Chapter Summaries

Tang San arranged for Tang Ya and Bei Bei to clear the third trial together, with the Blue Silver Emperor promised as their reward. As the others finished their trials, Jiang Ming reviewed the costly but successful Radiant City mission, and everyone gathered at the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry exit to return to Shrek.

• Tang San concluded that Tang Ya could be saved and assigned her and Bei Bei the third trial as the price of obtaining the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ning Rongrong sent Tang Ya into Bei Bei's trial, while Jiang Ming objected that she was not mentally fit to take part.
• Jiang Ming reflected on how the tournament had derailed Xu Tianran's plans, how he had looted Radiant City's warehouses, and how Zhongli Wu had escaped him three times.
• Jiang Ming resolved to raise his cultivation and eventually kill Zhongli Wu and the Evil Lord.
• Everyone completed the third trial and was teleported to the valley's exit, where Jiang Ming appeared to lead them back to Shrek.

After leaving the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry, Jiang Ming helped Huo Yuhao decide to take unconscious Wang Dong'er to the Clear Sky Sect and saw Wang Qiu'er and Ning Tian depart for their homes. On the way back to Shrek Academy, Du Busi learned that Jiang Ming had brought Mu En back from the brink of death and envied Shrek's many gifted students.

• Jiang Ming examined Wang Dong'er, told Huo Yuhao she was facing a test, and let him take her to the Clear Sky Sect for treatment.
• Jiang Ming released Wang Qiu'er, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng from his Small World; Wang Qiu'er flew home alone, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng headed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Tian reflected that the Valley's reward had evolved her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xuan Zi challenged Du Busi for accompanying the group to Shrek Academy, and Mu En ended their argument.
• Du Busi asked how Mu En had returned to life and youth, learned Jiang Ming was responsible, and expressed envy of Shrek Academy's powerful talents.

Jiang Ming returned to Shrek Academy with his companions and took a quiet break by Sea God Lake, where Elder Zhuang told him about Wang Xian'er, the Star Luo Empire’s renowned Healing Soul Master. Their conversation ended when Yan Shaozhe summoned them to a Sea God Pavilion meeting.

• Jiang Ming brought everyone back to Shrek City, advised them to rest and consolidate their gains, and returned home with Zhang Lexuan.
• Jiang Ming found Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen absent from the Academy but assumed they were safe and pursuing their Deity Trials or inheritances.
• Jiang Ming built a fishing platform beside Sea God Lake, where Elder Zhuang joined him after returning from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jiang Ming learned that Elder Zhuang had reached Level Ninety-Seven and heard him describe Wang Xian'er, a legendary Healing Angel Soul Master serving the Star Luo Empire.
• Jiang Ming questioned whether Elder Zhuang now surpassed Wang Xian'er in healing ability, and Yan Shaozhe summoned them to a meeting with Elder Xuan.

At the Sea God Pavilion Conference, Shrek’s Elders discussed rescuing the teams detained by the Sun Moon Empire, but Mu En refused to let Jiang Ming risk another ambush. Afterward, Jiang Ming explained how the last ambush had happened, and Mu En asked when he had last truly rested.

• Xuan Zi explained that the Sun Moon Empire had detained more than a hundred academy and sect teams, while the Star Luo Royal Academy and Body Sect had escaped.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi warned that the hostages could restrain the Three Great Empires or lure rescuers into traps, and the Elders agreed Shrek would prepare a rescue.
• Jiang Ming said saving the captives might not be difficult, but Mu En insisted he stay out of the mission, and Jiang Ming agreed.
• Jiang Ming told Mu En that Xu Tianran had tracked him before the Radiant City ambush, and that his own mistake had helped the plan succeed.
• Mu En praised Jiang Ming’s talent but warned that his rapid rise and lack of rest could be harmful, then asked when he had last truly rested.

Mu En urged Jiang Ming to ease the pressure he had carried since childhood, and Jiang Ming agreed to take a proper break. They ate at the Inner Court Canteen, where Mu En praised Jiang Ming’s role in Shrek Academy’s growth, before two girls approached to greet him.

• Mu En pointed out that Jiang Ming had kept himself tense and burdened with responsibilities since entering Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Ming reflected on the hardships and relentless work that had driven him from childhood to become a Super Douluo and a major figure in several powers.
• Mu En told Jiang Ming not to take on the rescue of Soul Masters trapped in the Sun Moon Empire, and Jiang Ming agreed to rest instead.
• Mu En invited Jiang Ming to lunch at the Inner Court Canteen, where he praised the academy’s growth and credited Jiang Ming’s reforms for its expanding student body.
• Two young girls approached Mu En and greeted him while he and Jiang Ming were eating.

Mu En and Jiang Ming turned down two Inner Court girls who were interested in them, and the girls later realized Jiang Ming was the famed Titled Douluo. Back at home, Zhang Lexuan discussed her recent gains and planned a visit with Jiang Ming to Clear Water City after she reached Super Douluo.

• Qingqing urged her shy friend to ask Mu En his name, but Mu En said he was already married, and Jiang Ming admitted he was married too.
• The two girls left the canteen and later recognized Jiang Ming as the academy hero who had led Shrek to victory and become a Titled Douluo at twenty-five.
• Qingqing and her friend worried that their interest in Jiang Ming might anger Zhang Lexuan, then wondered who Mu Long was.
• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Ming that Yue Shen's inheritance and trial had strengthened her, including improving her Soul Ring Configuration to four purple, three black, and two red rings.
• Zhang Lexuan said she wanted to visit Old Nie and Aunt Lan in Clear Water City after breaking through to Super Douluo, and Jiang Ming agreed to go with her.

Jiang Ming discovered that the Soul Beasts in his Small World had eaten the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign’s tentacles, while Snow Empress showed him a Soul Tool she had made. He praised her Rank 8 Ice Snow Staff and agreed to teach her to make Rank 9 Soul Tools, though he warned that reaching Rank 9 would take a long time.

• Jiang Ming found that Soul Beasts in the Small World had eaten the Soul Beast corpses and Evil Eye Tyrant tentacles he had stored there.
• Jiang Ming watched the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and Black Armored Giant Rhinoceros fight over an Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign tentacle and saw an Ice Jade Scorpion enjoying another piece.
• Jiang Ming decided to bring several Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpions back to the Small World so they could reproduce.
• Snow Empress showed Jiang Ming her Ice Snow Staff, a Rank 8 Soul Tool made from Ice Extreme Profound Crystal that Meng Bing and Little Ice had catalyzed.
• Jiang Ming praised Snow Empress’s Soul Tool skills, and she asked him to teach her to make Rank 9 Soul Tools.
• Jiang Ming agreed to teach Snow Empress but warned that advancing from Rank 8 to Rank 9 would be difficult and take a long time.

Jiang Ming spent a quiet few days at Shrek Academy while Zhang Lexuan cultivated, then watched her break through to level ninety-five Super Douluo. The two set out from the academy for Clear Water City, leaving at an unhurried pace.

• Jiang Ming taught Snow Empress about Soul Tools, then fed a tired Zhang Lexuan breakfast and let her cultivate alone.
• Jiang Ming gave up on ordinary fishing in Sea God Lake and forcibly hooked a fish to save his pride.
• Jiang Ming visited Mu En beneath the freshman Dormitory Building and said he planned to return to Clear Water City with Zhang Lexuan after her breakthrough.
• Zhang Lexuan broke through the level ninety-five bottleneck in three days while Jiang Ming relaxed, taught Inner Court students, and visited the Tang Sect.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan packed their things and left Shrek Academy for Clear Water City beneath the morning light.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan returned to Clear Water City, where he reunited with Nie Heng and learned that the Titan Snow Demon King had begun appearing in the Far North’s Outer Zone. The chapter left Jiang Ming facing a threat that Clear Water City could not withstand.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan traveled by carriage toward Clear Water City, stopping overnight to barbecue as Mo Tao’s caravan passed nearby.
• Zhang Lexuan explained how she had invested Jiang Ming’s Gold Soul Coins in local schools, businesses, and the Tang Sect as they explored Clear Water City.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan went to the northern city wall to find Nie Heng after discovering he was absent from the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Nie Heng greeted Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan, then revealed that the Titan Snow Demon King had begun appearing frequently in the Far North’s Outer Zone.
• Jiang Ming realized the Titan Snow Demon King was the remaining member of the Far North’s Three Heavenly Kings and learned Clear Water City could not resist it.

Jiang Ming reassured Nie Heng that he and Zhang Lexuan had become Super Douluo, then flew into the Far North to investigate the danger threatening Clear Water City. After collecting several Ice Jade Scorpions, he encountered a huge ice bear with at least Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year cultivation, which was not the Titan Snow Demon King.

• Jiang Ming told Nie Heng that he and Zhang Lexuan had reached Super Douluo, easing Nie Heng's fears about the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan shared a meal with Nie Heng and Chen Lan before Jiang Ming headed to the northern city wall with Nie Heng.
• Jiang Ming warned Nie Heng to watch the western border for possible moves by the Sun Moon Empire, then flew into the Far North.
• Jiang Ming caught several Ice Jade Scorpions and placed them in his Small World.
• Jiang Ming heard roars and saw a massive ice bear approaching through an ice tornado, recognizing that it was not the Titan Snow Demon King.

Jiang Ming accompanied Snow Empress as she returned to the Far North, where she revealed her authority and summoned its Soul Beasts. The Titan Snow Demon King arrived and challenged Jiang Ming, but Snow Empress learned of their old grudge, and Jiang Ming agreed to hold back for her sake.

• The Ice Jade Scorpions attacked Jiang Ming, but Snow Empress nullified the Ice Bear King's tornado and calmed the clan and the bear, whom she called Xiao Bai.
• Snow Empress explained that Xiao Bai had lived by her side for over Two-Hundred-Thousand Years and was as strong as A Tai, though he stayed hidden from the Far North's Three Kings.
• Snow Empress danced the Ice Sky Snow Woman Dance, bringing Jiang Ming and Little Ice into a state of enlightenment before she summoned the Soul Beasts of the Far North.
• Thousands of Soul Beasts gathered and prostrated themselves before Snow Empress as the Titan Snow Demon King arrived with a group of Titan Snow Demons.
• The Titan Snow Demon King recognized Jiang Ming and threatened him, so Jiang Ming explained their past conflict to Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress stopped A Tai from attacking, and Jiang Ming agreed not to pursue their grudge out of respect for her.

Snow Empress announced that she would enter a dangerous seclusion and named the Titan Snow Demon King A-Tai as the new ruler of the Far North. To prevent a power struggle after her departure, she arranged for Jiang Ming to take Ice Bear King Xiao Bai into his Small World.

• Snow Empress warned the assembled Soul Beasts that her seclusion might be her last and declared A-Tai her successor.
• A-Tai mourned Snow Empress’s possible departure, accepted her charge to protect the Far North, and promised to await her return.
• Snow Empress dismissed the gathered Soul Beasts, and A-Tai left to reassure the major clans and establish his authority.
• Snow Empress told Xiao Bai that only one of the rival kings could remain in the Far North without threatening its peace.
• Snow Empress asked Jiang Ming to let Xiao Bai enter his Small World, and Jiang Ming agreed.

Jiang Ming learned that the supposed Titan Snow Demon King sightings near Clear Water City had actually been Xiao Bai, then brought Snow Empress and Xiao Bai back to Snow Empress’s home in the Far North. He moved the Ice Crystal Palace into his Small World, where Snow Empress and Xiao Bai would stay.

• Jiang Ming asked Xiao Bai about the Titan Snow Demon King’s appearances, and Xiao Bai said it had not gone to the outskirts of the Far North.
• Xiao Bai revealed that it had visited the outskirts to search for Snow Empress and encountered human Soul Masters, leading Jiang Ming to realize they had mistaken it for the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Snow Empress invited Jiang Ming to visit her home, and Xiao Bai carried them to the Ice Crystal Palace.
• Jiang Ming used his Golden True Body to lift the undamaged palace and place it in his Small World.
• Jiang Ming brought Snow Empress and Xiao Bai into the Small World, where Snow Empress settled into her palace and Xiao Bai asked where they were.

Jiang Ming returned from the Far North and reassured Nie Heng that the threat near Clear Water City had been resolved, then revealed he planned to build Soul Tool Defense Arrays for the city and Shrek Academy. After learning how much Chen Lan longed for a child and recognizing that Nie Heng’s old injury had kept them from having one, Jiang Ming realized he might be able to heal it.

• Jiang Ming returned to Clear Water City after resolving the Far North misunderstanding and found Nie Heng and Chen Lan worried about him.
• At dinner, Chen Lan showed Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan hundreds of possible names for their future children, though they explained they were not planning to have children yet.
• Jiang Ming told Nie Heng that Xiao Bai had been mistaken for the Titan Snow Demon King and that neither beast would threaten the city’s outskirts for now.
• Jiang Ming said he planned to build Soul Tool Defense Arrays to protect Clear Water City and Shrek Academy from future threats.
• After Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Ming how disappointed Chen Lan had been about their decision to wait, he realized he might be able to heal Nie Heng’s old injury and help him and Chen Lan have a child.

The Sea God Pavilion planned an operation to rescue Soul Masters detained by the Sun Moon Empire, while Huo Yuhao and the others prepared to depart without Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan. In Clear Water City, Jiang Ming healed Nie Heng and Aunt Lan, then left with Zhang Lexuan for the Southern Sea, looking ahead to the God Realm and a future clash with a God King.

• Xuan Zi convened the Sea God Pavilion and tasked Huo Yuhao and the others with an operation, explaining that Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan would not join them.
• Huo Yuhao led the group back to the Tang Sect, where they packed equipment before Bei Bei escorted them out of Shrek City the next morning.
• Jiang Ming cleansed Nie Heng’s meridians and bones, then used Life Force to heal his old injuries.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan helped restore Aunt Lan’s health, then left Clear Water City to give her and Nie Heng privacy.
• Jiang Ming took Zhang Lexuan toward the Southern Sea and reflected on entering the God Realm and restoring the War God’s and Sun God’s divine ranks.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan reached the Southern Sea Coast, admired the sunset, and gathered seafood for dinner. As they began cooking on the beach, a strange orange-red light appeared over the sea, and Jiang Ming recognized something in its glow.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Southern Sea Coast and watched the sunset together.
• Jiang Ming promised to take Zhang Lexuan around the continent, then went into the sea to collect seafood and seawater for his Small World.
• Jiang Ming returned to find several local men talking to Zhang Lexuan, so he threw them hundreds of meters away after she explained they had only struck up a conversation.
• Jiang Ming set up a fire and began preparing the seafood while Zhang Lexuan watched the stars and waves.
• An orange-red glow rose over the ocean, and Jiang Ming used Fiery Golden Eyes to identify what was happening and wondered why they were there.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan reunited with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, and the rest of their group on the Southern Sea Coast, then hosted them for dinner and a comfortable night at the beach. The chapter ended with Jiang Ming asking Zhang Lexuan whether Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had told her about their mission.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan spotted Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao fishing, then flew over to greet them.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen failed to catch fish with their Extreme Fire and Extreme Ice, so Jiang Ming brought Huo Yuhao back to shore with fish from the deep sea.
• Jiang Ming learned that He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan had also come with the group, but he did not press Huo Yuhao to reveal their confidential mission.
• Jiang Ming and Huo Yuhao prepared a lavish dinner for everyone, and Jiang Ming set up a beachfront house with cultivation aids for the group.
• Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou used the elemental cultivation aids before bed, while Jiang Ming asked Zhang Lexuan whether Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had told her about their mission.

Jiang Ming decided to secretly follow Ma Xiaotao and the others on their mission to rescue detained Soul Masters, ready to intervene if they faced danger. Meanwhile, Wang Qiuer confessed to Bi Ji that she had fallen in love with Jiang Ming, and Bi Ji recognized him as the human who had once faced the Great Fiend Zone’s Beasts.

• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan deduced that Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Huo Yuhao were taking a sea route into the Sun Moon Empire to rescue detained Soul Masters.
• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Ming to follow his heart, and the next morning he caught up with Ma Xiaotao’s group without revealing himself.
• Wang Qiuer sat in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Great Fiend Zone, where Bi Ji asked why she had been so downcast.
• Wang Qiuer admitted to Bi Ji that she had fallen in love with a human who already loved someone else.
• Wang Qiuer named Jiang Ming, and Bi Ji recognized him as the human who had once entered the core region and faced the Beasts.

Wang Qiuer wrestled with her feelings for Jiang Ming, while Bi Ji mistook her claim of carrying something of his inside her as a pregnancy before learning it was his Bloodline Power. Wang Qiuer remained unsure what to do, and Jiang Ming watched Huo Yuhao and the others cautiously enter Sun Moon Empire waters.

• Bi Ji questioned whether Wang Qiuer understood her feelings for Jiang Ming and warned her that he already liked Zhang Lexuan.
• Wang Qiuer admitted she did not want to give up on Jiang Ming, though she was pained by his bond with Zhang Lexuan.
• Bi Ji mistook Wang Qiuer's words about having something of Jiang Ming inside her as a pregnancy and examined her abdomen.
• Wang Qiuer revealed that Jiang Ming's Bloodline Power remained within her after he tempered her Golden Dragon bloodline.
• Bi Ji told Wang Qiuer to follow her heart, and Wang Qiuer quietly reflected on what she wanted.
• Jiang Ming watched Huo Yuhao and the others fly cautiously into Sun Moon Empire territorial waters.

Huo Yuhao’s group crossed into the Sun Moon Empire, arranged a ship at Haiyue City, and continued toward Sunrise City to rescue the hostages. Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan explored the city while secretly keeping watch, and unknown followers shadowed Huo Yuhao’s party as another group arrived at the empire’s border.

• Huo Yuhao led the group around the naval defenses and across the sea, where they easily defeated several seabird-type Sea Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan reached Haiyue City ahead of Huo Yuhao’s group, disguised themselves, and explored the coastal port city.
• Huo Yuhao rented a seagoing vessel, but Bluebeard Pirates demanded a toll and threatened Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, so Ling Luochen froze and destroyed them with her Extreme Ice and Extreme Flames.
• Huo Yuhao’s group left Haiyue City and traveled along the main road toward Sunrise City, using Huo Yuhao’s Simulate Soul Skill to pass unseen.
• Two people secretly followed Huo Yuhao’s group, while another group of uninvited guests arrived at the Sun Moon Empire’s border.