Chapter Summaries

Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Dugu Lu visited Profound Water Hall to sell medicinal herbs after Zhou Yi disciplined several students and began handling their transfers. Outside the shop, Huo Yuhao noticed a poor mother and child, and Xu Jie quietly gave him Soul Coins to donate before leading Dugu Lu inside.

• Zhou Yi threw Wu Feng, Ning Tian, Nanmen Yuner, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu out of class after they challenged her, and Dai Huabin's threats prompted her to arrange their transfers.
• Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Dugu Lu went to Profound Water Hall to sell medicinal herbs.
• Huo Yuhao noticed a golden-haired woman begging with her young child, and Xu Jie gave Huo Yuhao Soul Coins to donate.
• Xu Jie pulled Dugu Lu into Profound Water Hall and told the attendant they wanted to sell medicinal herbs.
• The attendant led them upstairs, where Xu Jie learned that Life Energy Cabinets kept the herbs fresh.

Xu Jie bought medicinal herbs with Dugu Lu’s money, then intervened with Huo Yuhao when a man tried to claim a woman and child. As a group of men surrounded them, Xu Jie revealed his purple second soul ring and made them hesitate.

• Xu Jie selected supplementary herbs at the Medicine Room, while Dugu Lu questioned why he was not buying main ingredients.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi arrived, exchanged teasing remarks, and left for the inner room.
• Xu Jie persuaded Dugu Lu to pay thirty Gold Soul Coins for a large supply of herbs.
• Xu Jie and Dugu Lu saw Huo Yuhao restraining a man who claimed the golden-haired woman and child were his; Xu Jie broke the man’s lower leg, and Dugu Lu knocked him unconscious.
• Several burly men surrounded the group, while Huo Yuhao and the golden-haired woman summoned their Martial Souls.
• Xu Jie summoned his Martial Soul and revealed a purple second soul ring, frightening the men and surprising the crowd.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao pursued men whom Electrolux had identified as carrying Death Aura, suspecting they were Evil Soul Masters. Along the way, Xu Jie found that Qian Qin’s husband, Si Guang, had sold her and their child, Si Ran, and punished him before continuing after the suspicious group.

• Xu Jie learned that the blonde woman was Qian Qin and agreed to keep her former abuser away from her and her child, Si Ran.
• Electrolux warned Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao that the departing men carried Death Aura, and Xu Jie suspected they were Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao followed the men using Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection, while Xu Jie left Dugu Lu to help Qian Qin and Si Ran.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao found Si Guang lying in a street corner and discovered a deed showing that he had sold Qian Qin and Si Ran to Chen Ming.
• After Si Guang woke and admitted he had sold them to fund his gambling, Xu Jie broke his other leg and knocked him unconscious.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao pursued the burly men from Shrek City and discovered a black-robed Evil Soul Master harvesting their souls. Xu Jie’s light allowed the man to purge conflicting death energy, and, following Electrolux’s instruction, Xu Jie intensified the light for reasons still unclear.

• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock on the unconscious Si Guang, damaging his brain, then left with Xu Jie to pursue the burly men.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao followed the burly men out of Shrek City and found them kneeling before a black-robed figure in the forest.
• The black-robed figure killed the burly men and began collecting their souls with his staff, but a soul’s shriek revealed Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao’s hiding place.
• The black-robed figure attacked with a Death Ray, and Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao dodged before confronting him.
• Electrolux told Xu Jie to use light, which drove conflicting death energy from the black-robed figure and made him visibly enjoy the process.
• Electrolux told Xu Jie to continue because the death aura needed to be pure, so Xu Jie intensified his light and shouted, “Behold my holy light!!!”

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao fought an Evil Soul Master until Electrolux possessed Huo Yuhao, defeated the attacker, and gave Xu Jie a transformed staff and a purification spell. They concealed the battle’s traces, but Zhou Yi arrived as the black-robed man’s corpse fled under Xu Jie’s control.

• Xu Jie used Ultimate Light to weaken the black-robed man’s Death Aura, but the man activated Soul Explosion and threatened them with his captured souls.
• Electrolux possessed Huo Yuhao, restrained the black-robed man, shattered his soul rings, and took the Black Gemstone Staff.
• Electrolux used Xu Jie’s Ultimate Light to transform the staff, gave it to Xu Jie, and taught him the First-order Undead Basic Magic, Purification.
• Xu Jie discovered he could control the black-robed man’s corpse, stopped Huo Yuhao from purifying it, and used it to clean up the battlefield.
• Huo Yuhao shared Spiritual Detection with Zhou Yi while Xu Jie hid the staff and made the corpse appear to flee; Zhou Yi arrived and ordered them to stay put.

After Zhou Yi rescued Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao, she scolded them for pursuing an Evil Soul Master without reporting it and took them back to Shrek City. On the way, Huo Yuhao recognized her Flying Soul Guidance Device as Fan Yu’s work and secretly used Spiritual Detection on Zhou Yi, while he and Xu Jie whispered about her relationship with Fan Yu and her mask.

• Zhou Yi returned after pursuing the black-robed man, reprimanded Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao, and heard their account of what had happened.
• Zhou Yi carried Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao by their collars to Shrek City using her Flying Soul Guidance Device.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the device as Fan Yu’s work and quietly told Xu Jie that Zhou Yi and Fan Yu seemed to be in a relationship.
• Xu Jie urged Huo Yuhao to use Spiritual Detection to look at Zhou Yi’s face, and Zhou Yi briefly sensed that someone was watching her.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie whispered about why Zhou Yi wore a mask, and Xu Jie pointed to her hands as the clue.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy after encountering an Evil Soul Master, and Dugu Lu explained how the Sea God Statue detected such threats around the city. Xu Jie then used Dugu Lu’s Gold Soul Coins to make a bitter medicinal liquid that proved effective and named it the Profound Essence Pill.

• Elder Xuan questioned Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao about what had happened, then sent them back with Dugu Lu.
• Dugu Lu explained that the Sea God Statue could detect Evil Soul Masters across Shrek City and the surrounding area, though its detection weakened with distance.
• Dugu Lu told Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao that Qian Qin and her son Qian Ran were safe and had found work through the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association.
• Xu Jie led Dugu Lu and Huo Yuhao to Dorm Room 202 and spent two hours stirring a medicinal mixture in a pot.
• Xu Jie and Dugu Lu tasted the bitter mixture and sensed it produce pure Soul Power, so Xu Jie named it the Profound Essence Pill.

Xu Jie refined a Profound Essence Pill for Huo Yuhao, then tried to learn necromancy with the Dark Gold Spirit Staff. The attempt failed, and Huo Yuhao revealed that Electrolux had already given him access to a Third Martial Soul, leaving Xu Jie shocked.

• Huo Yuhao tasted Xu Jie's Profound Essence Pill and sensed that it calmed his mind and helped his Soul Power circulate faster.
• Xu Jie offered to make Dugu Lu a batch of pills, then dragged him out to dinner with Huo Yuhao.
• After dinner, Xu Jie took out the Dark Gold Spirit Staff and tried to cast necromancy magic, but failed.
• Huo Yuhao explained that magic required practice and revealed his gray soul ring and Third Martial Soul.
• Xu Jie realized Huo Yuhao had gained access to the Third Martial Soul ahead of time, despite having cast Purification earlier without summoning it.

Xu Jie suspected that the God Realm could not interfere with the changes he had made to Huo Yuhao’s fate. Tang San gathered the Shrek Seven Devils and used their combined power to pierce the barrier around Douluo Continent, while Xu Jie resolved to keep Huo Yuhao away from Wang Dong and Wang Qiu.

• Xu Jie told Huo Yuhao to hide his Third Martial Soul and wondered why the God King had not intervened in the altered fate.
• Tang San explained that a powerful force had blocked his view of Douluo Continent and asked the Shrek Seven Devils to help him reach Tang Wutong.
• The Shrek Seven Devils combined their divine power in a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Tang San sent the Seagod Trident toward Douluo Continent.
• The trident shattered against the barrier, but Tang San declared that their attempt had succeeded.
• Xu Jie recalled Tang San’s past interference in Huo Yuhao’s fate and decided to keep Huo Yuhao away from Wang Dong and Wang Qiu.
• Xu Jie asked Huo Yuhao whether he liked any female classmates, and Huo Yuhao answered that he did not.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao trained before dawn, then Xu Jie and Dugu Lu visited Qian Qin and her son at the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association. The chapter left Xu Jie bringing dinner to Qian Ran while Dugu Lu carried Xu Jie's proposed cultivation adjustment.

• Xu Jie asked Huo Yuhao about his stalled progress in the Wudang Eye-Brightening Skill, and Huo Yuhao said his martial soul seemed to be blocking him.
• Wang Dong arrived on the rooftop and practiced the Purple Demon Eye as the sun rose, so Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao left.
• Huo Yuhao remembered Xu Jie's ominous premonition about people whose names contained Winter or Autumn and hurried away with him.
• Xu Jie gave Dugu Lu a proposed change to his cultivation technique that might reduce the Jade Phosphor Snake Venom entering his body.
• Xu Jie and Dugu Lu arrived at the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association with dinner, and Xu Jie greeted Qian Qin and Qian Ran.

Xu Jie cared for Qian Ran and learned more about Qian Qin's weakened Angel Martial Soul, whose aura reminded him of Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly. He summoned his Sun Martial Soul to investigate what was missing from Qian Qin's power, and sensed a lack of light.

• Xu Jie gave Qian Ran a nourishing Soul Pear after the boy finished his meal.
• Qian Qin revealed her Angel Wings Martial Soul and explained that her family's Six-Winged Angel had become flawed, losing four wings.
• Xu Jie recognized an aura in Qian Qin's Martial Soul that reminded him of Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly and suspected the two were connected to angels.
• Xu Jie summoned his Sun Martial Soul while asking Qian Qin to report anything unusual, and sensed that something was lacking in light.

Xu Jie used the light from his martial soul to repair the flaw in Qian Qin’s martial soul. After his cultivation surged to level forty and drained his Soul Power, he suppressed it back to level thirty.

• Xu Jie asked Dugu Lu to lead him, Qian Qin, and Qian Ran to a sealed Underground Chamber so he could try to fix Qian Qin’s martial soul.
• Xu Jie illuminated the dark passage with his martial soul, then asked Qian Qin to summon hers inside the chamber.
• Golden threads drawn from Xu Jie’s light gathered behind Qian Qin and formed a wing as Dugu Lu watched.
• Xu Jie broke the seal on his brow and poured his released Soul Power into his martial soul, causing his cultivation to rise to level forty.
• Xu Jie’s light completed Qian Qin’s six white wings, and Dugu Lu caught Xu Jie when he nearly collapsed.
• Xu Jie suppressed his cultivation back to level thirty, and Dugu Lu began asking whether Xu Jie’s martial soul had not actually been flawed.

Xu Jie learned that Qian Qin’s Angel Martial Soul was shattered and entered her sea of consciousness to examine its damage. Meanwhile, the Angel Holy Sword escaped the God Realm and entered Douluo Continent, as Dugu Lu resolved to trust Xu Jie and continue to Shrek Academy.

• Xu Jie suppressed his surging cultivation and found that the new wings sustaining Qian Qin’s Martial Soul depended on his power.
• The Angel Holy Sword broke through the God Realm’s barrier and passed through the mist into Douluo Plane, while Tang San watched helplessly.
• Dugu Lu saw the golden-tailed meteor, recalled Xu Jie’s question about trust, and continued toward Shrek Academy with the cultivation suggestions.
• Qian Qin told Xu Jie that her Martial Soul was shattered and let him enter her sea of consciousness to inspect it.
• Xu Jie found golden cracks and a crumbling sanctuary in Qian Qin’s sea of consciousness, where he discovered a ruined Angel God statue that seemed to pull at nearby energy.

Xu Jie discovered that Qian Qin and Qian Ran’s Angel Martial Souls had been shattered, then agreed to take Qian Ran as his disciple. Qian Qin revealed that her family had preserved its bloodline through human sacrifice, leaving Xu Jie to suspect that the strange angel statue was assembled from those sacrifices.

• Xu Jie found that Qian Qin’s sea of consciousness held only the right hand of her Angel Martial Soul within a composite statue, while Qian Ran’s shattered sea held part of an angel’s head.
• Xu Jie asked Qian Qin what had happened to the Angel Martial Soul, and she knelt to ask him to take Qian Ran as his page.
• Xu Jie refused the page arrangement and offered to take Qian Ran as his disciple, easing Qian Qin’s fears.
• Qian Qin explained that the family’s martial souls had shattered centuries earlier and that children began dying during awakening ceremonies.
• Qian Qin revealed that the elders had discovered a way to preserve the family bloodline through human sacrifice, and Xu Jie connected this secret to the composite statue.

Xu Jie regained his level thirty cultivation after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sealed his suppressed Soul Power, then told Dugu Lu that he and Huo Yuhao were targeting Duke White Tiger. Dugu Lu chose to help them, though Xu Jie said he should keep supporting them as their “cash cow.”

• Xu Jie promised to care for Qian Ran, and Qian Qin left with her son after he warned her not to use her martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s instructions and sealed Xu Jie’s suppressed cultivation, restoring him to level thirty.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao teased Dugu Lu by pretending they might cut away part of his soul to erase his memories.
• Xu Jie told Dugu Lu that he and Huo Yuhao were targeting Duke White Tiger because of a blood feud.
• Huo Yuhao warned that they might ultimately face the entire central legion of the Star Luo Empire’s Western Army Group, but Dugu Lu insisted on helping them.

After a year of study at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao used a Soul Ascension Pill to reach Rank 20 and prepared to travel alone to the Extreme North Land. Xu Jie saw him off, worried but reassured by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s plan.

• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao spent the past year studying and earning Gold Soul Coins through soul battles, while Huo Yuhao became a first-class Soul Engineer.
• With the academy emptied for the break, Huo Yuhao prepared to leave for the Extreme North Land, and Xu Jie checked his supplies.
• Huo Yuhao swallowed the Soul Ascension Pill he had won from Wu Feng and successfully advanced a rank.
• Xu Jie gave Huo Yuhao a Storage Soul Guidance Device packed with supplies and walked with him to the north passage out of Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao teased Xu Jie for nagging, then set off alone as Xu Jie called after him to be careful.
• Xu Jie returned to the academy, having decided not to accompany Huo Yuhao because Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said his fire attribute would jeopardize the plan.

Huo Yuhao traveled north toward the Extreme North Land, relying on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for guidance after discovering the spirit did not know the route. Sky Dream used its power to help Huo Yuhao navigate and gave him its old husk to protect him from the cold.

• Huo Yuhao left the official road and used Xu Jie's Wudang Cloud-Ascending Skill to travel north through the forest.
• After three days, Huo Yuhao reached the Heaven Dou Empire's northern frontier and found that his Soul Guidance Compass had frozen solid.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted it did not know this route, but promised to guide Huo Yuhao with its Spiritual Power.
• Sky Dream used its Spiritual Power to help Huo Yuhao find a snow pig, which Huo Yuhao butchered and roasted.
• Sky Dream released its old husk as a membrane of light that fused into Huo Yuhao's body and shielded him from the freezing wind.

Huo Yuhao crossed the Extreme North Land toward its Core Zone under Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s guidance, narrowly avoiding the Titan Snow Demon King. Once they reached their destination, Sky Dream began retrieving his shed skin while Huo Yuhao hid in a snow cave, and a sudden display of power darkened the sky.

• Huo Yuhao continued north through the blizzard, hiding in the snow when Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him of an approaching presence.
• The Titan Snow Demon King trampled Huo Yuhao, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s shed skin protected him from injury.
• Sky Dream identified the creature as the third-ranked of the Three Heavenly Kings and told Huo Yuhao they were near the Core Zone.
• After reaching their destination, Huo Yuhao dug and reinforced a snow cave, then hid inside as Sky Dream prepared to retrieve the shed skin.
• Sky Dream took control of Huo Yuhao, turning his body and Soul Ring golden as immense Spiritual Power gathered black clouds and thunder over the Extreme North Land.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm persuaded the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion to give up her Spiritual Origin and fuse with Huo Yuhao. The Ice Empress began by implanting her soul bone, leaving Huo Yuhao enduring the pain as he renewed his resolve to avenge his mother.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed his original form and called the Ice Empress, who arrived and confronted him.
• The Ice Empress agreed to release her Spiritual Origin after Huo Yuhao defended Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and he promised a high chance of success.
• The Ice Empress explained that Huo Yuhao needed to fuse with her soul bone first to strengthen his body before their Martial Soul Fusion.
• Huo Yuhao took out the Secret Method Soul Left Arm Bone, and the Ice Empress used her power to pierce his tailbone with her tail hook.
• As Huo Yuhao endured the pain, he recalled his mother and vowed to make her killers pay.

Huo Yuhao endured a brutal procedure to remove his White Tiger bloodline and replace it with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s, a choice he made to escape the legacy of his abusive family. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began the exchange, and the two bloodline origins faced off as Huo Yuhao remained in agony.

• Huo Yuhao endured the pain as emerald light spread from his spine, then confirmed to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he wanted to proceed with the exchange.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unleashed his Spiritual Power into Huo Yuhao’s wounds, while the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion received memories explaining Huo Yuhao’s reasons.
• Huo Yuhao’s White Tiger bloodline emerged as a blood-red sphere shaped like a tiger, which Sky Dream Ice Silkworm restrained.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion agreed to provide her bloodline origin, which formed into a blood-red scorpion after leaving her body.
• The blood-red Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion moved toward Huo Yuhao as the restrained White Tiger roared at it.