Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, the Shrek group celebrated their new spirit rings and began a five-day holiday. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall searched for its stolen Angel Heart, while Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua suspected Qian Daoliu’s absence was connected to Xue Qinghe’s mysterious illness.

• The Shrek group returned to Calais City after another month of travel, celebrated with a feast, and planned their holiday together.
• Ming Sui messaged her parents, received word that they would return soon, and fell asleep with the other girls.
• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall mobilized forces after the Angel Heart was stolen, alarming the Two Great Empires and prompting them to suspend their soul master subsidies to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao, Tang Yunhua, and Ming Zhen revealed that they had stolen the Angel Heart to help revive Ah Yin, and discussed how Qian Daoliu’s absence might relate to Xue Qinghe’s critical illness.
• Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua considered clues involving Xue Qinghe’s spirit mutation, the Holy Element aura in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, and an earlier investigation into Spirit Hall, but could not connect them.

Andra learned that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Martial Souls of people caught up in a political purge and sold them away, while Tang San’s shopping trip in Calais City deepened his suspicions that Ming Sui’s uncle came from his own world. The outing ended with the friends teasing one another and Tang San adjusting Ming Sui’s hair ornament.

• Andra accompanied Barton to transport slaves sold by Spirit Hall to Calais City, where there was no Spirit Hall to discover them.
• Barton drunkenly told Andra that the slaves included people whose Martial Souls had been destroyed and families punished simply because a powerful person disliked them; those more closely involved had disappeared.
• Tang San and his friends went shopping for clothes in Calais City, and Tang San recognized designs and customs that reminded him of his previous life.
• Tang San wondered whether Ming Sui’s uncle had come from the same place as he had, and whether Ming Sui and her aunt knew about it.
• The boys and girls teased one another while shopping, and Tang San moved Ming Sui’s Buzhi to a spot he thought suited her better.

Ming Sui and her companions discovered a bloodstained broken sword and learned that Spirit Hall’s purge had led to innocent people being sold as slaves. At the City Lord’s Mansion, Ming Zhen revealed his family’s shared origins with Tang San and told him that his mother, Ah Yin, might be revived.

• Ming Sui found a broken sword whose bloodstains could not be washed away, and Tang San took it to study after sensing Asura God Power react to it.
• The group encountered slaves being sold at Calais City’s free market, where Ming Zhen warned them to keep quiet about the Spirit Hall Holy Son’s death and explained that innocent people had been caught in the Pope’s purge.
• Ming Zhen invited Tang San to the City Lord’s Mansion, where Tang San revealed his past life and Ming Zhen disclosed that he, Tang Yunhua, and Ming Sui had come from the same world.
• Ming Zhen told Tang San that his mother was the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Ah Yin, who had sacrificed herself to save Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Ming Zhen revealed that Ah Yin had left a seed that was growing in Calais City and that Spirit Hall records might help revive her; Tang San asked to see her.

Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame began purifying his mutated Martial Soul, and Ming Zhen explained how the change could improve his strength while warning that the process must be limited. After his flames went out, Ma Hongjun returned to class and was immediately caught out for failing to redo most of his homework.

• Tang San’s request to visit Ah Yin was denied, and the Shrek Seven Devils returned to training after their vacation.
• Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame suddenly engulfed him during a spar with Tang San, and Ming Sui and the others struggled to keep the fire contained.
• Ming Zhen diagnosed Ma Hongjun’s condition as his Martial Soul purifying itself and advised him to cultivate for no more than three days.
• Master asked Ming Zhen to let him study the new Martial Soul research, while Flender arranged for Ma Hongjun to cultivate in his Mimetic Environment Training Room.
• Ma Hongjun’s flames went out, and he felt stronger despite no increase in Soul Power.
• Ma Hongjun tried to slip away from A'tu’s homework review, but A'tu questioned him and the others revealed that he had rewritten only the last question.

Ma Hongjun wrote to Dog Egg about his harsh training, while Flender and Ming Zhen expanded Shrek’s program into wilderness survival and a forest competition. As the Shrek Seven Devils prepared to face Calais City’s reserve squad, Bibi Dong approved Cole’s plan to give Spirit Hall’s Holy Sons and Holy Maidens more combat training, and the two teams stood ready to begin their match.

• Ma Hongjun wrote Dog Egg about his forest trip, his fire-control training, and the exhausting regimen that had helped suppress his fire-breathing.
• Ma Hongjun’s mother supported Flender’s training plan, and Ming Zhen brought in Tang Yunhua to expand it with field exercises and forest survival training.
• After two months of training, Flender arranged a forest token competition between the Shrek Seven Devils and Calais City’s defense reserve squad.
• Dai Mubai’s team studied the map and joked about adopting codenames after learning the reserve squad used numbered ones.
• Cole asked Bibi Dong to add soul-beast battles and habitat training for the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens, and she approved his request on the condition that it not hurt their tournament results.
• The Shrek Seven Devils and the reserve squad gathered outside the forest with their armbands on, awaiting the referee’s signal.

Shrek advanced through the forest, overcame spirit beasts, and reached the token before the city defense reserve squad. A battle broke out over the prize, and the chapter ended with Ming Sui stopping 01 from pulling 05 away with Ghost Vine.

• Dai Mubai led Shrek through the forest, and Ming Sui shielded him from a Purple Gold Hound’s attack before Ma Hongjun drove the beast away.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai coordinated Shrek’s response to the heat and a stubborn Great Strength Vajra Bear, using a wall of fire to escape and keep moving.
• The city defense reserve squad’s ambush plan failed when Ghost Monkeys attacked them, allowing Shrek to catch up and reach the token.
• Zhu Zhuqing claimed the token beneath the red flag, but 01 and his teammates attacked Shrek as they arrived.
• Shrek fought back as Ma Hongjun’s flames forced 01’s Ghost Vine to retreat, Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu engaged opponents, and Zhu Zhuqing targeted the enemy supports.
• Ming Sui blocked 05’s attack on Ning Rongrong and then wrapped the Ghost Vine with her Staff of Life to stop 01 from pulling 05 back.

Shrek defeated the city defense reserve squad after Ming Sui and Tang San countered 07’s domain, then returned home exhausted. At Calais City’s research base, Ming Zhen considered how to market new inventions through the upcoming Elite Competition and learned that Heaven Dou and Star Luo were becoming involved in the qualifying matches.

• Dai Mubai eliminated 03, and Ming Sui redirected 02’s Wind Blades to help Shrek eliminate 08.
• Tang San coordinated Shrek’s attacks while Ming Sui amplified and redirected the opposing team’s skills, but 07 trapped Shrek in her fog domain.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to locate the team and guide Ming Sui in restoring their contact, then Ma Hongjun struck 07 and broke the domain.
• 01 conceded the match, and the exhausted Shrek team returned to the academy, where Flender and the others carried the sleeping children to their rooms.
• Ming Zhen reviewed Calais City’s new research products and learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy was holding Elite Competition qualifiers and Star Luo Empire was getting involved.

Ming Zhen arranged to sponsor the Elite Competition qualifying tournament in exchange for a discount on his equipment, while Ning Fengzhi required Holy Light Douluo to protect Xue Qinghe during the matches. Back in Calais City, the Shrek Seven Devils reviewed their battles and began planning new tactics.

• Flender and Master asked Ming Zhen to fund the academy’s trip to Spirit City, and he agreed to cover their lodging, food, and expenses.
• Ming Zhen visited Ning Fengzhi and offered discounted equipment in exchange for sponsoring the qualifying tournament; Ning Fengzhi required Holy Light Douluo to attend and protect Xue Qinghe.
• Ming Zhen agreed to Ning Fengzhi’s condition and mentioned that Ning Rongrong could visit home when the Shrek group came to watch the competition.
• The Shrek Seven Devils continued fighting city defense reserve squads, whose improved tactics left the team struggling.
• On a match-free day, Ming Sui reunited with Nian Nian, and the team reviewed their battles and proposed new formations and attack strategies.

As the Shrek group traveled to Heaven Dou Imperial City to watch the matches, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their royal identities and warned that Star Luo rivals might cause trouble. They settled into their lodging and learned the match schedule, while Dai Mubai recalled how he and Zhu Zhuqing had fled Star Luo to join Shrek.

• Dai Mubai told the Shrek group that he was Star Luo's third prince and Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, and he explained their deadly rivalry with his older brother and Zhu Zhuqing's older sister.
• Ning Rongrong and Ming Sui reassured Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing that they could handle any trouble in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Ming Sui later told Ming Zhen about the possible danger.
• Ming Zhen assured Ming Sui that Dai Mubai's rivals would not have time to cause trouble as the Shrek group arrived in the bustling imperial city and gathered to hear Flender's match schedule.
• Flender announced that the group would rest before watching Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team face its second team, followed by an exhibition match against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Mubai told his companions how Zhu Zhuqing had stayed with him when he was sent toward Calais City and how they later escaped Star Luo together to attend Shrek Academy.

Tang San’s friends discovered his feelings for Ming Sui and offered to help him pursue her before the Shrek group watched Heaven Dou’s first team face its second team in the qualifying matches. The second team’s ice domain gave it an advantage, but Tang San and Ming Sui both predicted it would lose.

• Dai Mubai revealed that Tang San had been giving Ming Sui snacks and watching her, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun promised to help him court her.
• Ming Sui assigned the Shrek group to analyze the matches as they watched from Ming Zhen’s private box at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Skybreaker Douluo introduced the qualifying match between teams captained by Xue Qinghe and Xue Ling, whose political rivalry reflected the royal family’s divisions.
• Yu Tiancheng and the second team’s Ice Bear Spirit Master fought until both were eliminated, leaving their teammates to continue the match.
• Xue Ling used Ice Sky Snow Land to cover the arena in snow, while Xue Qinghe ordered his team to defend and conserve Soul Power.
• Salas praised Xue Qinghe’s command as the second team pressed its attack, and Tang San and Ming Sui predicted the second team would lose.

Xue Ling used the Swan Spirit’s lethal Soul Split to attack Xue Qinghe, exposing a scandal before collapsing. Ming Zhen examined Xue Ling and explained that he had a chance of surviving, then asked Xue Xing which news he wanted to hear first.

• Xue Ling gathered his teammates’ Soul Power, drove Heaven Dou Team One back with the Ice Sky Snow Land Domain, and sent his teammates off the arena.
• Xue Ling revealed the Swan Spirit’s secret art, Soul Split, and shattered his Spirit to unleash a powerful attack that left only him and Xue Qinghe standing.
• Xue Ling called the technique Swan’s Elegy, then collapsed as Ah Huan cried out; Skybreaker Douluo declared Heaven Dou Team One the winner.
• The royal family blamed Xue Qinghe for forcing Xue Ling to use the secret art, while Skybreaker Douluo, Xue Xing, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo took Xue Ling to Ming Zhen.
• Ming Zhen used Detection to assess Xue Ling and learned the deadly nature of Soul Split from Xue Xing, then offered one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

After awakening, Xue Ling revealed that the current Xue Qinghe was an impostor who had replaced his beloved older brother, and explained how he used Soul Split to expose him. Ming Zhen treated Xue Ling and returned the Jade Swan, while he and Tang Yunhua began investigating the impostor’s suspected connection to Spirit Hall.

• Xue Ling woke in Calais City after Ming Zhen’s treatment and learned that his teammates had come to see him.
• Xue Ling explained that his brother, the real Xue Qinghe, had died, and that his Swan Origin’s disappearance and the impostor’s extra wings had confirmed his suspicions.
• Xue Ling admitted that he used Soul Split to warn the imperial clan and undermine the fake Xue Qinghe, while Ming Zhen returned the Jade Swan he had been clutching.
• Ming Zhen told Xue Ling to rest and recover because others might already have understood his warning.
• Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua suspected the fake Xue Qinghe was connected to Spirit Hall and discussed informing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ming Zhen proposed using Ning Rongrong’s failed Soul Beast Knowledge class as a reason for the academy to summon her parents.

During the vacation, Ming Sui and Tang San traveled with Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua to the secluded Clear Sky Sect, carrying soul bones Tang Hao had asked them to return. At an inn near the sect, Ming Sui met the Goddess of Life in a dream and was sent to train while the Goddess and the Asura God discussed their successors and the Asura God’s inheritance ground.

• Tang Hao gave Tang Yunhua four soul bones to return to the Clear Sky Sect, including an External Soul Bone for Tang San, and asked her to look after him when he acknowledged his ancestors.
• Tang Yunhua rebuked Tang Hao for suggesting Tang San would be mistreated, then accepted the soul bones as his compensation to the sect.
• Tang Yunhua and Ming Zhen took Ming Sui, Tang San, and Nian Nian toward the secluded Clear Sky Sect, and the children rested at an inn near the mountain.
• The Goddess of Life appeared in Ming Sui’s dream, explained that her mark had drawn her there, and sent her to train in their familiar space.
• The Asura God joined the Goddess of Life and discussed Rakshasa, his inheritance ground, and his still-unmet successor.

Ming Sui and her family reached the secluded Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua met Ming Sui and Tang San. The family’s reunion turned tense when Tang Xiao learned that Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua had found Tang Hao and his son but had failed to tell the sect.

• Ming Sui entered a village with her family while the Goddess of Life explored the outside world through Ming Sui’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang Yunhua and Ming Zhen brought Ming Sui and Tang San through the village and up to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao welcomed Tang Yunhua and Ming Zhen, then grew suspicious of Tang San before Tang Yuehua arrived and met the children.
• Tang Yunhua introduced Tang San as Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s son and explained that she and Ming Zhen had found Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao discovered that the couple had never informed the sect and ordered them to the training grounds for discipline.
• Tang Yuehua fussed over Ming Sui and then grew emotional as she noticed that Tang San did not resemble Tang Hao or Ah Yin.

Tang Yunhua and Ming Zhen brought Tang Hao’s son back to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao defended the child’s place in the family. At the elders’ gathering, Tang Yunhua challenged the sect’s leaders over their past refusal to stand up to Spirit Hall, and a younger sect member voiced the same grievance.

• Tang Xiao learned that Ah Yin might still be resurrected, then scolded Tang Yunhua and Ming Zhen for failing to keep the family informed.
• Ming Sui ate the Clear Sky Sect’s rough flatbread, and Tang San rubbed her sore cheeks before she blushed and pulled away.
• Tang Xiao announced to the assembled elders that Tang Yunhua had brought Tang Hao’s child back, and said the boy would be added to the family register.
• The Sixth Enshrined Elder and Third Enshrined Elder questioned the child’s origins and Tang Hao’s actions, prompting Tang Yunhua and Tang Yuehua to challenge their accusations.
• Tang Yunhua confronted Second Worship and the Third Enshrined Elder over the sect’s refusal to oppose Spirit Hall, then revealed her Level ninety-five strength while facing the Sixth Enshrined Elder.
• A younger sect member declared that the Clear Sky Sect had lost its dignity by failing to stand up for its own disciples.

The Clear Sky Sect settled its dispute over Tang Hao, accepted Tang San into the clan, and revealed that his mother’s failing condition might require him to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline early. Tang San listened to the risks and his elders’ apology, then reflected on the family and care he had gained in this life.

• Second Worship ended the elders’ dispute over Tang Hao, and Tang Yunhua presented four soul bones that Tang Hao had entrusted to her.
• Tang Xiao announced that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, prompting Second Worship to approve his entry into the clan register.
• Tang San and Ming Sui made peace, and later Tang San met with the elders to discuss his mother’s condition.
• Ming Zhen explained that the Angel Heart sustaining Ah Yin was failing and asked Tang San whether he would awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline ahead of schedule.
• Tang Yunhua warned Tang San that early awakening carried greater danger, while the elders apologized for failing to care for him.
• Tang San was moved by their apology and remembered the elders, family, and friends who had come to care for him.

Tang San began his Second Awakening using the origin Ah Yin left behind, which transformed his body and purified his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. The Sword Embryo of the Asura God Sword then entered his body and replaced the gentle awakening with a painful, forceful refinement.

• Tang San insisted on undergoing the awakening, and Tang Xiao and Ming Zhen took him to a secluded mountain valley while Tang Yunhua and Tang Yuehua retrieved Ah Yin's origin.
• Tang Yunhua released Ah Yin's origin into Tang San, and Ah Yin appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, recognized him as her descendant, and told him to endure the process.
• Ah Yin's origin strengthened Tang San's body and transformed his Blue Silver Grass into a transparent blue martial soul flecked with gold.
• Tang San's broken sword forced its way out of his Storage Spirit Tool, restored itself, and entered his body despite the efforts of Tang Xiao, Ming Zhen, Tang Yunhua, and Tang Yuehua to stop it.
• The Asura God told Tang San that the sword was the Sword Embryo of the Asura God Sword and ordered him to absorb and refine it.
• The Sword Embryo enveloped Tang San in dark red light and subjected him to severe pain, leaving his family unable to reach him as dawn approached.

Tang San completed his Blue Silver Emperor Second Awakening after merging its power with Asura God Power, but the transformation left his body severely injured. Ming Sui and Nian Nian helped his body recover as the adults confirmed that the awakening had succeeded.

• Tang San resisted painful memories of his previous life by recalling his family, friends, and future goals, causing his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and Asura God Power to merge.
• Tang San's Sea of Consciousness expanded, and the Blue Silver Emperor origin essence declared that he had become the Blue Silver Emperor before dispersing.
• The awakening ended, changing Tang San's appearance, but he collapsed; Ming Zhen examined him and found his body badly damaged despite his intact origin.
• Tang Yuehua brought Ming Sui and Nian Nian to Tang San, and they used Life Aura to help his body rebuild while his Martial Souls manifested.
• Tang Yunhua confirmed Tang San's awakening had succeeded, and Ming Zhen told Ming Sui to watch over him before jokingly threatening her when she asked about awakening a family bloodline.

Tang San recovered from his Second Awakening while Ming Sui and Nian Nian stayed by his Blue Silver Emperor cocoon. After waking with a stronger bloodline and reaching level twenty-five, he began planning a future with Ming Sui, while Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua discussed their next steps for the children.

• Ming Sui stopped Nian Nian from touching Tang San's cocoon, then touched it herself while Tang San secretly felt everything through the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San examined his newly unlocked bloodline inheritance and, distracted by Ming Sui's touch, began planning how to earn money and build a home and family with her.
• Tang San sensed that his body was nearly healed, and Ming Sui worried she might be destined to become a doomed cousin in a cultivation story.
• The cocoon receded and Tang San woke; Ming Sui remarked on his changed face and red eyes, and he revealed his crystalline Blue Silver Grass and level twenty-five cultivation.
• Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua celebrated Tang San's recovery, discussed bringing him to visit Ah Yin and taking the children to the Elite Competition, and considered preparing spirit bones for Ming Sui.

Ming Sui and Tang San uncovered a hidden object beneath a tree in a mountain hollow, then summoned the Clear Sky Sect elders rather than risk disturbing it. The Fourth Enshrined Elder identified it as Spirit Hall’s Space Shuttle, leaving the elders to consider what its presence near the sect meant.

• Ming Sui and Tang San followed the Goddess of Life’s guidance to a mountain hollow, where Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to locate an unusual tree.
• Tang San moved the tree, and he and Ming Sui broke through the rocks beneath it until they sensed a strong Sacred Aura.
• Ming Sui stopped Tang San and called the elders, while the Goddess of Life explained that the buried divine item could be used for positioning and teleportation.
• Ming Zhen and Tang Xiao arrived and worried that Spirit Hall might have discovered the Clear Sky Sect’s location, while Ming Sui and Tang San concealed the Goddess of Life’s involvement.
• The Second Worship and Fourth Enshrined Elder examined the buried object, and the Fourth Enshrined Elder recognized it as Spirit Hall’s Space Shuttle.