Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming fused with every Spirit in Our World, boosting his aura to at least level ninety-eight as he faced the eight Super Douluo. He used spatial power to redirect his Golden Lightning onto Yan Shaozhe, leaving his martial brother trapped beneath a relentless barrage.

• Jiang Ming used Golden True Body to strengthen his physique enough to fuse with all the Spirits in Our World.
• The fusion transformed Jiang Ming into a ten-meter giant and raised his aura to a level that shocked Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.
• Xuan Zi warned the eight Super Douluo to take Jiang Ming seriously, and the four Deans activated their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Jiang Ming struck Yan Shaozhe's Bright Phoenix with a punch, forcing it into the path of a Golden Lightning bolt.
• While Elder Song's Azure Shadow Divine Eagle kept Jiang Ming occupied, Jiang Ming moved the lightning through space and made it erupt around Yan Shaozhe.
• Jiang Ming told Yan Shaozhe that the lightning would follow him wherever he ran.

Jiang Ming fought Shrek’s Elders to stabilize his cultivation, relying on spatial movement and rapid healing until Elder Xuan urged him to stop holding back. Jiang Ming entered his silent combat state, struck Xuan Zi down with two spear attacks, and then turned his attention to Yan Shaozhe.

• Elder Xuan ordered Qian Duoduo to protect the children while he, Cai Meier, Xian Lin'er, and the other Elders attacked Jiang Ming.
• Elder Song and the Elders wounded Jiang Ming, but Little Spirit and Rongrong quickly healed him as Qian Duoduo and the others watched from the valley.
• Elder Xuan knocked Jiang Ming into the valley and told him to fight at full strength, with Elder Zhuang ready to heal the participants.
• Jiang Ming sealed his aura, entered his combat state, and pierced Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul Avatar before smashing him into the valley with a second spear strike.
• Xuan Zi recovered with Elder Zhuang’s healing and charged back into the battle, while Jiang Ming teleported away from Elder Song and appeared before the trembling Yan Shaozhe.

Jiang Ming fought Shrek’s senior experts to stabilize his Soul Power, unleashing a devastating area attack before ending his spirit fusion and arranging battles for his spirits. As the many clashes continued, Xuan Zi kept Jiang Ming under pressure, while Mu En sensed the enormous gathering of powerful auras from Sea God Island.

• Jiang Ming battered Yan Shaozhe, then traded attacks with Xuan Zi, Elder Song, and Elder Lin until their combined assault struck him.
• Jiang Ming countered with Stabilize the Three Armies, blasting the experts away, but his injuries quickly healed under Little Spirit’s care.
• Jiang Ming ended his fusion with the eight spirits, released the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast and Little Jade, and assembled a force of eleven against the senior experts.
• Jiang Ming clashed head-on with Xuan Zi and was repeatedly driven into a mountain, tempering his Soul Power under the pressure.
• Jiang Ming’s spirits fought the other experts across several battlefields, while Mu En sensed the many Titled Douluo auras gathering in the valley.

Jiang Ming’s Soul Power was stabilized through a sprawling sparring session with Shrek’s Titled Douluo, and Mu En pushed his Bloodline Power and Soul Power into fusion under pressure. After returning to Shrek, Jiang Ming was asked to spend time with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then privately asked Huo Yuhao about his connection to the Ice Empress.

• Jiang Ming and Xuan Zi trained in a valley while the Spirits sparred with Shrek’s Titled Douluo, overwhelming several opponents before the battles ended.
• Mu En arrived, pressured Jiang Ming until his Bloodline Power and Soul Power fused, and confirmed that his cultivation had stabilized.
• Xuan Zi restored the damaged valley, and the group returned to Shrek, where Mu En told Jiang Ming to relax with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Jiang Ming walked with Zhang Lexuan, then sent her with Wang Dong to bathe and change while he spoke with Huo Yuhao.
• Jiang Ming asked Huo Yuhao what his relationship was with the Ice Empress.

Jiang Ming questioned Huo Yuhao about Ice Empress, mistook him for her son, and then learned she was inside his Sea of Consciousness. The two reached an uneasy understanding before Jiang Ming’s final teasing remark enraged Ice Empress again.

• Jiang Ming asked Huo Yuhao about Ice Empress, and Huo Yuhao tried to hide the truth while consulting the beings in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jiang Ming explained that he suspected Huo Yuhao was Ice Empress’s child because of his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and its resemblance to Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao denied being Ice Empress’s child, and Ice Empress revealed herself from his Sea of Consciousness to angrily correct Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming accepted Ice Empress as Huo Yuhao’s fortuitous opportunity and warned her not to harm him, then teased that he would beat her up if she bullied him.
• Ice Empress tried to fight Jiang Ming, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm restrained her; Jiang Ming then told Huo Yuhao to cultivate for the future of Sea God Pavilion.
• Jiang Ming wondered whether Ice Empress would watch Huo Yuhao while he bathed, prompting her to threaten to fight him to the death.

Jiang Ming took Zhang Lexuan shopping in Shrek City, leaving Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to wander on their own, then spent three months reforming the Soul Tool Department’s research methods. He worried that Shrek would not have enough time to catch up before the Sun Moon Empire acted.

• Ice Empress failed to break free from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and went back to beating him, while Huo Yuhao tried to put his embarrassment behind him.
• Jiang Ming took Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan to explore Shrek City, then focused on shopping and dining with Zhang Lexuan until he and Zhang Lexuan realized Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were missing.
• Jiang Ming promised to custom-make Soul Tools for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to make up for neglecting them.
• Over the next three months, Jiang Ming helped the Soul Tool Department analyze Core Magic Arrays and reconcile its research principles with Bright Virtue Hall’s methods.
• Jiang Ming lamented that changing older Soul Engineers’ established views was difficult and feared Shrek would not have ten years to catch up before the Sun Moon Empire acted.

Jiang Ming headed to Sea God Island to spend time with Zhang Lexuan, unaware that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had arrived looking for him. He found the two women sitting with Zhang Lexuan and feared he had walked into another Shura Field.

• Qian Duoduo reassured Jiang Ming that the Soul Tool Department shared the burden of preparing for war, and Jiang Ming decided to leave the rest to fate.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen confronted each other outside Zhang Lexuan's cottage and nearly fought over their rivalry and their interest in Jiang Ming.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, then sat them down to discuss what she had told them before.
• Jiang Ming reflected on his slow cultivation progress and the Soul Power being used to sustain the world inside his Book of Spirits Martial Soul.
• Jiang Ming reached Sea God Island, saw Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen with Zhang Lexuan, and nearly lost control of his Soul Power in surprise.

Jiang Ming reunited with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen on Sea God Island while Zhang Lexuan helped ease their awkward conversation. Their reports of increasingly frequent Evil Soul Master activity near the Sun Moon Empire’s borders left Jiang Ming worried that the threat was spreading, while he wondered whether he should leave the gathering.

• Jiang Ming cautiously approached Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen after seeing them talking together.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Jiang Ming about his time in the Sun Moon Empire and whether anyone at Bright Virtue Hall had troubled him, but he gave a brief answer.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen reported that their missions had succeeded and that Evil Soul Masters were appearing more often near the Sun Moon Empire’s borders.
• Jiang Ming connected their reports to the Evil Soul Masters he had encountered at the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry and grew concerned about the Sun Moon Empire’s ties to them.
• Zhang Lexuan mediated as Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen argued over their conversation, while Jiang Ming wondered if he should leave.

Jiang Ming cultivated on a giant lotus over Sea God Lake, stunning Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen with the strength of his presence. After learning he had reached Level Eighty-Five, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen accepted that they could not keep up with his cultivation.

• Jiang Ming left the women’s conversation and grew a giant lotus on Sea God Lake, then began cultivating atop it.
• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen watched Jiang Ming’s golden, mist-shrouded display and remarked on his growing aura.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen that Jiang Ming had reached Level Eighty-Five Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen felt discouraged when they compared their cultivation to Jiang Ming’s progress.
• Zhang Lexuan comforted them by saying there was no point in comparing themselves to Jiang Ming, and Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen agreed.

Jiang Ming cultivated at Sea God Lake, reunited with Zhang Lexuan, and learned that the Inner Court held assessments he had never attended. He decided to go with Zhang Lexuan to see what the assessment involved.

• Jiang Ming meditated at Sea God Lake and sensed the laws of heaven and earth, while his insights into them continued to grow.
• After Jiang Ming finished cultivating, Zhang Lexuan joined him, and Ma Xiaotao and a cool, aloof girl watched them from nearby before departing.
• The next morning, Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Ming that the Inner Court held strict assessments for its disciples.
• Jiang Ming learned that his past experiences and exceptional status had exempted him from the assessments, but he decided to attend since he was free.
• Jiang Ming left with Zhang Lexuan, who explained the Inner Court Assessment as he used Soul Power to dry her hair.

Jiang Ming accompanied Zhang Lexuan to the Battle Arena for the Inner Court assessment and teased the Outer Court students along the way. When Xuan Zi arrived to begin the assessment, he questioned why Jiang Ming was there, and Jiang Ming said he wanted to fight some ordinary battles because he was used to high-level matches.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that Soul Tool advances had made Support Type and Food Type Soul Masters undergo combat assessments at the same intensity as others of their rank.
• Jiang Ming walked across Sea God Lake with Zhang Lexuan and playfully flaunted their relationship to the Outer Court students, upsetting the boys who admired her.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan reached the Battle Arena, where fewer than seventy Inner Court Disciples had gathered; Zhang Lexuan explained that many were away on missions or still traveling.
• Inner Court Disciples greeted Zhang Lexuan respectfully and eyed Jiang Ming with curiosity, since many of them did not know him.
• Xuan Zi arrived to teach the assessment and asked Jiang Ming why he was there; Jiang Ming replied that he was used to high-level matches and wanted to fight normal battles.

Jiang Ming replaced Elder Xuan as examiner for the Inner Court Disciple assessments, offering guidance while demonstrating his overwhelming strength. After he improved Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Fire and sparred with Han Ruoruo, the other disciples finished their assessments, and Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen prepared to face him.

• Elder Xuan appointed Jiang Ming to replace him as examiner, and Jiang Ming began giving the Inner Court Disciples combat advice.
• Wu Ming challenged Jiang Ming with her Golden Crow True Fire, and Jiang Ming caught the flames before using a crimson lotus to improve their origin.
• Han Ruoruo rushed down to protect Wu Ming, then tested her Shaking Gold Rope against Jiang Ming and received advice about strengthening her Martial Soul.
• The Inner Court Disciples completed their assessments while Jiang Ming offered suggestions without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen stood before Jiang Ming, and Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen released their Martial Souls at Zhang Lexuan’s command.

Jiang Ming faced Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen in a fierce battle during the Inner Court assessment, finally revealing his Martial Soul and three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He overwhelmed the three women but ended the exchange with Zhang Lexuan after she caught him off guard with close-combat techniques.

• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen activated their Martial Soul Avatars and attacked Jiang Ming while he dodged and urged them to stop.
• Jiang Ming unleashed a Golden Fist, but the three women countered with their strongest techniques and shattered it.
• Jiang Ming released his Martial Soul, revealing three red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and terrifying the spectators.
• Jiang Ming seized Ma Xiaotao’s Fire Phoenix and sent her crashing into Ling Luochen’s Ice Snow Goddess, then caught Zhang Lexuan’s attacks at close range.
• Zhang Lexuan struck Jiang Ming with Striking the Cow Through the Mountain and Inch Punch, then teased him not to let other women tempt him during a fight.

After the Inner Court Assessment, Jiang Ming helped Wu Ming temper her Golden Crow True Flame, bringing it close to Extreme Fire and protecting her privacy during the process. A month later, he stood with Shrek Academy’s leaders as Mu En’s life reached its end.

• Xuan Zi ended the Inner Court Assessment, and Jiang Ming’s friends praised his strength and three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• When Wu Ming’s fire lotus grew unstable, Jiang Ming sent the men out of the Battle Arena before it erupted.
• Ling Luochen suppressed the scattered flames, and Wu Ming emerged with her Golden Crow True Flame’s origin tempered and nearing Extreme Fire.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo covered Wu Ming and gave her clothes, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen warned her against pursuing Jiang Ming.
• A month later, Jiang Ming and the Sea God Pavilion Elders gathered beside the dying Mu En, whose life even Elder Zhuang could not save.

As Mu En’s life neared its end, Jiang Ming exhausted himself trying to perfect a secret method, then finally found the missing step and tested it repeatedly in a simulation. When Mu En reached his final moments, Jiang Ming returned to Sea God Pavilion to begin the method he had discussed with his teacher.

• Elder Zhuang told Jiang Ming that Mu En had at most one month to live, and Jiang Ming struggled to accept the news.
• Jiang Ming spent half a month obsessively researching a secret method, collapsing from mental exhaustion and alarming Zhang Lexuan and the others.
• Jiang Ming leaped into Sea God Lake, realized what he had been missing, and used the Book of Spirits to continue simulating his method.
• A month later, Zhang Lexuan and the Inner Court Disciples gathered to see Mu En off, while Jiang Ming arrived and quietly explained his plan to his teacher.
• After Mu En arranged his final affairs, Jiang Ming returned to Sea God Pavilion and prepared to begin his method as Mu En lay near death.

Mu En transformed into the Radiant Holy Dragon, blessed Sea God Island, and merged his soul with the Golden Ancient Tree rather than truly dying. With Mu En's permission, Jiang Ming began an experiment to seal his nine Soul Rings, then set his body ablaze with Extreme Fire.

• Mu En revealed nine Soul Rings, transformed into the Radiant Holy Dragon, and released a golden blessing across Sea God Island.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian spoke with his sleeping Boss, who warned him not to provoke Shrek Academy and to leave humans with godly potential alone.
• Mu En's dragon form became a golden tree phantom and returned to the Sea God Pavilion, where his voice revealed that his soul had merged with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Jiang Ming told the Elders to seal the Sea God Pavilion, summoned the Book of Spirits and his eight Spirits, and used their power to stabilize Mu En's nine Soul Rings.
• Jiang Ming used spatial compression to seal Mu En's Soul Rings, then ignited his corpse with Extreme Fire, alarming the Elders.

Jiang Ming used Extreme Fire to refine Mu En’s corpse, extract his Spirit Bones and origin, and prepare them for a new body. After moving the materials to Our World, Jiang Ming and his companions began forging Mu En’s body, growing bones and meridians from the six Spirit Bones.

• Jiang Ming burned Mu En’s corpse with Red Lotus Flame and revealed the six Spirit Bones beneath the flesh.
• Jiang Ming overloaded Heart Tremor until Mu En’s skeleton shattered, then refined the corpse’s origin with Extreme Fire.
• Elder Zhuang infused Mu En’s origin with the Source of Life, and Yan Shaozhe added his Light Power.
• Jiang Ming transported himself, Mu En’s origin, six Spirit Bones, and nine Soul Rings to Our World to begin forging a body.
• Little Light and Little Dark stirred the Radiant Holy Dragon’s powers of Light and Darkness while Little Void restrained it.
• Little Spirit and Rongrong guided the origin’s power into the Spirit Bones, which began growing new bones and meridians.

Jiang Ming discovered that Mu En’s new body would take years to grow and that a lethal toxin hidden in Mu En’s torso bone threatened the process. He traveled with Zhang Lexuan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to ask Youyou for help, while Rongrong hoped Zhang Lexuan would choose an Immortal Herb.

• Jiang Ming recovered after using up his and the Spirits’ power to begin rebuilding Mu En’s body, then learned that the process needed years of Light Attribute energy.
• Jiang Ming found that Nether Thunder Douluo had crafted several Soul Tools and ordered him to draw the Core Magic Arrays for his Rank 8 and Rank 9 designs.
• Jiang Ming triggered a deadly poison in Mu En’s Torso Bone, and Little Void rescued him from the expanding mist.
• Little Spirit said Youyou might be able to counter the poison, so Jiang Ming set out for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Zhang Lexuan.
• Little Jade led Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan through the Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flower clan’s poisonous mist and into the valley.
• Zhang Lexuan saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs playing mahjong, while Rongrong planned for her to choose an Immortal Herb.

Jiang Ming brought Youyou into his Book of Spirits to remove the poison clinging to Mu En's Torso Bone, and Youyou helped Little Jade absorb the poison as a chance to evolve. After sealing the poison driven from the bone and confirming it was growing normally, Jiang Ming returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to tell the Immortal Herbs about his recent adventures, while Jing Hongchen remained unable to find someone.

• Jiang Ming left Zhang Lexuan with Little Spirit and Rongrong, then asked Youyou to help deal with the poisonous mist inside Mu En's Torso Bone.
• Youyou entered Jiang Ming's Book of Spirits and used her fragrance to separate the poisonous mist, suggesting that Little Jade could absorb it and approach its Hundred-Thousand-Year evolution.
• Little Jade absorbed a small portion of the poison, and Jiang Ming fed it the rest in controlled amounts while Youyou gave him a petal to help purge the poison from the Torso Bone.
• Jiang Ming and Youyou drove a poison arrow from the Torso Bone and sealed it in seven layers, then Jiang Ming confirmed that the bone was growing normally again.
• Jiang Ming returned Youyou to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Immortal Herbs gathered to hear about his recent adventures.
• Jing Hongchen asked whether the missing person had been found, and his subordinates still had no answer.

Jing Hongchen worried about Ming Jiang's year-long absence, while the Body Sect debated how to recruit Jiang Ming without trying to seize him by force. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Jiang Ming revealed his divine inheritance and his wish to bring Zhang Lexuan to the God Realm, and they reaffirmed their plan to become gods together.

• Jing Hongchen learned that searches had found no trace of Ming Jiang and discussed opening Bright Virtue Hall to Shrek Academy's exchange students.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect's elders considered how to recruit Jiang Ming after the Golden Body Douluo warned they could not capture him, and the Golden Body Douluo agreed to approach him with courtesy.
• Jiang Ming recounted his adventures to Zhang Lexuan and the Immortal Herbs, and Rongrong revealed that he had obtained the War God's Deity Inheritance.
• Little Spirit explained that Jiang Ming had agreed to inherit the War God's position only if the War God found Zhang Lexuan a suitable divine inheritance as well.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan kissed, and he told her he wanted them to become gods together.