Chapter Summaries

Ling Bai comforted Meng Hongchen after she cried over losing a serving of Earth Dragon Tendon, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng forced Liu Yao to help them reach a smuggling network connected to Mingde Hall. Meng Hongchen left determined to pursue Ling Bai, and Ning Tian awaited Liu Yao’s introduction to the hidden line.

• Ma Xiaotao complained to Ling Bai about taking charge of the outer courtyard, then sent him to investigate crying near her cabin.
• Ling Bai found Meng Hongchen crying over losing the last serving of Earth Dragon Tendon to Xie Huanyue, promised to keep her distress from her brother, and learned she intended to pursue him.
• Meng Hongchen left for her cabin and privately checked off the first step of her plan to win Ling Bai’s affection.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Wu Feng and Ning Tian defeated Liu Yao and her group after they tried to extort the exchange students.
• Ning Tian offered Liu Yao two million Gold Soul Coins to connect her with the academy’s smuggling line for Mingde Hall soul guided devices, and Liu Yao agreed to make contact.

Three months after Ling Bai’s rise in the Inner Academy, he accepted a red-level inspection mission to investigate an Evil Soul Emperor in Jialing City, taking the Hongchen siblings along. The team set off for the city, where Soul Reaper was suspected of killing women to harvest their souls.

• Ling Bai met Han Ruoruo at dawn, and she warned him that Meng Hongchen’s repeated visits and breakfasts might conceal a clever plan.
• Han Ruoruo told Ling Bai that the Jialing City mission would complete his inspection requirement for graduation, then assigned Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to join him.
• The Hongchen siblings eagerly accepted the mission, and Meng Hongchen hurried to meet Ling Bai while Xiao Hongchen tried to keep her from getting too close to him.
• Ling Bai explained that Soul Reaper was an Evil Soul Emperor with a hidden base in Jialing City who had killed seventy-eight women and taken their souls.
• Ling Bai gave the Hongchen siblings Shrek Inspector’s Rings and began the two-day flight to Jialing City with them.

Ling Bai, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen traveled to Jialing City to hunt the Evil Soul Master Soul Reaper, and Ling Bai planned to use Meng as bait at Night Bar. After four nights of surveillance, a neatly dressed man approached Meng and left the bar with her.

• Ling Bai and the Hongchen siblings checked into Rose Hotel, where Meng tried to get a room alone with Ling Bai before Xiao insisted they focus on the mission.
• Ling Bai identified the three latest victims' shared visits to Night Bar and proposed using Meng's appearance to lure Soul Reaper out.
• Meng entered Night Bar alone as bait while Ling Bai and Xiao watched; Xiao beat up local delinquents who followed her through the streets.
• For several nights, Meng drew attention at the bar and left with Ling Bai or Xiao in disguise, while they watched for suspicious regulars.
• On the fourth night, Ling Bai explained that the repeated surveillance was meant to make the target feel safe, then spotted a familiar man approach Meng.
• After talking with Meng, the neatly dressed man left Night Bar with her.

Meng Hongchen and Ling Bai exposed and killed the Evil Soul Master Soul Reaper in Jialing City, but two resurrected Spirit Hall consecrated elders confronted them soon afterward. Ling Bai protected Xiao Hongchen from Demon Subduing Douluo and learned that Thousand Catties and Demon Subduing had been ordered by the Rakshasa God to capture him alive.

• Meng Hongchen lured Soul Reaper into revealing that he had murdered women and planned to sacrifice their sinful souls, then defeated him with the Zhu Qing Ice Toad's power.
• Xiao Hongchen blasted Soul Reaper apart with a Rank Seven Soul Guidance Cannon while Ling Bai warned him not to leave the Evil Soul Master's corpse intact.
• Thousand Catties and Demon Subduing, resurrected Spirit Hall consecrated elders, sensed the loss of the souls they needed and went to Jialing City.
• Demon Subduing attacked Xiao Hongchen, but Ling Bai intervened with the Angel Holy Sword and the Angel Domain.
• Thousand Catties recognized Ling Bai's resemblance to Xue Er and revealed that the brothers had been ordered by the Rakshasa God to capture him alive.

Ling Bai fought Qianjun and Jiangmo in Jialing City until the Snow Empress arrived and turned the battle against the two Spirit Hall Consecrators. As Ling Bai began questioning them, four more Consecrators appeared, bringing all six together against him.

• Ling Bai used his evolved Sun Radiance Wheel and dragon Soul Bone skills to fight Qianjun and Jiangmo, but the two level-ninety-six brothers eventually wounded him.
• Ling Bai sent Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen away, then summoned the Death Prison Bone Dragon to occupy Thousand Catties Douluo.
• The Snow Empress appeared, froze Demon Subduing Douluo’s attack, and damaged both brothers’ Coiling Dragon Staffs with her techniques.
• Ling Bai asked Qianjun and Jiangmo who had ordered his capture, but they refused to answer and warned that the other Consecrators were coming.
• Golden Alligator Douluo, Azure Phoenix Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo arrived, joining Qianjun and Jiangmo as all six Spirit Hall Consecrators gathered.

Ling Bai met the revived Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall after learning that she wanted him to find the owner of the Sacred Angel martial soul. Bibi Dong revealed how Qian Renxue preserved the Angel bloodline and explained that she had arranged for Ling Bai to grow up with the Angel Holy Sword, but her reason for seeking the Sacred Angel remained unresolved.

• Golden Alligator Douluo apologized for Qianjun Jiangmo's attack and recognized Ling Bai as a descendant of Qian Renxue, promising that the worships would protect him.
• Ling Bai asked about his capture and the Angel and Rakshasa godhoods, then agreed to travel with Golden Alligator Douluo to meet the revived Rakshasa God.
• Golden Alligator Douluo led Ling Bai and Snow Empress through a domain at the Jialing Pass Ancient Battlefield to a conjured Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong received Ling Bai alone.
• Bibi Dong asked Ling Bai to find the owner of the Sacred Angel martial soul, and Ling Bai demanded to know why.
• Bibi Dong recounted how Qian Renxue gave an abandoned infant the remaining Six-Winged Angel bloodline and how she later arranged for Ling Bai to find the Angel Holy Sword and grow up with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Ling Bai accepted Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa inheritance and learned that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had stolen the shattered Angel Godhood. After Ling Bai left Jialing Pass, Bibi Dong and Golden Alligator Douluo revealed that the resurrected consecrates and soldiers would become part of the Angel Godhood.

• Bibi Dong asked Ling Bai to find the Sacred Angel’s descendant and bring her to Jialing Pass, then made him the inheritor of the Rakshasa Godhood through its first trial.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had stolen the shattered Angel Godhood and was likely hiding in the ruins of Slaughter City.
• The six Spirit Hall consecrates escorted Ling Bai out of Jialing Pass, and Golden Alligator Douluo promised the elders would help him if he faced danger.
• Ling Bai and Snow Empress celebrated their progress toward godhood, but Ling Bai discovered that a paired soul tool had broken and recognized it as a signal from the Star Luo Empire.
• Golden Alligator Douluo gave Bibi Dong a Six-Winged Angel flame, and Bibi Dong revealed that the resurrected consecrates and soldiers would become part of the Angel Godhood.
• Golden Alligator Douluo declared that joining the Angel Godhood would be the greatest honor for the consecrates.

At the Star Luo noble banquet, Ling Bai disguised himself as Viscount Mo Xing and met Xu Jiujiu, who proposed a marriage alliance before recruiting him to steal Soul Guidance Device secrets from Mingde Hall. He refused to become her consort but heard her offer a major reward for the Ninth Level High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device blueprints and information about a Humanoid Soul Guidance Device.

• Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu to speak with Dai Yueheng, but she encountered Ling Bai disguised as Viscount Mo Xing and secretly discussed the Body Sect’s planned attack on Mingde Hall with him.
• Xu Jiujiu escorted Ling Bai through the banquet, where Dai Yueheng challenged Viscount Mo Xing and was forced to retreat after sensing Ling Bai’s power.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the royal family wanted her to marry Dai Yueheng, then offered Ling Bai the position of her consort and a path to influence Star Luo Empire.
• Ling Bai refused Xu Jiujiu’s marriage proposal, and she asked him to steal the Ninth Level High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device blueprints from Mingde Hall.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Ling Bai the title of Duke Mo Xing and Star Luo’s protection if he brought back information about the Humanoid Soul Guidance Device.

After Shrek Academy learned that Ling Bai was safe, he traveled with the Snow Empress to Mingdu and visited Exquisite Pavilion. There, Pavilion Master Ning Feng Yu greeted him with an embarrassing embrace, reviving the childhood memories he had hoped to avoid.

• Meng Hongchen told Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek group that Qianjun and Jiangmo had captured Ling Bai, prompting Han Ruoruo and the others to prepare to go to Jialing City.
• Chu Qingtian reported that Ling Bai was safe and traveling, calming Han Ruoruo and the others before the group dispersed.
• Xiao Hongchen recovered from Ma Xiaotao's attack while Meng Hongchen mocked the Shrek women and vowed they would lose.
• Ling Bai and the Snow Empress explored Mingdu, and Ling Bai explained why he would not give Xu Jiujiu the High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device or the humanoid Soul Guidance Device.
• Ling Bai presented the Angel Nine-Colored Token at Exquisite Pavilion and asked to see its Pavilion Master.
• Ning Feng Yu embraced Ling Bai when he entered her chamber, but Ling Bai escaped with his Sorrow Ink Stork Left Leg Soul Bone skill and warned her not to ambush him again.

Ling Bai visited Ning Feng Yu at Exquisite Pavilion, then headed toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and stopped to watch Ji Juechen fight. After Ji Juechen won nine arena bouts, he spotted Ling Bai in the crowd and challenged him to battle.

• Ling Bai and Ning Feng Yu discussed Exquisite Pavilion's growth and its new soul-tool supply pipeline after Xu Cong's downfall.
• A black-robed figure recognized the aura of the Thousand Charm Demon Visage as Ling Bai left Exquisite Pavilion.
• Ling Bai heard an announcement about the Sword Fanatic and watched Ji Juechen defeat his sixth-tier opponents with sword intent.
• Ji Juechen reflected on his search for stronger opponents and noticed Ling Bai in the crowd.
• Ji Juechen challenged Ling Bai to a battle.

Ji Juechen challenged Ling Bai after sensing his sword intent, and the two agreed to test their swordsmanship after Ji Juechen recovered. Ling Bai overwhelmed him and shattered his sword, but Ji Juechen accepted the loss and hoped to one day defeat Ling Bai with a sword intent of his own.

• Ji Juechen defeated a Rank Seven Soul Engineer, then repeatedly challenged Ling Bai to a duel.
• Ling Bai agreed to fight Ji Juechen after he had recovered, limiting their contest to sword intent.
• Ji Juechen meditated for nearly an hour before facing Ling Bai with his full strength.
• Ling Bai's Seven Kill Sword Intent overwhelmed Ji Juechen, and their clash shattered Ji Juechen's Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron Sword.
• Ji Juechen accepted the sword's destruction as a chance to start anew and asked Ling Bai to create his own sword intent and defeat him someday.

Ling Bai visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Ji Juechen, where students recognized him as the rival who had inspired the Hongchen siblings. He watched Ning Tian and Wu Feng pass their Mingde Hall entrance examination, and they spotted him in the crowd.

• Ling Bai and Ji Juechen ended their duel and traveled together to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Ling Bai registered and revealed his name and rank of sixty-nine soul power.
• Teacher Xu recognized Ling Bai from the Soul Master Competition and told him that Xiao Hongchen had trained to defeat him while Meng Hongchen had declared she wanted to abduct him.
• Ling Bai learned that Ning Tian and Wu Feng were taking their Mingde Hall entrance examination and went to watch with Ji Juechen.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while Wu Feng broke through the two Fifth Level Soul Engineers' attacks; Ning Tian also pierced their Lightning Web with a Fifth Level Piercing Cannon.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng won the examination, then recognized Ling Bai and called out to him.

Ling Bai reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Lin Jiaran secretly pursued her Blood-colored Dawn project through smuggling. The chapter ended as the Body Sect launched a surprise attack on Mingde Hall, trapping Ning Tian and Wu Feng amid the violence.

• Ling Bai met Ning Tian and Wu Feng, learned they were joining Mingde Hall, and agreed to remain at the academy after sparring with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan.
• Lin Jiaran persuaded her brother Lin Jiayi to approve a list of smuggled soul devices so she could fund her rejected Blood-colored Dawn project.
• Lin Jiaran brought Ning Tian and Wu Feng into Mingde Hall, assigned them an experimental table, and set Wu Feng to assist Ning Tian with rare metals.
• A sudden explosion tore through Mingde Hall's underground production base, killing dozens of Soul Engineers and injuring many others.
• Masked Body Sect Soul Sages emerged and attacked the academy; Lin Jiaran charged at one while Ning Tian and Wu Feng sheltered beneath a table and prepared the Golden Tortoise.
• Soul Engineers rushed to defend Mingde Hall as a pitch-black Undead Gate began to open.

Ling Bai entered the battle at Mingde Hall aboard the newly advanced Rank Ninety-Six Death Prison Bone Dragon and turned the tide against the Body Sect. After pursuing a blood-scent deeper underground, he confronted Tiger Arm Douluo Chen Hu in the secret chamber corridors.

• Du Busi’s forces attacked Mingde Hall, and Jing Hongchen led the Soul Engineers in a desperate defense.
• Ling Bai arrived on the Death Prison Bone Dragon, killed a Rank Ninety-One Titled Douluo, and attacked the Body Sect while avoiding its Titled Douluo.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Mingde Hall’s forces to focus on the Body Sect, and Ling Bai found Ning Tian and Wu Feng safe beneath an experiment table.
• Ling Bai followed the Blood Sea Heart’s scent deeper underground as Jing Hongchen and Du Busi fought to keep each other from reaching the secret chambers.
• A Body Sect operative stole Mingde Hall’s Ninth Level blueprints from Geocentric Secret Chamber Number Three before Ling Bai confronted him as Tiger Arm Douluo Chen Hu.

Ling Bai killed Tiger Arm Douluo Chen Hu in Mingde Hall’s underground chambers and looted his soul bones, Soul Guidance Device blueprints, and other valuables. He continued searching the facility, where he caught Huo Yuhao sneaking toward the exit.

• Chen Hu used Tiger Form Fist and his ninth soul skill against Ling Bai’s Death Prison Bone Dragon, but Ling Bai’s Necromantic Demon Eyes exposed the fist art’s weakness and Eternal Creation wounded Chen Hu.
• Chen Hu used his soul-bone skills to create five copies and attack Ling Bai, but Ling Bai evaded him with Void and killed him with his Death Prison Spider Lances.
• Ling Bai collected Chen Hu’s arm soul bones, Soul Guidance Device blueprints, storage tool, and other valuables, and discovered a letter revealing Tianhun’s plan to appoint the Body Sect as its protector sect.
• Ling Bai hid the valuable items in the Undead Demiplane and headed toward Mingde Hall’s Underground Heart No. 2 Secret Chamber while the battle above continued.
• Huo Yuhao used a simulation skill to sneak toward the exit, but the Death Prison Bone Dragon knocked him down, and Ling Bai greeted him.

Ling Bai robbed Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm of their origin power, money, and a humanoid Soul Tool before taking the Blood Sea Heart from Mingde Hall. After the Body Sect retreated and the academy began searching for stolen property, Jing Hongchen discovered the underground chambers had been stripped and ordered the theft concealed while planning revenge.

• Ling Bai confronted Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, taking two hundred thousand years of origin power and 5.5 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ling Bai seized Huo Yuhao's Starlight Sapphire and the unfinished humanoid Soul Tool, then took the Blood Sea Heart from Mingde Hall's first underground chamber.
• Ling Bai left the battle between Mingde Hall and the Body Sect, and Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to retreat while Jing Hongchen pursued them.
• Ling Bai warned Ning Tian and Wu Feng that Mingde Hall would search the academy, then moved their Soul Tools into the Undead Demiplane.
• Jing Hongchen learned that the ninth-tier blueprints, Blood Sea Heart, and humanoid Soul Tool were missing, then ordered secrecy and issued plans to recover the construct and punish the Body Sect.

After the attack on Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen questioned Ling Bai, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, then proposed a friendly arena match to calm the academy and train its Soul Engineers. Ling Bai agreed in exchange for the Sword of Judgment and stronger opponents, while secretly planning to use the event to lure out Holy Spirit Cult forces.

• Jing Hongchen questioned Ning Tian and Wu Feng about the attack, and they described the Bone Dragon and the black-haired young man who had killed a Titled Douluo.
• Jing Hongchen demanded to inspect their Storage Soul Tools, but Ning Tian objected until he promised her and Wu Feng double rare-metal quotas and offered Ling Bai a Level Eight Soul Guided Device.
• After learning that the attackers were Body Sect members led by the Death Prison Douluo, Ling Bai denounced them and vowed to fight evil, earning Jing Hongchen's approval.
• Jing Hongchen proposed a three-day friendly match to give Sun Moon Soul Engineers combat experience, and Ling Bai agreed to compete for the Sword of Judgment against Soul Engineers up to Rank Eight.
• Jing Hongchen set the first match for the following morning, limited challengers to talented Soul Engineers under thirty, and warned Ling Bai not to kill or seriously injure them.

Ling Bai began the three-day friendly match at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and swiftly defeated its first two challengers without summoning his Six-Winged Angel. After a third student fled, Ling Bai released his martial soul and invited the next soul engineer to fight.

• Jing Hongchen arranged a three-day match in which Sun Moon students would challenge Ling Bai, offering a place in Mingde Hall, Gold Soul Coins, and a custom Level Eight Soul Guided Device to anyone who defeated him.
• Lin Jiayi opened the match at the Zero Test Arena, where the crowd cheered for Wang Yu and reacted to Ling Bai's striking appearance.
• Ling Bai chose to fight with the Angel Holy Sword instead of releasing his martial soul, then defeated Wang Yu in a single swift attack.
• Liu Xu attacked Ling Bai with his Rank Six cannons and an explosive shell, but Ling Bai dodged the fire, split the shell, and cut apart Liu Xu's cannons.
• The third challenger lost his nerve and fled, prompting Ling Bai to release his Six-Winged Angel and call for the next genius soul engineer.

Ling Bai defeated Nana and a stream of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy challengers in the Zero Test Arena, inspiring the students to keep fighting despite their losses. As the first day ended, Ma Rulong appeared with a metal arm and leg and declared that he had replaced his frail flesh with Soul Tools.

• Ling Bai summoned the Six-Winged Angel and waited for another challenger after crushing the Sun Moon students’ confidence.
• Nana challenged Ling Bai, and he overcame her blades, speed, and wraith before revealing the Six-Winged Angel’s power against her Ghost Spirit.
• Nana left in tears of relief because she believed the Six-Winged Angel could save her parents from evil Spirits.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students challenged Ling Bai throughout the day, but none forced him to use a soul skill after possessing the Six-Winged Angel.
• Ma Rulong entered the arena with a metal arm and leg and announced that he had been reborn by replacing his flesh with Soul Tools.

Ling Bai defeated Ma Rulong in a fierce challenge, cutting through his Soul Guidance modifications and breaking his Level Eight Death God Underworld Sword. As the Sun Moon Academy prepared more challengers, Ling Bai’s Soul Power naturally advanced to rank seventy.

• Ma Rulong challenged Ling Bai to settle their old score and unleashed a barrage of Seventh Level Soul Guidance Cannons, but Ling Bai blocked them and closed in.
• Ma Rulong trapped the Angel Holy Sword with his refined-metal arm, but Ling Bai severed the arm and kicked him to the ground.
• Ma Rulong drew the Death God Underworld Sword from his metal leg and attacked with its Death God's Silence skill, but Ling Bai countered with his sword and broke the weapon.
• Lin Jiaran checked the unconscious Ma Rulong while Ji Juechen left to practice swordsmanship after watching Ling Bai fight.
• Jing Hongchen offered a million Gold Soul Coins and three Level Eight Soul Guided Devices to anyone who could force Ling Bai to use his Martial Soul.
• Ling Bai reflected on his swordsmanship, then broke through to rank seventy.