Chapter Summaries

Qian Gu Huang Yu continued climbing the Sea God Stairs while Electrolux tried to separate the life and death energies inside her by forming two Soul Power vortices. The vortices unexpectedly linked and exploded within her, leaving her trapped in unbearable pain as her Third Soul Skill kept her body from bursting apart.

• Electrolux explained that Qian Gu Huang Yu's Holy Necromancer martial soul carried both Light and Death attributes, and that its death energy clashed with the life energy of Spirit Gold.
• Electrolux asked Di Xuan and Tai Kun to control the Lightning and Gravity Soul Power while Qian Gu Huang Yu continued climbing the Sea God Stairs.
• As Qian Gu Huang Yu climbed to the seventeenth step, Electrolux formed separate life and death Soul Power vortices and tried to direct each energy into its own vortex.
• The two vortices formed an unnoticed connection and exploded inside Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu activated her Third Soul Skill, which kept her body intact but repeatedly forced her consciousness awake to endure the pain.

Qian Gu Huang Yu endured the Sea God Stairs by using Immortal Dragon Soul to recover faster than the Soul Power Vortex destroyed her body. As she reached the final step, Electrolux completed the Life and Death Vortex, which he named the Undying Seal Method.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu realized the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul could transform Life Energy into Death Energy, and Electrolux understood that the Death Energy came from Life Energy.
• Electrolux urged Qian Gu Huang Yu to keep climbing and release the Spirit Blade’s Life Energy so he could construct a Soul Power Vortex using life and death.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu continued ascending while the other examinees watched; Gu Yuena regretted withdrawing at the fiftieth step.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu reached the one-thousand-and-first Sea God Stair as the gathered examinees cheered her name.
• Electrolux completed the Life and Death Vortex, naming it the Undying Seal Method.

After passing the Sea God Stair assessment, Qian Gu Huang Yu learned that Electrolux had formed a life-and-death Soul Power Vortex in her body and taught her the Undying Seal Method. She arranged for Ha Luosa to kill Tang Wanle while waiting for Tai Po'e to leave Shrek Academy, then began the next assessment with Gu Yuena.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu passed all one thousand and one Sea God Stairs, and Electrolux told her he had formed a life-and-death Soul Power Vortex in her real body and named the cultivation method the Undying Seal Method.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to the others, received congratulations from Elder Ma, and meditated to examine the changes in her cultivation.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu contacted Ha Luosa and ordered him to wait until Tai Po'e left Shrek Academy before killing him, while permitting Ha Luosa to kill Tang Wanle as a warning.
• Elder Ma announced the group assessment, and Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena formed a team without any other examinees joining them.
• Wang Han led Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to the next assessment hall, where the lights suddenly dimmed.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena faced a simulated Man Faced Demon Spider in Shrek’s Beast Arena and defeated it with ease. The arena produced not only a simulated Ten-thousand-year Soul Ring but also an External Soul Bone, leaving the two girls baffled by the realism.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena were transported into a Great Soul Arena and warned each other to stay together.
• Wang Han announced that they had to kill the Man Faced Demon Spider in Shrek’s Beast Arena for a battle assessment.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Qian Gu Huang Yu with a venomous web, but she shredded it with wind and lightning.
• Gu Yuena pierced the spider’s eight eyes with ice spikes, and Qian Gu Huang Yu finished it with golden lightning.
• A simulated Ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone appeared where the Man Faced Demon Spider died, surprising Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena passed Shrek’s second human nature test by refusing to claim the fake Eight Spider Lances soul bone, earning perfect scores. Wang Han then led them toward the seventh assessment, where they noticed soul tool design blueprints etched into the walls and ceiling.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena pretended to debate whether to take the Eight Spider Lances soul bone, then both refused it because it was too ugly.
• The beast arena ended, and Wang Han explained that the assessment tested how examinees would distribute the soul ring and soul bone.
• Wang Han awarded Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena perfect scores of ten and praised their decision not to let the soul bone harm their relationship.
• After a ten-minute rest, Wang Han led Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to the second floor, where they recognized soul tool design blueprints in the golden patterns.

Qian Gu Huang Yu recalled Bei Gong Li’s explanation that soul tools had regressed, while high-level soul tools depended on vast resources rather than personal mastery. At Shrek Academy’s specialty assessment, Gu Yuena demonstrated precise control of Earth and Water elements, leaving the examiners impressed as she began forming the characters “Shi Lai.”

• Qian Gu Huang Yu recalled Bei Gong Li explaining that she had no natal soul tool and that levels above 9 could be earned through design blueprints rather than construction.
• Bei Gong Li told Qian Gu Huang Yu that soul tools usable by soul masters had regressed, and that Spirit Ice Douluo’s armor path had displaced Kong Deming’s martial soul fusion soul tools.
• Wang Han led Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to wait for their specialty assessment, and Gu Yuena said she would demonstrate control over the Four Elements.
• Elder Ma arrived with two examiners and invited the girls to display their primary specialties.
• Gu Yuena revealed four black soul rings and shaped Earth Element energy into the character “Shi,” then formed “Lai” from Water Element energy without using soul skills.

Gu Yuena demonstrated control over all four basic elements during the Shrek Academy assessment and received a perfect score despite cutting the Shrek characters in half with a wind blade. Qian Gu Huang Yu claimed her specialty was being rich and also earned a perfect score, leaving her surprised by Elder Ma’s favorable judgment.

• Gu Yuena controlled fire and wind to complete the Shrek characters, then cut them in half with a wind blade.
• Elder Ma praised Gu Yuena’s elemental control and Spiritual Power and gave her a perfect ten out of ten.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu told the examiners that her specialty was being rich, prompting the middle-aged man on the right to angrily accuse her of trying to buy her way into Shrek Academy.
• Elder Ma argued that wealth helped Soul Masters afford Soul Spirits, Battle Armor, and mecha, and awarded Qian Gu Huang Yu a perfect ten out of ten.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu wondered why Elder Ma had accepted her answer so favorably and reflected that Shrek’s sense of fairness seemed flexible.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena completed Shrek Academy’s entrance examination with perfect scores, setting a new record. Elder Ma gave them passes and told them the Inner Court examination had been postponed for three days, while Zang Xin continued waiting for them.

• Elder Ma ended the eighth test and gave Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena ten minutes to rest before the next assessment.
• Elder Ma accepted their claim that they were Level Four Mech Designers and awarded them full marks in the ninth test.
• Elder Ma conducted the final review alone and awarded both girls perfect scores of one hundred, making them the first students to achieve that result.
• Elder Ma told Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena that the Inner Court examination had been postponed for three days and gave them Shrek passes.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena went home while Zang Xin waited for them, unaware that the examination had been delayed.

Qian Ren Xue visited Shrek Academy with Beddon, who personally showed her around and welcomed her to the Inner Court. She hid her resentment toward Shrek’s ancestors while paying respects to their statues, then saw Sea God Lake and learned about Sea God Pavilion.

• Qian Ren Xue arrived at Shrek Academy, where Beddon personally greeted her and offered to show her around.
• Beddon guided Qian Ren Xue through the Outer Court and toward the Inner Court as she recalled that the academy stood on the ruins of Spirit City.
• Qian Ren Xue asked whether Ha Luosa had ever entered the Inner Court, and Beddon claimed its teachers and students could have defeated him.
• Qian Ren Xue recognized the statues of Shrek’s founders and the Shrek Seven Devils, including Tang San, whom she blamed for her family’s downfall.
• At Beddon’s request, Qian Ren Xue bowed to the statues and introduced herself as Le Qian Xue.
• Beddon showed Qian Ren Xue Sea God Lake and Sea God Island, explaining that Sea God Pavilion governed Shrek Academy and Shrek City.

Beddon introduced Qian Ren Xue to life at Shrek Academy and gave her a generous monthly allowance of Contribution Points. He sent her into an illusion meant to test her, where she found herself witnessing a registration scene from the era of the Original Shrek Seven Devils.

• Beddon brought Qian Ren Xue to Sea God Island and told her he would personally teach her at Shrek’s Inner Court.
• Beddon explained Shrek’s Contribution Point system and revealed that Sea God Pavilion had approved one hundred thousand points per month for Qian Ren Xue.
• Beddon led Qian Ren Xue to a door of light for a test, while Long Yeyue and the other elders worried about the influence of her years with the Spirit Pagoda and Southern Legion.
• Qian Ren Xue entered the illusion and found herself unable to move as she watched people lining up at a village-like registration desk.
• A young man was told by the lazy registrar to pay ten Gold Soul Coins, and Qian Ren Xue realized the scene belonged to twenty thousand years earlier.

Qian Ren Xue recognized that she was trapped in an illusion recreating the Original Shrek Seven Devils’ arrival at Shrek Academy and hid her hostility while Beddon mistook her anger for excitement. As the illusion gathered Tang San and the others, Qian Ren Xue struggled to contain her rage at seeing her old enemies again.

• Dai Mubai intimidated a boy and his father into leaving after the old man rejected the boy’s registration.
• Qian Ren Xue realized the scene was Shrek Academy from ten thousand years earlier and recognized Dai Mubai.
• Qian Ren Xue understood that Shrek wanted the illusion to make her admire the Original Shrek Seven Devils, but decided to conceal her true feelings and make use of Shrek’s resources.
• Qian Ren Xue saw Xiao Wu and suppressed her resentment while Beddon interpreted her expression as excitement.
• When Tang San appeared, Qian Ren Xue lost her composure and clenched her fists in anger.
• Qian Ren Xue saw the rest of the Original Shrek Seven Devils gather, while Beddon and the others praised her apparent happiness.

Qian Ren Xue relived Spirit Hall’s destruction in an illusion and was forced to accept Shrek’s invitation from Tang San, all while concealing her hatred. After she emerged, Beddon told her to take the Inner Court assessment in three days.

• Qian Ren Xue watched the Shrek Seven Devils defeat Spirit Hall, destroy her family, and later kill Bibi Dong and defeat her as the Angel God.
• Qian Ren Xue wept as she remembered her grandfathers’ sacrifices and Bibi Dong protecting her.
• Tang San appeared in the illusion and invited Qian Ren Xue to join Shrek, and she forced herself to accept and bow to him.
• Qian Ren Xue entered the door of light and emerged from the illusion, where Beddon praised her performance.
• Beddon told Qian Ren Xue to take the Inner Court assessment alongside the applicants in three days.

Qian Ren Xue recounted Shrek’s humiliating welcome and learned that her generous allowance could benefit her companions, while Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena shared their own grievances. The next morning, their guardians questioned them about Shrek and discovered that Qian Gu Huang Yu had formed a Soul Power Vortex unusually early, prompting Gu Yuena to consider forming one too.

• Qian Ren Xue told Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena that Shrek had made her bow to Tang San’s statue and watch a story that forced her to cheer for him.
• Qian Ren Xue revealed that Shrek gave her one hundred thousand Contribution Points each month and weekly access to the Golden Tree, and Qian Gu Huang Yu urged her to collect rewards for the group.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun questioned Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yuena, and Qian Ren Xue about Shrek, and the three described it as hypocritical, full of double standards, and shameless.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena recounted their experiences at Shrek, and Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun were astonished to learn that Qian Gu Huang Yu had formed a Soul Power Vortex at four rings.
• Leng Yang Jun explained that Qian Gu Huang Yu’s early Soul Power Vortex could eliminate bottlenecks on her path to Level 70, and Gu Yuena considered forming one herself.

Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun explained how Soul Core cultivation had evolved and why Qian Gu Huang Yu’s life-and-death Soul Power Vortex was extraordinary. They told her she had made history, though she worried it was slowing her cultivation.

• Qian Gu Die Ting described how Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao pioneered condensing a Soul Core at Rank 70 and how later generations changed Soul Core requirements.
• Leng Yang Jun explained the Isotopic Resonance and Yin-Yang Complementary methods and contrasted the usual single-attribute Soul Cores with Huo Yuhao’s multiple Soul Cores.
• Qian Gu Die Ting outlined single-attribute, attribute-less, and dual-attribute Soul Cores, explaining that dual-attribute cores required balancing mutually generating and restraining attributes.
• Leng Yang Jun said Qian Gu Huang Yu’s life-and-death Soul Power Vortex could yield exceptional Soul Power reserves and recovery, and Qian Gu Die Ting said she had created new history.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu worried that her Soul Power Vortex had made her already slow cultivation even slower.

Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun explained the benefits of Soul Power Vortices and advised Qian Gu Huang Yu, Qian Ren Xue, and Gu Yuena on their future Soul Cores. The girls chose to continue with Shrek Academy’s Inner Court assessment, and Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena arrived at the gates, where Zang Xin greeted them and apologized for Tai Po'e’s earlier actions.

• Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun explained that Soul Power Vortices compressed Soul Power, slowed early advancement, and helped cultivators prepare to form Soul Cores.
• Qian Gu Die Ting advised Qian Gu Huang Yu to form a Life and Death Soul Core, Qian Ren Xue to begin with a sacred Soul Core, and Gu Yuena to use a Spirit Soul Core.
• After hearing about Tai Po'e protecting Tang Wanle, Qian Gu Die Ting offered to stop the girls from attending Shrek, but Qian Gu Huang Yu and Qian Ren Xue insisted on taking the Inner Court assessment with Gu Yuena.
• Two and a half days later, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena returned to Shrek Academy, where Zang Xin recognized them and ushered them inside.
• Zang Xin apologized to Qian Gu Huang Yu for Tai Po'e's conduct, explaining that it had been the elder's personal action rather than the academy's intention.

Gu Yuena and Qian Gu Huang Yu learned about the Shrek Inner Court assessment from Zang Xin, who also tried to recruit them into the Tang Sect. Meanwhile, Qian Ren Xue entered Shrek Academy and met Yun Ming.

• Gu Yuena asked where Cao Dezhi was, prompting Zang Xin to awkwardly insist that they were only comrades.
• Zang Xin explained the Inner Court assessment: crossing Sea God Lake, a combat test, and being chosen by an elder or a Tang Sect Great One.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu said that she and Gu Yuena had no plans to join a Soul Master faction, but would consider the Tang Sect first if they changed their minds.
• Gu Yuena asked again where Cao Dezhi had gone, leaving Zang Xin pleading for her to stop bringing him up.
• Qian Ren Xue entered Shrek Academy using the route Beddon had told her about and met Yun Ming.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena joined Shrek’s Inner Court assessment, where Beddon announced that the first trial was crossing Sea God Lake. The examinees used a range of abilities and equipment to start the crossing, leaving the trial underway.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena arrived at Sea God Lake, where Qian Gu Huang Yu spotted Guan Yue and Yun Ming among the examinees.
• Zang Xin identified Yun Ming as the disciple of Beddon, the Sea God Pavilion Master, and Beddon soon appeared to announce the three-trial assessment.
• Beddon set the first trial as crossing Sea God Lake, and an examinee launched toward the island with a Flying Soul Tool.
• A Blue Silver Grass Soul Master bound the flying examinee and sent him into the lake, while Beddon warned everyone to enter the water within one minute.
• The examinees rushed into the lake using Soul Skills, Flying Soul Tools, wave-running, and swimming as Beddon noticed Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena’s four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena crossed Sea God Lake on Tai Kun, using the Mountain Dragon’s strength and Gu Yuena’s elemental support to race toward Sea God Island while Qian Ren Xue flew overhead. As the examinees unleashed Soul Skills near the finish, the trio remained untouched and near the front of the race.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu rejected flying across Sea God Lake as too conspicuous, while Qian Ren Xue took to the air with her Six-winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu summoned Tai Kun and urged him to absorb the lake’s life energy as he carried her and Gu Yuena toward Sea God Island.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu teased Gu Yuena by asking if she could ride her, and Gu Yuena reminded her of what had happened between them before.
• Beddon and the other observers watched the pair travel atop Tai Kun, while Yun Ming and Zang Xin recalled Yun Ming’s own examination mishap.
• Gu Yuena used Wind and Water elements to help Tai Kun swim faster, and the group passed most examinees, trailing only Qian Ren Xue.
• Near the finish line, examinees began attacking one another with Soul Skills but avoided Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yuena, and Qian Ren Xue.

Qian Gu Huang Yu disrupted the Sea God Lake entrance assessment while Qian Ren Xue and Gu Yuena reached Sea God Island, where the examinees began the next test. Qian Ren Xue entered a strange testing chamber and came face-to-face with Tang San.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu ordered Tai Kun to chase the examinees across Sea God Lake, causing them to flee and Guan Yue to lose time evading the Mountain Dragon.
• Qian Ren Xue reached Sea God Island first, and Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena arrived tied for second while Tai Kun stayed in the lake to absorb its life force.
• Guan Yue arrived third, and Qian Gu Huang Yu fished in Sea God Lake before Gu Yuena threatened her over her wandering gaze at the drenched female examinees.
• Beddon led the examinees into a futuristic facility, gave them defensive wristbands, and guided them through a space-powered passage to the second assessment.
• Qian Ren Xue entered the testing area first and found Tang San standing opposite her.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena entered a physical examination space and faced simulated Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong. The battle began with Huo Yuhao suffering backlash from his Soul Impact, while the examiners watched from the monitoring room.

• Qian Ren Xue vanished, and Guan Yue concluded that the examinees were being transported to separate examination sites.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena entered the space together, and Gu Yuena caught Qian Gu Huang Yu before she fell.
• An electronic voice announced the test, and simulated Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong appeared before them.
• Long Yeyue explained that the difficult matchups were intended to make the examinees recognize their limits.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong revealed their four Soul Rings each, and Huo Yuhao's Soul Impact struck Qian Gu Huang Yu's Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu said Huo Yuhao's Soul Impact had backfired because his Spiritual Power was weaker, leaving Beddon and Long Yeyue speechless.