Chapter Summaries

Qiu'er entered the sparring match to restore her team’s morale and faced Xue Xiao Ran, who had overwhelmed their side with his Soul Tools. After exchanging close-range blows, Xue Xiao Ran unleashed the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain, and Qiu'er braced herself against its assault.

• After Ning Tian lost to Xue Xiao Ran, Qiu'er’s team had only five fighters left, and Qiu'er chose to take the next round to lift their spirits.
• Qiu'er teased Xue Xiao Ran about visiting and secretly kissing him while he was unconscious, then Yan Shaozhe started their match.
• Qiu'er charged with her Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and Xue Xiao Ran met her attack with a frost-covered fist.
• Qiu'er blocked Xue Xiao Ran’s strike and scattered much of its icy aura, so he changed tactics rather than spending all his Soul Power in close combat.
• Xue Xiao Ran spread the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain across the arena and concealed himself among the snowflakes as Qiu'er defended herself with a golden aura.

Xue Xiao Ran used his Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain and poison to pressure Qiu'er, then attacked when she charged at him. Their fight ended this section with Qiu'er kicking him flying after he accidentally struck her in an embarrassing place.

• Xue Xiao Ran maintained his domain and waited while Qiu'er stood motionless, unaware that poison had spread through the arena.
• Xue Xiao Ran warned Qiu'er that she had been poisoned, and Qiu'er called him her future husband before suddenly charging at him.
• The Snow Empress blocked Qiu'er's sword strike, and Xue Xiao Ran followed up with a palm attack and a cloud of poisoned mist.
• Xue Xiao Ran struck Qiu'er in the buttocks while she was numb, embarrassing her in front of the watching crowd.
• Qiu'er kicked Xue Xiao Ran flying, and he asked the Snow Empress whether he had hit her in that spot; she nodded, leaving him stunned.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Qiu'er in a spar, then helped her recover while the Snow Empress teased him about his many admirers. After Ma Xiaotao rallied Shrek's disheartened team, Xue Xiao Ran sensed a dangerous presence and raced back toward the academy with Wang Dong'er.

• Xue Xiao Ran defeated Qiu'er with Great Snow Without Cold, and Yan Shaozhe declared him the winner.
• The Snow Empress helped Xue Xiao Ran dispel the cold from Qiu'er's body, and Qiu'er teased him before walking away.
• Yan Shaozhe ended the sparring session, and Ma Xiaotao rallied Shrek's team to fight for the academy's honor.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Bei Bei he was going somewhere, then sensed an icy presence and spotted three gray shadows behind him.
• Xue Xiao Ran ran back toward the academy, Wang Dong'er followed him, and Bei Bei ordered the others to catch up.

Meng Hong Chen and her classmates were ambushed by three masked Soul Douluos inside Shrek Academy, and she struggled to protect the group until Xue Xiao Ran arrived. The attackers were left trapped between Shrek’s defenders as the story ended.

• Meng Hong Chen told her classmates she had passed the Inner Court assessment, then learned about the Inner Court matchmaking event and admitted she had someone she liked.
• A black thread shot from the bushes at Meng Hong Chen, and she blocked it with a Soul Guidance Shield.
• Three masked Soul Douluos appeared and attacked Meng Hong Chen and the girls with black ribbons while Shrek’s teachers rushed toward them.
• Meng Hong Chen raised layers of Soul Guidance Shields to stall the attackers, but their spears broke through and threatened to strike her.
• Xue Xiao Ran arrived, burned the black ribbons to ash with Phoenix Skyfire, and blocked the three attackers’ escape.

Xue Xiao Ran helped stop an assassination attempt on Meng Hong Chen at Shrek Academy, then interrogated the captured attacker and learned he worked for Xu Tian Ran. Xuan Zi decided that Shrek would still attend the tournament in the Sun Moon Empire, with him personally guarding the group.

• Xuan Zi killed two attackers and captured the third after they attacked Meng Hong Chen inside Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi thanked Xue Xiao Ran for alerting Ma Xiaotao and sent Meng Hong Chen to the Inner Court for safety.
• Xue Xiao Ran used Phantom Poison to break the captive’s resistance while Yan Shaozhe held him down.
• The captive confessed that Xu Tian Ran had sent the assassins, and Xuan Zi concluded Xu Tian Ran suspected the disappearance of two people.
• Xue Xiao Ran asked whether Shrek would declare war or still attend the tournament, and Xuan Zi said they would go with him as their guard.

Xue Xiao Ran warned Xuan Zi that the Sun Moon Empire could exploit divisions among the continent’s sects and academies, and recommended Ma Xiaotao to guard Shrek’s team against the Holy Spirit Cult. After leaving the Sea God Pavilion, he took Wang Dong’er to scout Sunset Forest and improve their strength.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Xuan Zi that the Sun Moon Empire might use Mingdetang and the Holy Spirit Cult to divide and attack the continent’s forces, making Shrek Academy a prime target.
• Xue Xiao Ran recommended Ma Xiaotao as a guard because her Holy Fire could counter Evil Soul Masters, and Xuan Zi approved.
• Wang Dong’er asked Xue Xiao Ran whether Meng Hong Chen was all right, and he reassured her that she was recovering with Xiao Hong Chen nearby.
• Xue Xiao Ran invited Wang Dong’er to scout Sunset Forest, a place he had recently learned could increase their strength.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong’er equipped his Soul Tool Flight Device and flew off together.

Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er traveled to Sunset Forest, where he absorbed poisonous miasma to cultivate. After spending the night in the forest, Xue Xiao Ran broke through from Soul Power Level sixty-two.

• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er flew toward Sunset Forest, stopping to explore Heaven Dou City along the way.
• Xue Xiao Ran bought Wang Dong'er a hair ornament before they left Heaven Dou City and entered Sunset Forest.
• Xue Xiao Ran used the Ice Empress's aura to clear a path through the forest and explained that he could absorb and analyze poisons.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er camped for the night, with Wang Dong'er cultivating while he kept watch.
• Xue Xiao Ran inhaled the colored miasma, causing his Soul Power to rise and break through Level sixty-two.

Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er traveled through a poisonous miasma, where Xue Xiao Ran absorbed toxins to strengthen his Soul Power. He reached a field of Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers and confronted one, demanding that it reveal itself.

• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er used their Soul Tool Flight Devices to cross the miasma as Xue Xiao Ran absorbed its toxins.
• Xue Xiao Ran adapted to the poisonous miasma while Wang Dong'er worried about him, and they saw a poisoned skeleton crumble into fragments.
• Xue Xiao Ran led Wang Dong'er to a vast field of jade-green plants and identified them as Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers.
• Xue Xiao Ran gave Wang Dong'er some of his Extreme Poison so she could safely cultivate nearby, then approached the flowers alone.
• Xue Xiao Ran called out to the Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flower and demanded that it stop hiding and answer him.

Xue Xiao Ran encountered Qijue, the guardian of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and tried to persuade him to become his Soul Spirit. After Qijue agreed to consider it, Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er entered the valley and discovered its extraordinary vitality and plant life.

• Xue Xiao Ran met Qijue, whose poisonous mist had no effect on his Extreme Poison martial soul.
• Xue Xiao Ran asked Qijue to share his poison source and later become his Soul Spirit, explaining that he would retain his consciousness like the Snow Empress.
• Xue Xiao Ran summoned the Snow Empress, and Qijue agreed to think over the offer and opened a path through the poisonous mist.
• Xue Xiao Ran took Wang Dong'er into the valley, where they saw abundant plants and a lake divided into icy and fiery halves.
• Xue Xiao Ran recognized the valley as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and realized its plants responded to Wang Dong'er's bloodline.

Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er discovered Youyou, an immortal herb at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and learned that her fragrance refreshed the mind and replenished Spiritual Power. Youyou recognized Xue Xiao Ran as a descendant of someone she knew, and he revealed a likeness to the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

• Xue Xiao Ran explained that the flower's fragrance was harmless and refreshed the mind while restoring some Spiritual Power.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er entered the flower's pink barrier, and Youyou said she was not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Youyou identified the place as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned them that other inhabitants might attack intruders.
• Wang Dong'er learned that the flower was an immortal herb called Aromatic Silk Beauty and began calling her Youyou.
• Xue Xiao Ran said he had an important matter to handle, and Youyou recoiled when his smile reminded her of Dugu Bo.

Xue Xiao Ran passed the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s trial and obtained Tang San’s book, which revealed that Tang San had written it specifically for Xue Lei Han’s son. After consuming Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Xue Xiao Ran awakened his Ultimate Angel martial soul and began reading the book.

• Youyou explained that Xue Xiao Ran had to prove his descent and survive a trial before taking the book.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty gave Xue Xiao Ran Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and he consumed it despite Wang Dong’er’s concern.
• Xue Xiao Ran’s Purple Demon Eye advanced, and his Ultimate Angel martial soul awakened with a golden soul ring before he returned to normal.
• Youyou opened the book for Xue Xiao Ran, who read Tang San’s introduction and learned that the book was addressed to the son of Xue Lei Han.

Xue Xiao Ran read Tang San’s message about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Tang Sect’s medicinal texts, and the herbs awaiting those who passed the test. He told Wang Dong’er the legend of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then found two stalks of the flower growing at the well.

• Xue Xiao Ran read Tang San’s message explaining the well’s treasures and the conditions for learning the Tang Sect’s medicine and poison arts.
• Xue Xiao Ran described several herbs listed in the medicine section of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Wang Dong’er the legend and picking requirements of Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Wang Dong’er cried as Xue Xiao Ran approached the flower and reflected on the story of Tang San’s ancestor and Xiao Wu.
• Xue Xiao Ran saw that two stalks of Lovesick Heartbreak Red had grown at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Xue Xiao Ran gave Wang Dong'er a Lovesick Heartbreak Red with his golden heart's blood, then recovered while she refused to consume the flower. After studying the plants at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he prepared to absorb the spring's pure ice energy and left the Snow Empress there to rest as well.

• Xue Xiao Ran used his heart's blood to make the Lovesick Heartbreak Red bloom and gave it to Wang Dong'er.
• Xue Xiao Ran woke after a day of recovery, and Wang Dong'er refused to consume the flower.
• Xue Xiao Ran spent two days cataloging plants at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and completed the medicine and poison sections of the Tang Sect's secret record.
• Xue Xiao Ran declined Aromatic Silk Beauty's immortal pill and jumped into the icy spring to absorb its energy.
• The Snow Empress appeared beside Xue Xiao Ran, and he told her to absorb the spring's ice energy while he rested for a few days.

Ju Zi arrived at Shrek Academy to reunite with Huo Yu Hao, while Xue Xiao Ran’s cultivation triggered a dangerous struggle among his martial souls. The Ice and Snow Empresses realized that Ultimate Angel was challenging for dominance within him.

• Ju Zi reached Shrek Academy and asked the gate students to bring her to Huo Yu Hao.
• The students told Ju Zi that Huo Yu Hao had rejected two women at the Sea God's Fated Matchmaking Festival because he loved someone else.
• Huo Yu Hao joyfully reunited with Ju Zi, and Yan Shaozhe suggested she settle in the Outer Court and consider the upcoming Inner Court assessment.
• Xue Xiao Ran emerged from secluded cultivation with black eyes and golden pupils, while two swords in his Sea of Consciousness began to stir.
• The Ice and Snow Empresses warned that absorbing ice energy had disrupted the balance among Xue Xiao Ran’s three martial souls, and Ultimate Angel was preparing to fight for dominance.

Xue Xiao Ran temporarily lost his sight after cultivating his Ultimate Angel martial soul, but his Spiritual Power let him perceive the world clearly. He left with the others for Ming Capital to compete in the expanded tournament, after quietly asking Ju Zi about the Sun Moon Emperor’s failing health.

• Wang Dong'er stopped Xue Xiao Ran from falling when the Angel’s power overtook him, and her holy power helped him regain consciousness before he collapsed.
• Wang Dong'er brought the unconscious Xue Xiao Ran to Sea God Pavilion, where he explained to Xuan Zi and the Shrek Seven Devils that Soul Power had sealed his eyes during cultivation.
• Xuan Zi saw the golden light in Xue Xiao Ran’s pupil-less eyes, accepted his assurance that the blindness was a side effect, and agreed that he could compete for the Tang Sect.
• Xue Xiao Ran and the others flew to Ming Capital for the expanded tournament, which admitted sects and offered Soul Tools as prizes.
• Before leaving Shrek Academy, Xue Xiao Ran asked Ju Zi about the Sun Moon Emperor, and she told him the emperor often fell into comas.

Xue Xiao Ran concealed that his Sea of Consciousness had become a Heavenly Eye while the Tang Sect rested near Ming Capital. The group met Han Zhan Hu and the Heavenly Armor Sect, whose members had traveled from the Dou Ling Empire to compete.

• The Tang Sect landed about a hundred kilometers from Ming Capital, and Huo Yu Hao took over cooking while the others continued to treat Xue Xiao Ran as blind.
• Xue Xiao Ran used his Sea of Consciousness to eat and explained that he was sensing his surroundings rather than seeing with his eyes.
• A fourteen-rider cavalry unit approached the camp on Horned Scale Horses, and Xue Xiao Ran identified them as people from the Dou Ling Empire.
• Bei Bei welcomed the Heavenly Armor Sect to rest and share the Tang Sect's meat soup, then introduced himself to its leader, Han Zhan Hu.
• Han Zhan Hu explained that the Heavenly Armor Sect had traveled twenty days to reach Ming Capital, while Xue Xiao Ran noted that its five-ring cultivators had no experience with Soul Tools.

Xue Xiao Ran confronted Feng Ling and the Heavy Heaven Gate after Feng Ling demanded food and insulted the Tang Sect. He demonstrated the Heaven-Opening Sword, leaving Ji Juechen to consider what his own sword carried.

• Feng Ling approached the Tang Sect and demanded food, but Xue Xiao Ran told him to get lost.
• Feng Ling claimed to be the Young Sect Master of the Heavy Heaven Gate and fled when Xue Xiao Ran’s pressure overwhelmed him.
• Xue Xiao Ran followed Feng Ling with Ji Juechen, who said he had come to fight too.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained the legend of Wu Tian and demonstrated the Heaven-Opening Sword with an ordinary Green Steel Longsword.
• Xue Xiao Ran’s strike shattered a Soul Emperor’s shield and armor without injuring him, then asked Ji Juechen what his sword carried.

Xue Xiao Ran advised Ji Juechen to discover the emotions behind his sword before the Tang Sect team traveled to Ming Capital for the competition. At the Ming Yue Hotel, Huo Yu Hao scanned the lobby and revealed how many powerful Soul Masters had gathered there.

• Xue Xiao Ran explained that a sword could carry emotions such as anger or vengeance, and Ji Juechen closed his eyes to examine his own sword.
• The Heavenly Armor Sect departed after the Heavy Heaven Gate members fled, and Han Zhan Hu greeted Bei Bei with newfound respect for the Tang Sect.
• Xue Xiao Ran led the Tang Sect team into Ming Capital, where the newcomers were impressed by the city’s size, buildings, and orderly streets.
• The Tang Sect members checked in at the Ming Yue Hotel, where a silver-gowned greeter welcomed them and attendants served them refreshments.
• Huo Yu Hao scanned the hotel lobby and reported thirty-four people above seven rings, along with hundreds of others grouped by their Soul Power levels.

At Ming Yue Hotel, Xue Xiao Ran and the Tang Sect members encountered Princess Xu Jiujiu, who learned that he had left Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy and was now blind. The group revealed that they were competing as the Tang Sect rather than for Shrek Academy, and Xu Jiujiu wished them success.

• Huo Yu Hao used Spiritual Detection to survey Ming Yue Hotel and sensed the scale of the tournament gathering.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived with Star Luo National Academy's team and recognized Xue Xiao Ran among the Tang Sect members.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Xu Jiujiu that he had left Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy for Shrek Academy after the previous tournament and explained that he was blind.
• Xu Jiujiu offered to bring Xue Xiao Ran to a healer, but he told her his condition could not be cured.
• Bei Bei clarified that the group was not representing Shrek Academy because of the tournament rules, but was competing as the Tang Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu accepted their explanation and encouraged the Tang Sect to restore its former glory.

Xu Jiujiu offered the Tang Sect Star Luo Empire’s support, and the group registered for the Soul Master Competition. At the testing room, Huo Yu Hao and Bei Bei found Tang Ya, whose dark blue power struck Bei Bei down as Xue Xiao Ran identified it as the Holy Spirit Cult’s work.

• Xu Jiujiu gave Bei Bei an imperial token and promised Star Luo Empire’s aid to the Tang Sect.
• Xue Xiao Ran agreed to compete, and Xu Jiujiu led her team away.
• Bei Bei completed the Tang Sect’s registration, and the group underwent image recording and physical examinations.
• Huo Yu Hao spotted Tang Ya in the testing room, and Bei Bei rushed to confront her despite Xue Xiao Ran’s warning.
• Tang Ya’s dark blue power sent Bei Bei flying and began devouring his life force, while Xue Xiao Ran accused the Holy Spirit Cult.