Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars over Sea God Lake, while Jiang Ming sealed the area to protect the students on shore. As the three women escalated to their Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, Zhang Lexuan’s Moonlight filled the battlefield, leaving everyone unable to see what happened inside.

• Zhang Lexuan left Ling Luochen’s Ice Prison and used Silver Moon Avatar, prompting Jiang Ming to fuse with his Spirits and seal Sea God Lake off from the shore.
• Ma Xiaotao became a Fire Phoenix and Ling Luochen froze the lake as their attacks clashed with Zhang Lexuan’s moonlight, which overwhelmed them with its greater Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen refused to stop and began preparing their Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, asking Jiang Ming to contain the battle.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens, while Ling Luochen summoned the Ice Snow Goddess with Whispers of the Ice Snow Goddess, pushing her ice element to the threshold of Extreme Ice.
• Zhang Lexuan activated her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, Moonlight, expanding her silver moon over both attacks until the battlefield disappeared in a vast white glare.

Zhang Lexuan defeated Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen in the Sea God's Fate challenge, then Jiang Ming restored Sea God Lake so the remaining ceremonies could finish. Fifteen couples completed the ceremony, and the Masked Host gathered everyone to reveal a final surprise.

• Zhang Lexuan's Moonlight overcame Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens and Ling Luochen's Whispers of the Ice Snow Goddess, while her defensive Soul Tool shielded her from their attacks.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen conceded, and the Masked Host declared Zhang Lexuan the winner and the ceremony complete.
• Jiang Ming absorbed the lingering energies and restored Sea God Lake, allowing Sea God's Fate to continue.
• The Masked Host told students whose ceremonies were complete to stay for another surprise, which Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan had not known about.
• The remaining choices concluded, bringing the total to fifteen couples, and the Masked Host called everyone to the center of Sea God Lake to reveal the surprise.

Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree to bless the Sea God's Fate participants and other Inner Court students with a cleansing of their Spiritual Power. The gathering revealed Shrek Academy’s extraordinary strength, leaving Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er considering whether Sea God Pavilion needed more seats.

• The Masked Host asked the couples to wait, then flew to Sea God Pavilion while Jiang Ming kept his identity secret from the students.
• The Golden Ancient Tree and Sea God Pavilion blazed with light, and Mu En announced that he would use the tree’s power to bless the students.
• Mu En invited the students who had not found partners to join the couples, and Jiang Ming froze the lake so everyone could meditate safely.
• Jiang Ming revealed his Golden Heart Martial Soul and its eight Soul Rings, including a gold ring, shocking the students as the group’s powerful auras disrupted their concentration.
• The students meditated beneath the Golden Ancient Tree’s light while the Elders marveled at Shrek Academy’s strength.
• Xian Lin'er joked that Sea God Pavilion might need more seats for future Titled Douluos, and Xuan Zi agreed to discuss it with Mu En.

Jiang Ming and the Inner Court Disciples received a blessing from the Golden Ancient Tree, after which Mu En revealed that Jiang Ming had revived him. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En declined to reclaim its leadership and discussed who should become its next Master.

• The Golden Ancient Tree cleansed the Inner Court Disciples’ Spiritual Power, helping some break through, while Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan gained little.
• Mu En summoned Jiang Ming, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Han Ruoruo, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xuan Zi, and the Elders to Sea God Pavilion.
• The Masked Host revealed himself as Mu En, astonishing Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the others with his youthful appearance.
• Mu En explained that Jiang Ming had revived him, and Jiang Ming clarified that the circumstances behind the revival could not be replicated.
• Mu En declined to resume the Master of Sea God Pavilion position and urged Xuan Zi to remain in charge, despite Xuan Zi suggesting Yan Shaozhe or Jiang Ming as alternatives.
• Mu En dismissed Yan Shaozhe as too weak to lead because he had only reached Level Ninety-Six Soul Power.

Jiang Ming accepted the title of Honorary Master of the Sea God Pavilion but declined to become its first successor, while Zhang Lexuan joined the Pavilion and several students were named candidates. After Yan Shaozhe warned that the Sun Moon Empire had targeted Jiang Ming, Mu En sent Shrek’s senior leaders into seclusion to strengthen their cultivation, and Elder Lin approached Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan with a request to organize a Soul Beast hunt.

• Mu En proposed Jiang Ming as Honorary Master and first successor, but Jiang Ming accepted only the honorary title because he expected to ascend to the God Realm within ten years.
• The Elders voted to admit Zhang Lexuan to the Sea God Pavilion and named Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Han Ruoruo, and Huo Yuhao as candidates.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Long Xiaoyao had attempted to assassinate Jiang Ming, while Xian Lin'er reported that Zhang Peng appeared to be working with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er to enter seclusion with him so they could improve their cultivation before the tournament.
• Elder Lin asked Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan to organize Inner Court students to hunt Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan agreed to lead an expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned home, where Jiang Ming proposed to Zhang Lexuan with a powerful Soul Tool. Zhang Lexuan shared the wealth she had built from his investments, and after spending the night together, she woke to find Jiang Ming beside her, helping her recover.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan agreed to escort ten Inner Court Disciples to the Star Dou Great Forest for soul rings.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Jiang Ming about keeping Mu En's revival and role in Sea God's Fate secret, and Jiang Ming explained that Mu En had asked him to keep it confidential.
• Jiang Ming gave Zhang Lexuan Moonlight Guardian, a Rank 9 Defensive Soul Tool capable of withstanding a Super Douluo's full-force attack, and she embraced him.
• Zhang Lexuan showed Jiang Ming four investment ledgers and revealed that their ventures had grown to assets worth one billion Gold Soul Coins and about three hundred million in liquid funds.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, and at dawn he used Life Force to ease her exhaustion.

After a tender morning together, Jiang Ming visited the Inner Court sparring ground and offered to fight the students while restricting his abilities. He ended up facing a growing crowd of Zhang Lexuan’s admirers and other Inner Court students eager to gang up on him.

• Jiang Ming comforted Zhang Lexuan after their first night together and stayed beside her when she asked him not to leave.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Cai Tou, and Xiao Xiao lost a sparring match against Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian.
• Jiang Ming arrived with Zhang Lexuan and offered the Inner Court students a chance to spar with him.
• Jiang Ming promised not to use his Martial Soul and to suppress his Soul Power to Level Eighty, prompting Wu Ming, Han Ruoruo, Chu Qingtian, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, and others to join.
• The crowd grew to more than fifty students, and Wu Ming explained that many wanted to fight Jiang Ming because they admired Zhang Lexuan.

Jiang Ming faced seventy-six Shrek Inner Court students in a battle while restricted to Level Eighty Soul Power and forbidden from using his Martial Soul. The students launched a coordinated first wave of more than forty Soul Skills, but Jiang Ming remained eager to attack as the chapter ended.

• Seventy-six Inner Court students joined the challenge, but Jiang Ming refused Zhang Lexuan’s offer to loosen his restrictions.
• Jiang Ming moved the fight to Sea God Lake, where Ling Luochen and the other ice-attribute Soul Masters froze the water to give the group solid footing.
• Zhang Lexuan started the battle, and Jiang Ming charged directly at the assembled students without using his Martial Soul.
• A Golden Eye Lion Soul Saint met Jiang Ming’s charge, while the others unleashed more than forty Soul Skills in a coordinated opening wave of control attacks.
• As the attacks engulfed him, Jiang Ming exclaimed that he was excited by the many Soul Skills and announced that it was his turn to attack.

Jiang Ming sparred with the Inner Court students while suppressing his Soul Power to Level Eighty and refusing to use his Martial Soul, yet his Spiritual Power and physical strength let him shrug off most attacks and control Han Ruoruo. Huo Yuhao coordinated a new attack plan around Xu Sanshi, who began activating his Xuanwu abilities as dozens of Soul Rays targeted him.

• Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao unleashed their ice and fire domains, while Huo Yuhao warned the students to keep their distance and attack Jiang Ming from range.
• Jiang Ming used his Spiritual Power to force Han Ruoruo to bind Ma Xiaotao, leaving Ma Xiaotao unable to attack her freely.
• Elder Song arrived at Sea God Lake and learned from Zhang Lexuan that Jiang Ming had restricted his cultivation and was sparring without his Martial Soul.
• A female defensive Soul Master reflected Jiang Ming's punch with her Radiant Shield, then prepared to attack him with a Rank 7 Soul Ray.
• Huo Yuhao directed the students to firing points around Xu Sanshi, and they aimed their charged Soul Rays at him as he activated Xuanwu: Awakening, Ring Fusion, and Mysterious Nether Swap.

Huo Yuhao and the Inner Court students used a coordinated ambush against Jiang Ming, but his Rank 8 Defensive Soul Tool and God of War Domain let him defeat them while keeping his restrictions in place. Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen then combined their strongest ice and fire attacks against him, and the chapter ended with Jiang Ming catching both after they exhausted themselves.

• Huo Yuhao used Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Swap and Wang Dong'er's Golden Road to move Jiang Ming into more than seventy attacks, but Jiang Ming survived behind a triggered Rank 8 Defensive Soul Tool.
• Jiang Ming activated God of War Domain: Swallow Mountains and Rivers, suppressed the Inner Court students, and sent Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and the others crashing into Sea God Lake.
• Jiang Ming overwhelmed the Inner Court students until most surrendered, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen joined forces to attack him with their strongest fire and ice abilities.
• Jiang Ming formed a giant Spiritual Power manifestation and held off Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen's attacks for three minutes without using his stronger offensive techniques.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen exhausted their Soul Power and fell, and Jiang Ming caught both of them as the steam over Sea God Lake cleared.

Jiang Ming defeated the Inner Court students in a challenge, helped them recover, and reprimanded Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi for their dangerous tactics. After a brief delay, he and Zhang Lexuan led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where they were surprised to find Wang Qiuer alongside Wang Dong'er.

• Jiang Ming declared victory, and Han Ruoruo surrendered after he reminded her that she had not conceded.
• Jiang Ming used Red Lotuses to warm and heal the Inner Court students, then helped Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen recover as Elder Song praised his strength and urged him to pursue even greater achievements.
• After Elder Song left, Jiang Ming and his spirits restored Sea God Lake, and the Inner Court students thanked him before departing.
• Jiang Ming called over Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi and reprimanded them for their dangerous group attack tactics.
• After Elder Lin reminded them of their duties, Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan gathered the students for the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and were stunned to see Wang Qiuer with Wang Dong'er.

Jiang Ming noticed that Wang Qiuer’s presence stirred the unopened pages of his Book of Spirits, then led the Inner Court students in introducing themselves and preparing for their Star Dou Great Forest operation. The team set out toward the Mixed Zone and Core Zone border, while Wang Qiuer’s Golden Dragon Martial Soul and unusual confidence about Di Tian left Jiang Ming wondering about her true nature.

• Jiang Ming told Zhang Lexuan that Wang Qiuer’s aura had stirred the unopened pages of his Book of Spirits, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to investigate her after the operation.
• Jiang Ming joked that he might hunt Di Tian for his ninth soul ring, alarming the students until he clarified that the expedition was to help them obtain soul rings.
• Wang Qiuer declared that the team would die if they tried to hunt Di Tian, and Jiang Ming noticed her unusual confidence in the Soul Beast ruler.
• Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Ming, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen outlined the team’s leadership and warned everyone to obey orders near the Core Zone.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and the other students introduced their Martial Souls and soul-ring needs, while Wang Qiuer revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and Level Sixty cultivation.

Zhang Lexuan led the Inner Court students toward the Star Dou Great Forest and assigned their formation, while Jiang Ming watched Wang Qiuer with suspicion over the power he sensed from her. Before entering the forest, Jiang Ming and Huo Yuhao prepared an extravagant meal in Jiang Ming’s Small World, leaving the group amazed by the shelter and feast.

• Zhang Lexuan assigned the students their positions and led them from Shrek City toward the Star Dou Great Forest, with herself and Jiang Ming following behind.
• Jiang Ming watched Wang Qiuer run with extraordinary strength and suspected her power went beyond her Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan called for a rest near the forest, and Jiang Ming agreed to cook while Huo Yuhao helped him.
• Jiang Ming brought Huo Yuhao into his Small World for ingredients, then set up a bamboo shelter with tables, chairs, and Milk Tea for the group.
• Jiang Ming and Huo Yuhao cooked ten dishes, including Silver-bodied Red-eyed Fish, beef soup, and roasted lamb, astonishing the students with the feast.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan shared an affectionate meal with the Shrek Inner Court students before leading the group into the Star Dou Great Forest. By nightfall, they had reached the Mixed Zone, where Huo Yuhao began providing Spiritual Detection and Jiang Ming secretly captured new Soul Beast species for his Small World.

• Jiang Ming fed Zhang Lexuan beef soup, drawing the attention of the Inner Court students, while Wang Qiuer eagerly devoured a leg of lamb.
• The group finished the feast, rested and meditated, then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest under Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan's protection.
• Jiang Ming stored the bamboo shelter and its furnishings in his Storage Soul Tool, astonishing the students with its capacity.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group through the forest, and they reached the Mixed Zone as darkness fell.
• Ling Luochen asked Huo Yuhao to provide vision, and Wang Qiuer was surprised when his Spiritual Detection Share covered her.
• Jiang Ming captured several unfamiliar Soul Beast species for his Small World and protected them until they could reproduce.

Zhang Lexuan’s group encountered a twenty-thousand-year Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros, which Bai Meng wanted as his Sixth Soul Ring. Their coordinated attacks froze and seemed to subdue it, but the beast entered a berserk state and charged at Wang Qiuer; as Zhang Lexuan prepared to intervene, Wang Qiuer began awakening a terrifying power.

• Zhang Lexuan’s group encountered a Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros, and Bai Meng asked to hunt it for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and the others coordinated their attacks to halt the rhinoceros and trap it in ice.
• The rhinoceros broke free in a berserk state and charged at the group with overwhelming speed.
• Bai Meng’s shield and the group’s attacks failed to stop the rhinoceros as it bore down on Wang Qiuer.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Howling Heaven Strike failed to penetrate the rhinoceros’s black armor, and Wang Qiuer’s eyes began to glow with awakening power.

Jiang Ming saved Wang Qiuer and the team from a rampaging Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros, then captured it after Bai Meng refused to risk absorbing its soul ring while injured. The group continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mo Xuan successfully absorbed a soul ring as they approached the Core Zone.

• Jiang Ming stopped the Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros with one hand and lifted it off the ground, revealing that it possessed a speed-related Spirit Bone.
• Jiang Ming offered Bai Meng the rhinoceros's soul ring, but Bai Meng declined because his injuries made absorption too dangerous; Jiang Ming stored the beast in his Small World.
• Jiang Ming healed Bai Meng while Zhang Lexuan led the others onward, and the team killed an Azure Sea Spirit Ape for Mo Xuan.
• Mo Xuan successfully absorbed the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's roughly fifteen-thousand-year soul ring, and the team continued deeper into the Mixed Zone with Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Share.
• As night fell, Jiang Ming watched the approaching Core Zone while Little Spirit left the Small World to take in the dense life aura.

Jiang Ming led the Shrek disciples to camp in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he lit a bonfire and served them skewers despite the danger of attracting Soul Beasts. He revealed that eighteen Soul Beasts had gathered nearby and turned dinner into a team challenge, leaving Huo Yuhao to organize everyone for the fight.

• Zhang Lexuan chose a campsite, and Li Yongyue cleared the surrounding brush as the group settled in.
• Jiang Ming appeared among the disciples, lit a fire, and dismissed Feng Ling’s warning that flames attracted Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Ming handed out skewers and spices, and the disciples began grilling meat around the bonfire.
• Jiang Ming revealed that eighteen Soul Beasts were nearby and ordered the disciples to fight them in pairs while grilling, without killing any unless they needed them.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to confirm the danger and began assigning the Inner Court Disciples to teams.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er restrained eighteen Soul Beasts, but Jiang Ming revived their fighting spirit and kept the challenge going. Wang Qiuer then took over, battering the beasts until she revealed the Golden Dragon's power and began knocking even the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts unconscious.

• Huo Yuhao used Simulate to scare the Soul Beasts, but Jiang Ming's Golden Light filled them with Battle Intent and sent them attacking.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er drove back and froze all eighteen Soul Beasts without killing them.
• Jiang Ming thawed the beasts, and Wang Qiuer and Bai Meng faced the next attack.
• Wang Qiuer fought the Soul Beasts with punches and kicks, holding them off for several minutes while Bai Meng covered any that slipped through.
• After Jiang Ming refused to let them kill the beasts, Wang Qiuer summoned the Golden Dragon's aura and struck them with a palm that left even Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts unable to fight.

Jiang Ming tested the students with another Soul Beast battle, then considered investigating the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone. He told Zhang Lexuan he planned to enter it alone, and she strongly opposed the dangerous plan.

• Wang Qiuer overwhelmed the Soul Beasts, but Jiang Ming revived them with green light so Li Yongyue and Feng Ling had to fight them at reduced strength.
• Jiang Ming praised the students’ performance, then reminded them that they should have handled the Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros without his intervention.
• Jiang Ming asked Snow Empress whether a transformed Golden Dragon might be among humans; she said she had never found one and doubted a Golden Dragon would need to transform.
• After the students ate and began meditating, Jiang Ming thought about the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone and told Zhang Lexuan he intended to enter it alone.
• Zhang Lexuan objected, warning Jiang Ming that the Core Zone was the most dangerous place on the continent.

Jiang Ming left Zhang Lexuan and the students to enter the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone, hoping to test his strength and investigate its dense Life Force. He reached the forbidden region and learned from Little Spirit that a valuable life treasure might lie at its center, within Di Tian’s territory.

• Jiang Ming reassured Zhang Lexuan and refused to let her accompany him, then promised to return before the students finished obtaining their Soul Rings.
• Jiang Ming warned the students to avoid another mistake like the Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros incident and left Zhang Lexuan in charge.
• Wang Qiuer realized Jiang Ming was heading for the Core Zone, while Huo Yuhao trusted that Jiang Ming’s strength would protect him from most threats.
• A powerful Soul Beast pack approached the students’ camp, but Jiang Ming sensed that its strongest member was only a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast and continued on.
• Jiang Ming concealed his aura, crossed the Mixed Zone, and entered the Core Zone, where he noticed the Life Force was much denser.
• Little Spirit told Jiang Ming that an extraordinary life treasure might lie at the forest’s center, and Jiang Ming warned that it was likely in Di Tian’s territory.