Chapter Summaries

Zi JI visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and arranged for a member of her clan to enroll in its Soul Master class. Kong Xuan suspected Gu Yuena would be the student, and the chapter ended as Ren Jun’s lesson was interrupted by someone at the classroom door.

• Zi JI introduced herself to Jing Hongchen as Demon Dragon and asked to enroll a clan member at the academy.
• Zi JI chose the Soul Master class and told Jing Hongchen she would bring the student the next day.
• Jing Hongchen considered cultivating ties with Zi JI’s supposed secluded clan, then returned to Mingde Hall.
• Yun Ming recognized Zi JI as the Hell Demon Dragon King, and Kong Xuan suspected Gu Yuena would be enrolling.
• Ren Jun stopped teaching his fourth-year class and turned toward the classroom door.

Gu Yuena joined Ren Jun’s class at Sun Moon Academy and revealed that she was a rank-thirty-nine Soul Elder. Kong Xuan recognized her as the Silver Dragon King, while Yun Ming began to suspect she was his disciple Na’er and connected her name to Gu Yue.

• Jing Hongchen brought Gu Yuena to Ren Jun and enrolled her in his class.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself as a twelve-year-old rank-thirty-nine Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder, startling the class.
• Gu Yuena chose the empty seat behind Kong Xuan, who concluded that she had come to Sun Moon for him.
• Yun Ming recognized Gu Yuena’s silver hair and purple eyes as resembling his disciple Na’er, but doubted she could be a transformed Soul Beast.
• Kong Xuan asked Yun Ming about Gu Yue, prompting Yun Ming to connect the names Gu Yue, Na’er, and Gu Yuena and demand an explanation.

Kong Xuan revealed to Yun Ming that Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King, prompting Yun Ming to worry that she might threaten humanity. After class, Gu Yuena approached Kong Xuan and asked him to show her around the academy, and he agreed so he could learn what she wanted.

• Kong Xuan explained that Gu Yue and Na'er were two halves of Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, who had split when taking human form.
• Yun Ming realized Gu Yuena was a First-Level God and worried that she might attack humanity, but Kong Xuan reminded him that the Divine Realm could intervene if she used her power openly.
• Gu Yuena observed the academy and sensed that fate had changed, leading her to enter the human world and seek contact with Kong Xuan.
• After Ren Jun dismissed class, Gu Yuena told Kong Xuan that he was strong and asked him to interact with her more.
• Gu Yuena asked Kong Xuan to show her around the academy, and he agreed so he could probe her purpose.

Kong Ling suspected that Gu Yuena was pursuing Kong Xuan and enlisted Meng Hongchen to investigate. Meng Hongchen judged Gu Yuena a formidable rival after meeting her, while Kong Xuan continued showing Gu Yuena around the academy.

• Kong Ling told Xu Wei she suspected Gu Yuena had a hidden motive for approaching Kong Xuan, then decided to ask Meng Hongchen for help.
• Kong Ling found Meng Hongchen in the Soul Tool Department laboratory and told her that a silver-haired, purple-eyed new student was with Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan showed Gu Yuena around the academy, though their conversation was awkward and she seemed uncomfortable with the attention they drew.
• Kong Ling and Meng Hongchen found Kong Xuan and Gu Yuena near the Soul Fighting Zone, and Meng Hongchen assessed Gu Yuena as a formidable rival.
• Kong Xuan introduced Meng Hongchen to Gu Yuena as his good friend, leaving Meng Hongchen briefly disappointed.

Meng Hongchen watched Gu Yuena closely while showing her around the academy with Kong Xuan, then grew wary of her as a potential rival. That night, Gu Yuena probed Kong Xuan’s mind, but his Sea of Consciousness resisted her and suddenly devoured her spiritual power, leaving her injured.

• Meng Hongchen joined Kong Xuan and Gu Yuena on a tour of the academy, walking close to Kong Xuan while watching Gu Yuena for a reaction.
• After the tour, Meng Hongchen told Kong Ling that Gu Yuena was either no threat or a formidable rival, and vowed to keep an eye on her.
• That night, Gu Yuena released her seal and used her powerful spiritual sense to probe Kong Xuan while he slept.
• Yun Ming warned Kong Xuan of Gu Yuena’s intrusion and reassured him that she could not enter his Sea of Consciousness.
• As Gu Yuena tried to withdraw, a force from Kong Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness seized her spiritual power, causing her to lose control and spit blood.

Gu Yuena’s spiritual probe into Kong Xuan was devoured by Electrolux, convincing her that Kong Xuan was a god. Unsure how to handle him, she missed Di Tian, who sent Bi Ji to check on her in Mingdu; meanwhile, Electrolux finally appeared before Kong Xuan.

• Gu Yuena’s spiritual power failed to enter Kong Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness, and Electrolux devoured it, growing stronger.
• Gu Yuena concluded that Kong Xuan was a god and realized he had been probing her, leaving her uncertain how to face him.
• Gu Yuena thought she would have welcomed Di Tian’s advice as she worried about the unknown god.
• Di Tian sensed unease about Gu Yuena’s visit to the human world and asked Bi Ji to go to Mingdu and check on her.
• Kong Xuan called to Electrolux, and an aged voice answered as the gray bead became an illusory figure.

Electrolux spoke with Kong Xuan and Yun Ming, then returned to his bead to recover, while Yun Ming wondered whether Kong Xuan was a god before accepting his explanation. The chapter ended with the fourth-year class beginning and Gu Yuena daydreaming in the back row.

• Electrolux recognized that Kong Xuan’s gold of life had drawn him across planes, but said he needed to purify it before it could help restore his memories.
• Electrolux praised Kong Xuan’s Sea-Calming Divine Needle and told Yun Ming that the Sea of Consciousness had helped nourish him.
• Kong Xuan told Yun Ming that the Holy Demon Continent and Douluo Continent shared a Divine Realm, prompting Yun Ming to suspect his disciple was a god.
• Kong Xuan denied being a god or reincarnated deity and said a knowledgeable elder had once told him stories, and Yun Ming chose not to press him.
• Ren Jun began the morning lesson by reviewing student information and combat experience while Gu Yuena daydreamed in the back row.

Gu Yuena joined Kong Xuan’s cultivation group as she tried to grow closer to him, while her awkward manner convinced Kong Ling that she was a rival for her brother’s attention. At the academy, Bi Ji reassured Jing Hongchen about Gu Yuena’s status and safety, then arranged to speak with her privately.

• Gu Yuena followed Kong Xuan and his friends to the training room, and Kong Ling asked why she was trailing them.
• Gu Yuena said she wanted to cultivate with them, and Kong Xuan welcomed her into the group.
• Gu Yuena’s clumsy interactions made her seem especially interested in Kong Xuan, prompting Kong Ling to plan to share information with Meng Hongchen.
• Bi Ji met Jing Hongchen in his office, identified Gu Yuena as the clan’s little princess, and reassured him that she trusted the academy to care for her.
• Gu Yuena arrived at the dean’s office, and Bi Ji asked Jing Hongchen to let her show her around the academy so they could speak privately.

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Gu Yuena told Bi Ji that Kong Xuan was a god who might match her strength and had likely discovered her identity. As Bi Ji grasped the danger this posed to the Soul Beasts, Gu Yuena asked for her suggestions on what to do next.

• Gu Yuena led Bi Ji to a secluded pavilion and put up a soundproof barrier before asking why she had come to the academy.
• Bi Ji explained that Di Tian had sent her to check on Gu Yuena, who insisted she had mostly adapted to human society.
• Gu Yuena told Bi Ji that her investigation had led her to conclude Kong Xuan was a god, possibly as strong as she was.
• Gu Yuena revealed that Kong Xuan probably already knew her identity, and Bi Ji panicked at the threat this posed to the Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena said she had some plans in mind but asked Bi Ji to offer her suggestions.

Gu Yuena and Bi Ji decided to speak with Kong Xuan about his discovery of Gu Yuena’s identity, then found him refereeing a battle at the academy. Kong Xuan left with them for their discussion, while the students prepared to continue training.

• Bi Ji advised Gu Yuena to meet Kong Xuan openly, and Gu Yuena decided that Bi Ji would accompany her.
• Gu Yuena and Bi Ji went to Soul Fighting Arena 218 and watched Shui Ling and Xu Tianyi defeat Xu Wei and Kong Ling’s team.
• Bi Ji remarked on the progress of human Soul Masters, while Gu Yuena worried that humans would eventually leave Soul Beasts with no place to survive.
• Kong Xuan landed beside Gu Yuena, recognized Bi Ji, and agreed to leave with them for a proper talk.
• Xu Wei, Xu Tianyi, Kong Ling, and Shui Ling discussed Bi Ji’s unusual vitality and prepared for another round of training.

Kong Xuan met with Gu Yuena and Bi Ji to discuss his attitude toward Soul Beasts and proposed researching ways for humans to obtain Soul Rings without hunting them. He secured Gu Yuena’s promise of cooperation and ended by declaring that they shared a common enemy.

• Gu Yuena sealed the dining hall against outside scrutiny and asked Kong Xuan why he remained on the Douluo Continent as a god.
• Kong Xuan claimed he came from another world and said Soul Beasts were an indispensable part of the continent, easing Gu Yuena’s suspicions.
• Bi Ji explained that Soul Rings and Soul Bones made humans and Soul Beasts enemies and that Soul Beast numbers were declining.
• Kong Xuan proposed finding a way to obtain Soul Rings without hunting Soul Beasts and said he already had ideas for the research.
• Gu Yuena promised the Soul Beasts would cooperate if the research succeeded, and Kong Xuan said they had a common enemy.

Kong Xuan persuaded Gu Yuena that they shared an enemy in the Divine Realm’s new Asura God, and they agreed to become allies once his Soul Ring substitute research succeeded. As Gu Yuena and Bi Ji left the dining hall, Gu Yuena explained that cooperating with Kong Xuan was a gamble the Soul Beast Clan could not afford to refuse.

• Kong Xuan reminded Gu Yuena that the Divine Realm’s gods had once hunted her, leading her to recognize their shared enemy.
• Kong Xuan told Gu Yuena that the current Asura God was a God King who monitored the Douluo Continent and would target them if he discovered their strength.
• Gu Yuena offered the Soul Beast Clan as Kong Xuan’s loyal ally if he meant them no harm, and Kong Xuan proposed beginning their cooperation after his research succeeded.
• Gu Yuena accepted Kong Xuan’s proposal, then left the dining hall with Bi Ji as he considered how her help could advance his plans.
• Bi Ji questioned Gu Yuena’s promise, and Gu Yuena explained that even a costly gamble with Kong Xuan offered more hope than fighting him or waiting for the Soul Beast Clan to decline.

Huo Yuhao completed a Level 2 Soul Tool in record time, impressing Xuan Ziwen and Ju Zi. Kong Xuan then took him to a private cultivation room, where Tian Meng warned that someone was going to make a move on him.

• Huo Yuhao carved and assembled a Soul Guidance Ray Gun, which fired a powerful golden beam and registered a 128% energy conversion rate.
• Xuan Ziwen declared Huo Yuhao a Level 2 Soul Engineer, and Ju Zi and Kong Xuan praised him for breaking the academy's record.
• Kong Xuan took Huo Yuhao away from the laboratory and led him through the academy to a private cultivation room.
• Kong Xuan asked Huo Yuhao to bring out Tian Meng, who warned him that they were going to make a move on him.

Huo Yuhao persuaded the wary Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to meet Kong Xuan, who revealed that he only wanted the silkworm’s help with research. Kong Xuan then brought Electrolux out of his Sea of Consciousness, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized something familiar in the old man’s presence.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm feared Kong Xuan wanted to seize the million years of Soul Power sealed within Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao defended Kong Xuan and persuaded him to appear.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reluctantly met Kong Xuan, who said he wanted to ask for a favor.
• Kong Xuan recalled how Electrolux had purified the Blade of Curses into the Blade of Life and helped him study Soul Rings as part of their research into the Soul Spirit Method.
• Kong Xuan summoned Electrolux from his Sea of Consciousness, and the old man emerged in the cultivation room.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a familiar presence from Electrolux and became wary.

Kong Xuan explained the Soul Spirit Method to Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng, and Electrolux examined how Tian Meng had become a Wisdom Soul Ring. Afterward, Kong Xuan went to discuss Electrolux’s findings and the research’s next steps with him and Yun Ming.

• Electrolux recognized Tian Meng and observed that his spiritual power had survived inside Huo Yuhao as a Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Kong Xuan explained how the Soul Spirit Method could help prevent conflict between humans and Soul Beasts as their numbers dwindled.
• Tian Meng agreed to cooperate, and Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing so Electrolux could study their connection.
• Electrolux deduced how Tian Meng had sealed his Soul Power in Huo Yuhao and moved his spiritual power into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, while criticizing the method as too crude for ordinary Soul Beasts to use.
• Electrolux acknowledged that Tian Meng’s idea could inform the research, then returned to Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Kong Xuan left to discuss Electrolux’s observations and the direction of the Soul Spirit research with Electrolux and Yun Ming.

Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm planned to travel to the Far North so Huo Yuhao could obtain a second Soul Ring and Martial Soul. Kong Xuan revealed he knew about their plan, approved the trip, and said he and Kong Ling would accompany them, leaving the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wary of their intentions toward the Ice Empress.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to seek a second Soul Ring and explained his plan for Huo Yuhao to obtain the Ice Empress as a Wisdom Soul Ring and second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao asked Kong Xuan for permission to travel to the Far North, and Kong Xuan immediately guessed they also intended to obtain a second Martial Soul.
• Kong Xuan summoned the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and revealed that he knew their target was the Ice Empress.
• Kong Xuan told Huo Yuhao he was free to go and would not be forced to stay in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Kong Xuan announced that he, Kong Ling, and Kong Deming would accompany Huo Yuhao to the Far North, prompting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to ask whether they would attack the Ice Empress.
• Kong Xuan avoided answering directly and said the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might trust them after the journey.

Kong Xuan’s group and three Shrek Academy students crossed paths at a restaurant in Aolai City while traveling near the Far North. Both groups assessed each other’s strength and identities, but neither approached the other, leaving their purposes separate.

• Kong Deming’s group entered the Snow Wolf Restaurant, ordered food, and sat by a window overlooking the snow-covered mountains.
• Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Ling Luochen arrived and chose a table far from Kong Xuan’s group; Zhang Lexuan used a soundproofing Soul Tool to speak privately.
• Zhang Lexuan identified the people by the window as potentially powerful, noting that she could not sense the old man’s Soul Power and suspected he might be a Titled Douluo.
• Kong Deming and Kong Xuan sensed the three women’s cultivation, identifying them as a Soul Douluo, a Soul Saint, and a Soul King.
• Kong Xuan recognized the women as likely Shrek students, including Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Ling Luochen, and Kong Deming said they should focus on their own business.

Kong Deming helped Zhang Lexuan defeat the Evil Soul Master Xue Sha, then revealed that his moon martial soul shared the same origin as hers. Zhang Lexuan realized they were blood relatives, while Kong Deming greeted her as “Little Lexuan.”

• Kong Deming struck Xue Sha from the ground, and Zhang Lexuan pinned him with moonlight as he tried to escape.
• Kong Deming trapped Xue Sha inside the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, where the Evil Soul Master died from his secret art’s side effect.
• Zhang Lexuan thanked Kong Deming and learned that he came from the Sun Moon Empire, making her wary of him.
• Kong Ling told Zhang Lexuan that Kong Deming also had a moon martial soul, prompting him to reveal it.
• Zhang Lexuan sensed that their moon martial souls shared the same origin and realized Kong Deming was related to her by blood; he addressed her as “Little Lexuan.”

Kong Deming revealed that Zhang Lexuan was descended from the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial Kong Clan and that her mother was Kong Lin. Zhang Lexuan left with her teammates still uncertain about the revelation, while Kong Xuan privately decided to wait until he could meet her at Shrek.

• Kong Deming explained that the Moon Martial Soul was hereditary in the Sun Moon imperial family and that the imperial family had identified Zhang Lexuan years earlier.
• Kong Deming told Zhang Lexuan that her mother was Kong Lin and that he was her granduncle, while admitting the Kong Clan’s past actions had brought disaster upon her family.
• Kong Deming said he had stayed away because Zhang Lexuan was thriving at Shrek and he did not want to disrupt her life.
• Wu Ming and Ling Luochен arrived, and Zhang Lexuan thanked Kong Deming before leaving the Far North with them.
• Kong Xuan urged Kong Deming to bring Zhang Lexuan back to the Sun Moon Empire, but Kong Deming chose not to interfere with her life at Shrek.
• Kong Xuan kept quiet about Zhang Lexuan’s poor treatment at Shrek and planned to meet her after next year’s tournament.

Kong Xuan subdued the Ice Empress with the divine presence of the Ruyi Golden Cudgel and persuaded her to become Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul. The Ice Empress agreed, and she and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began preparing the process while Kong Xuan watched with Kong Deming.

• Kong Xuan released powerful spiritual pressure and divine presence, leaving the Ice Empress convinced he was favored by the gods.
• The Ice Empress mistakenly thought Kong Xuan was Tian Meng’s host, then learned that Huo Yuhao was the host and disparaged his talent.
• Kong Xuan asked about the Snow Empress, but the Ice Empress said she had not seen her and that she might have left the Far North to seek a way through her final heavenly tribulation.
• Kong Xuan promised that Huo Yuhao would become a god if the Ice Empress became his second Martial Soul, and she accepted.
• The Ice Empress trusted Kong Xuan’s promise that she would meet the Snow Empress again, while Tian Meng eagerly prepared to give Huo Yuhao a new Martial Soul.
• The Ice Empress and Tian Meng began discussing the process as Huo Yuhao stood by and Kong Xuan joined Kong Deming to watch.