Chapter Summaries

Ji Lin and the others followed Nana to the cave where the Earth Dragon Sect prisoners were held, and Ye Guyi purified the Evil Soul Masters guarding it. Ji Lin opened two hidden passages and sent Nan Qiu Qiu to rescue her mother while he went to free the other disciples.

• Ye Guyi agreed to help Nana retrieve and purify her parents’ souls, while Nana revealed where the Earth Dragon Sect prisoners were being held.
• Nana explained that the Earth Dragon Sect members were in a cave across the cliff, and Ye Guyi purified the incapacitated Evil Soul Masters in the courtyard.
• Ling Luochen told Ji Lin that Meng Hongchen had withdrawn after learning the Sun Moon Empire’s upper ranks might be colluding with Evil Soul Masters.
• Ji Lin and the others flew to the cave, where Ye Guyi killed the two Evil Soul Masters guarding its entrance.
• Ji Lin opened two hidden stone passages and directed Nan Qiu Qiu toward her mother while he went to rescue the other Earth Dragon Sect disciples.

Ji Lin and Nan Qiu Qiu found the imprisoned Earth Dragon Sect disciples and rescued Nan Shui Shui, who explained her captor’s past and denied that he had violated her. Ji Lin broke the chain sealing Nan Shui Shui in place, and the group prepared to escape and address her sealed Soul Power in Dragon City.

• Ji Lin entered the prisoners’ cells and found Xiao Ye, Xu Shenshu, Feng Shen, and other Earth Dragon Sect disciples unharmed.
• Nan Qiu Qiu found her mother, Nan Shui Shui, chained in a well-furnished cell, and rushed to embrace her.
• Nan Shui Shui told Nan Qiu Qiu that her captor had been her father’s former rival, had not violated her, and had cared for her despite destroying her clothes.
• Nan Qiu Qiu tried to break the silver chain with her Power of Annihilation but failed, then called Ji Lin for help.
• Ji Lin used the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment to cut the chain and told Nan Shui Shui they would seek a way to restore her sealed Soul Power after returning to Dragon City.

Nan Qiu Qiu and Ji Lin rescued Nan Shui Shui and the Earth Dragon Sect disciples, but the Holy Spirit Cult's Third Elder appeared to stop them. Ji Lin shattered the barrier with his Blazing Flame King Sword, sent the others fleeing, and remained behind to test his strength against the Third Elder.

• Nan Qiu Qiu carried Nan Shui Shui out of the cave and reunited with Xiao Ye, Xu Shenshu, Feng Shen, and the other rescued disciples.
• The Third Elder returned and trapped the group beneath a white light barrier, recognizing Nana as a traitor and confronting Ji Lin.
• Ji Lin summoned Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment and used Remaining Fire, Heavenly Fire Holy Flame, and Blazing Flame King Sword to destroy the Third Elder's lightning net and barrier.
• Ling Luochen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi used Flying Soul Tools to evacuate Nan Qiu Qiu, Nan Shui Shui, and the Earth Dragon Sect disciples while Ji Lin stayed behind.
• The Third Elder assessed the devastating strike, and Ji Lin prepared to face him alone to test his strength.

Ji Lin used his Ultimate Ice martial soul to summon Thousand-Hand Guanyin and overwhelm the Third Elder’s Level 9 Soul Tool Shield. After exhausting himself and dispelling the construct, Ji Lin shattered the shield with a simulated Heavenly Fire Draw, leaving the Third Elder furious and humiliated but protected from injury by a triggered Soul Tool.

• The Third Elder admitted he had underestimated Ji Lin and declared that Ji Lin had to die for the Sacred Cult’s future.
• Ji Lin awakened the Ice Empress’s Sacred Mark and summoned a hundred-meter Thousand-Hand Guanyin, revealing his ability to wield flame and ice together.
• Ji Lin commanded Thousand-Hand Guanyin to batter the Third Elder’s Level 9 Soul Tool Shield until it cracked, forcing the Third Elder to spend Soul Power reinforcing it.
• Ji Lin dispelled Thousand-Hand Guanyin after his own Soul Power ran low and entered an explosive state with Heavenly Fire Erosion.
• Ji Lin unleashed Pseudo Heavenly Fire Draw, shattering the Third Elder’s shield, while a triggered Soul Tool protected the Third Elder from injury.
• The Third Elder felt furious and humiliated that Ji Lin had nearly injured him, though Ji Lin remained only a Soul King.

Ji Lin defeated the Third Elder, a Nether Thunder Douluo and Evil Soul Master, while the rescued Nan Shui Shui and Nan Qiu Qiu returned to Dragon City. After Ye Guyi absorbed the Third Elder and advanced two Soul Power levels, Ji Lin sent Chi Yuan and Nana to retrieve and purify Nana’s parents’ souls.

• The Third Elder attacked Ji Lin, but a crimson figure broke through his defenses and fatally wounded him with a single kick.
• The dying Third Elder admitted that Ji Lin’s protector was a Limit Douluo, and Nan Shui Shui apologized while he said he did not regret loving her.
• Ji Lin let Ye Guyi absorb the Third Elder, raising her Soul Power to level sixty-four as the Holy Spirit Cult branch was wiped out.
• Ji Lin and the others returned to the Rose Hotel in Dragon City, while Nan Shui Shui and Nan Qiu Qiu prepared to report back to their sects.
• Ji Lin sent Chi Yuan with Nana to the Sun Moon Empire to retrieve Nana’s parents’ souls so Ye Guyi could purify them.

Ji Lin recruited Ye Guyi into Freedom Gate and taught her Void Sword Qi, then comforted Meng Hongchen over evidence that the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders were cooperating with Evil Soul Masters. He explained that Shrek Academy would likely keep the discovery quiet, leaving Meng to ask her grandfather about it when she returned home.

• Ji Lin assessed his strength after killing the Third Elder and told Ye Guyi that Freedom Gate could protect and train her.
• Ye Guyi agreed to join Freedom Gate, signed the Book of Contracts, and began learning Void Sword Qi.
• Ling Luochen and Ye Guyi returned to their rooms to cultivate while Ji Lin brought dinner to the despondent Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen said she could not believe her grandfather would cooperate with Evil Soul Masters, and Ji Lin explained that he might have compromised for political and military gains.
• Ji Lin told Meng Hongchen that Shrek Academy lacked concrete evidence and would likely stay silent publicly while becoming more vigilant.

Ji Lin comforted Meng Hongchen over her grandfather’s ties to Evil Soul Masters, and she set aside her worries to pursue him. She nervously joined him in the bath, only to discover she had landed somewhere unexpected.

• Ji Lin told Meng Hongchen to focus on cultivation and discuss her grandfather’s ties to Evil Soul Masters with her brother.
• Meng Hongchen cheered up over Ji Lin’s food and asked him to stay with her for the night.
• Ji Lin agreed to bathe with Meng Hongchen and mentioned that he often bathed with Ma Xiaotao, spurring Meng Hongchen to overcome her shyness.
• Meng Hongchen entered the steamy bathroom and leaped into the bathtub with her eyes covered.
• Meng Hongchen realized she was not in the tub with Ji Lin, and both she and Ji Lin reacted in surprise.

Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen spent the night together, and she woke eager to be with him again. Ji Lin brought her breakfast and gave in to one more round while Ye Guyi and Ling Luochen waited in his room.

• Meng Hongchen chose to sit in Ji Lin's lap in the bath, and they kissed before he carried her to the bedroom.
• Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen spent the night together, and she fell asleep on top of him afterward.
• Ji Lin left Meng Hongchen sleeping and returned to his room, where Ye Guyi and Ling Luochen joined him for breakfast.
• Ji Lin brought breakfast to Meng Hongchen, who had already woken and asked him to be with her again.
• Ji Lin agreed to one more round with Meng Hongchen while Ye Guyi and Ling Luochen continued eating in his room.

Ji Lin and Ye Guyi freed Nana’s parents and the other souls trapped in the Sacred Spirit Banner, and Nana joined Freedom Gate. The group then visited the Earth Dragon Sect, where Nan Shui Shui welcomed them and thanked them for saving her family.

• Nana gave Ye Guyi the Sacred Spirit Banner, and Ye Guyi destroyed it and purified the released resentful spirits with her Sacred Light Illumination.
• Nana said farewell to her parents’ souls, then pledged herself to Ji Lin; Ji Lin accepted her into Freedom Gate, and Ye Guyi welcomed her as a fellow disciple.
• Nan Qiu Qiu invited Ji Lin and the others to the Earth Dragon Sect to thank them for their help, and Nan Shui Shui greeted them at the sect gates.
• Ji Lin and the others introduced themselves to Nan Shui Shui, who reassured Nana that she was no longer an Evil Soul Master and thanked her for helping Nan Qiu Qiu.
• Nan Shui Shui recognized that Ji Lin and the others had come to Dragon City on a Shrek Inspection Corps mission.

Ji Lin arranged an alliance between Freedom Gate and the Earth Dragon Sect, and Nan Qiu Qiu agreed to join Freedom Gate and return to Shrek City with him. After Ji Lin left, Nan Shui Shui wondered whether to marry her daughter to him and merge their sects, while Qiu Qiu doubted Ji Lin would choose her.

• Ji Lin told Nan Shui Shui that his surveillance mission had ended and proposed an alliance between Freedom Gate and the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Nan Shui Shui offered to establish an Earth Dragon Sect branch beside Freedom Gate, and Nan Qiu Qiu promised to do whatever Ji Lin asked.
• Ji Lin asked Nan Qiu Qiu to join Freedom Gate, and Nan Shui Shui agreed on the condition that Qiu Qiu could return to the Earth Dragon Sect whenever she wished.
• Nan Shui Shui decided to establish the new branch in Shrek City and have Qiu Qiu manage it, and Ji Lin said he would return to collect her the next day.
• After Ji Lin left, Nan Shui Shui told Qiu Qiu she could see her feelings for him and asked whether she would consider marrying him so their sects could merge.
• Nan Qiu Qiu worried that Ji Lin might not accept her because of the other outstanding girls around him.

Nan Shui Shui explained that the Earth Dragon Sect needed Freedom Gate’s protection and planned to use a sect secret to strengthen their alliance. That night, Meng Hongchen secretly visited Ji Lin, and he carried her into the bedroom.

• Nan Shui Shui told Nan Qiu Qiu that war was approaching and that the Earth Dragon Sect should become a subordinate sect of Freedom Gate to gain protection and support.
• Nan Shui Shui said she would give Ji Lin a secret known only to Earth Dragon Sect sect masters, while Nan Qiu Qiu pressed her to reveal it.
• Meng Hongchen complained that Ji Lin had invited Nan Qiu Qiu to Freedom Gate but not her, and Ji Lin promised he would invite her later.
• Ling Luochen watched Meng Hongchen cling to Ji Lin but held back because Meng Hongchen would eventually return to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Meng Hongchen visited Ji Lin’s room secretly at night, kissed him, and teased him about hiding their relationship from Ling Luochen and Wang Qiuer.
• Ji Lin carried Meng Hongchen into the bedroom, and they turned off the lights.

Ji Lin accepted Nan Shui Shui’s gift: a hidden, freezing cave beneath the Earth Dragon Sect’s Cold Spring that might hold rare ice-element metals. He descended into the spring and reached the cave’s entrance, where his Ultimate Ice abilities let him withstand the cold.

• After breakfast, Ji Lin and his companions left the hotel to visit the Earth Dragon Sect and prepare to return to Shrek Academy.
• Nan Shui Shui led Ji Lin away from the others and explained that a secret cave beneath the Cold Spring might contain a vein of rare ice-element metals.
• Nan Shui Shui offered the cave’s resources to Freedom Gate and asked Ji Lin to take good care of Nan Qiu Qiu.
• Ji Lin entered the Cold Spring and descended through its increasingly freezing water, which did not affect him because of his Ultimate Ice abilities.
• Ji Lin used Spirit Detection and reached the cave dwelling about twenty-five meters beneath the water.

Ji Lin opened a hidden chamber beneath the Cold Spring and discovered a Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystals. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress recognized the cave’s immense value, while Ji Lin concluded that its Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow lay beneath the spring.

• Ji Lin operated the Earth Dragon Sect’s hidden mechanism and crawled through a sealed doorway into a dry, freezing chamber.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress emerged and identified the chamber’s Ice Extreme Divine Crystals as signs of a Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.
• Ice Empress recalled that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had once consumed another such cave, prompting Ice Empress and Snow Empress to regret the cultivation opportunity they had missed.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noted that this cave differed from the one he had found, and Ice Empress explained that its many crystals might mean it contained less Profound Ice Marrow.
• Ji Lin said the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow should be beneath the Cold Spring, and Ice Empress explained that the crystals were valuable rare metals for a sect.

Ji Lin discovered Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, then surfaced to tell Nan Shui Shui he would be mining it and searching for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. After agreeing to leave some crystals for the Earth Dragon Sect, he returned to the Cold Spring and dived toward its source with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress helping him endure the cold.

• Ji Lin mined a chunk of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and agreed with the Ice Empress that he should first tell his companions he was safe.
• Ji Lin surfaced and showed Nan Shui Shui the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, explaining that mining it would take time.
• Ji Lin told Nan Shui Shui he would leave part of the crystals for the Earth Dragon Sect, and she said she would inform Luo Chen and the others.
• Ji Lin returned to the Cold Spring and continued diving toward its source as the Ice Empress and Snow Empress absorbed ice elements to protect him.
• Ji Lin reached a depth of fifty meters, where he began to feel his body stiffening from the cold.

Ji Lin found a cave containing Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and stored most of it in the Sacred Mark Space with help from the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He returned to the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal cave and began harvesting the crystals with the Snow Empress’s domain skill.

• Ji Lin entered the small cave and discovered roughly forty-five stalks of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Ji Lin and the three soul beasts absorbed most of the marrow into the Sacred Mark Space, while Ji Lin saved a few stalks for Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen.
• The Snow Empress explained that the cave would eventually disappear because it was not naturally formed in the surrounding climate.
• Ji Lin left the icy spring, returned to the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal cave, and used Emperor's Cold Sky: Snow Dance Blazing Sun to harvest its crystals.

Ji Lin returned to Shrek City after mining the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, settled Nana, Nan Qiu Qiu, and Ye Guyi at Freedom Gate, then returned to the academy and reunited with Wang Qiuer. Their affectionate reunion turned tense when Wang Qiuer asked why Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochen had been his teammates.

• After Ji Lin stored the last Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, spring water rushed into the cave, and he swam out.
• Ji Lin brought Nana, Nan Qiu Qiu, and Ye Guyi to Freedom Gate’s Shrek City branch and explained how it was run.
• Ji Lin told Nan Qiu Qiu that an Earth Dragon Sect branch would be established nearby and asked Nana and Ye Guyi to keep her out of trouble.
• Ye Guyi grew especially fond of Nan Qiu Qiu, and Ji Lin said the three girls could stay in Shrek City for two years.
• Ji Lin submitted his mission report at the Inspection Pavilion, learned Wang Qiuer had returned, and went back to his room to find her.
• Ji Lin embraced and kissed Wang Qiuer, who said her mission had gone smoothly before asking why Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochen had been his teammates.

Ji Lin spent the day on a date with Wang Qiuer, then visited Ma Xiaotao to help suppress her Evil Fire and became intimate with her. Afterward, Ma Xiaotao teased him about his relationships and his supposed exceptional talent.

• Ji Lin took Wang Qiuer around Shrek City and Sea God Lake, and she stopped bringing up Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen.
• Ji Lin escorted Wang Qiuer back to her room, then went to Ma Xiaotao's room to help with her Evil Fire.
• Ji Lin discovered that Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire was already quiet and that she did not need help suppressing it.
• Ji Lin and Ma Xiaotao became intimate, and Ma Xiaotao later teased him about Sister Lexuan, Ling Luochen, and whether she had been his first woman.
• Ji Lin assured Ma Xiaotao that she had been his first and joked that his experience came from exceptional talent.

Ji Lin and Ma Xiaotao spent the night together, and he left her an eighty-thousand-year Blazing Sun Fire Dragon Torso Bone as a reward. After Xiao Hongchen confronted Ji Lin about his relationship with Meng Hongchen and the conflict between their countries, Ji Lin promised to find a way through the political divide and privately resolved to build a new order on the continent.

• Ma Xiaotao declared that she wanted to become Sea God Pavilion Master so she could be with Ji Lin without others controlling or judging her.
• After waking beside Ma Xiaotao, Ji Lin left her an eighty-thousand-year Blazing Sun Fire Dragon Torso Bone and a note praising her performance.
• Ji Lin encountered Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen charged at him before Meng Hongchen stopped his punch.
• Xiao Hongchen accused Ji Lin of pursuing Meng Hongchen and warned that their countries' coming war would make them enemies.
• Ji Lin promised to take responsibility for Meng Hongchen and said he would overcome their political differences through strength.
• Ji Lin privately resolved to use the war to establish a new empire founded on the Star Luo Empire.

Ji Lin reconciled with Xiao Hongchen and gave Meng Hongchen precious ice treasures to strengthen her martial soul and soul tool armor. He then asked Wang Qiuer to take him to the Great Fiend Zone to speak with Di Tian, leaving her worried about the danger.

• Ji Lin assured Xiao Hongchen that Meng Hongchen would never be harmed, and Xiao Hongchen accepted that their relationship was already settled.
• Ji Lin gave Meng Hongchen Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, explaining how the marrow could evolve her martial soul into Ultimate Ice.
• Ji Lin went with Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen to get breakfast, then brought a meal to Wang Qiuer.
• Wang Qiuer told Ji Lin she had planned to eat with Dong'er and Xiao Xiao before agreeing to cancel those plans.
• Ji Lin asked Wang Qiuer to take him to the Great Fiend Zone in the Star Dou Great Forest so he could speak with Di Tian, and she warned him that the Lord might not protect him.

Ji Lin planned to ally with Di Tian and the Soul Beasts to strengthen Freedom Gate and advance the Sacred Mark Plan. After recruiting Ling Luochen and their former teammates for the Liyue Chamber of Commerce, he helped Ling Luochen absorb Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, beginning the evolution of her ice Martial Soul toward Ultimate Ice.

• Ji Lin explained to Wang Qiuer that he wanted to bring the Soul Beasts into the Liyue Chamber of Commerce and ally with Di Tian, and Wang Qiuer agreed to take him the next day.
• Ji Lin told Ling Luochen about the Sacred Marks and her Seven Stars position, then recruited Xixi, Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo to join the Liyue Chamber of Commerce after graduation.
• Ji Lin and Ling Luochen walked beside Sea God Lake, reminisced about when they first met, and returned to her room.
• Ji Lin and Ling Luochen worked together to absorb Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, causing Ling Luochen's ice Martial Soul to grow stronger and begin evolving toward Ultimate Ice.