Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming discussed the dangerous nature of his Fourth Soul Skill and reassured Xuan Zi that Mu En had advised him to avoid using it until he reached Soul Saint. After everyone recovered with Milk Bottles, Jiang Ming faced Zhang Lexuan and twelve others alone, summoning his six spirits to begin the Second Martial Soul battle.

• Gongyang Mo feared Jiang Ming's Fourth Soul Skill, and Zhao Gang and Xuan Zi questioned whether it resembled an Evil Soul Master's skill.
• Jiang Ming said he had never used the skill and was following Mu En's advice to wait until he became a Soul Saint before using it freely.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others insisted on seeing Jiang Ming's Second Martial Soul, so Xuan Zi agreed to let them rest before the match.
• Jiang Ming distributed Milk Bottles, and the group recovered their Soul Power.
• Zhang Lexuan led twelve others against Jiang Ming, who summoned six black soul rings and six spirits to face them alone.

Jiang Ming sent his six Spirits to fight Zhang Lexuan’s thirteen-person team while he watched, confident in their strength. The battle began with the Spirits unleashing coordinated attacks, and Xuan Zi watched to see whether they could truly match a Soul Douluo.

• Jiang Ming told the six Spirits to hold back, and they charged Zhang Lexuan’s team excitedly.
• Zhang Lexuan organized her team’s defenses and boosts, then led the frontline fighters into battle.
• Jiang Ming watched while drinking milk tea, and he told Xuan Zi that the Spirits’ combined combat power could rival a Soul Douluo.
• Little Wind attacked all thirteen opponents with Wind Sweeps Clouds, and Little Light blocked Zhang Lexuan’s crescent-moon strike with Divine Light Descends.
• Little Lotus intercepted Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fireline, while the other fighters paired off against the remaining Spirits.

The spirits overwhelmed Zhang Lexuan’s team after Little Spirit boosted them and trapped several fighters with powerful attacks and abilities. Xuan Zi rescued those in immediate danger, but Little Dark turned toward the vulnerable fighters in the rear.

• Little Lotus’s Red Lotus Incineration overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao, and Xuan Zi rescued her from the blast, eliminating her from the fight.
• Little Wind and Little Light trapped Zhang Lexuan, while Little Ice froze Chen Wu and helped prevent Zhao Gang and Huang Xuan from providing support.
• Little Spirit cast Life Blessing to increase the spirits’ power and trapped Dai Yueheng and two teammates in an illusion of a forest.
• Little Dark ambushed Yan Hun from his shadow and held a blade to his neck, but Xuan Zi rescued him before he was eliminated.
• After Yan Hun was removed from the fight, Little Dark turned toward the vulnerable fighters in the rear.

Jiang Ming’s Spirits overwhelmed the Shrek teams in an assessment battle, eliminating their fighters until Zhang Lexuan surrendered. Afterward, the defeated members reacted to the Spirits’ strength, and Jiang Ming said he could not beat them himself.

• Little Ice suppressed Ling Luochen while Little Lotus attacked the back row and Little Dark eliminated Yal'er and Gongyang Mo.
• Little Dark eliminated Yao Haoxuan and Ling Luochen, leaving Zhang Lexuan, Zhao Gang, Huang Xuan, and Dai Yueheng's group of three on the field.
• Little Dark eliminated Huang Xuan, Zhao Gang surrendered, and Xuan Zi removed Dai Yueheng's group after they remained trapped in an illusion.
• Zhang Lexuan escaped the Wind Cage, found herself facing all six Spirits, and admitted defeat.
• Jiang Ming recalled the Spirits and asked how the fight felt, while Ma Xiaotao and Zhao Gang complained about their overwhelming strength.
• Jiang Ming said that his Golden Heart Martial Soul represented at most one-third of his strength and that he could not beat the Spirits himself.

After Jiang Ming defeated the tournament group with his spirits, Xuan Zi tried to restore the students’ confidence, but they discovered Jiang Ming was also a highly accomplished Soul Tool Master. The chapter ended with the others reeling after learning he had already been Rank Five two years earlier.

• Xuan Zi comforted Yan Hun and the defeated students, telling them not to compare themselves with Jiang Ming.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Jiang Ming had shown his full strength, prompting the group to wonder if he had triple martial souls.
• Jiang Ming denied having a third martial soul, and Yan Hun remembered that Jiang Ming was also a Soul Tool Master.
• Jiang Ming said he held a Rank Five Soul Tool Master badge, and Zhang Lexuan pointed out that he had reached that rank two years earlier.
• The group became despondent, and Xuan Zi told Jiang Ming to let them calm down.

Jiang Ming explained how he would use soul tools in a normal spar and a fight to the death, startling the team by revealing a Rank Seven Fixed Soul Cannonball. After Xuan Zi sent him away to rest, Jiang Ming proposed a relaxing gathering by Sea God Lake, and the team agreed.

• After the team recovered from their despair, Gongyang Mo asked Jiang Ming how he would fight them with soul tools, and the others tried to gag him.
• Jiang Ming showed the team several Rank Six soul rays and explained that he would use them in a normal spar.
• Jiang Ming brought out a Rank Seven Fixed Soul Cannonball, prompting Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi to move the others away.
• Xuan Zi warned Jiang Ming that the cannonball could destroy the Assessment Area and told him not to take it out casually.
• Jiang Ming suggested a gathering by Sea God Lake, and Zhang Lexuan and the other team members agreed to relax together.

Jiang Ming hosted a lakeside barbecue gathering before the group set off the next day, catching a fish by force after his valuable fishing line scared the fish away. Xuan Zi joined in with better ingredients, and everyone ended the evening chatting and eating together.

• Jiang Ming prepared a lakeside barbecue while the others gathered around the bonfire and tried his Milk Tea.
• Zhang Lexuan pointed out fish blowing bubbles in the lake, and Jiang Ming realized his Ice Silkworm Silk fishing line was frightening them away.
• Jiang Ming used Spiritual Power to drive his hook into a fish and hauled it from the lake.
• Jiang Ming cleaned and seasoned the fish, then grilled it while chatting with the group.
• Xuan Zi arrived, reminded Jiang Ming that they were setting off the next day, and supplied better ingredients for the barbecue.
• Jiang Ming and Xuan Zi grilled food as everyone ate and chatted together until the unfamiliarity among them faded.

The Main and Reserve Team members gathered at Shrek Plaza, where Xuan Zi led them onward and teased Jiang Ming about the girls around him. The group left with the girls buying his Milk Tea, while Jiang Ming began to reconsider his feelings toward them.

• The fourteen Main and Reserve Team members met Xuan Zi at Shrek Plaza, and he told them they had matters to discuss on the way.
• Ma Xiaotao bought two cups of Jiang Ming's Milk Tea on credit after Ling Luochen paid one Gold Soul Coin for hers.
• Yal'er and Xixi also bought Milk Tea, while the boys discussed its cultivation benefits and wondered about its ingredients.
• Xuan Zi asked Jiang Ming to fill his Wine Gourd with Milk Tea, then joked that Jiang Ming should choose which girl he liked.
• Jiang Ming looked toward the girls and felt his attitude toward them begin to change.

Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Supervisory Group’s responsibilities to the Reserve Team, and they all chose to accept the duty. The team learned Jiang Ming had completed no Supervisory Missions because he had been occupied with a secret, more important project.

• Xuan Zi advised Jiang Ming to take the initiative if he liked someone, leaving Jiang Ming flustered as he considered the girls around him.
• Jiang Ming instinctively restrained Gongyang Mo when he was startled from behind, then apologized and explained his reflex.
• Xuan Zi explained the Supervisory Group’s responsibilities and gave the Reserve Team a chance to refuse; all seven chose to stay and received their supervisors’ equipment.
• Gongyang Mo asked how many missions Jiang Ming had completed, and Xuan Zi revealed that Jiang Ming had completed none because he had been working on something more important.
• Xuan Zi warned Gongyang Mo that the project was an absolute secret, then asked Zhang Lexuan to explain the mission.

Zhang Lexuan briefed the team on a mission to destroy the Undying Legion, a force of nearly a hundred corpse Soul Grandmasters controlled by a suspected Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master. As Xuan Zi led them toward the border, Jiang Ming revealed and flew on his uniquely designed greatsword Flying Soul Tool.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that the Undying Legion operated across the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, making it difficult for either empire to attack.
• Jiang Ming asked about the uncertain number of enemies, and Xuan Zi told him to let Zhang Lexuan finish the briefing.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned the Reserve Team to support the Main Team and stay safe while they dealt with the controlled corpses.
• Xuan Zi forbade Jiang Ming from using high-powered Fixed Soul Cannonballs because they could provoke the two empires into war.
• Xuan Zi led the team to a military camp to borrow Flying Soul Tools, but Jiang Ming declined the standard equipment.
• Jiang Ming activated his sword-shaped Flying Soul Tool, explained its propulsion and steering nozzles, and flew into the sky.

Xuan Zi led the group into the air as they practiced with flying soul tools, and Jiang Ming showed them his sword-shaped model. After Zhang Lexuan learned to pilot it, Jiang Ming began reading a soul-tool book, leaving her irritated and Xuan Zi convinced he was clueless.

• Xuan Zi urged everyone to follow Jiang Ming into the air, and the Reserve Team members struggled before the group learned to fly steadily.
• Jiang Ming let Gongyang Mo and the others try his sword-shaped flying soul tool, which impressed them with its stability and windproof function.
• Jiang Ming taught Zhang Lexuan to pilot the sword-shaped soul tool, catching her when her uneven Soul Power output nearly made it flip.
• Zhang Lexuan quickly mastered the controls, but Jiang Ming released her waist and started reading a book about soul tools.
• Zhang Lexuan grew angry at Jiang Ming's inattention, while Xuan Zi watched and sighed that Jiang Ming was clueless.

Jiang Ming and the reserve disciples entered a mountain range to find the Undying Legion, but he sensed that the Corpse Qi there was far greater than the academy’s information suggested. The chapter ended as hundreds of mounds rose across a nearby hill.

• Xuan Zi left the mission to Zhang Lexuan and the reserve disciples, and Jiang Ming agreed to follow her lead.
• As the group advanced into the cold mountain range, Jiang Ming recognized the strange aura as Corpse Qi.
• Jiang Ming warned Zhang Lexuan that the Corpse Qi suggested hundreds or even thousands of corpses, far more than the reported force of fewer than a hundred Evil Soul Masters.
• Jiang Ming traced the strongest Corpse Qi to a bare hill, and Zhang Lexuan spotted movement there.
• Hundreds of mounds swelled across the hill, prompting Jiang Ming to realize the danger was greater than they had expected.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan led the team to investigate an Undying Legion that was far larger than reported. After discovering more than a thousand corpse-filled mounds across the mountain, even the Main Team began considering retreat.

• Xuan Zi watched as Jiang Ming and the others discovered hundreds of mounds and realized their intelligence about the Undying Legion was wrong.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan warned the group that the corpses might number five hundred and that the mission could be a trap.
• Jiang Ming reminded the frightened Reserve Team that Xuan Zi was nearby, but said they still had to carry out the mission themselves.
• The Reserve Team steadied themselves and chose to continue, so Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan led everyone around the mounds to avoid a direct fight.
• The group found over a thousand more corpse-filled mounds on the far side of the slope, prompting Jiang Ming, Zhang Lexuan, and the others to consider retreating.

Xuan Zi revealed that the Undying Legion included over a thousand corpses, including Soul King- and Soul Emperor-level bodies, and offered the group a choice between withdrawing or attempting the dangerous mission. The team chose to continue, and Jiang Ming planned to reach the Evil Soul Master controlling the corpses with Zhang Lexuan while the others held off the Zombies.

• Xuan Zi warned the group that the mission was far more dangerous than reported and offered to handle the Undying Legion himself or count their attempt as three monitoring missions with rewards.
• Most of the group initially favored abandoning the mission, but Jiang Ming argued that defeating the Evil Soul Master controlling the corpses could neutralize the legion.
• Jiang Ming asked the group to trust him to take down the Evil Soul Master within half an hour, while Zhang Lexuan insisted she would go with him.
• Chen Wu, Huang Xuan, and Yan Hun chose to continue, and Zhang Lexuan made the same decision as captain; Zhao Gang then agreed to follow the group.
• After speaking privately with Xuan Zi, Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan returned and planned to fly to the slope, leaving the others to hold off the Zombies for half an hour.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan reached the summit to confront the Evil Soul Master controlling the Undying Legion, but discovered he was a Soul Sage with a powerful Corpse King Martial Soul. After Jiang Ming destroyed the corpses attacking him, the Evil Soul Master revealed his interest in turning both Soul Emperors into Corpse Slaves and unleashed dense Corpse Qi.

• Jiang Ming, Zhang Lexuan, and the others flew to the summit, where the Evil Soul Master awakened over a thousand corpses buried across the slope and sent them toward the peak.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan entered a cave, found the Evil Soul Master beside six recently dead Soul Masters, and attacked him.
• The Evil Soul Master summoned the six corpses and revealed seven soul rings, while Zhang Lexuan fought him and Jiang Ming beheaded the attacking corpses.
• Jiang Ming struck the Evil Soul Master with his Rank 6 Demon-Breaking Saber, but the attack failed, and the Evil Soul Master recognized Jiang Ming's Soul Emperor-level power and suspected he had Twin Martial Souls.
• The Evil Soul Master unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill and filled the cave with Corpse Qi, declaring that he would turn Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan into Corpse Slaves, and Jiang Ming challenged him.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan fought the Undying Legion Leader, whose Corpse King True Body made him nearly impossible to injure. Jiang Ming endured his attacks while searching for a weakness, determined to create an opening for Little Dark and Zhang Lexuan to finish him.

• Jiang Ming summoned the six sprites, who cleared the cave’s Corpse Qi, lit the darkness, and attacked or supported the battle while Zhang Lexuan joined him.
• Jiang Ming struck the Undying Legion Leader, but his punch failed to break the enemy’s defenses, and Little Spirit healed the Corpse Poison on his fist.
• The Undying Legion Leader charged Jiang Ming, snapped his Soul Tool greatsword, and absorbed Little Lotus’s flames with his Yin Qi.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan continued attacking, but the Undying Legion Leader’s Martial Soul Avatar overwhelmed them with its strength.
• Jiang Ming exchanged a brutal barrage of blows with the Undying Legion Leader, taking severe injuries as he searched for the enemy’s weak point.

Jiang Ming fought the Undying Legion Leader inside the cave while Zhang Lexuan and the others held back the zombie horde outside. He discovered the enemy’s weakness was his feet, and the chapter ended with Little Dark piercing one and breaking Corpse King True Body as Jiang Ming unleashed Golden Pull.

• Jiang Ming directed Little Lotus outside to help the group while his other spirits supported him in the cave.
• Jiang Ming noticed the Undying Legion Leader always kept both feet on the ground and attacked again after being knocked into a wall.
• Zhao Gang and the others held off powerful zombies as their Soul Power dwindled, while Xuan Zi watched over the battle.
• Little Light used Divine Light Descends as Jiang Ming and the Undying Legion Leader exchanged punches.
• Little Wind stopped Jiang Ming from being thrown back, Little Ice attacked the Undying Legion Leader’s feet, and Zhang Lexuan stunned him with her Sixth Soul Skill.
• Jiang Ming struck the Undying Legion Leader’s Sea of Consciousness, then Little Dark pierced his lifted foot and dispersed the Corpse Qi; Jiang Ming replenished his Soul Power and used Golden Pull.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan weakened the Undying Legion Leader, forcing him to flee the cave, but he endangered Ma Xiaotao with a final spiritual attack. Jiang Ming killed him with his Golden Heart soul skill, though some of the attack still reached Ma Xiaotao.

• Jiang Ming pierced the Undying Legion Leader's feet with his Golden Heart soul skill, breaking his Corpse King True Body and causing severe blood loss.
• The Undying Legion Leader struck Jiang Ming with a spiritual attack, then fled the cave while Zhang Lexuan pursued him.
• The Undying Legion Leader tried to escape through Ma Xiaotao, setting her ablaze with her Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike and ordering Zombies to attack her.
• Xuan Zi arrived and suppressed the Undying Legion Leader and the Zombies, but the leader launched a final spiritual attack at Ma Xiaotao.
• Jiang Ming used Ruler of the World to weaken the attack and drained the Undying Legion Leader's blood, killing him, while Xuan Zi dispersed most of the remaining attack.
• Some of the Undying Legion Leader's cold, evil spiritual energy still entered Ma Xiaotao's body.

After the Undying Legion Leader died, his spiritual attack injured Ma Xiaotao and stirred her suppressed Evil Fire, while Jiang Ming collapsed from his own backlash. Once he woke, Jiang Ming learned Ma Xiaotao was in danger and sent Little Ice to help suppress her fire.

• Xuan Zi found that the Undying Legion Leader’s evil Spiritual Power had damaged Ma Xiaotao’s Sea of Consciousness and ignited her Evil Fire, so he ordered Ling Luochen to suppress it while Yal'er used her zither to help.
• Jiang Ming collapsed after using Golden Pull, and Zhang Lexuan caught him as Little Spirit cleansed the Corpse Poison and healed his wounds.
• In his Sea of Consciousness, Jiang Ming and the five Spirits fought the enemy’s grayish-green Spiritual Power, while Little Light revealed a wolf-shaped phantom that Jiang Ming recognized as backlash from his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Jiang Ming woke with his head on Zhang Lexuan’s lap and learned that the Undying Legion Leader was dead but Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had erupted.
• Jiang Ming summoned Little Ice and ordered it to help Ling Luochen suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire despite the danger still inside his Sea of Consciousness.

Jiang Ming survived the Undying Legion Leader’s Spiritual attack while Little Ice and the others suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. Too injured to compete, Jiang Ming urged Zhang Lexuan and the team to win the upcoming tournament without him.

• Zhang Lexuan soothed Jiang Ming’s pain as his spirits struggled against the evil Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Little Ice, Ling Luochen, Yal'er, and the Thousand-Year Profound Ice suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire for two hours, after which Little Ice returned to help Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming reached a temporary balance against the Spiritual attack and recovered enough mobility to leave Zhang Lexuan’s lap.
• Jiang Ming told Xuan Zi and the team that he and Ma Xiaotao could not compete in the tournament.
• Jiang Ming encouraged Zhang Lexuan and the others to win the tournament while he waited at the academy.