Chapter Summaries

Yang Ming reunited with Yang Hong and Yang Yi after absorbing his Spirit Ring and explained how he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing. He decided to take her with him, and the two set out for the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Yang Hong and Yang Yi found Yang Ming carrying the injured Zhu Zhuqing and learned that Yang Ming was unharmed.
• Yang Ming recounted Zhu Zhuqing's identity, her confrontation with Zhu Zhuyun, and his deductions about the encounter.
• Yang Hong warned that the Star Luo Royal Family might target the Breaking Clan if Yang Ming's identity and role in Zhu Zhuqing's escape were discovered.
• Yang Ming decided not to abandon Zhu Zhuqing while she was injured and still in danger, and Yang Hong agreed to inform the clan leader.
• After sharing a meal, Yang Hong and Yang Yi left for Soul Hunting Town while Yang Ming carried Zhu Zhuqing toward the Heaven Dou Empire.

Yang Ming brought the injured Zhu Zhuqing to a town near the Heaven Dou Empire and arranged for her to recover at a hotel. After he explained why he had saved her, Zhu Zhuqing decided to stay, while Yang Ming arranged for a maid to care for her.

• Yang Ming reached a town after two exhausting days traveling with the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing and rented a hotel suite.
• A maid changed Zhu Zhuqing's dressings and helped clean her, then left the room shaken by Zhu Zhuqing's appearance.
• Yang Ming realized Zhu Zhuqing was awake and told her he had saved her because he could not bear to see her die in the struggle for Star Luo's imperial power.
• Zhu Zhuqing assessed her injuries and the danger of fleeing, then decided to remain at the hotel and recover.
• A maid named Sister Hong brought Zhu Zhuqing food and agreed to care for her while Yang Ming began eating in the living room.

Zhu Zhuqing recovered enough to eat the nourishing porridge Yang Ming had prepared, though she remained unsure of his intentions. Yang Ming left her questioning his hint about Zhu Zhuyun and the sisters’ past before they exchanged names for the first time.

• Sister Hong helped Zhu Zhuqing sit up and fed her porridge made with Soul Beast meat and medicinal herbs.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned why Yang Ming had prepared such nourishing food, then relaxed after learning he was eating extravagant dishes himself.
• After Zhu Zhuqing finished eating, Yang Ming paid Sister Hong for her work, and she left.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Yang Ming what he meant when he said Zhu Zhuyun had let her leave, and he urged her to reconsider what she knew about her sister.
• Yang Ming helped Zhu Zhuqing lie down to rest, and they introduced themselves to each other before he wished her good night.

After Zhu Zhuqing recovered enough to leave her room, Yang Ming asked whether she understood Zhu Zhuyun’s intentions and what she planned to do next. When Zhu Zhuqing mentioned Shrek Academy, Yang Ming experienced a powerful, unexplained flood of memories and emotions, leaving the story with him in tears.

• Yang Ming brought a female physician to examine Zhu Zhuqing, who learned that she would recover fully within a few days.
• Yang Ming asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she still needed an explanation of why Zhu Zhuyun had sent her away.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that Zhu Zhuyun’s apparent hostility had concealed efforts to prepare her to survive and decided she understood her Big Sister’s intentions.
• Yang Ming asked Zhu Zhuqing what she planned to do, and she said she had originally intended to go to Shrek Academy.
• Hearing the academy’s name triggered fragments of Yang Ming’s past and overwhelming emotions, and he began to cry in front of Zhu Zhuqing.

After Yang Ming broke down at the mention of Shrek Academy, he decided to investigate his connection to it and set out for Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing. They arrived in the city, where Zhu Zhuqing's fiancé was also located.

• Yang Ming recalled his unexplained memories and Absolute Dominance, then asked Zhu Zhuqing what she knew about Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Yang Ming that Shrek Academy was in Suotuo City, and he decided to go there after she recovered.
• Three days later, Zhu Zhuqing chose to accompany Yang Ming despite the risk of encountering her fiancé and being drawn back into the Star Luo Royal Family's affairs.
• Yang Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled by carriage to Suotuo City in the Balak Kingdom.
• After arriving in Suotuo City, Yang Ming took the carriage to the city's best hotel and dismissed the driver.

Yang Ming and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Rose Hotel, where Zhu Zhuqing unexpectedly encountered her fiancé, Dai Mubai, with two women. Yang Ming stood between them and challenged Dai Mubai, whose first attack failed to move him.

• Yang Ming and Zhu Zhuqing tried to book two rooms at Rose Hotel, but the receptionist said only a double room remained and directed them to another hotel.
• Dai Mubai entered with two twin women, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized her fiancé as he stared at her.
• Yang Ming stepped in front of Zhu Zhuqing and warned Dai Mubai not to touch him.
• Dai Mubai demanded that Yang Ming kneel and apologize, but Yang Ming told him to try his threat.
• Dai Mubai attacked Yang Ming with a slap, but Yang Ming blocked it with his forearm and remained unmoved.

Yang Ming struck Dai Mubai and forced him into a fight outside the hotel. Dai Mubai unleashed his White Tiger Martial Soul, but Yang Ming’s Atlas Spear and overwhelming Soul Power shattered his confidence as Dai Mubai charged at him.

• Yang Ming grabbed Dai Mubai’s hand and punched him out of the hotel lobby onto the street.
• Dai Mubai recovered, threatened Yang Ming, and activated his White Tiger Avatar with three Spirit Rings.
• Yang Ming summoned the Atlas Spear, and Dai Mubai sensed his Soul Power rivaled or surpassed his own.
• Dai Mubai accused Yang Ming of using cultivation drugs and lunged at him with his tiger claws.
• Yang Ming thrust the Atlas Spear toward Dai Mubai’s incoming attack.

Yang Ming used the Atlas Spear’s Space Prohibition to overcome Dai Mubai’s defenses and wound him. Dai Mubai powered up and launched a coordinated claw attack, but Yang Ming shattered it with a sweep of his spear.

• Dai Mubai blocked with his White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and fired a White Tiger Light Wave, but Yang Ming pierced through both defenses and stabbed his shoulder.
• Yang Ming explained that Space Prohibition suppressed the White Tiger Light Wave’s explosion while the Atlas Spear broke through Dai Mubai’s barrier.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, sealed his wound with swollen muscles, and fired another White Tiger Light Wave.
• Dai Mubai used the blast’s smoke and noise to approach Yang Ming and unleash a claw attack that covered every route of retreat.
• Yang Ming swept the Atlas Spear through the claw light, using Space Prohibition to shatter the attack before it reached him.

Yang Ming defeated Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel and helped Zhu Zhuqing finally let go of her past. He summoned Shrek Academy to come collect Dai Mubai, leaving him and Zhu Zhuqing waiting at the hotel.

• Yang Ming used Space Prohibition and Absolute Dominance to break Dai Mubai's legs, knocking him unconscious.
• Yang Ming disappeared with Teleportation, then returned unharmed as the spectators and Dai Mubai's companions scattered.
• Yang Ming asked the receptionist to notify Shrek Academy to collect Dai Mubai and paid for the arrangements.
• Yang Ming asked Zhu Zhuqing how she felt after seeing Dai Mubai, and she said she felt relaxed.
• Yang Ming congratulated Zhu Zhuqing on severing her shackles and being reborn anew.

After helping Zhu Zhuqing escape her fate, Yang Ming captured a spy watching Dai Mubai and asked the Rose Hotel receptionist about Shrek Academy. The rumors left Yang Ming convinced that Shrek Academy was dishonest, poor, and badly disciplined.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Yang Ming, left, and began a life of her own.
• Yang Ming used Voidification and Absolute Dominance to defeat a disguised spy who had attacked him, then restrained and hid the man.
• The Rose Hotel receptionist told Yang Ming that Shrek Academy demanded exceptional talent, charged a nonrefundable application fee, rented part of a village, and had a reputation for arrogant students.
• Yang Ming questioned the claim that Shrek had taught a Spirit Hall elder and reasoned that the academy was likely poor and had fabricated the story.
• Yang Ming formed a deeply unfavorable impression of Shrek Academy based on the receptionist's account.

Yang Ming’s memories of a life tied to Shrek Academy continued to awaken, helping him refine his Spear Art and understand Royal Power. When Zhao Wuji came to retrieve Dai Mubai and confront the person who defeated him, Yang Ming met him without yielding to his Soul Saint aura.

• Yang Ming pieced together that the emerging memories belonged to someone with an Atlas Spear whose life was closely connected to Shrek Academy.
• Yang Ming used the memories to refine his Spear Art and realized what Royal Power lacked, briefly shattering nearby matter through sheer presence.
• Yang Ming paid the restaurant staff and told the receptionist to arrange for Dai Mubai to be carried over as Shrek Academy members demanded his release.
• Zhao Wuji arrived at the Rose Hotel, furious that Dai Mubai had lost and been detained, and resolved to punish the person responsible.
• Yang Ming faced Zhao Wuji and calmly confirmed that he had beaten Dai Mubai, meeting the Vice Dean’s Soul Saint aura with his own emperor-like presence.

Yang Ming faced Zhao Wuji after breaking Dai Mubai’s legs, and the Shrek Academy teacher challenged him to a three-strike bet. Yang Ming accepted and followed Zhao Wuji outside, where the two prepared to fight before a crowd.

• Rose Hotel staff brought Dai Mubai out on a stretcher, and Zhao Wuji demanded that Yang Ming answer for injuring his student.
• Yang Ming explained that Dai Mubai had harassed his friend and provoked him, so he had broken Dai Mubai’s legs.
• Zhao Wuji proposed that Yang Ming could attack him three times; if Zhao Wuji did not move, Yang Ming would apologize and pay ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yang Ming accepted and asked what Zhao Wuji would do if he lost; Zhao Wuji agreed to accept any condition Yang Ming named.
• Yang Ming and Zhao Wuji went into the street and faced each other as hotel staff and nearby residents gathered to watch.

Yang Ming challenged Zhao Wuji to settle their bet with one move and unleashed his perfected Royal Power spear art against the Soul Saint. After using Space Rending to bypass Zhao Wuji’s defense, Yang Ming’s strike invaded his mind, where Zhao Wuji’s Holy Bear faced the descending colossal spear.

• Yang Ming summoned the Atlas Spear and declared he would decide the winner in one move.
• Zhao Wuji transformed into his Vajra Bear form and revealed his seven Spirit Rings.
• Yang Ming activated Source of Void and Anti-air Power, compressing his aura into the Royal Power spear thrust.
• Zhao Wuji used Immovable Bright King Body, but Yang Ming’s Space Rending tore through its golden defense.
• Yang Ming’s Royal Power struck Zhao Wuji and unleashed its will inside his mind.
• Zhao Wuji’s Vajra Bear became a Holy Bear and met the colossal spear with a palm strike, shaking his inner world.

Yang Ming defeated Zhao Wuji in their wager by injuring him with the completed 'Royal Power,' then demanded an apology and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. After Zhao Wuji left with Dai Mubai, Yang Ming found a dead spy and met his Fifth Grand Uncle, Yang Wutian, whom he asked to display the Breaking Clan’s backing without killing Zhao Wuji.

• Yang Ming's 'Royal Power' struck Zhao Wuji and damaged his mind, though the recoil left Yang Ming badly drained.
• Zhao Wuji admitted defeat and agreed that Shrek Academy had lost the wager.
• Yang Ming demanded an apology and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins; Zhao Wuji agreed, then left with Dai Mubai to consult Shrek Academy's dean.
• Yang Ming found the Star Luo spy dead from a familiar-looking wound and called out the person who had killed him.
• Yang Wutian appeared, urged Yang Ming to be less merciful, and left after Yang Ming asked him to show Shrek Academy that he had powerful backing.

Yang Ming questioned the truth of his memories while cultivating and broke through to level thirty-six. Flender learned about Zhao Wuji’s defeat and came to recruit Yang Ming, but he tried to turn the academy’s debt into another bet.

• Yang Ming rented a room at the Jiman Hotel, meditated, and reached Soul Power level thirty-six.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender how Dai Mubai’s actions led to Yang Ming breaking Dai’s legs, Zhao losing a bet, and Yang Wutian beating him.
• Flender considered Yang Ming’s talent, worried about Shrek Academy’s debt and damaged reputation, and devised a plan to recruit him without paying.
• The next morning, Flender watched Yang Ming practice spear arts in the Jiman Hotel’s courtyard while Yang Wutian watched Flender.
• After Yang Ming asked whether Flender had come to compensate him or apologize, Flender proposed using the money for another bet.

Yang Ming accepted Flender’s bet over how much time he would spend in Shrek Academy’s classes, with Flender risking fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins if the academy failed to satisfy him. Three days later, Yang Ming arrived at the academy and found its unusual village setting less impressive than its talented applicants suggested.

• Flender proposed a bet that Yang Ming would attend more than half of the classes during his month at Shrek Academy, expecting Yu Xiaogang to persuade him to stay.
• Yang Ming accepted because he wanted to investigate Shrek Academy, then required Flender to pay him fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins if he lost.
• Flender agreed, and he and Yang Ming shared an expensive breakfast before parting.
• Three days later, Yang Ming traveled from Suotuo City to Shrek Academy and joined the admissions line at its village entrance.
• Yang Ming sensed three young applicants with Soul Power above level twenty-five and wondered whether Shrek Academy had more merit than its shabby appearance suggested.

Yang Ming challenged Ma Hongjun over Shrek Academy’s refusal to refund an applicant’s fee, but Li Yusong intervened and let Yang Ming enter the academy. Inside, Yang Ming encountered Oscar selling sausages, while Tang San watched him with suspicion.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu noticed Yang Ming in the admissions line, and Xiao Wu insulted his appearance.
• Ma Hongjun demanded that an applicant beat him to recover the registration fee, so Yang Ming challenged him with the Atlas Spear.
• Li Yusong returned ten Gold Soul Coins, explained Shrek Academy’s admissions rules, and allowed Yang Ming to enter.
• Xiao Wu praised the academy’s policy of accepting monsters, while Tang San judged Yang Ming’s reaction excessive.
• Yang Ming entered the village, found Oscar selling sausages, and approached his stall after sensing an unusual Soul Power fluctuation.

Yang Ming bought one of Oscar’s recovery sausages, then defended Oscar when the crowd mocked his Soul Incantation and learned he had Innate Full Soul Power. Yang Ming suppressed the onlookers with his aura and left, while Oscar remained behind with the crowd silenced.

• Yang Ming sampled Oscar’s Recovery Big Sausage, praised its effects, and explained he had come because of a bet with the dean rather than to apply to the academy.
• Oscar feared Yang Ming would punish him for his Soul Incantation, apologized, and demonstrated his First Soul Skill as Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and other applicants arrived.
• Xiao Wu and others ridiculed Oscar’s incantation, but Yang Ming told him he had nothing to apologize for and asked about his talent.
• Oscar revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power, shocking the crowd and prompting Yang Ming to praise his exceptional gift.
• When the crowd questioned Oscar’s claim and insulted Yang Ming, Yang Ming’s Absolute Dominance aura silenced and overwhelmed everyone except Oscar before Yang Ming walked away.

Yang Ming befriended Oscar after defending his rare Food System talent, then learned about Shrek Academy’s admissions and graduation record. Oscar’s account left Yang Ming furious at the academy’s poor teaching and dangerous neglect of its students.

• Oscar thanked Yang Ming for standing up for him, and the two introduced themselves and shook hands.
• Ning Rongrong learned from Ma Hongjun that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power, and she was stunned by a talent that surpassed her own.
• Oscar explained Shrek Academy’s four admission tests, its strict graduation requirement, and its record of admitting sixty-two students but graduating only fourteen.
• Yang Ming questioned the academy’s low graduation rate and the deaths of seven students while hunting Soul Beasts.
• Yang Ming blamed Shrek Academy’s leadership for failing to properly teach and protect its students, connecting its flaws to the academy’s later decline.

Yang Ming received more memories from a future era and learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, giving him a possible lead on Tang Hao. He joined Tang San and the others for a meal at Shrek Academy, where the food left him and Ning Rongrong uneasy.

• Yang Ming endured a severe headache as memories surfaced, then learned that Tang San’s companions had passed Shrek Academy’s final examination.
• Yang Ming met Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun after they entered the academy, and Flender arranged for Yang Ming to stay with Oscar.
• Xiao Wu mocked Yang Ming during the walk to the cafeteria, while Tang San apologized and introduced himself.
• Yang Ming recognized Tang San’s name from his memories and realized Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, but kept his questions about Tang Hao to himself.
• Yang Ming and Ning Rongrong saw the cafeteria dishes and immediately sensed something was wrong.