to Mu En on Snow Moon Douluo and The Great Black Tower, and Mu En asked about Ma Xiaotao.

• Chang Li reported that the Peaceful Alliance was eager to trade for Soul Tools from The Great Black Tower, and Lu Jingming warned her that Shangguan Wei'er was dangerous.
• Chang Li teased Lu Jingming, then assured him she would handle the Peaceful Alliance carefully while Little Fox chirped at him.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Snow Moon Douluo had likely reached the Limit Douluo realm and praised Lady Black Tower's Soul Tool craftsmanship.
• Mu En considered The Great Black Tower's potential to help close the Soul Tool gap with the Sun Moon Empire and wondered why its members supported Lu Jingming in Haiyuan City.
• Mu En asked Yan Shaozhe how Ma Xiaotao was doing after her evil fire problem had been resolved.

Mu En tested the Simulated Universe and decided Shrek Academy would honor its agreement to support it despite the pressure it would attract. A year later, Lu Jingming had reached rank thirty after a year of seclusion in Haiyuan City and stood one soul ring away from becoming a Soul Elder.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Ma Xiaotao had overcome her evil fire and might develop Ultimate Fire upon reaching Titled Douluo, though finding the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower remained difficult.
• Mu En fought a simulated Dark Holy Dragon in the Simulated Universe and judged the historical powerhouse’s recreation far weaker than the real person.
• Mu En recognized that the Simulated Universe could benefit soul master cultivation and decided to convene a Sea God Pavilion meeting to promote it and uphold Shrek Academy’s agreement with Haiyuan City.
• Over the following year, Lu Jingming cultivated in seclusion in Haiyuan City and broke through to rank thirty, leaving him one soul ring from becoming a Soul Elder.

Over three years, Lu Jingming rose to Soul Elder and sharpened his combat skills in the Simulated Universe, which spread across the continent and transformed how Soul Masters trained. The Sun Moon Empire failed to uncover how it worked but discovered that it could simulate Soul Tool materials, leaving its Soul Engineers eager to obtain login devices and elevating The Great Black Tower’s reputation.

• Lu Jingming absorbed high-level soul rings and rose fourteen levels in three years, becoming a Soul Elder.
• Lu Jingming spent a year fighting simulated opponents, improving his practical combat skills.
• The Simulated Universe spread across Douluo Continent and into the Sun Moon Empire, drawing Soul Masters away from Spirit Fighting Arenas.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s Rank 9 Soul Engineers dismantled a login device but could not understand the Soul Guiding Crystal or the Simulated Universe’s principles.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers discovered they could simulate Soul Tool materials, and many sought to buy login devices despite their high cost.
• Rumors spread that The Great Black Tower had reached Rank 10 Soul Engineer and surpassed the Sun Moon Empire’s Three Great Soul Engineers.

Lu Jingming learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s rapid succession concealed a coming military threat, then met Ju Zi, a young girl rescued by Ji Yingying who hated the Star Luo Empire. He sent Ji Yingying to care for Ju Zi, while the Wuchang Division continued recruiting and training Fusion Warriors.

• The Sun Moon Empire’s emperor, empress, crown prince, and princesses died in a food poisoning incident, and a prince quickly took the throne and stabilized the empire.
• Lu Jingming recognized that the swift succession signaled the Sun Moon Empire’s growing strength, though he had few ways to oppose it from the Star Luo Empire.
• Ji Yingying brought Ju Zi, a twelve-year-old from the Sun Moon Empire, to Lu Jingming after rescuing her near the border.
• Lu Jingming learned that Ju Zi’s father had died in Duke White Tiger Dai Hao’s border conflict and that she deeply hated the Star Luo Empire.
• Lu Jingming asked Ji Yingying to take Ju Zi to rest, wash, and change clothes.
• Ji Yingying continued to lead the Wuchang Division, an assassin organization that recruited young people who passed strict loyalty tests as Fusion Warriors.

Ju Zi remained in the City Lord’s manor while Lu Jingming welcomed Zhang Lexuan and Keqing back with a grand banquet for Haiyuan City’s elites. At the banquet, he met the talented twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.

• Ji Yingying took Ju Zi away, and Lu Jingming kept Ju Zi from leaving the manor for the next three days.
• Jing Liu returned with Zhang Lexuan and Keqing, and Zhang Lexuan rushed to embrace Lu Jingming while the Pink-Haired Fox leaped into Keqing’s arms.
• Lu Jingming hosted a banquet at Sea Cliff Villa to welcome the returning women and meet Haiyuan City’s nobles, merchants, and soul master representatives.
• Lu Jingming noticed two blue-haired little girls at the dessert table and gave them strawberry cake.
• The girls introduced themselves as Lan Susu, the older sister, and Lan Luoluo, who was born one minute later.

Lu Jingming recognized Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo’s hair martial souls and learned why the talented twins had enrolled at Saint Freya Academy. The chapter ended with him happily feeding the two girls.

• Lu Jingming examined Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo’s blue hair and identified it as their martial souls.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo admired Lu Jingming after he recognized their abilities and noted their potential.
• Lu Jingming saw their father, Lan Yu, and understood that the Lan Family had brought the twins to Haiyuan City.
• The Lan Family chose Saint Freya Academy over Shrek Academy for the sisters, who became students there at age seven.
• Lu Jingming felt pleased by the twins’ arrival and stayed to feed them.

Ju Zi decided to join the Wuchang Division as a White Impermanence, taking the codename White Seven, while her desire to avenge her parents remained focused on the White Tiger Duke. Lu Jingming worried that Lan Yu would take his daughters away after misreading his affection for them, but the family returned the next morning with Wei Qianqian to apologize.

• After learning about Lu Jingming and reconsidering whom she blamed for her parents’ deaths, Ju Zi told Ji Yingying she would join the Wuchang Division.
• Ji Yingying accepted Ju Zi as a White Impermanence and assigned her the codename White Seven.
• Lan Yu apologized to Lu Jingming for his daughters’ behavior, then hurried away with Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo after becoming wary of Lu Jingming’s attention toward them.
• Keqing teased Lu Jingming about Lan Yu’s reaction, and Lu Jingming worried that Lan Yu might leave Haiyuan City with his daughters.
• The next morning, Wei Qianqian arrived with Lan Yu and their daughters to apologize to Lu Jingming.

Wei Qianqian apologized to Lu Jingming on behalf of the Lan family, while Ningguang arranged a connection with The Great Black Tower. Ju Zi left Haiyuan City to infiltrate Xu Tianran’s circle, carrying a Soul Tool that could return her soul if she died.

• Wei Qianqian apologized to Lu Jingming for Lan Yu’s rudeness and gave him a gift, which he accepted to reassure the Lan family.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo said goodbye to Lu Jingming after Wei Qianqian departed with Lan Yu.
• The Great Black Tower left a puppet with Ningguang so she could contact her, while Ningguang prepared to provide funding for her experiments.
• Ju Zi left Haiyuan City to infiltrate Xu Tianran’s side and earn his absolute trust.
• Ju Zi relied on the Spiritual Locust Bead to return her soul to Haiyuan City if she died, where White Flower could restore her body.