Chapter Summaries

Ji Lin sought Tang San’s herb-recording book and immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Youyou required him to pass a trial to obtain the book. Ji Lin consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and discovered that his Mental Power and vision had improved dramatically.

• Ji Lin asked Youyou for Tang San’s book and some immortal herbs, and Youyou said he had to prove he was Tang San’s descendant and pass a trial to take the book.
• Ji Lin accepted Youyou’s trial, which required eating an herb, and Youyou selected Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew for him.
• Ji Lin drank the dew and sat down to sense its effects while Chi Yuan guarded him.
• The dew’s power merged with Ji Lin’s bloodline and strengthened his Mental Power.
• Ji Lin opened his eyes and saw subtle details in the world, including life force within Youyou and energy patterns in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Ji Lin reached the strength trial for the immortal herbs, but he let Chi Yuan reveal her overwhelming power instead of fighting the Infernal Delicate Apricot. The display awakened the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, whose voice demanded to know what trouble Youyou and Ajiao had caused.

• Ji Lin asked Youyou for the book, and she explained that he still had to pass a strength test to claim it and the seven immortal herbs.
• Youyou summoned Ajiao, the hundred-thousand-year Infernal Delicate Apricot, to test Ji Lin.
• Ajiao opened a path through the valley and challenged Ji Lin to fight near the Scorching Yang Spring.
• Ji Lin called on Teacher Chi Yuan to handle the trial, and Chi Yuan appeared with nine soul rings and a powerful aura that terrified Youyou, Ajiao, and the other plants.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass awakened and questioned Youyou and Ajiao, while Youyou protested that she had only been following the trial instructions.

Ji Lin persuaded the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to consider becoming his Sacred Marks by explaining that they could retain their consciousness and might attain godhood and eternal life. Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to leave with him, while Aromatic Silk Beauty and another herb chose to stay.

• Ji Lin used Chi Yuan’s strength to pass Aromatic Silk Beauty’s test, claimed the book, and argued that he could take as many immortal herbs as he wanted.
• The hundred-thousand-year Aromatic Silk Beauty supported Ji Lin’s right to choose, and Infernal Delicate Apricot offered him Blazing Glue when she feared he planned to eat her.
• Ji Lin explained Sacred Marks to the immortal herbs and showed them Snow Empress and Ice Empress as proof that they could keep their consciousness and become energy bodies.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot agreed to become Ji Lin’s Sacred Mark after weighing the possibility of eternal life and a chance to begin again.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty and another immortal herb declined to leave, but Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass chose to follow Ji Lin and see the outside world.

Ji Lin selected immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to give to his allies, while arranging for Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to open Sacred Mark Spaces. After collecting several treasures and reassuring Aromatic Silk Beauty, he approached Infernal Delicate Apricot to begin.

• Ji Lin had the Ice Empress teach Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass how to open a Sacred Mark Space, then examined the other herbs and left the Lovesick Heartbreak Reds untouched.
• Ji Lin harvested the Primal Chaos Immortal Herb for Zhang Lexuan, leaving its roots behind so it could recover.
• Ji Lin took a Star Luo Spirit Pearl for Xu Jiujiu and collected essence pollen from Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ji Lin reassured Aromatic Silk Beauty that he would not take more from her, and she called him a good person.
• The Snow Empress told Ji Lin that Infernal Delicate Apricot had learned to open a Sacred Mark Space, and Ji Lin entered its barren, heat-scorched territory to begin.

Ji Lin fused with the Infernal Delicate Apricot, reaching level sixty-three and bringing him closer to condensing his second Soul Core. The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass chose to leave with him, gave him its Eight-angled Profound Ice Crystal, and began creating a Sacred Mark Space.

• Ji Lin fused with the Infernal Delicate Apricot while preserving most of her essence in the Sacred Mark Space.
• Ji Lin refused the Infernal Delicate Apricot's offer to transform his left arm soul bone, keeping his soul bones ice-attributed for protection against Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment.
• Ji Lin reached level sixty-three after absorbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot's soul ring and fire energy.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot formed a clear energy body and reunited with Aromatic Silk Beauty as Ji Lin spoke with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass decided to leave with Ji Lin and gave him its Eight-angled Profound Ice Crystal.
• Ji Lin began turning the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's body into a Sacred Mark carrier as it opened a Sacred Mark Space.

Ji Lin completed his fusions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and left Sunset Forest with Chi Yuan, having gained new powers and reached rank sixty-five. During their overnight rest, he discussed the difficulty of becoming a god and questioned the true nature of his Treasure Chest System.

• Ji Lin fused the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass Sacred Mark into his right leg, and its power transformed his soul bone.
• By the following night, Ji Lin had completed his fusion, reached rank sixty-five, and reviewed the many skills and rewards he had gained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ji Lin and Ajiao said goodbye to Youyou, then Ji Lin and Chi Yuan left the valley and flew south through Sunset Forest.
• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan camped on a hill, where Ji Lin asked Chi Yuan how close she was to reaching the divine realm, and she explained that the world's laws made ascending without a Divine Position difficult.
• Ji Lin reflected on the shortage of Divine Positions and suspected that his Treasure Chest System granted things he subconsciously wished for, though it had not responded since giving him Sacred Mark Crafting Technology.

Ji Lin returned to Shrek City and gave precious immortal herbs and spiritual treasures to Nan Qiu Qiu, Ye Guyi, and Xu Jiujiu. Xu Jiujiu began fusing with the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, while Ji Lin left a Ninth-grade Purple Ganoderma for Nana.

• Ji Lin returned to the Freedom Gate branch with Chi Yuan and told Xu Jiujiu he had obtained his sixth Soul Ring and unexpected gains.
• Ji Lin gave Nan Qiu Qiu an Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and she accepted it after Ye Guyi encouraged her.
• Ji Lin gave Ye Guyi a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which she accepted.
• Ji Lin gave Xu Jiujiu a Star Luo Spirit Pearl, and her Star Crown Martial Soul drew starlight and suppressed the pearl until it stopped resisting.
• The Star Luo Spirit Pearl entered Xu Jiujiu’s body and began fusing with her, repelling Ji Lin as she meditated.
• Ji Lin gave Ye Guyi a Ninth-grade Purple Ganoderma to pass to Nana when she returned.

Ji Lin gave Xu Jiujiu's immortal herbs into Ye Guyi's care, then returned to Shrek Academy to give Zhang Lexuan a Primal Chaos Immortal Herb and encourage her path to becoming a Titled Douluo and future Sea God Pavilion Master. He also arranged support for her ninth soul ring, leaving Zhang Lexuan determined to advance within Shrek.

• Ji Lin left Ye Guyi with books and immortal herbs to pass on to Xu Jiujiu when she awoke, then hurried back to Shrek Academy.
• Ji Lin found Zhang Lexuan at the teaching office and led her on a walk around Sea God Lake, where they reminisced and kissed.
• Ji Lin gave Zhang Lexuan a Primal Chaos Immortal Herb, explaining that it could strengthen her Soul Power and help her condense a Soul Core.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted the herb and resolved to work harder toward becoming a Titled Douluo and Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Ji Lin planned to have Ling Luochen and his allies help prepare Zhang Lexuan's ninth soul ring and Hundred-Thousand-Year Sacred Mark.

Ji Lin gave Ma Xiaotao Blazing Glue, helping her cleanse her evil fire, evolve into an Ultimate Fire Phoenix, and break through to Soul Douluo. After spending the day with her, he left to find Wang Qiuer and planned to give immortal herbs to Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er.

• Ji Lin went to Ma Xiaotao's room and fed her Blazing Glue, the essence of an ultimate fire immortal herb.
• Ma Xiaotao absorbed the Blazing Glue, evolved her Martial Soul into an Ultimate Fire Phoenix, and broke through to Soul Douluo while Ji Lin guarded her.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Ji Lin and challenged him, but she was defeated after their battle lasted until nightfall.
• Ji Lin left Ma Xiaotao's room and walked along Sea God Lake to clear her scent before visiting Wang Qiuer.
• Ji Lin planned to give immortal herbs to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao to help them advance before graduation.

Ji Lin returned to Wang Qiuer after spending the day with Ma Xiaotao, whose Martial Soul had evolved into an Ultimate Fire Phoenix. He gave Wang Qiuer a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to strengthen her cultivation, then became intimate with her as she recovered from refining the herb.

• Ji Lin told Wang Qiuer that Ma Xiaotao's evil fire had been purified and her Martial Soul had evolved, while Wang Qiuer confronted him for spending the day with her.
• Wang Qiuer said Wang Dong'er had seen Ji Lin enter Ma Xiaotao's cabin and explained that she had waited for him all day.
• Ji Lin gave Wang Qiuer a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and instructed her to eat it and cultivate so its medicinal power could strengthen her body and help her reach Rank 60.
• Wang Qiuer consumed the herb and began refining it, her Soul Power nearing Rank 60 as Ji Lin stood guard.
• After Wang Qiuer finished her initial refinement, Ji Lin pulled her close and began an unusually intense intimate encounter.

Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer spent the night together while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao stood guard outside the cabin, embarrassed by what they overheard. The next day, Wang Qiuer punished the two friends on the Soul Fighting Platform, and they all returned to their cabins together.

• Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer embraced and spent the night together in a golden-crimson cocoon.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao came to comfort Wang Qiuer but stayed outside her door all night, listening and keeping watch.
• At daybreak, Wang Qiuer sensed the two outside, and Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer confessed their love before separating.
• Ji Lin cleaned the room while Wang Qiuer bathed, and the pair joked about inviting Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao to breakfast.
• Wang Qiuer later fought Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao on the Soul Fighting Platform, and Wang Dong'er accidentally revealed that they had listened outside the door all night.
• Wang Qiuer readied her Golden Dragon Spear as Wang Dong'er hid behind Ji Lin, and the four continued on toward their cabins.

Ji Lin gave Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er rare immortal treasures, and their grateful reactions turned into playful kisses that tested Wang Qiuer's patience. The chapter ended with Wang Qiuer casting Ji Lin a cold glance after he let Wang Dong'er kiss him.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao nervously sat before Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer after being caught eavesdropping.
• Ji Lin gave Xiao Xiao essence pollen from a hundred-thousand-year Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve her Martial Souls.
• Xiao Xiao excitedly hugged Ji Lin and kissed his cheek before retreating in embarrassment.
• Ji Lin gave Wang Dong'er an Eight Petal Immortal Orchid to strengthen her foundation and support her cultivation up to Rank Seventy.
• Wang Dong'er kissed Ji Lin to provoke Wang Qiuer, who narrowed her eyes and gave Ji Lin a cold glance when he did not dodge.

Ji Lin watched Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao refine paired immortal herbs, which improved their abilities and cultivation. A year later, Freedom Gate’s members and allies had grown stronger, while Sacred Marks had spread across the former Three Douluo Kingdoms and greatly reduced low-level Soul Masters’ need to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao refined the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and Aromatic Silk Beauty, and their paired effects enhanced their appearances, cultivation, and Martial Souls.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao reported their improvements, and Ji Lin concluded that Freedom Gate had a formidable lineup for the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament.
• Over the following year, Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Nana, and Nan Qiu Qiu reached Soul Emperor, while Ye Guyi reached Soul Saint before Ji Lin approached rank seventy.
• Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochen reached Soul Saint after their Martial Souls evolved into Ultimate Ice, and Zhang Lexuan became a rank ninety-one Titled Douluo while Ma Xiaotao became a Soul Douluo with Ultimate Fire Phoenix.
• Xu Jiujiu, Yu Mengdi, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and other members of Freedom Gate advanced in cultivation through the sect's resources.
• Sacred Marks spread throughout the former Three Douluo Kingdoms, giving low-level Soul Masters a purchasable alternative to hunting Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.

Ji Lin expanded the Liyue Chamber of Commerce’s Sacred Mark operations while planning to use the Sun Moon Empire to weaken the other empires and shield his own unification plans. With the Sun Moon exchange students due to return in fewer than ten days, Meng Hongchen spent an unusually passionate night with Ji Lin.

• Ji Lin helped Wang Yan join the Sacred Mark Research Institute and arranged for Qing Ya to work at a Liyue Chamber of Commerce auction.
• The Fierce Beasts supplied soul beast genes and supported the Chamber of Commerce, while humans and soul beasts benefited from cooperation around Sacred Marks.
• Ji Lin accepted the three great empires’ restrictions on selling Sacred Marks to the Sun Moon Empire and planned to let it attack the Dou Ling and Heaven Dou Empires so he could later gain the people’s support.
• Ji Lin reflected that he wanted to unify the continent without making its citizens hate him, using the Sun Moon Empire to draw their anger.
• Meng Hongchen took the initiative with Ji Lin in his Sea God Island cabin as the exchange students’ return to the Sun Moon Empire approached.

Ji Lin spent Meng Hongchen’s final days at Shrek with her, and their farewell grew closer as they explored Shrek City and enjoyed time together. The exchange program ended with a ceremony, leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students ready to return home on friendlier terms with Shrek.

• Ji Lin promised to devote Meng Hongchen’s remaining days at Shrek to her, and she set aside her old rivalry with Wang Qiuer after learning Wang had made room for them.
• Ji Lin and Meng Hongchen spent several days together, explored Shrek City, and made memories before Meng Hongchen’s departure.
• Ji Lin accepted that he could not selfishly keep Meng Hongchen from returning to her family, despite wishing she could stay.
• The first exchange program between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy concluded, and Yan Shaozhe arranged a farewell ceremony attended by Xuan Zi.
• The exchange students and Shrek’s Inner Court disciples had overcome much of their prejudice, formed friendships, and shared Soul Tool knowledge.

The Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students reunited in Maple Leaf City after two and a half years apart. The exchange ended, and Jing Hongchen took Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the other Sun Moon students home while Ji Lin prepared to leave Shrek Academy after Wang Qiuer’s group completed its final inspection mission.

• Yan Shaozhe awarded the Sun Moon exchange students Shrek Inner Court graduation certificates, and Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen teased each other as they said goodbye to Ji Lin.
• Ji Lin watched the Sun Moon students depart and decided to prepare for his own graduation assessment after Wang Qiuer and the others finished their inspection mission.
• Jing Hongchen and Crown Prince Xu Tianran attended the Shrek students’ farewell in the Sun Moon Empire, then Jing escorted them to Maple Leaf City for the exchange.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo met Jing Hongchen and Fan Yu in Maple Leaf City, where the two academies completed the student exchange.
• Jing Hongchen praised Meng Hongchen’s progress, including her Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and Soul Saint breakthrough, then led the Sun Moon students into the sky with their Flying Soul Tools.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao committed to becoming a Soul Engineer, while Ji Lin and his companions graduated. At their farewell gathering, Ji Lin revealed that the upcoming tournament might expand to include sects, setting Freedom Gate against Shrek and raising the stakes for both groups.

• Yan Shaozhe welcomed the returning exchange students, and Ji Lin learned that Huo Yuhao had reached Soul King by taking pills despite his unstable foundation.
• Huo Yuhao told Ji Lin he had chosen the Soul Engineer path to gain strength and pursue revenge, and Fan Yu accepted his decision.
• Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao completed their final surveillance mission, joining Ji Lin as graduates preparing to leave Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi hosted a farewell gathering, where Ji Lin explained that the tournament might become a Continental Young Soul Master Tournament open to sects.
• Ji Lin said he planned to enter the tournament with Freedom Gate, while Bei Bei acknowledged that they would become opponents and Ma Xiaotao urged Shrek's team not to dwell on winning.

Ji Lin and his companions left Shrek Academy and traveled to Star Luo City, where he returned to Freedom Gate’s headquarters. As his friends worried about Shrek’s prospects in the next tournament, the group began settling into their new base.

• Ma Xiaotao reassured Bei Bei and the others that Shrek’s legacy mattered more than winning the tournament, while the group discussed potential teammates and the pressure they would face.
• Xu Sanshi invited Ji Lin to stay for the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Assembly, but Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao declined to participate, and Ji Lin spent his last night at Shrek with Ma Xiaotao.
• Ji Lin, Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao said goodbye to Shrek Academy, then gathered with Xu Jiujiu, Ye Guyi, and their companions at Freedom Gate’s branch before leaving for Star Luo City.
• Ji Lin’s group arrived at Star Luo City and entered Freedom Gate’s headquarters, where Ye Wuqing, Yu Mengdi, and the other inner disciples welcomed him back.
• Yu Mengdi congratulated Ji Lin on graduating and reminded him that Xu Jiujiu had worked hard for the sect while he was away.

Ji Lin reunited with Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu after graduating from Shrek Academy, then asked about the Star Luo Empire’s research into the advanced item he had provided. The researchers had failed to reproduce it or make a usable substitute, leaving Ji Lin doubtful that the empire could build it.

• Ji Lin introduced Ye Guyi and the other inner disciples to Yu Mengdi, then left them to meet Xu Jiawei.
• Gu Yuena left the hall to find Chi Yuan and ask for more novels to read.
• Xu Jiawei greeted Ji Lin at the palace and teased him about having children with Xu Jiujiu, embarrassing her.
• Xu Jiawei told Ji Lin that he had once attended Shrek Academy in disguise and nearly competed in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Ji Lin asked about the research on the item he had supplied, and Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu explained that the empire’s Soul Masters could neither reproduce it nor make a functional substitute.
• Ji Lin concluded that Star Luo’s Soul Masters were too limited to build the item, even with its blueprints.

Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu discussed the unfinished invention and the Star Crown Sect’s preparations before returning to Freedom Gate. Ji Lin then planned to make Xiao Bai his Perfect Sacred Mark and began considering the Ice Sea as a source of Soul Bones and powerful Soul Beasts.

• Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers might be recruited to study the invention, while Xu Jiawei said the other preparations were already complete.
• Xu Jiawei teased Xu Jiujiu and Ji Lin about having descendants, and the pair spent the night together before returning to Freedom Gate the next morning.
• Ji Lin decided to have Xiao Bai become his Perfect Sacred Mark so he could gain another Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and advance beyond Rank 69.
• Ji Lin explained that Perfect Sacred Marks let him safely store most Soul Beast energy, while he prepared for Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment to absorb Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Because he still lacked an ice-attribute left leg bone, Ji Lin considered seeking cooperation from the Sea Princess Clan and other powerful Soul Beasts in the Ice Sea.