Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming remained gravely injured with the Merfolk Tribe while Mu En and his companions sailed into the Ice Sea to find him, where enraged Sea Soul Beasts attacked them. Jiang Ming sensed the fighting and arrived with Liya just as his companions mistook her protective bubble for a prison and launched attacks.

• Jiang Ming reflected on how badly the battle had damaged his body, Sea of Consciousness, Small World, Spirits of the Book of Spirits, and Sky Piercer Spear, leaving him unable to use Soul Power.
• Mu En, Zhang Lexuan, Du Busi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen traveled from Dongyang City toward the Ice Sea after finding ships and passage there forbidden.
• A Sea Lion King and other furious Sea Soul Beasts ambushed the group, and Ling Luochen froze a towering wave before the Sea Beasts attacked.
• Jiang Ming sensed something nearby, so Liya enclosed him in a protective bubble and carried him through the air to investigate.
• Jiang Ming recognized his teacher's Dragon God Claw and rushed with Liya toward the battle, where the injured Sea Princess was fighting Mu En and the others.
• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen saw Jiang Ming inside Liya's bubble and attacked her, while Mu En appeared in front of them.

Jiang Ming stopped Mu En and Du Busi from attacking the Sea Princess and Liya, then introduced the Sea Princess as the leader of the Merfolk Tribe. Liya called Jiang Ming her husband, leaving Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen stunned and angry.

• Mu En and Du Busi moved to attack the Sea Princess and Liya, but Jiang Ming urgently told them the two were not enemies.
• Mu En withdrew his attack and restrained his aura, while Liya stayed close to Jiang Ming despite her fear.
• Du Busi and the three girls halted their attacks, and Jiang Ming introduced the Sea Princess to Mu En.
• The Sea Princess urged Jiang Ming to call her Mother Emperor, and Liya asked him to call her mother instead of Senior.
• Liya declared that Jiang Ming was her husband, and Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen reacted with shock and anger.

Jiang Ming introduced the Sea Princess and Liya to his companions, then openly named Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen as his wives. Liya was heartbroken, and Zhang Lexuan took her aside to talk while Mu En examined Jiang Ming and discovered how badly he was injured.

• Jiang Ming introduced Mu En and Du Busi to the Sea Princess and Liya, then identified Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen as his wives.
• Liya realized Jiang Ming already had three wives and struggled to hold back tears, while the Sea Princess worried over her daughter.
• Zhang Lexuan asked the Sea Princess to let her speak privately with Liya, and Liya agreed after Jiang Ming and her mother reassured her.
• The Sea Princess ordered the Sea Soul Beasts to disperse, ending their encirclement of Mu En and the others.
• Mu En examined Jiang Ming with his Soul Power and reacted with alarm at the severity of Jiang Ming's injuries.

Jiang Ming explained that he had fought and defeated a fragment of the God of Death's will, though the battle left him gravely injured. Mu En promised that Shrek Academy would use its healers and resources to speed his recovery, while Liya decided to go with Jiang Ming to the human world.

• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen examined Jiang Ming and discovered that his whole body was badly injured.
• Jiang Ming told Mu En and the others that he had defeated a fragment of the God of Death's will through Zhongli Wu's Death God Puppet Martial Soul, though it escaped.
• Mu En said Xiao Zhuang, Shrek Academy's treasures, and the Medical Immortal Douluo would help Jiang Ming recover.
• The Sea Princess questioned whether Jiang Ming was taking Liya away, and Liya declared that she would go with her husband to the human world.
• The Sea Princess made Jiang Ming promise to bring Liya back to the Ice Sea every year and to return her there if she had a child.

Jiang Ming returned to Shrek Academy gravely injured after surviving a battle with the God of Death, bringing Liya with him. The Sea God Pavilion Elders learned what had happened and discovered that the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign was still sealed inside Jiang Ming's Small World.

• Jiang Ming considered Liya's future and the possibility of helping her enter the God Realm, then led the group through the Far North toward Shrek Academy.
• The group passed through Clear Water City without visiting Old Nie and Aunt Lan, and Du Busi left them near the Body Sect.
• At Shrek Academy, the Sea God Pavilion Elders recognized Liya as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and examined Jiang Ming's severe injuries.
• Jiang Ming recounted his journey to the Elders and revealed that he had fought the God of Death and that Snow Empress had sealed the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign inside his Small World.

Jiang Ming’s allies planned for his slow recovery and the deadline to kill Evil Lord for his Seventh Trial of Deity. The chapter left Shrek Academy mobilizing its people and resources to protect Jiang Ming and prepare his treatment.

• Jiang Ming told the Elders he would kill Evil Lord rather than make him a soul spirit, and said he could absorb Evil Lord’s Spirit Ring after recovering.
• Elder Zhuang warned that Jiang Ming’s injuries could not safely receive potent treatment yet, so Mu En ordered him to rest for a year under the care of Zhang Lexuan, Xiaotao, Luochen, and Liya.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to remove threats from spies at Shrek Academy while Jiang Ming was vulnerable.
• Mu En tasked Elder Zhuang with preparing a treatment plan using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs, and sent Elder Song to seek help from Wang Xian’er and other Healing Soul Masters.
• Mu En directed Elder Lin to gather scarce supplies through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and merchant associations, and sent Xuan Zi to ask Du Busi and the Body Sect to help plan Jiang Ming’s treatment.

After returning to the lakeside cottage severely injured, Jiang Ming let Zhang Lexuan arrange for several women to move in and care for him while his body recovered. He repaired his Sea of Consciousness for hours, then woke to find the cottage enlarged and learned Wang Qiu'er would also be living there.

• Zhang Lexuan invited Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Liya to live at the cottage and help care for Jiang Ming, while Liya chose to stay in Sea God Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao found an earth-element Titled Douluo, and Wang Qiu'er and others learned that Jiang Ming had been seriously injured.
• Zhang Lexuan and Teacher Zhao organized academy Soul Masters to expand the cottage, adding six rooms and a large bathtub for Liya.
• Jiang Ming repaired his Sea of Consciousness with spiritual energy from the Mermaid's Pearl while leaving the damaged Small World for the sleeping Spirits to restore.
• Jiang Ming woke to find the cottage greatly enlarged, and Zhang Lexuan told him that Wang Qiu'er would move in too; when Zhang Lexuan looked for Qiu'er, she was nowhere to be seen.

Wang Qiuer left Shrek Academy to seek a family treasure that might heal Jiang Ming, while Zhang Lexuan and the others settled him into a renovated cottage. Wang Qiuer reached the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest and asked Bi Ji for Essence of Life, leaving the reason for her request unresolved.

• Zhang Lexuan learned from Wang Qiuer's letter that she had gone home to find something that might treat Jiang Ming's injuries.
• After Inner Court disciples finished renovating the cottage, Zhang Lexuan thanked them with a gold card containing one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Teacher Zhao took them to spend it in Shrek City.
• Zhang Lexuan carried Jiang Ming to bed, promised him a surprise after his recovery, and let Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen tease him while she organized their belongings.
• Wang Qiuer flew to the Star Dou Great Forest at night, fought off the weaker Soul Beasts, and used her Golden Dragon bloodline to pass through the Mixed Zone and Great Fiend Zone.
• Bi Ji sensed Wang Qiuer's return and went to meet her at the Lake of Life, where Wang Qiuer asked for some Essence of Life.

Wang Qiuer sought Essence of Life from Bi Ji to treat Jiang Ming, but Bi Ji warned that his fragile body could not yet withstand it. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy mobilized allies to find a treatment, and Elder Xuan and Elder Zhuang sought help from the Body Sect and the Immortal Herbs.

• Wang Qiuer told Bi Ji that Jiang Ming was gravely injured, and Bi Ji concluded that Essence of Life could harm him until his body recovered enough to endure it.
• Bi Ji promised Wang Qiuer Essence of Life for later and asked her to recount her year among humans so she could assess the situation.
• Elder Xuan arrived at the Body Sect and requested a meeting with Du Busi, while noting the sect’s use of Soul Tools supplied through its cooperation with Shrek Academy.
• Elder Zhuang visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, showed the Immortal Herbs a depiction of Jiang Ming’s injuries, and asked them to help devise a treatment plan.

Elders Lin and Song traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Star Luo Empire to seek support, while Jiang Ming spent the morning at Shrek Academy with Zhang Lexuan and his companions. The chapter ended with Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming learning that Liya, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, was Jiang Ming’s wife.

• Elder Lin arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to negotiate with Sect Master Ning for its support.
• Elder Song met Xu Jiu Jiu at the Starlight Auction House and said she had come to borrow someone from the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Jiang Ming watched the sunrise with Zhang Lexuan, then asked her to take him to the Canteen so he could watch everyone eat.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Liya joined Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan on their walk across Sea God Island.
• Han Ruoruo recognized Liya as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and Jiang Ming told her and Wu Ming that Liya was his wife.

Jiang Ming’s friends uncovered Sun Moon Empire spies in Shrek Academy and captured them for interrogation, while the academy sought more healers to treat his severe injuries. A month later, Jiang Ming was brought to the Sea God Pavilion to meet the healing specialists, including Ning Jie of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Liya eagerly ate breakfast at the Inner Court Canteen while Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming watched Jiang Ming in his wheelchair and worried about his condition.
• An Inner Court Disciple reported Jiang Ming’s injuries to a Sun Moon Empire stronghold, but Yan Shaozhe captured him before he could escape.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, and Qian Duoduo gathered captured spies and chose to interrogate them before deciding their fate.
• A month later, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen carefully shaved Jiang Ming’s beard while he remained in his wheelchair.
• Xuan Zi brought Jiang Ming to the Sea God Pavilion to consult several Healing Soul Masters, where Jiang Ming met Ning Jie, Sect Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Jiang Ming met Ning Jie and a group of powerful Healing Soul Masters after being brought to the Sea God Pavilion for treatment. Wang Xian'er examined his devastating injuries, discovered that divine power was keeping him alive, and left the chapter with that revelation.

• Ning Jie thanked Jiang Ming for helping Ning Tian awaken the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and Elder Xuan hurried Jiang Ming toward the assembled Healing Soul Masters.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Jiang Ming into the Sea God Pavilion, where Wang Xian'er, the Star Luo Empire's renowned Healing Soul Master, prepared to examine him.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her nine Spirit Rings and used her Moon Martial Soul as a surface for Jiang Ming to lie on while Wang Xian'er began her diagnosis.
• Wang Xian'er transformed into a youthful form through Martial Soul Possession and examined Jiang Ming for more than ten minutes, finding his body severely damaged but slowly recovering.
• Wang Xian'er asked what mysterious power was inside Jiang Ming, and Jiang Ming identified it as residual divine power.

Wang Xian'er examined Jiang Ming and began organizing a treatment plan, while Mu En brought Elder Zhuang back from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Du Busi completed a costly recovery aid. Wang Qiuer condensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and left with a concealed piece of the Essence of Life for Jiang Ming, prompting Bi Ji to tell Di Tian that he was the inheritor of two deities.

• Wang Xian'er promised to keep Jiang Ming's divine power secret and said his injuries would be extremely difficult to heal within two years, then asked Elder Xuan to gather the most capable Healing Soul Masters.
• Mu En went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and brought Elder Zhuang back to discuss Jiang Ming's treatment with Wang Xian'er; Youyou gave Elder Zhuang a drop of life energy to help Jiang Ming recover.
• Du Busi emerged from seclusion with a new recovery aid, but his work worsened his health, so he summoned Golden Body Douluo and Long Aotian to arrange matters for the Body Sect.
• Wang Qiuer condensed her eighth Spirit Ring into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Bi Ji gave her a concealed piece of the Essence of Life to take to Jiang Ming.
• Wang Qiuer left for Shrek Academy, and Bi Ji told the awakened Di Tian that Jiang Ming was the inheritor of two deities.

Jiang Ming toured Shrek Academy with Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er, who confirmed his injuries were too severe for immediate treatment. At an expert consultation in the Sea God Pavilion, the healers planned to support his later recovery with concentrated life energy, and Elder Zhuang revealed he had reached Level Ninety-Seven.

• Jiang Ming accompanied Wang Xian'er and Xu Jiu Jiu on a tour of Shrek Academy despite his injuries.
• Xu Jiu Jiu recalled Jiang Ming's record-breaking tournament performance and how he had driven Heavenly Killer Douluo Huang Jinxu into seclusion.
• Mu En arrived looking young again and reunited with Wang Xian'er, who said Jiang Ming could not safely receive treatment until his body recovered further.
• Mu En and Wang Xian'er discussed old times as the group toured Sea God Island, then Xuan Zi summoned the experts to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Elder Zhuang led a consultation where Wang Xian'er proposed using the Golden Ancient Tree and life-rich items to aid Jiang Ming's later treatment.
• Elder Zhuang told the assembled healers that his cultivation had reached Level Ninety-Seven.

Elder Zhuang revealed that he had reached Level Ninety-Seven, but asked Wang Xian'er to lead Jiang Ming’s treatment because her Healing Angel Martial Soul was more specialized. The group devised a plan to restore Jiang Ming within a year, and support contributions were still being gathered when Du Busi arrived with something intended to help.

• Elder Zhuang revealed his Level Ninety-Seven cultivation, astonishing Wang Xian'er and the other Healing and Support Soul Masters.
• Elder Zhuang insisted that Wang Xian'er lead Jiang Ming’s treatment while he assisted, and Mu En endorsed the arrangement.
• Wang Xian'er estimated that the group could raise her strength to around Level Ninety-Eight and restore Jiang Ming to peak condition within a year.
• Ning Jie offered two Soul Saint and six Soul Emperor Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters, along with help gathering life-rich treasures.
• Xuan Zi identified Gongyang Mo, the Eight-Ring Rainbow Dragon clan leader, as another potentially valuable support Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe informed Mu En that Du Busi had arrived with something that could greatly help Jiang Ming recover.

Du Busi brought Jiang Ming the Body Sect’s Secret of the Innate, a cultivation method that might help restore and strengthen his shattered body once he recovered enough to use Soul Power. Bored and unable to cultivate, Jiang Ming went to teach Zhou Yi’s first-year class at the Outer Court, while Wang Qiuer arrived at the academy with the Essence of Life.

• Du Busi explained that the Secret of the Innate’s first stage could remold Jiang Ming’s already-torn body, and Mu En said Shrek Academy could obtain the needed Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Jiang Ming read the Secret of the Innate but could not begin cultivating until his injuries improved and he could activate Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi left for the Rainbow Dragon Family, while Elder Zhuang and Wang Xian'er continued planning treatment and Ning Jie and Elder Lin organized a continent-wide search for medicinal treasures.
• Jiang Ming persuaded Zhang Lexuan to take him to the Outer Court, where Du Weilun led him to Zhou Yi’s first-year class.
• Wang Qiuer flew to Shrek Academy carrying the Essence of Life and sensed that Jiang Ming was in the Outer Court.
• Zhou Yi introduced Jiang Ming to her students and invited them to ask him questions about cultivation.

Jiang Ming answered first-year students’ questions before Wang Qiu’er returned with an Essence of Life to treat his injuries. As Electrolux began guiding the Essence of Life through Jiang Ming’s Sea of Consciousness, he offered to use its power to awaken the sleeping Snow Empress.

• Zhou Yi introduced Jiang Ming to her first-year students, and he answered their questions about Martial Souls and cultivation.
• Wang Qiu’er returned to Shrek with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er and told Jiang Ming she had brought him something from home.
• Wang Qiu’er revealed an Essence of Life, whose restorative power could help Jiang Ming recover from his Divine Power injuries.
• Elder Zhuang and the Medical Immortal Douluo agreed that Jiang Ming should absorb the Essence of Life, and the group guarded him as he began.
• Electrolux entered Jiang Ming’s Sea of Consciousness and guided the Essence of Life’s energy through it, then offered to use a cluster of spiritual energy to awaken the sleeping Snow Empress.

Jiang Ming recovered from his near-fatal injuries with the Essence of Life while Electrolux revived Snow Empress, and Wang Qiuer revealed that she had promised to take Jiang Ming to meet her family. Over the following half year, Jiang Ming and Snow Empress advanced their study of the Secret of the Innate as allies prepared further treatment; the chapter ended when Jiang Ming's Soul Core began releasing Soul Power again.

• Electrolux used the Mermaid's Pearl's spiritual energy to restore Snow Empress's weakened soul, and she awakened to find Jiang Ming recovering.
• Elder Zhuang and Medical Immortal Douluo examined Jiang Ming and confirmed that the Essence of Life was accelerating his recovery.
• Wang Qiuer told Jiang Ming that her family had allowed her to take the Essence of Life on the condition that she bring him home to meet them after he recovered.
• Zhang Lexuan urged Wang Qiuer to win Jiang Ming over and coached her, while Jiang Ming embraced the exhausted Snow Empress in his Sea of Consciousness.
• During the next half year, Jiang Ming and Snow Empress advanced the Secret of the Innate, while Shrek's allies gathered healing resources and prepared a formation array for his treatment.
• Jiang Ming woke and sensed his dim Soul Core releasing faint strands of Soul Power into his body.

Jiang Ming’s Soul Core revived, marking the start of his recovery after more than half a year of critical injuries. A month later, he regained the ability to walk, and Shrek Academy assembled the healers, support specialists, and rare materials needed to begin his treatment.

• Jiang Ming’s Soul Core produced a trace of Soul Power, and Zhang Lexuan told the Elders as his condition showed clear improvement.
• Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian’er set the start of Jiang Ming’s treatment for a month later while Elder Zhuang continued developing a formation to gather and purify life energy.
• Jiang Ming and the Snow Empress deduced the first three stages of Du Busi’s Secret of the Innate, and Jiang Ming practiced standing and walking with Zhang Lexuan, Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Liya, and Wang Qiu’er supporting him.
• Elder Zhuang and Wang Xian’er examined Jiang Ming and decided that his treatment could begin, prompting Shrek Academy to summon the healers and support specialists it had recruited.
• Elder Xuan and Elder Song returned with two Healing Soul Masters at Soul Douluo cultivation, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Rainbow Dragon Family, and other invited experts gathered at Shrek Academy within five days.

Shrek Academy prepared a heavily guarded treatment for Jiang Ming and welcomed healing experts and allied factions to Sea God Island. The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the newly strengthened Rainbow Dragon Family arrived, with their leaders bringing much of their clans’ senior strength.

• Shrek Academy deployed Soul Engineer patrols and Soul Cannon batteries while Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou coordinated the defenses.
• Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina arrived to observe the treatment, exchanged barbed remarks, and were escorted by Han Ruoruo to a designated pavilion on Sea God Island.
• Yan Shaozhe escorted two Healing Type Titled Douluo and ten Healing Type Soul Douluo to Sea God Pavilion as Elder Zhuang and Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er prepared inside.
• Ning Jie brought Ning Yuan, Ning Tian, and six other powerful members of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to assist with the treatment and strengthen ties with Zhang Lexuan's merchant guilds.
• Gongyang Mo arrived with three Rainbow Dragon Family members, and Yan Shaozhe welcomed him as the family’s new clan head and a Soul Master who had broken through Seven Rings.