Chapter Summaries

After Toji escaped with Zhang Lexuan's help, Xuan Zi treated Chen Feng's injuries and warned him not to harass her again before taking the group back to Shrek Academy. At the Lake of Life, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion returned safely, questioned Di Tian about his affection for her, and chose the name Di Qiu'er.

• Xuan Zi confirmed that Toji had escaped, examined Chen Feng's injuries, and prepared to return to Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi woke Chen Feng, reprimanded him for harassing Zhang Lexuan, and threatened to remove him from the inner courtyard if he did it again.
• Xuan Zi told Zhang Lexuan to report any further harassment and decided to return to the academy to report his discoveries to Mu En.
• The Scarlet King brought the Three-Eyed Golden Lion back to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian scolded her for leaving the core area.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked whether Di Tian would still care for her without her auspicious power, and Di Tian promised he would treat her as family.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked to share Di Tian's surname and chose the name Di Qiu'er.

Xuan Zi reported Toji’s extraordinary power and the Body Sect’s revival to Mu En, who urged him to pursue an alliance rather than conflict. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Qiu'er remained confined to the Core Zone and longed to escape her expected fate.

• Xuan Zi told Mu En that Toji had formed a Soul Core as a Soul King, possessed five black Soul Rings, and could evade detection.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi to stop interfering in the younger generation’s affairs and suggested supporting Zhang Lexuan to foster ties with the Body Sect.
• Mu En explained that Shrek Academy and the Body Sect would likely fight together against the Sun Moon Empire, so Xuan Zi should not investigate Toji’s Martial Soul.
• Di Qiu'er stayed under the Scarlet King’s watch in the Core Zone and recalled Toji’s exciting life while longing to see the world and control her own fate.

Di Qiu'er persuaded Di Tian to let her leave the Star Dou Great Forest with his Reverse Scale and the Scarlet King as her escort. Meanwhile, Toji told Du Busi he planned to travel to the Sun Moon Empire to advance his cultivation and investigate Evil Soul Masters, and Du Busi decided to go with him.

• Di Qiu'er asked Di Tian for his Reverse Scale so she could safely visit the human world, and he gave it to her while warning that he could track her through it.
• Di Tian ordered the Scarlet King to accompany Di Qiu'er in human form, and she reluctantly agreed to take him.
• After meeting with the Heaven Dou Emperor, Du Busi discussed Toji's prospects and joked about pairing him with Princess Vina, but Toji rejected the idea.
• Toji told Du Busi that his cultivation advanced too slowly through ordinary training, so he planned to travel to the Sun Moon Empire and investigate the Evil Soul Masters there.
• Du Busi warned Toji that war could break out between the empires, then decided to accompany him.

Toji accepted Du Busi’s protection while insisting on gaining experience, then prepared to travel to the Sun Moon Empire with a cache of Soul Tools. Before leaving, he watched Shrek Academy defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and decided to greet Zhang Lexuan.

• Toji told Du Busi he needed dangerous experience, so Du Busi secretly protected him and promised to rescue him if necessary.
• The city lord offered to support the Body Sect’s Soul Tool business, and Toji left Liang Wu to negotiate.
• Li Xuanfeng gave Toji ten Level 7 Soul Tools, twenty Level 6 Soul Tools, and dozens of Level 5 Soul Tools for his trip to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Toji said he planned to recruit Soul Engineers and obtain the Sun Moon Empire’s Sealed Milk Bottle technology.
• Toji watched Zhang Lexuan lead Shrek Academy to victory over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and decided to greet her.

Toji surprised the Shrek group at dinner, then took Zhang Lexuan outside to tell her he was leaving for the Sun Moon Empire for five or six years. Zhang Lexuan kissed him goodbye, and they parted with a promise that she would wait for his return.

• Toji appeared unnoticed at the Shrek group's dinner and teased Zhang Lexuan, who became flustered when he touched her hair.
• Toji wrapped an arm around Zhang Lexuan and flew out of the hotel with her, prompting Xuan Zi to chase after them before Han Ruoruo reassured him.
• Toji told Zhang Lexuan that he would be going to the Sun Moon Empire for five or six years and asked whether anyone at Shrek Academy had been bullying her.
• Zhang Lexuan said Toji had been bullying her, then kissed him and called it a farewell gift.
• Toji told Zhang Lexuan to wait for him to return and began carrying her back.

Toji said goodbye to Zhang Lexuan and set out for the Sun Moon Empire to make a name for himself through assassination. After he left, Di Qiu'er arrived looking for him and learned where he had gone.

• Toji landed Zhang Lexuan in the hotel's back garden, and they shared a brief farewell before he disappeared.
• Toji asked Liang Wu for the address of his people in the Sun Moon Empire and explained that he planned to assassinate important figures to gain influence.
• Liang Wu received word that a beautiful woman had come looking for Toji and agreed to meet her.
• Di Qiu'er asked Liang Wu where Toji had gone, learned he was in the Sun Moon Empire, and left with her guard.
• Liang Wu considered telling Toji that Di Qiu'er was looking for him, then decided not to get involved.

Toji entered Mingdu and turned a confrontation with the city gate guards into a massacre, deliberately making sure a survivor could report what he had done. He disappeared into the crowd as the Mingdu Defense Force rushed to respond.

• Toji arrived at Mingdu and passed the Soul Tool inspection, which showed that he had no Soul Power.
• A guard mocked Toji and provoked him, then drew a blade and accused him of attacking first.
• Toji killed the guard and slaughtered the other guards as alarms sounded and a Soul Tool Turret turned toward him.
• Toji destroyed the turret and left one guard alive to tell his superiors that his nemesis had arrived.
• Toji knocked the surviving guard unconscious and disappeared into the crowd as reinforcements approached.

Toji used a contact arranged by Liang Wu to connect with the Aodu Commerce Association and accepted a contract to assassinate a Level 7 Soul Engineer of the Xishui Alliance. He returned to his hideout planning to investigate whether the target knew anything about Evil Soul Masters.

• Toji's contact gave him a safe residence and an introduction to someone seeking a professional assassin, then left for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Toji used the Bone Shrinking Technique and disguised himself as a low-class worker to evade the intensified patrols in Mingdu.
• Toji reached a blacksmith's shop and gave the password to meet with members of the Aodu Commerce Association.
• The Aodu Commerce Association offered Toji five million Gold Soul Coins or another reward to assassinate a Level 7 Soul Engineer of the Xishui Alliance, and he accepted in exchange for a long-range offensive Level 7 Soul Tool.
• Toji returned to his residence and considered whether the target might have information about Evil Soul Masters.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan received Tang San’s order to find the person who changed the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s fate, while Toji assassinated Level 7 Soul Engineer Mo Yan in Mingdu. Toji found evidence pointing toward the Xishui Alliance’s territory and planned to investigate it the next day, then noticed something in Mo Yan’s Storage Soul Tool.

• Niu Tian told Tai Tan that Tang San had ordered them to find the person who changed the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s fate, and Tai Tan agreed to search with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tai Tan left for Shrek City while Niu Tian stayed behind to care for Dong’er.
• Toji killed Mo Yan after observing him for seven days and evading the room’s detection Soul Tools.
• Toji said Mo Yan had helped him find the Evil Soul Masters’ exact location and decided to investigate the Xishui Alliance’s territory the next day.
• Toji opened Mo Yan’s Storage Soul Tool, found valuable loot including a Level 7 Soul Tool, and noticed something unexpected.

Toji found Xu Tianran’s letter plotting a coup and decided to pose as Xishui Alliance reinforcements to enter the conspiracy. After escaping the residence, he infiltrated a hidden courtyard near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and descended into a concealed passage, where the space opened up.

• Toji found Xu Tianran’s sealed letter describing plans to attack the emperor and his family, and decided to interfere by posing as reinforcements from the Xishui Alliance.
• Toji prepared the envelope, took Mo Yan’s head, and left the residence before the housekeeper arrived.
• Toji used the knock he had observed to approach a hidden courtyard, then killed the man who opened the door and recognized him as an Evil Soul Master.
• Toji entered the courtyard’s concealed building, killed two guards, and disguised himself in one guard’s clothes.
• Toji found the table mechanism, opened a secret passage, and followed it until the space widened.

Toji infiltrated a Holy Spirit Cult lair in Mingdu and assessed the five Evil Soul Masters gathered there. After they failed to find him, Toji struck and beheaded the sharp-nosed Soul Emperor, leaving the others facing an attack.

• Toji discovered four Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint conducting a blood-soaked feast in the Holy Spirit Cult's lair.
• A sharp-nosed Evil Soul Master sensed Toji, prompting the group to search the hall, but they found no one.
• The sharp-nosed Evil Soul Master went to inspect a noise at the passage entrance and returned without finding anything.
• Toji flashed out and cut off the sharp-nosed Evil Soul Master's head before the others could react.

Toji slaughtered the Evil Soul Masters in the hall, then lured their Soul Saint leader into the courtyard and killed him with a single slash. After taking a healing pill, he returned to finish off the two surviving Soul Emperors.

• Toji ambushed the Evil Soul Masters, killing one and crippling two Soul Emperors with Playful Cloud.
• Toji fought the seven-ring Evil Soul Master through his corrosive blood and monstrous transformations, then fled into the courtyard.
• Toji used the courtyard to ambush the pursuing Evil Soul Master and cleaved him in two with a blade.
• Toji swallowed a healing pill and returned to the hall, where he found the two wounded Soul Emperors still crawling.

Toji tortured two captured Evil Soul Masters for information and learned that Xu Tianran backed them and worked with Nangong Wan. He left both men suffering after judging their answers to whether he was a good or bad person.

• Toji disarmed one Evil Soul Master, crushed the other beneath a table, and demanded to know who the letter was meant for.
• Toji tortured an Evil Soul Master until he named Nangong Wan and explained that Xu Tianran supported their group and helped Nangong Wan lead the Xishui Alliance.
• The second Evil Soul Master confirmed the account, and Toji worried that Nangong Wan might be too powerful for him to defeat.
• Toji asked the captives whether he was a good person, then tortured the first man for calling him good.
• Toji asked the other captive whether he was good or bad, then attacked him for calling him bad.

Toji freed the tortured souls in the Evil Soul Masters’ lair, gained their Soul Power, and advanced to level fifty-four before hiding nearby to investigate. Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren arrived at the slaughtered hall and suspected another Evil Soul Master was active in Mingdu.

• Toji purified the evil Qi binding the imprisoned souls, freeing them from the cage.
• The grateful souls gave Toji their remaining Soul Power, strengthening him and raising his cultivation to level fifty-four.
• Toji left Xu Tianran’s letter in the hall and concealed himself nearby to watch for clues.
• Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren arrived and examined the slaughter.
• Zhongli Tian concluded that an outsider Evil Soul Master had attacked the Holy Spirit Cult’s people in Mingdu.

Toji escaped the Holy Spirit Cult stronghold after stealing its stored souls, then returned to the Aodu Chamber of Commerce to claim his reward for killing Mo Yan. He refused to join the organization but agreed to work with it again, leaving the merchants planning to win him over.

• Zhongli Ren discovered that all the souls in the stronghold’s storage room had vanished, and Zhongli Di, Zhongli Ren, and Zhongli Tian discussed hiding the loss and investigating the culprit.
• Toji emerged from the shadows after overhearing their plans and went to the Aodu Chamber of Commerce to report his mission.
• The merchants confirmed that the head Toji delivered belonged to Mo Yan, a Level 7 Soul Engineer, and treated Toji with new respect.
• Toji ate a lavish meal while the merchants prepared his reward, then accepted a Level 7 Soul Tool and an invitation to an upcoming auction.
• Toji declined the offer to join the Aodu Chamber of Commerce but agreed to return for more missions, and the merchants decided to report his refusal and try to win him over.

Toji returned to his hidden residence, cultivated while considering his next Soul Ring, and was interrupted by a black-robed visitor. After a fierce fight and an awkward moment when he grabbed her leg, he recognized the visitor and provoked her, prompting her to unleash her golden dragon Martial Soul and attack.

• Toji returned to his hidden residence, ate, showered, and cultivated, noting that he had reached level fifty-four and needed to plan for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• A black-robed figure knocked and claimed to have brought Toji's takeout, prompting him to attack after realizing the phrase was suspicious.
• Toji and the visitor fought hand to hand in the hallway, with Toji eventually catching the figure's wrist and realizing she was a woman.
• Toji grabbed the woman's thigh during her kick, then teased her by saying he could play with her legs for a year.
• The woman revealed her golden dragon Martial Soul, covered her arms in scales, and punched at Toji, who crossed his arms to block.

Di Qiu'er tracked Toji down in Mingdu to experience the human world and learn how far his fate-defying existence could go. She warned him that powerful figures and Huo Yuhao stood in the way of his becoming a god, while Toji realized she had come to watch rather than help him.

• Toji and Di Qiu'er fought in the corridor, and she revealed her name after objecting to his calling her the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• A neighbor complained about the noise, mistook them for a young couple, and went back inside.
• Di Qiu'er entered Toji's room and explained that she had come from the Star Dou Great Forest to experience the human world and observe his fate.
• Di Qiu'er said she could not see Toji's thread of fate and called him a variable who interfered with the world's destiny.
• Di Qiu'er warned Toji that Di Tian, two Limit Douluo from the Clear Sky Sect, and Huo Yuhao stood between him and godhood.

Toji persuaded Di Qiu'er to become his ally, offering her a chance to escape her foretold fate and help him pursue powerful opportunities. After they agreed to cooperate, both struggled with their physical attraction to each other, and Di Qiu'er began wondering about dual cultivation.

• Toji urged Di Qiu'er to join him rather than face her fate alone, and promised she could leave or refuse to help whenever she wanted.
• Toji asked Di Qiu'er to lend him her auspicious influence so he could pursue opportunities such as the Ice Empress's and Snow Empress's Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Di Qiu'er accepted Toji's proposal, and they shook hands as allies.
• Toji teased Di Qiu'er about her age and called her Qiu'er despite her request that he use her full name.
• Toji tried to calm his physical desire by closing his eyes and cultivating, while Di Qiu'er felt affected by his masculine scent and wondered whether dual cultivation would improve her cultivation.

Di Qiu'er spent the night in Toji's cramped room, where their clashing presence and an embarrassing blanket mishap made it difficult to settle down. They eventually cultivated separately, and the night passed without further incident.

• Di Qiu'er told Toji that the Scarlet King was secretly protecting her while she traveled outside.
• Toji refused to give up his bed, and Di Qiu'er chose to sleep on the floor after arguing with him.
• Di Qiu'er pulled back Toji's blanket and saw him exposed, then blushed and called him a pervert.
• Di Qiu'er and Toji traded more teasing remarks before each began cultivating in a separate part of the room.

Toji and Di Qiu'er shared breakfast in Mingdu before Di Qiu'er urged him to attend an auction for a Ranked Carving Knife that could yield gold of life. They headed into the city together, where Toji took her wrist to deter attention from other men.

• Toji teased Di Qiu'er by claiming he had bought breakfast only for himself, then shared the food with her.
• Di Qiu'er advised Toji to keep the auction invitation because a Ranked Carving Knife there could be purified into gold of life.
• Toji thanked Di Qiu'er for her advice and decided the auction was worth attending.
• Toji and Di Qiu'er walked through Mingdu, where her appearance drew attention from passersby.
• Toji took Di Qiu'er's wrist to reduce the unwanted attention, and she questioned why he was holding her.