Chapter Summaries

Shen Yichen learned that Du Busi survived Tang San’s attack but had been severely crippled, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress successfully transformed into human children. The two chose human names and planned to travel with Xiao Bai to Dragon City, where they intended to develop before meeting Shen Yichen.

• Shen Yichen repeatedly checked the group chat until Du Busi confirmed he was alive and described how the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had used the Sea God's power to defeat him.
• Du Busi revealed that his Soul Power had fallen below Level 70 and his Soul Core had dissipated, but he vowed to grow stronger and take revenge on Tang San.
• The Ice Empress emerged from her jade-green eggshell in human form, and the Snow Empress helped her dress after she fell over trying to put on her clothes.
• The Snow Empress chose the name Shen Yixue, and the Ice Empress persuaded her to use Shen Yibing as well.
• The Snow Empress planned to bring Xiao Bai to Dragon City after the Ice Empress condensed her First Soul Ring, with the eventual goal of meeting Shen Yichen at Shrek Academy.

Yu Luo'en welcomed Zhang Lexuan and Shen Yichen to Dragon City, while Nan Shuishui and her daughter joined the gathering. Shen Yichen checked Huo Yuhao’s progress and his own attributes, then resolved to reach Soul King by age twelve.

• Nan Shuishui learned that Yu Luo'en was waiting at Dragon City’s gate for an important guest and went there with Nan Qiuqiu and several disciples.
• Yu Luo'en explained that he was welcoming guests, and Nan Shuishui and Yu Tianlong waited to see who would arrive.
• Zhang Lexuan and Shen Yichen arrived, introduced themselves as members of Shrek, and accepted Yu Luo'en’s invitation to a welcome feast.
• Yu Luo'en allowed Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu to join the feast, while Shen Yichen read the Diary Group Chat and learned that Huo Yuhao had reached Soul Power Level ten.
• Shen Yichen checked his status panel, compared his attributes with Soul Master benchmarks, and set a goal to reach Soul King by age twelve.

Mu En settled Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er in Shrek City while worrying that the Sea God intended to bind Huo Yuhao to Shrek and sideline Shen Yichen. At a Heavenly Dragon Sect banquet, Shen Yichen met Nan Qiuqiu and Yu Tianlong and brought them together for a friendly sparring arrangement.

• Mu En received the Sea God's instruction to deepen Huo Yuhao's ties to Shrek and prepare for Wang Dong's arrival, then worried that Shen Yichen would be pushed aside.
• Mu En settled Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er in a small courtyard in Shrek City, where Huo Yuhao asked whether he should attend Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yun'er told Huo Yuhao to take his time deciding and silently hoped he would one day bring her back to life.
• At a Heavenly Dragon Sect banquet, Shen Yichen met Nan Qiuqiu, and Yu Tianlong stepped in when she asked about Shen Yichen's Soul Power.
• Shen Yichen revealed he was a level seventeen Battle Soul Master, agreed to spar with Yu Tianlong, and invited Nan Qiuqiu to join them.

Bei Bei suspected that Mu En was hiding the reason Shen Yichen had left Shrek, then met Tang Ya and agreed to help revive the Tang Sect. Meanwhile, Shen Yichen’s shopping trip in the Far North Fortress was interrupted by a tense encounter with two girls and their bodyguard, and the white-dressed woman demanded the group’s names as they left.

• Bei Bei reasoned that Mu En was deliberately downplaying Shen Yichen’s departure and decided to be cautious while carrying out the task of joining and reviving the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei met Tang Ya, learned she was the Tang Sect Master, and offered to help her revive the sect.
• Mu En watched Bei Bei and Tang Ya together, considered how they and Huo Yuhao might fit into Yuhao’s future circle, and worried about Shen Yichen’s place in it.
• Shen Yichen haggled over overpriced tanghulu at the Far North Fortress before two girls arrived and Zhang Lexuan stepped forward warily.
• Shen Yichen apologized to the girls and their muscular companion, then led his group away; the woman in the white dress called after them and demanded their names.

Shen Yichen and Zhang Lexuan encountered the Snow Empress and Ice Empress in Dragon City, where the Snow Empress questioned their identities. After Shen Yichen revealed his name, the two spirit beasts abruptly left, and Shen Yichen realized the Snow Empress had taken human form and might be heading to Shrek Academy.

• The Snow Empress demanded Shen Yichen and his companions reveal their names after noticing them in Dragon City.
• Shen Yichen and Zhang Lexuan recognized the name Shen Yixue and inferred the little girl was the Snow Empress and her companion was the Ice Empress.
• Shen Yichen claimed he had chosen Shen Yixue as a name for a future daughter with Zhang Lexuan, prompting the Snow Empress to ask if he was insulting her.
• Shen Yichen and Zhang Lexuan identified themselves as members of Shrek Academy, and the Snow Empress reacted with surprise and anger when she heard his name.
• The Snow Empress ordered Xiaobai to leave, and the Ice Empress reluctantly abandoned her candied hawthorn to follow.
• Shen Yichen and Zhang Lexuan concluded that the Snow Empress's choice to take human form was a good sign and might mean she favored Shen Yichen and planned to go to Shrek Academy.

The Snow Empress suspected that someone in Shrek’s upper ranks possessed a diary copy, while Di Tian prepared the transformed Auspicious Beast to enter the human world. Mu En sensed Di Tian’s restrained presence and went to meet him in Shrek City.

• The Snow Empress learned from Xiao Bai that Shen Yichen and his group had recently arrived in Dragon City, and she wondered whether Shen Yichen, Zhang Lexuan, or Mu En had a diary copy.
• Di Tian gave the Auspicious Beast human clothes, awakened her Emperor Auspicious Beast Martial Soul, and warned her to avoid using it in the human world.
• Di Tian gave the Auspicious Beast a protective scale and the Golden Dragon Spear, then set off with her for Shrek City.
• Mu En noticed Di Tian’s presence near the Star Dou Great Forest and decided to meet him while taking care not to attract Sea God Tang San’s attention.

Di Tian and Mu En agreed to have the Emperor Auspicious Beast stay with Shen Yichen, and they traveled to Dragon City to deliver her. Shen Yichen accepted the arrangement after learning who she was, while Di Tian noticed something amiss on their arrival.

• Di Tian revealed that he wanted the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, to join Shrek and stay beside Shen Yichen, and he used a Cube to block the Divine Realm's perception.
• Mu En agreed to the plan and told Di Tian that Shen Yichen was in Dragon City; the two brought the Auspicious Beast there.
• Shen Yichen ended his spar with Nan Qiuqiu and Yu Tianlong, then used Cloud Step to leave for his teacher.
• Shen Yichen appeared before Mu En and Di Tian, startling Di Tian with his Concealment Technique.
• Mu En introduced the Auspicious Beast and told Shen Yichen to protect her, and Shen Yichen realized she was not yet Wang Qiu'er and accepted that she would stay by his side.

Di Tian left the Auspicious Beast with Shen Yichen and gave him a Mysterious Item that blocked the Divine Realm's surveillance. He then went to confront the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, where his announcement that he had come for Shen Yichen alarmed the Snow Empress.

• Di Tian ordered the Auspicious Beast to stay with Shen Yichen, who promised to protect her.
• Di Tian gave Shen Yichen a Mysterious Item that interfered with the Divine Realm's prying within a hundred meters.
• Shen Yichen told Mu En that he and Sister Lexuan had met Shen Yixue and Shen Yibing in Dragon City, prompting Mu En to consider the transformed Soul Beasts part of their faction.
• Di Tian arrived at the Snow Empress and Ice Empress's courtyard, where the Snow Empress prepared a Peak State Experience Card and demanded to know his purpose.
• Di Tian said he had come for Shen Yichen, and the Snow Empress reacted with alarm.

The Snow Empress agreed to seek refuge with Shen Yichen at the Heavenly Dragon Sect after Di Tian explained why he had brought the Auspicious Beast to him. Shen Yichen named the newly transformed Three-Eyed Golden Lion Di Qiu'er and promised to protect her.

• Di Tian explained that he had placed the Auspicious Beast with Shen Yichen to protect her from a coming tribulation, and the Snow Empress calmed down before questioning whether it would burden Shen Yichen.
• The Snow Empress admitted she intended to seek Shen Yichen's protection, and Di Tian asked her to look after the Auspicious Beast before leaving Dragon City.
• The Snow Empress decided to go to the Heavenly Dragon Sect with the Ice Empress the next day, while Di Tian and Mu En departed.
• The Auspicious Beast asked Shen Yichen why she should listen to him, and he promised to protect her and asked her personal name.
• When the Auspicious Beast had no name, Shen Yichen named her Di Qiu'er, and she happily said she liked him.

Shen Yichen welcomed the Snow Empress and Ice Empress into his group while events in Shrek City brought Wang Dong'er close to Huo Yuhao. Tang San watched his plans take shape, then decided to use the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament as cover to target Huo Yun'er.

• Shen Yichen met the Snow Empress and Ice Empress at the Heavenly Dragon Sect gate, and both agreed to stay by his side.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei contacted Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei quickly earned Huo Yuhao's trust.
• Niu Tian and Da Ming brought Wang Dong, still disguised as a boy, to Mu En for Shrek Academy to look after.
• Mu En decided to settle Wang Dong next door to Huo Yuhao's courtyard.
• Tang San reflected on the Tang Sect's decline and saw that Wang Dong was living near Huo Yuhao.
• Tang San planned to have Da Ming and Er Ming enter Shrek City during the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament and secretly kill Huo Yun'er.

Shen Yichen planned to speed up his diary’s timeline and learned that his teacher wanted him to travel to Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Tournament. Mu En also prepared to protect him there, while learning that the Tang Sect had been destroyed and choosing not to interfere.

• Shen Yichen decided to present his diary as a weekly journal in the story while continuing to update it daily in reality.
• Shen Yichen teased the Ice Empress until the Snow Empress arrived with a letter from Shrek Academy, prompting the Ice Empress to chase after her and explain.
• Shen Yichen read his teacher’s letter and learned that he should go to Heaven Dou City to watch the Soul Master Tournament.
• Mu En prepared to protect Shen Yichen in Heaven Dou City, believing Xuan Zi had been sent away as part of the Tang God King’s plans.
• Mu En learned that the Tang Sect had been destroyed and its master and wife had died, then burned the letter and decided Shrek should not intervene.

Shen Yichen and his companions arrived in Heaven Dou City to watch the Soul Master Tournament, while Niu Tian and Tai Tan planned a secret attack on Huo Yun'er. The tournament began the next day, leaving Shen Yichen and the group in the crowded spectator stands as the teams gathered.

• Shen Yichen brought the Auspicious Beast, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, Yu Tianlong, and Nan Qiuqiu to Heaven Dou City with Heavenly Dragon Douluo, Nan Shuishui, and Zhang Lexuan.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan received a mission from the Sea God to kill Huo Yun'er and decided to strike the night after the tournament began.
• Shen Yichen and his companions toured Heaven Dou City and entered the Soul Fighting Arena to watch the tournament's opening-day elimination rounds.
• Zhang Lexuan pointed out Shrek's team, and Shen Yichen wondered whether the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy could retain second place.

At the Soul Master Tournament, Jing Hongchen watched Shrek while plotting to discover which elder guarded the academy. In Shrek City, the crippled Du Busi concluded that Tang San would target Huo Yun’er and asked the Group Chat for advice on stopping him, leaving Great Sage Equal to Heaven ready with a plan.

• Xiao Hongchen complained that Shrek was arrogant, and Jing Hongchen said Shrek had earned its confidence through its championships.
• Jing Hongchen sensed Shrek’s teacher and decided to send a calling card to identify the elder guarding the team.
• Du Busi infiltrated Shrek City and studied the Diary to find a way to thwart Tang San’s plans.
• Du Busi reasoned that Tang San would eliminate Huo Yun’er as a variable and decided he had to stop the attack.
• Du Busi told the Group Chat he wanted to intervene despite his weakened state, and Great Sage Equal to Heaven said he had a plan.

Shen Yichen devised a ploy to make Tang San’s plans harder by having Du Busi lure Xuan Zi into guarding Huo Yuhao. Xuan Zi took the bait, while Shen Yichen stayed in Heaven Dou City and considered his next move.

• Shen Yichen told Du Busi to impersonate the Shrek Inspection Corps and spread word that Du Busi planned to abduct Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er.
• Du Busi staged a threat against Shrek with an Inner Court student, then returned to Shrek City to watch what happened.
• Xuan Zi heard that Du Busi was planning trouble and, recalling their past fights and Mu En's warning, began guarding Huo Yuhao's courtyard.
• Shen Yichen reflected in Heaven Dou City that the trick could only annoy Tang San and planned to keep Du Busi hidden for future schemes.

Da Ming and Er Ming attacked Huo Yun'er in Shrek City, triggering a battle with Xuan Zi and the city’s Soul Masters. Huo Yun'er was killed, Huo Yuhao collapsed after witnessing her death, and Da Ming and Er Ming prepared to fight their way out.

• Da Ming and Er Ming arrived at Shrek City and Er Ming struck Huo Yun'er's courtyard while Xuan Zi watched.
• Xuan Zi attacked Er Ming, but Da Ming warned that Huo Yun'er had survived, and a divine thunderbolt destroyed Xuan Zi's hastily raised defense.
• Da Ming charged into the courtyard as Xuan Zi and Shrek's other Soul Masters tried to stop him.
• Da Ming killed Huo Yun'er with Sky Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder, and Huo Yuhao saw his mother turn to ash before passing out.
• Da Ming and Er Ming revealed their true forms and prepared to fight the Soul Masters surrounding them as Xuan Zi charged at them.

Jing Hongchen approached Mu En to propose an exchange-student program between Shrek and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, but abruptly left after seeing Huo Yun'er report her death in the Group Chat. In Shrek City, Da Ming and Er Ming fought Shrek’s defenders while Tang San watched from the Divine Realm and urged the two soul beasts to escape.

• Jing Hongchen met Mu En at Shrek’s quarters and proposed that their academies exchange students to study Soul Masters and Soul Tools.
• Mu En considered the proposal, while Jing Hongchen checked the Group Chat and saw Huo Yun'er announce that she had been attacked and killed in Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen hurried away, and Mu En realized something serious had happened and vanished to find little Yichen.
• Tang San watched Da Ming and Er Ming battle Shrek’s Elders and teachers, lamented the damage to the city and Shrek’s reputation, and told the soul beasts to burn their power and flee to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Huo Yun'er told the Group Chat that Da Ming and Er Ming had ground her bones to dust, while Du Busi reported that Shrek City was in chaos and suffering severe losses.

After Da Ming and Er Ming attacked Shrek City, Xuan Zi learned that Huo Yun’er had died, while Wang Dong struggled with the loss and her divided loyalties. Huo Yun’er revealed that a card let her soul survive inside Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, leaving her able to secretly guide him and possibly still participate in the Current Affairs Review.

• Elder Lin told Xuan Zi that no deaths had been reported, but Xuan Zi revealed that Huo Yun’er had died and blamed himself for failing Mu En’s orders to protect her.
• Wang Dong waited beside the unconscious Huo Yuhao and wrestled with her feelings for him and her ties to Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Mu En learned from Shen Yichen that Huo Yun’er had died in the attack, then was stunned to hear that she was still messaging the group.
• Shen Yichen, Jing Hongchen, Du Busi, and others pressed Huo Yun’er to explain how she could still communicate after death.
• Huo Yun’er revealed that a lifesaving card had preserved her soul and placed her in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness.
• The group realized Huo Yun’er could secretly advise Huo Yuhao, and she said she would test whether she could still receive rewards at the next Current Affairs Review.

Huo Yun'er asked the group for advice on helping Huo Yuhao, while Shen Yichen and Mu En discussed a path to unifying the continent. The chapter ended with Shen Yichen questioning how Du Busi’s trip to the Sun Moon Empire fit into that plan.

• Huo Yun'er rejected surrendering to Tang San and asked the group to help her find ways to support Huo Yuhao.
• Shen Yichen, Du Busi, and several others agreed to help Huo Yun'er and discussed Du Busi laying low.
• Shen Yichen asked Mu En where Du Busi should go, and Mu En suggested the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En explained that Shen Yichen could unite the continent because people might accept his rule more readily than the Sun Moon Empire’s.
• Shen Yichen realized that he wanted to become emperor, then asked how sending Du Busi to the Sun Moon Empire related to that ambition.

Shen Yichen agreed to join an exchange mission to the Sun Moon Empire with Du Busi, while Huo Yuhao woke believing his mother had died. News of the Clear Sky Sect’s attack on Shrek spread, prompting the major empires to send envoys to Shrek rather than approach the sect.

• Mu En proposed sending Shen Yichen to the Sun Moon Empire as an exchange student, and Shen Yichen agreed.
• Shen Yichen urged Du Busi to go to the Sun Moon Empire, and Du Busi agreed to lie low and gather intelligence.
• Huo Yuhao woke in Shrek City and wept over his supposed mother’s death while Wang Dong’er comforted him; Huo Yun’er watched from his Sea of Consciousness and resolved to wait before revealing herself.
• News spread that Da Ming and Er Ming had attacked Shrek City and escaped unscathed, establishing the Clear Sky Sect as a major power.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei chose to contact Shrek rather than the Clear Sky Sect, and the Star Luo, Heaven Soul, and Tianling Empires sent envoys to Shrek Academy.

After the Clear Sky Sect attacked Shrek City to seize Du Busi’s disciple, the empires debated the sect’s motives and waited for Shrek to respond. Mu En appeared at the Soul Master Tournament and promised justice, while privately planning to seek the Sea God’s approval for revenge.

• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu read secret reports about the Clear Sky Sect’s attack on Shrek City and suspected Du Busi’s disciple might have the potential to become a god.
• Xu Jiawei warned Xu Jiujiu not to contact the Clear Sky Sect until they understood what had happened, and they considered whether Shrek would retaliate.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor and his ministers discussed the attack, Du Busi’s unknown fate, and the Body Sect’s collapse before deciding to visit Mu En.
• Mu En replaced Shrek’s tournament teacher, silenced the gathered delegations with his presence, and told the contestants he would see justice done for Shrek City.
• Mu En planned to ask the Sea God for permission to take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect after the tournament, while considering how to frame the Sea God’s decision.