Chapter Summaries

Wang Qiu'er arrived at Mingdu during a citywide lockdown and was challenged by soldiers demanding information about her identity and purpose. When she refused to reveal whom she was seeking, she fought her way past the checkpoint and entered the city.

• Guards announced that Mingdu was under lockdown and that all entrants would undergo identity checks.
• Wang Qiu'er watched soldiers beat and arrest an elderly man who tried to bribe them.
• A captain questioned Wang Qiu'er, inspected her papers, and ordered her to remove her veil and disclose whom she was seeking.
• Wang Qiu'er refused to answer, revealed her golden scales and slit pupils, and prepared to fight as soldiers aimed their weapons at her.
• Wang Qiu'er evaded the captain's attack and struck him with Golden Dragon Fist, collapsing several houses as he flew into them.
• Wang Qiu'er turned into a golden flash and escaped into Mingdu.

Wang Qiu'er’s attack plunged Mingdu into panic as the Shadow Garden stormed the Illustrious Virtue Hall to seize something hidden underground. Huo Yuhao intervened as Shadow, while Jing Hongchen was left facing Si after the Garden vanished below.

• Wang Qiu'er escaped into Mingdu after knocking out the official in charge, and soldiers began searching the city for her.
• The Shadow Garden broke into the Illustrious Virtue Hall, where its members attacked the Soul Engineers and Ke Ke ordered them to complete their mission.
• Huo Yuhao appeared as Shadow, shielded the Garden from Jing Hongchen’s Soul Cannons, and confronted him.
• Ke Ke led the Shadow Garden through a newly opened shaft toward the object below, while Huo Yuhao vanished and cut Jing Hongchen’s neck during an attack.
• Si appeared behind Jing Hongchen and announced that she would be his opponent.

Si protected the unconscious Soul Engineers from Jing Hongchen’s explosion while Ju Zi fought him above Illustrious Virtue Hall. Below, Ke Ke searched the corridor and opened a hidden door, revealing a room coated in flowing scarlet liquid.

• Si shielded the unconscious Soul Engineers from the blast, and Jing Hongchen questioned why she had saved them.
• Si told Jing Hongchen that Shadow Garden’s attack concerned the Sun Moon Empire’s actions, and he turned his Soul Cannons on Ju Zi.
• Ju Zi attacked Jing Hongchen with her sword and Soul Cannons, and the two fought without either gaining the upper hand.
• Ke Ke led Shadow Garden members through the underground passage, then searched the corridor wall alone for a hidden mechanism.
• Ke Ke found and pressed a tiny bump, opening a concealed metal door that revealed a foul-smelling room covered in scarlet liquid.

Ke Ke uncovered a ritual array in a blood-covered room and was pulled into a vision of a strange building, where a seven-colored beam attacked her before a violet light rescued her. As Mingdu descended into chaos, Huo Yuhao abandoned his plan to rob the treasury and began hunting the Evil Soul Masters preying on civilians.

• Ke Ke sucked the bloody liquid from the room, revealed the carved array, and was drawn into it when she examined the patterns.
• Ke Ke saw a strange building above a vast forest, and an indistinct figure fired a destructive seven-colored beam at her soul.
• A violet light shielded Ke Ke and sent her back to the room, where she scanned the array and destroyed it with an explosion.
• Huo Yuhao watched the fires and chaos in Mingdu from a clock tower and considered robbing the Sun Moon Empire's treasury.
• Huo Yuhao detected dozens of Evil Soul Masters killing civilians, postponed his treasury raid, and leapt down to hunt them.

Wang Qiu'er evaded soldiers in the Sun Moon Empire and made her way toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to find Huo Yuhao. After spotting two Evil Soul Masters murdering a civilian, she killed them both with a single throw of her Golden Dragon Spear.

• Wang Qiu'er hid from pursuing soldiers in an alley, then climbed to a rooftop and used her map to find her way.
• Bei Bei spotted Wang Qiu'er and mistook her for Wang Dong'er, deciding to target her to hurt Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Qiu'er crossed the rooftops toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while avoiding soldiers searching the city.
• Wang Qiu'er saw two Evil Soul Masters kill a civilian woman and recognized them from Huo Yuhao's memories.
• Wang Qiu'er kicked her Golden Dragon Spear at the Evil Soul Masters, piercing both and pinning them to a building wall.

Wang Qiu'er destroyed two Evil Soul Masters and mourned their victim before Bei Bei ambushed her. Believing her to be Wang Dong'er, Bei Bei revealed his Dark Evil Dragon Martial Soul and prepared to fight her.

• Wang Qiu'er burned the two Evil Soul Masters' corpses and covered their victim with a piece of white cloth.
• Bei Bei attacked Wang Qiu'er from behind, but she blocked part of the strike and recovered with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Bei Bei mistook Wang Qiu'er for Wang Dong'er and claimed he knew she was searching for Huo Yuhao.
• Bei Bei revealed his Dark Evil Dragon Martial Soul and seven red Soul Rings, whose trapped Soul Beast souls horrified Wang Qiu'er.
• Wang Qiu'er called Bei Bei an Evil Soul Master and readied herself to fight.

Wang Qiu'er attacked Bei Bei with her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and Golden Dragon Spear, but he survived her strikes and trapped her in his Evil Dragon Suppression Domain. Bei Bei then seized the spear and began absorbing its energy.

• Wang Qiu'er revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and charged Bei Bei with her spear.
• Wang Qiu'er shattered Bei Bei's lightning net, then struck him with her Golden Dragon attacks and wounded him with the spear.
• Bei Bei recognized that the Golden Dragon Spear could absorb life force and trapped Wang Qiu'er in his Evil Dragon Suppression Domain.
• Bei Bei reached the Golden Dragon Spear, claimed it, and cried out as its energy flowed into him.

Bei Bei seized the Golden Dragon Spear and attacked Wang Qiu'er, but Huo Yuhao arrived and overwhelmed him. Bei Bei's attempt to use his Dark Evil Dragon Martial Soul Avatar failed when the spear drained its life energy, and Wang Qiu'er reclaimed the weapon.

• Bei Bei absorbed the Golden Dragon Spear's power, pulled it from the ground, and thrust it at Wang Qiu'er.
• Huo Yuhao appeared, pierced Bei Bei with a black sword, and rescued Wang Qiu'er from the black lightning cage.
• Bei Bei recovered from the first attack, but Huo Yuhao severed his body with another sword strike.
• Bei Bei activated his Dark Evil Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Huo Yuhao, but the Golden Dragon Spear absorbed its life energy and shattered it.
• Wang Qiu'er reclaimed the Golden Dragon Spear and declared that Bei Bei had reaped what he sowed.

After the Golden Dragon Spear killed Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao helped Wang Qiu'er escape the battle site and let her stay hidden in his dormitory. He returned to the burning Illustrious Virtue Hall and staged himself as a buried victim while Shadow Garden finished its mission and departed.

• Soul Engineer squads searched the battle site, but Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er had already left.
• Huo Yuhao tried to send Wang Qiu'er out of Mingdu, but she persuaded him to let her stay and follow his arrangements.
• Huo Yuhao brought Wang Qiu'er to his dormitory and told her to claim she was a Shrek student who had come looking for him if anyone questioned her.
• At the Illustrious Virtue Hall, Si ordered Shadow Garden's members to leave after they signaled that their mission was complete, while Jing Hongchen watched them depart.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to avoid detection, covered himself in blood and debris, and squeezed beneath the rubble to await discovery.

After Shadow Garden’s attack on Illustrious Virtue Hall, Huo Yuhao let Xuan Ziwen believe he had been rescued unconscious, then slipped away and brought Wang Qiu'er into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy under a false identity. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao instructing her to pose as a Shrek Academy inner-court student and avoid conflicts.

• Jing Hongchen endured surgery to remove soul-tool components from his wounds while rescue efforts continued at Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Xuan Ziwen searched for Huo Yuhao, found his buried experiment table, and used a life-detection soul tool to locate him alive.
• Rescuers freed Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Ziwen sent him to the medical area, unaware that Huo Yuhao was conscious and observing him through Spiritual Detection.
• Huo Yuhao waited until he was alone, then left the medical area without being noticed.
• Huo Yuhao brought Wang Qiu'er into the academy through its gates and told her to claim she was a Shrek Academy inner-court student.
• Wang Qiu'er agreed to follow Huo Yuhao's instructions and avoid conflicts.

After discovering that Shadow Garden had stolen Illustrious Virtue Hall’s core technology and Xu Tianran’s hidden item, Jing Hongchen sealed the academy and led a search to Huo Yuhao’s dormitory. Huo Yuhao introduced Wang Qiu'er as a visitor from Shrek, but Jing Hongchen challenged his story by pointing out that no student of her name was in Huo Yuhao’s year.

• Jing Hongchen found Illustrious Virtue Hall’s core technology and Xu Tianran’s hidden item missing, then ordered the academy sealed and everyone searched.
• Huo Yuhao let Wang Qiu'er experience his Spiritual Detection, showing her a three-dimensional view of Mingdu.
• Wang Qiu'er spotted Jing Hongchen and a group approaching their dormitory, while Huo Yuhao told her to stay calm and wash the dishes and fruit.
• Jing Hongchen’s group forced its way into Huo Yuhao’s room and found Wang Qiu'er coming from the bathroom with a plate of fruit.
• Huo Yuhao introduced Wang Qiu'er as a Shrek student who had come to visit him, but Jing Hongchen questioned the claim because no student by that name was in his year.

Jing Hongchen suspected Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er of ties to Shadow Garden and ordered them detained for questioning, while Wang Qiu'er’s Golden Dragon Spear revealed its lethal nature. Shrek Academy’s teachers confronted Jing Hongchen over taking their students, leaving the dispute unresolved as he insisted everyone at Illustrious Virtue Hall would be examined.

• Jing Hongchen challenged Huo Yuhao’s explanation and said he would investigate Wang Qiu’er’s identity and suspected connection to Shadow Garden.
• Wang Qiu’er threatened Jing Hongchen with her Golden Dragon Spear, and Jing Hongchen knocked it away with a vibration Soul Tool that the spear reduced to dust.
• Jing Hongchen used his nine Soul Rings to subdue Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu’er, then ordered his subordinates to handcuff them and take them for separate interrogations.
• Huo Yuhao secretly worked around the Soul Tool restraints while Wang Qiu’er refused to let her escorts touch her.
• A Shrek teacher blocked Jing Hongchen’s group and defended Wang Qiu’er as a Shrek student, while Jing Hongchen maintained that everyone at Illustrious Virtue Hall would be examined.

Jing Hongchen interrogated Huo Yuhao about Shadow Garden and threatened him, but Huo Yuhao denied belonging to the organization and accused Jing Hongchen of fabricating charges. As Jing Hongchen prepared to attack, a death knell rang across Mingdu.

• Jing Hongchen overruled the Shrek teacher’s objections and had Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu’er taken away separately.
• Jing Hongchen accused Huo Yuhao of being in Shadow Garden and claimed Wang Qiu’er had confessed, then threatened him to force him to talk.
• Jing Hongchen choked Huo Yuhao and threatened Wang Qiu’er’s life before ordering him to speak into a recording Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao denied being in Shadow Garden and said Jing Hongchen was inventing charges to cover his failure, provoking Jing Hongchen to charge his Soul Missiles.
• A death knell rang across Mingdu just as Jing Hongchen was about to strike Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao escaped his confinement with a spiritual clone and freed Wang Qiu'er, then spotted Jing Hongchen racing toward the imperial palace. He took Wang Qiu'er with him to follow Jing Hongchen and watch the events unfold.

• Jing Hongchen left Huo Yuhao's cell in a fury, and Huo Yuhao used the opportunity to free himself and leave a spiritual clone behind.
• Huo Yuhao found Wang Qiu'er in another room, revealed himself, and reassured her that they would leave soon.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er slipped out of the dungeon using his Simulation Soul Skill, leaving clones behind to conceal their escape.
• Huo Yuhao detected Jing Hongchen flying toward the imperial palace and told Wang Qiu'er they were going to watch a show.
• Huo Yuhao covered himself and Wang Qiu'er in Shadow Garden's Slime Bodysuits, then sped after Jing Hongchen.

Ju Zi returned to the imperial palace and reported that the princes were marching on it, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er secretly watched Xu Tianran prepare to crush them. Xu Tianran promised Ju Zi the throne’s armies and the title of empress after the coup was secured.

• Ju Zi reached the palace hall, aimed a Soul Cannon at Jing Hongchen as he approached, then entered after Xu Tianran identified him.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er watched from a palace gate, and Huo Yuhao told her not to intervene unless they were in danger.
• Huo Yuhao saw Evil Soul Masters devouring dead soldiers beside Class 7 stationary Soul Missiles, and noticed rare spatial gems in the dragon throne’s eyes.
• Xu Tianran sat on the dragon throne beside the deceased emperor’s body, with a skull-masked Evil Soul Master standing nearby.
• Ju Zi reported that the princes were bringing their private troops to the palace and that her forces were lying in ambush.
• Xu Tianran praised Ju Zi and promised she would become his only wife and empress, with command of the empire’s armies.

Xu Tianran confronted Jing Hongchen over Shadow Garden’s raid and learned that Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er were being held under house arrest. As a rival prince’s rebel force challenged his claim to the throne, Xu Tianran sprang a trap, but two Stationary Soul Missiles appeared above the rebels.

• Xu Tianran praised Ju Zi and reprimanded Jing Hongchen, but the Imperial Preceptor confirmed Jing’s account of his encounter with Shadow Garden.
• Jing Hongchen reported that Wang Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao were under house arrest, and Xu Tianran ordered him to verify their ties to Shrek before deciding what to do with them.
• Huo Yuhao took Wang Qiu'er away from the city gate and explained that Xu Tianran’s rival was leading a rebellion, while two better-equipped Soul Engineer legions lay in ambush.
• Xu Tianran confronted his uncle, who demanded that he surrender the throne, and offered him wealth and safety if he withdrew.
• When the rebel force refused to back down, the Imperial Preceptor whisked Xu Tianran and his companions away as two Stationary Soul Missiles descended over the rebels.

After a Fixed Soul Cannon blast devastated the palace and killed thousands of Soul Engineers, Huo Yuhao guided Wang Qiu'er into Deep Meditation and then entered the hall to eliminate the surviving Evil Soul Masters. He removed the dragon throne through a magic array, but an angry newcomer confronted him before he could leave.

• Huo Yuhao shielded Wang Qiu'er from the Fixed Soul Cannon's shockwave and taught her how speed and perception could counter a powerful weapon.
• Wang Qiu'er entered Deep Meditation, and Huo Yuhao guided her cultivation before leaving Ke Ke to guard her.
• Huo Yuhao entered the hall and killed the injured Evil Soul Masters with his sword.
• Huo Yuhao discovered spatial power in the dragon throne's ruby eyes and used a magic array taught by Electrolux to store the throne in another space.
• An angry voice demanded that Huo Yuhao identify himself and return the missing dragon throne.

Huo Yuhao confronted Jing Hongchen after Jing discovered him in the imperial palace, then used a powerful illusion to make Jing believe the encounter had only been a dream. Jing remained immersed in a happy vision of his grandchildren as the rare metal in his hand dissolved.

• Jing Hongchen recognized Huo Yuhao as Shadow and fled, but Huo Yuhao caught him and smashed him into the pavement with a sword strike.
• Jing Hongchen used seven Soul Tools to force his cultivation toward level ninety-six, and Huo Yuhao interrupted the dangerous surge before it could destroy him.
• After pretending to show respect for Jing Hongchen’s flawed Soul Tool, Huo Yuhao struck him, then trapped him in an illusion of his laboratory and family.
• Jing Hongchen accepted the illusion as reality and walked away with the childlike Meng Hongchen on his shoulders and Xiao Hongchen beside him.
• The rare metal Jing Hongchen had dropped dissolved into the air after he left.

Huo Yuhao trapped Jing Hongchen in an illusion, arranged for the Shadow Garden to take him away, and impersonated him to secure his own and Wang Qiu'er's release. He left Jing Hongchen officially in seclusion while Xu Tianran entrusted Ju Zi with the Soul Engineer Legion and Jing Hongchen's Soul Tools.

• Huo Yuhao used a mental illusion to incapacitate Jing Hongchen and gave him medicine to stabilize his wound.
• Huo Yuhao ordered two Shadow Garden members to secretly transport Jing Hongchen in a nutritional medical pod and pass Ke Ke a message.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to disguise himself as Jing Hongchen, then met Xu Tianran and confirmed that the prince's forces had been eliminated.
• In Jing Hongchen's guise, Huo Yuhao released himself and Wang Qiu'er and announced that Jing Hongchen was entering seclusion.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that Jing Hongchen was recovering from serious injuries, and Xu Tianran put her in charge of the Soul Engineer Legion and Jing Hongchen's Soul Tools.

Huo Yuhao went to buy breakfast and was ambushed by Ji Juechen, who tested his newly devised Soul Skill and domain, Silence. Huo Yuhao survived the attack but suffered wounds and spat out blood, leaving Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan alarmed by the result.

• Wang Qiu'er clung to Huo Yuhao in her sleep, but he slipped away to buy breakfast after she agreed to stay in bed.
• Ji Juechen attacked Huo Yuhao with a thrown longsword and a surprise strike, then unleashed his new domain, Silence.
• Jing Ziyan caught Ji Juechen after his attack exhausted him and scolded him for risking Huo Yuhao's safety.
• Huo Yuhao endured the sword light by resisting it with his longsword until the blade shattered and the attack faded.
• Huo Yuhao dropped to one knee, covered in cuts, spat out blood, and acknowledged Ji Juechen's strength.