Chapter Summaries

After enduring the painful fusion that gave Huo Yuhao his Second Martial Soul, he returned to Sun Moon with Kong Deming’s group. Kong Deming brought him into a restricted laboratory and revealed the Sun Moon Empire’s latest Soul Tool technology: Battle Armor.

• The Ice Empress controlled the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s stinger as Huo Yuhao underwent a Soul Bone fusion, enduring severe pain while Kong Deming and the others watched helplessly.
• More than half a month later, Huo Yuhao woke to Kong Ling’s visit after returning to Sun Moon, where he had successfully acquired his Second Martial Soul.
• Kong Ling led Huo Yuhao through the Worship Hall to a restricted laboratory, where Kong Deming and Kong Xuan were waiting.
• Kong Deming asked Huo Yuhao to keep what he was about to see secret, and Huo Yuhao pledged to honor his trust.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes to examine an apparently ordinary suit of armor and saw its intricate, living-looking Soul Tool patterns.
• Kong Deming revealed that the armor was called Battle Armor, the latest product of Soul Tool Technology.

Kong Deming and Kong Xuan revealed the Sun Moon Empire’s first One-Word Battle Armor, which boosted Kong Xuan’s Soul Power to a level comparable to a Soul Saint. They decided to showcase it at next year’s Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, and Kong Deming added battle armor study to Huo Yuhao’s training.

• After more than five years of research, Kong Deming presented the first complete suit of battle armor and invited Kong Xuan to try it on.
• Kong Xuan equipped the One-Word Battle Armor and found that its amplification raised his Soul Power to a level no weaker than a Soul Saint’s.
• Kong Deming said Xi Yuan had grasped key principles of Spirit Forging and expected to complete his first attempt within two years.
• Kong Xuan chose to reveal the battle armor at the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, and Kong Deming warned that its power would draw attention from rival powers.
• Kong Deming told Huo Yuhao that he would teach him how to make battle armor, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

Kong Xuan was invited to join Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s reserve team for the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament and argued that his Soul Master classmates should also be considered. He urged Ren Jun to lead the team against Shrek Academy, then revealed that he had become a Soul King.

• Xiao Hongchen invited Kong Xuan to join the reserve team for the tournament in the Star Luo Empire and said his place was secured.
• Kong Xuan urged Xiao Hongchen to consider Soul Master class students such as Kong Ling, and Xiao Hongchen said the decision was not his to make.
• Kong Xuan asked Ren Jun whether he wanted to meet old acquaintances from Shrek Academy by leading the team in next year’s tournament.
• Kong Xuan challenged Ren Jun’s doubts about his chances of winning and revealed two purple and three black Soul Rings.
• Ren Jun was stunned to see Kong Xuan’s fifth Soul Ring and exclaimed that Kong Xuan had broken through to Soul King.

Kong Xuan proposed that his classmates compete for places on the academy’s reserve team, and Ren Jun arranged a match against the current team. As the seven Soul Master students faced the reserve team led by Xiao Hongchen, Ma Sheng began to announce a team battle before someone objected.

• Kong Xuan told Ren Jun that their classmates could challenge the Level 4 Soul Engineer reserve members for places on the team.
• Ren Jun agreed to seek an opportunity, then gathered Kong Xuan and six classmates in the Soul Fighting Arena the next day.
• Ren Jun arrived with the reserve team, including Xiao Hongchen, Xiao Meng Hongchen, and vice dean Ma Sheng.
• Ren Jun explained that the reserve team had two Soul Kings and five Soul Ancestors, then challenged Kong Xuan’s group to prove their strength in a match.
• Xu Tianyi accepted the challenge, and Ma Sheng began to agree to a seven-on-seven battle before an unidentified voice objected.

Kong Xuan and Xiao Hongchen negotiated a five-on-five match to decide who would earn tournament spots, with neither captain nor Meng Hongchen participating. The teams took their positions, and Ren Jun began refereeing as the match was about to start.

• Xiao Hongchen argued that Kong Xuan’s team should not automatically replace the reserve team, so Kong Xuan proposed a five-on-five match excluding himself, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Kong Ling.
• Ma Sheng approved the arrangement and gave both sides five minutes to plan their tactics.
• Kong Xuan entrusted Shui Ling with commanding his team, and the selected participants went down to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Meng Hongchen teased Kong Xuan about missing her, while Kong Ling stayed beside them and watched Gu Yuena in the arena.
• Xiao Hongchen doubted Kong Xuan’s team could win without Kong Xuan and Kong Ling, but Kong Xuan defended Huo Yuhao and warned Xiao Hongchen against judging the match by Soul Power alone.
• Ren Jun agreed to referee, flew above the arena, and declared the match begun.

The Soul Master class faced the reserve Soul Engineers, whose two turrets unleashed a barrage intended to win the match in one overwhelming attack. Huo Yuhao’s detection and Gu Yuena’s protection helped the Soul Master class survive, leaving the reserve team’s two attackers drained and the match poised to turn against them.

• Both teams activated their Martial Souls, and the reserve Soul Engineers transformed into turrets built for blanketing fire.
• Xu Tianyi and Xu Wei split apart as Zhou Xinghao and Meng Yuxiang launched a relentless barrage of more than a hundred Soul Tool attacks.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to guide his teammates, while Shui Ling coordinated their movement with Puppeteering Spirit Thread.
• Gu Yuena intercepted attacks aimed at Shui Ling with elemental powers, protecting her until the turrets ran out of fire.
• Zhou Xinghao and Meng Yuxiang exhausted their Soul Power without seriously injuring anyone, and Ma Sheng reconsidered the Soul Master class’s chances.
• Xiao Hongchen was stunned by the outcome, while Meng Hongchen watched Kong Xuan with admiration.

After Zhou Xinghao and Meng Yuxiang’s barrage failed to harm the opposing team, Xu Wei used his speed to eliminate both of them. As the Soul Engineers took to the air, Xu Tianyi faced Xiao Ping while Xu Wei went after Xiao Yuheng.

• Zhou Xinghao and Meng Yuxiang finished their attacks and discovered that all five opponents were unharmed.
• Xu Wei dashed past Zhou Xinghao and Meng Yuxiang, and Ren Jun’s interventions marked both Soul Engineers as eliminated.
• Xiao Ping hurled his spear at Xu Wei, who evaded it with Lightning Flash, while Shi Xing and Xiao Yuheng unfolded their metal wings and flew up.
• Xu Tianyi told Xu Wei to leave Xiao Ping to him, and Xu Wei turned toward the airborne Soul Engineers.
• Xiao Ping thrust his spear at Xu Tianyi, who deflected the strike with Dragon Radiance Body Protection and countered with Dragon Radiance Rend.
• Xu Wei turned into lightning and shot into the sky toward Xiao Yuheng.

Huo Yuhao and Shui Ling outmaneuvered Shi Xing and Xiao Yuheng’s team, damaging Shi Xing’s Flying Soul Tool and turning the aerial fight against them. After Xiao Yuheng saved Shi Xing from falling, Shi Xing unexpectedly fired a Soul Cannon at him, leaving their betrayal exposed.

• Xiao Yuheng used elemental Soul Tools to keep Xu Wei at a distance, while Shi Xing charged a Level 4 high-explosive shell at Shui Ling.
• Shui Ling dodged Shi Xing’s shell by using her Puppeteering Spirit Thread to pull herself toward Gu Yuena, creating an opening for Huo Yuhao to damage Shi Xing’s Flying Soul Tool with Disintegration Rays.
• Xu Wei used Thunderstorm Ring and Chain Thunderstorm to numb Xiao Yuheng and strike Shi Xing, sending Shi Xing falling from the sky.
• Xiao Yuheng caught Shi Xing and helped him land safely, believing they needed to keep fighting together.
• Shi Xing aimed a small Soul Cannon at Xiao Yuheng and fired, but the referee blocked the shot with a Defensive Soul Tool.

Shui Ling’s control turned the Soul Master class’s match against the Soul Tool Department reserve team into a decisive victory, leaving Xiao Ping to surrender. Ma Sheng challenged the agreed result, but Kong Xuan proposed that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen compete for regular-team positions instead of taking reserve slots.

• Shui Ling’s Soul Skills drained Shi Xing’s Soul Power and let her control him, causing him to eliminate Xiao Yuheng and turn against Xiao Ping.
• Xiao Ping surrendered, and Ren Jun declared the Soul Master class the winner without losing a member.
• Ma Sheng argued that one match did not settle who should hold the reserve team positions, while Ren Jun insisted the agreement should stand.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed a seven-against-seven rematch, but Kong Xuan rejected the need for one and suggested Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen challenge the regular team instead.
• Kong Xuan asked Ma Sheng whether he accepted the proposal, as Ma Sheng’s expression tightened with anger.

After the Soul Master class won the match, Jing Hongchen upheld the agreement to give them the reserve-team places and explained why the academy needed to prioritize training Soul Masters. Ma Sheng learned that Battle Armor could greatly enhance Soul Masters, but Jing Hongchen reassured him that the Soul Tool Department’s Humanoid Soul Tool also had a future.

• Ma Sheng agreed that the Soul Master class had won the match, and Ren Jun celebrated with his students.
• Xiao Hongchen acknowledged that he and the others had underestimated their opponents, while Ma Sheng went to ask Jing Hongchen about the reserve-team places.
• Jing Hongchen upheld the agreement to award the places based on strength and said Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen could challenge the main-team members.
• Ma Sheng warned that the academy risked neglecting Soul Engineers, but Jing Hongchen showed him classified documents about Battle Armor and confirmed its power was real.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Battle Armor made traditional Soul Master training a priority, then encouraged Ma Sheng by affirming that the Humanoid Soul Tool was another future for Soul Tools.

Xiao Hongchen broke through to Soul Power Level fifty-four and found Meng Hongchen upset that Kong Xuan had brought Gu Yuena home. Meng Hongchen decided to go find Kong Xuan, while Gu Yuena had stayed at his home after the academy holiday began and no one came to take her back.

• Xiao Hongchen used the simulated cultivation room to break through from Level fifty-three to Level fifty-four.
• Xiao Hongchen saw Meng Hongchen looking gloomy and stopped her in the corridor.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen that Kong Xuan had brought Gu Yuena home, and Xiao Hongchen tried to comfort her with advice about romance.
• Meng Hongchen leaped out a window, unfolded her Flying Soul Tool, and flew to find Kong Xuan, telling Xiao Hongchen not to follow.
• Gu Yuena had agreed to stay at Kong Xuan's home after the academy holiday began and no one came to take her home.

Meng Hongchen visited Kong Xuan and directly confessed her feelings, and he admitted that he liked her. They agreed to be more open about their relationship, while Meng Hongchen asked him to beat up her brother Xiao Hongchen for insulting him.

• Meng Hongchen arrived at Kong Xuan's courtyard and asked where Gu Yuena was, while Kong Ling led Gu Yuena inside.
• Meng Hongchen asked Kong Xuan to speak privately, then confessed that she liked him and asked whether he liked her.
• Kong Xuan said he was not ready for a relationship but liked Meng Hongchen, and she cried with happiness.
• Kong Xuan assured Meng Hongchen that he and Gu Yuena were only friends, and Meng Hongchen asked him not to avoid her and to hold her hand at the academy.
• Meng Hongchen asked Kong Xuan to beat up Xiao Hongchen for the bad things he had said about him.

Kong Ling accepted Meng Hongchen as her brother’s future partner, while Bi Ji brought Gu Yuena back to the Star Dou Great Forest. There, Gu Yuena discussed Kong Xuan’s divinity and the proposed Soul Spirit Method with Di Tian, concluding that the Soul Beasts might no longer have to fight alone.

• Kong Ling learned that Meng Hongchen and Kong Xuan had worked things out and told Meng Hongchen that she approved of their relationship.
• Bi Ji arrived at Kong Xuan’s home, collected Gu Yuena, and invited her to return to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Yuena secretly asked Kong Xuan whether she counted as a normal human, and he replied that she had only just passed.
• Bi Ji and Gu Yuena flew through the Star Dou Great Forest, where Soul Beasts submitted to Bi Ji’s presence, before arriving at the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian welcomed Gu Yuena and questioned whether Kong Xuan was truly a god and whether the Soul Spirit Method could be trusted.
• Gu Yuena told the Ferocious Beasts that they would assess the Soul Spirit Method when they saw it and suggested that the Soul Beasts might no longer be fighting alone.

Gu Yuena asked the ferocious beasts how she could fit in better among humans, prompting Di Tian to warn her against falling in love with one. She left the discussion thinking she had learned that close humans often use nicknames rather than each other’s names.

• Di Tian remained wary of Kong Xuan but recognized that his appearance had given Gu Yuena hope for the Soul Beast Clan.
• Gu Yuena asked the ferocious beasts for advice on seeming more human, and Xiong Jun described human hypocrisy while Bi Ji spoke of sincere emotions and love.
• Di Tian warned Gu Yuena that human love had brought tragedy to soul beasts such as Ah Yin and Xiao Wu, and she clarified that she only wanted to fit into human society.
• Myriad Demon King cautioned that humans were skilled at scheming, and Di Tian urged Gu Yuena to understand people through small details.
• Gu Yuena realized that close humans often used nicknames for each other and said she understood Di Tian’s advice.

Kong Xuan and Meng Hongchen returned to the academy openly holding hands, while Gu Yuena came back and asked everyone to call her Na'er. As the group went to lunch together, Gu Yuena began to feel an unfamiliar interest in Kong Xuan.

• Kong Xuan and Meng Hongchen arrived at the academy hand in hand, revealing their relationship to the students.
• Xu Wei learned that Xu Tianyi had reached Soul Power rank forty-two and that he himself had only reached rank thirty-nine.
• Gu Yuena returned and told Kong Xuan and the others they could call her Na'er.
• Kong Xuan invited Na'er, Xu Wei, and Xu Tianyi to lunch with him and Meng Hongchen, and they all headed to the cafeteria.
• Na'er watched Kong Xuan and Meng Hongchen together and began to feel an interest in Kong Xuan, though she did not understand the emotion.

As the tournament team trained together, Crown Prince Xu Tianran visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to encourage its competitors and court Kong Xuan and Kong Ling. Kong Xuan politely deflected his overtures while recognizing the danger of getting entangled with Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult; meanwhile, a personnel dispute broke out at Shrek Academy.

• The main and reserve teams held mixed Soul Fighting matches, and Kong Xuan's strength impressed the main team, including captain Ma Rulong.
• Ma Sheng gathered both teams at Soul Fighting Arena No. 21, where Dean Jing Hongchen arrived with Ju Zi and the crippled crown prince Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran praised the students as representatives of the empire and presented high-grade Soul Tool cores as a gift, which Ma Sheng accepted.
• Jing Hongchen introduced Kong Xuan and Kong Ling to Xu Tianran, who invoked their royal blood and praised their talent.
• Kong Xuan answered Xu Tianran politely but guardedly, wary of his attempt to recruit them and of his ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• A dispute over personnel broke out at Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy held a battle royale to select its reserve team, but Xu Sanshi challenged the result after Jiang Nannan was eliminated. He declared he would leave the academy if she could not get a spot, and Xuan Zi confronted him with overwhelming pressure.

• Xuan Zi announced that Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu had won places on the reserve team.
• Xu Sanshi objected that Jiang Nannan had been eliminated despite having four rings while Zhu Lu had only two, and Xuan Zi defended the selection rules.
• Xu Sanshi said he would give up his spot, but Jiang Nannan rejected his gesture and told him not to involve her.
• Xuan Zi threatened to expel Xu Sanshi, and Xu Sanshi declared he would leave Shrek Academy and urged Jiang Nannan to return to the Xuanming Sect with him.
• Xuan Zi released his Level 98 Super Douluo presence, forcing the students to struggle to stand and accusing Xu Sanshi of betraying Shrek's investment and glory.

Xuan Zi put an end to Xu Sanshi’s threat to leave Shrek Academy, while Xu Sanshi began seriously reconsidering his place there. In Star Luo City, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared for the tournament and learned that Shrek had arrived with only five young students and one teacher.

• Bei Bei calmed Xuan Zi and persuaded Xu Sanshi to back down by reminding him that leaving Shrek Academy would separate him from Jiang Nannan.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the gathering and told the seven selected students to meet again the next morning; Xu Sanshi thanked Bei Bei and began reconsidering whether to leave the academy.
• Star Luo City filled with visitors for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, and Meng Hongchen explored the city with Kong Xuan.
• Ma Sheng explained the tournament format, and Ren Jun named Shrek Academy, Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy, and Di'ao Academy as teams to watch.
• Lin Xi reported that Shrek Academy had checked into the Star Emperor Hotel with only five young team members and one teacher, prompting Kong Xuan to think that the Supreme Elder had delivered as usual.

Kong Xuan told the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy that Shrek’s inspection mission had left its main team devastated, and Ren Jun learned that Xuan Zi had again failed to protect the students in time. The meeting ended with Ren Jun leaving in anger and Ma Sheng warning everyone to take precautions during future Soul Hunting trips.

• Kong Xuan reported that Shrek’s reserve team members had arrived, while its injured main team members could not compete soon.
• Ren Jun explained Shrek’s Inspection Corps, and the group debated whether Shrek was right to intervene in other countries’ affairs.
• Kong Xuan revealed that two main team members and one reserve member had died, while others had been crippled or injured in an attack by an Evil Soul Master.
• Kong Xuan explained that the Soul King’s Corpse Explosion overwhelmed the students and that their accompanying protector arrived too late.
• Ren Jun realized Xuan Zi had been the protector, recalled his past failures that had cost students their lives or limbs, and left the meeting.
• Ma Sheng warned the team to stay vigilant and carry defensive soul tools when Soul Hunting.

Ren Jun visited Wang Yan and learned the details of the disastrous inspection mission, renewing his anger at Xuan Zi for failing to protect the students. At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi offered to resign from his leadership posts, but the elders knew the academy could not afford to lose him.

• Ren Jun went to Shrek Academy's quarters and asked Wang Yan what had happened during the inspection mission.
• Wang Yan described the Corpse Explosion attack, which killed two Soul Kings and left several students severely injured or dead.
• Wang Yan explained that Xuan Zi arrived only after the explosions, rescued a hostage, and failed to kill the fleeing Evil Soul Master.
• Ren Jun condemned Xuan Zi for once again abandoning students while he was supposed to protect them.
• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion Meeting that he would resign as deputy commander of the Shrek Inspection Corps and withdraw from the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe objected as the elders considered the consequences of Xuan Zi leaving.