Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan discovered that Xu Jianwei was the surviving daughter of the Moon Vein emperor killed in the Eclipse Palace Coup and her own grandaunt. Xu Jianwei agreed to support Zhang Lexuan’s claim to the throne and took her to pay respects to the Moon Vein’s ancestors.

• Xu Jianwei questioned Zhang Lexuan about her family and revealed she was the daughter of Emperor Xu Yiqiu, who was killed in the Eclipse Palace Coup.
• Xu Jianwei explained how she survived, became Silver Moon Priestess, and searched for surviving Moon Vein descendants.
• Elder Song proposed helping Zhang Lexuan reclaim the throne, and Xu Jianwei agreed to support her after hearing her intentions.
• Zhang Lexuan named her parents, and Xu Jianwei concluded that her Lunar Martial Soul proved she belonged to the Moon Vein’s direct lineage.
• Xu Jianwei called Zhang Lexuan her Grand-Aunt’s descendant, accepted her as family, and led her to pay respects to the Moon Vein’s ancestors.

Zhang Lexuan gained recognition as a descendant of the Moon Vein and was publicly accepted by the Yin Clan as Princess Xuanxuan. Shrek Academy and the Moon Vein prepared to cooperate while keeping Zhang Lexuan’s connection to Shrek secret.

• After Zhang Lexuan kowtowed before the Moon Vein ancestors, Zhu Ziyang, Zhang Lexuan, and Elder Song agreed to meet Xu Jianwei and Yin Zhengqi the following afternoon to discuss cooperation.
• Zhang Lexuan chose to keep the Moon Emperor Imperial Seal concealed until she had secured control of the Moon Vein and the Yin Clan.
• Elder Zhu reported that the Yin Clan sheltered seven Moon Vein remnants on Fifth Moon Island, none of whom had Lunar Martial Souls or Moon Bloodline.
• Xu Jianwei introduced Zhang Lexuan to the Yin Clan as Xu Tianxuan, a twenty-seven-year-old Soul Douluo with a pure Lunar Martial Soul.
• The Yin Clan members knelt and greeted Zhang Lexuan as Princess Xuanxuan, giving her preliminary recognition as a legitimate member of the Moon Vein.
• Xu Jianwei introduced Elder Song and Elder Zhu as Zhang Lexuan’s relatives, while Shrek Academy concealed its connection to her.

Xu Jianwei brought Zhang Lexuan, Zhu Ziyang, and Jiang Nannan to the Moon Sacrifice Shrine and explained the Moon’s Trial, a series of assessments granted to people with the Moon Bloodline. Zhang Lexuan knelt before the shrine’s stele to seek her trial, while Zhu Ziyang wondered whether it was connected to a divine inheritance.

• Xu Jianwei led Zhang Lexuan, Zhu Ziyang, and Jiang Nannan into the Moon Sacrifice Shrine and introduced the Silver Moon Goddess statue.
• Xu Jianwei explained that the Yin Clan worshipped the moon and that its descendants could receive trials and blessings, including increased Soul Power or Soul Ring age.
• Xu Jianwei described the five trial levels and said Zhang Lexuan might receive a Black or Red Level Assessment.
• Xu Jianwei told Zhang Lexuan that the trial was preferably for unmarried women, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to seek one.
• Zhang Lexuan knelt before the jade stele as Zhu Ziyang wondered whether the Moon’s Trial involved a god’s inheritance.

Zhang Lexuan received the Lunar God’s Red Level Eight Trials at the Moon Sacrifice Ground, and Zhu Ziyang learned more about the fallen god’s inheritance. Jiang Nannan then began her own assessment as Zhu Ziyang hoped she could inherit the divine position and remain by his side.

• Zhang Lexuan prayed before the Silver Moon Goddess statue, and its response enveloped her in light that turned red.
• The jade stele gave Zhang Lexuan eight Red Level Trials, leaving a silver osmanthus mark between her brows.
• Xiaobai told Zhu Ziyang that the inheritance belonged to the fallen Lunar God, who drew on the moon’s power but did not govern the moon.
• Xu Jianwei celebrated Zhang Lexuan’s assessment, and Zhang Lexuan encouraged Jiang Nannan to try the Moon Trial.
• Jiang Nannan knelt before the jade stele to begin her assessment, while Zhu Ziyang hoped she would inherit the Lunar God’s divine position.

Jiang Nannan received a mysterious Golden Divine Examination, which Xiaobai identified as the Nine Trials of the Lunar God. After explaining that the assessment could lead to her inheriting the Lunar God’s position, Zhu Ziyang prepared to tell Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan what their trials meant.

• Jiang Nannan’s trial light rose to gold, and nine golden beams entered her brow, leaving a hidden Crescent Mark.
• Xiaobai returned and explained that Jiang Nannan had received the Nine Trials of the Lunar God, a Divine Position Assessment.
• Xu Jianwei admitted that the golden assessment was unknown in the records and went to search the clan’s ancient texts.
• Jiang Nannan learned that her first assessment required eight hours of Tidal Body Tempering each day for a month, while Zhang Lexuan’s required six hours.
• Zhu Ziyang revealed that he had also accepted a special trial, then began explaining the nature of Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan’s moon trials.

Zhu Ziyang revealed that Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan had received Lunar God assessments, with Jiang Nannan’s Nine Trials potentially leading to godhood and Zhang Lexuan serving as High Priestess. After the group left the Moon Sacrifice Ground, Zhu Ziyang asked Xu Jianwei about the missing Yang Clan and learned that its fate remained unknown.

• Zhu Ziyang explained that Zhang Lexuan’s Red Level Eight Trials made her a Lunar God High Priestess, while Jiang Nannan’s Nine Trials could let her inherit the Lunar God’s divine position.
• Zhang Lexuan learned that Zhu Ziyang had also inherited a deity’s trials and had already completed three of them; Zhu Ziyang urged both women to keep their assessments secret and complete similar requirements together.
• Zhu Ziyang said he would stay a few more days to learn about their first assessment before returning to the academy, and Jiang Nannan hugged him reluctantly.
• Xu Jianwei reported that the Yin Clan’s records contained no information about a Golden Assessment, and Jiang Nannan agreed to share its requirements for future records.
• After the group left the Moon Sacrifice Ground, Zhu Ziyang asked about the Yang Clan, and Xu Jianwei said its main branch had vanished and might have left the Sun Moon Continent.

Zhu Ziyang accompanied Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan to Moon Arc Cliff, where they began their Lunar God trial while he meditated nearby. Elsewhere, Ma Xiaotao traveled into Red Minister Mountain with sixteen-year-old Huan'er to seek a suitable sixth Soul Ring for her.

• Zhu Ziyang, Zhang Lexuan, and Jiang Nannan returned to the hotel after visiting the Moon Vein, and the Shrek disciples received assignments to help secure the Moon South Archipelago.
• Zhu Ziyang discussed the Lunar God inheritance with Electrolux and his Soul Spirits, then said he would resume the God of Death trials after Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan began their trial.
• Xu Jianwei led Zhu Ziyang, Zhang Lexuan, and Jiang Nannan to Moon Arc Cliff and explained that trial participants had to endure its relentless waves.
• Zhu Ziyang tried to land on a trial platform without an inheritance, but a powerful pressure plunged him into the sea; Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan then focused on enduring the waves as he meditated above.
• Ma Xiaotao reached Red Minister Mountain with Huan'er, a sixteen-year-old girl, and set out to find a suitable sixth Soul Ring for her.

Zhu Ziyang returned to Shrek Academy after advancing the Empress's Advent plan and completing three of the God of Death's trials, leaving one target still to find. At a farewell banquet for Huo Yuhao and He Caitou, his friends discussed Zhang Lexuan's family reunion and Tang Ya's recovery of the Tang Sect's ancestral property.

• Zhu Ziyang left Zhang Weiwei with Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Nannan, and the Elders as an additional protector before departing the Moon South Archipelago.
• Zhu Ziyang killed the third and fourth targets of the Four Trials of the God of Death while traveling through the Sun Moon and Star Luo Empires, then returned to Shrek Academy to seek help finding the last target.
• Zhu Ziyang reported on the Empress's Advent plan and joined Tang Ya's farewell banquet for Huo Yuhao and He Caitou before their student exchange.
• Tang Ya teased Wang Dong for crying over Huo Yuhao's departure, while Beibei defended Wang Dong and Zhu Ziyang reassured everyone that Huo Yuhao would return.
• Zhu Ziyang told Beibei and the others that Zhang Lexuan had reunited with her Grand-Aunt, and Tang Ya announced that she had reclaimed the Tang Sect's ancestral property.

Zhu Ziyang saw off Huo Yuhao’s exchange delegation, then set out with Qian Lingyi to hunt her sixth Soul Ring and investigate an Evil Soul Master in Duluo City. The city appeared peaceful despite reports that its lord and guards had been killed, so they entered to uncover what had happened.

• Zhu Ziyang gave Huo Yuhao a rare Martial Soul reference book before Xian Liner led the exchange delegation away.
• Qian Lingyi told Zhu Ziyang she had reached level sixty and asked him to help hunt her sixth Soul Ring; she chose to seek a Ten-Thousand-Year Six-Winged Light Tiger in Heavenly Radiance Grand Canyon.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi traveled toward the canyon, stopping at Duluo City to pursue his fifth target in the Four Trials of the God of Death.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that an Evil Soul Master had killed Duluo City's lord and three Soul Emperor guards, then taken over the City Lord's Mansion.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi found Duluo City bustling and peaceful, grew wary of the unexplained calm, and entered to investigate.

Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi left Duluo City after discovering that city lord Zhang Ao was an unrecognized Evil Soul Master who bore no sins, then searched Heavenly Radiance Grand Canyon for a Light Tiger pack. They killed a thirty-thousand-year Six-Winged Light Tiger for Qian Lingyi’s sixth Soul Ring and left the cave with its corpse.

• Zhu Ziyang inspected Zhang Ao at the City Lord’s Mansion, judged that he bore no sins, and fled with Qian Lingyi before Zhang Ao could catch them.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that Zhang Ao was still an Evil Soul Master, though one unrecognized by the traditional Soul Master world, and took Qian Lingyi toward Heavenly Radiance Grand Canyon to find her sixth Soul Ring.
• After searching the canyon for days, Zhu Ziyang noticed that a lone thousand-year Light Tiger kept circling a hidden cave and led Qian Lingyi there.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi found a thirty-thousand-year Six-Winged Light Tiger inside the cave and killed it after it attacked them.
• More than a dozen weaker Light Tigers emerged from the cave, but Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi took the Six-Winged Light Tiger’s corpse and headed for the canyon’s outskirts.

After Qian Lingyi gained a powerful sixth Soul Skill, she and Zhu Ziyang traveled to Anyang City, where Zhu proposed making Anyang Junior Academy a Shrek-affiliated school. Hong Zhen enthusiastically accepted the plan, which would also bring him into Shrek Academy’s staff system.

• Qian Lingyi absorbed the Six-Winged Light Tiger’s Soul Ring and gained Angel God's Dance, which temporarily evolved her Sacred Angel Martial Soul and amplified her attributes.
• Zhu Ziyang agreed to accompany Qian Lingyi to her home in the Northern Mountain Range, and they traveled through Anyang City on the way.
• Zhu Ziyang visited Hong Zhen at the City Lord's Mansion and told him his parents were well in Shrek City and might send Ziguang to Anyang Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang proposed renaming Anyang Junior Academy Anyang Heavenly Origin Academy and making it a Shrek-affiliated school, with direct Outer Court admission for its top graduates and Soul Ring assistance for others.
• Hong Zhen accepted the proposal, and Zhu Ziyang explained that Hong would become the academy’s first dean and join Shrek Academy’s staff system.

Zhu Ziyang secured Anyang Junior Academy as the site for Shrek Academy’s first Heavenly Origin Academy and returned to Shrek City before meeting Sun Moon Academy exchange students Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. At the cafeteria, Meng Hongchen’s interest in Zhu Ziyang collided with Qian Lingyi’s teasing, leaving Meng Hongchen jealous.

• On the way back to Shrek Academy, Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi agreed to return there instead of visiting Qian Lingyi’s home.
• Zhu Ziyang told Xuan Zi that he had reached a preliminary agreement with Hong Zhen to establish the first Heavenly Origin Academy at Anyang Junior Academy, and Xuan Zi approved the plan.
• Zhu Ziyang told his parents he had returned to Anyang City, while they noted that Zhu Ziguang would be old enough to awaken his Martial Soul next year.
• Zhu Ziyang ran into Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the exchange students from Sun Moon Academy, and invited them to eat at the Inner Court cafeteria.
• At the cafeteria, Qian Lingyi took the seat beside Zhu Ziyang and provoked Meng Hongchen, but Zhu Ziyang calmed Meng Hongchen and directed her to sit across from him.
• Meng Hongchen grew jealous as Qian Lingyi openly acted affectionately toward Zhu Ziyang.

Qian Lingyi and Meng Hongchen fought at the Inner Court Training Ground, drawing a crowd as they tested their strength against each other. Qian Lingyi’s fifth soul skill clashed with Meng Hongchen’s strongest attack, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Meng Hongchen challenged Qian Lingyi after taking offense at her provocation, and the two agreed to spar before a large crowd.
• Zhu Ziyang watched with Tang Ya, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Xue Weiwei, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, who learned that Qian Lingyi was descended from the Pope Clan.
• Han Ruoruo refereed as Qian Lingyi revealed her Angel Martial Soul and six soul rings, while Meng Hongchen revealed her Vermilion Ice Toad Martial Soul and five soul rings.
• Qian Lingyi took to the air and clashed with Meng Hongchen’s first soul skill, but their opening exchange ended in a draw.
• Meng Hongchen donned her level-six Ice Blue Divine Armor and knocked Qian Lingyi’s Sword of Light aside, prompting Qian Lingyi to attack with her fifth soul skill.
• Meng Hongchen activated her fifth soul ring, combining her twin swords into a spinning attack against Qian Lingyi’s holy sword.

Qian Lingyi defeated Meng Hongchen in a spar, then openly declared her interest in Zhu Ziyang despite his relationship with Jiang Nannan. Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi left the academy to hunt Evil Soul Masters, and Zhu Ziyang completed the Four Trials of the God of Death before preparing to claim its reward.

• Qian Lingyi used her sixth Soul Skill to overwhelm Meng Hongchen, break her sword, and win the spar after Meng Hongchen chose not to reveal her trump card.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion Ice Toad Martial Soul carried a dangerous poison combining ice and fire, and advised the group to avoid close combat and bad weather.
• Qian Lingyi joined Zhu Ziyang’s friends and said she believed in the girl who fell from the sky, brushing aside Tang Ya’s reminder that Zhu Ziyang had a childhood sweetheart, Jiang Nannan.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi left the academy after three or four days to pursue three Evil Soul Master targets for the Four Trials of the God of Death.
• Zhu Ziyang found the first target, confirmed that the Evil Soul Master met the trial’s requirements, and completed the Four Trials of the God of Death.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi went to a nearby town, where Zhu Ziyang prepared to claim his reward and begin the Fifth Trial of the God of Death.

Zhu Ziyang learned that the Fifth Trial of the God of Death required him to complete his soul bones and form a full Soul Bone Set within five years. He set out with Qian Lingyi for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass recognized him.

• Zhu Ziyang discovered that the fifth trial required him to complete his soul bones, beginning with his limbs, within five years.
• Zhu Ziyang discussed the Soul Bone Set with Electrolux and the Soul Spirits, then decided to search for soul bones in the Far North Land after visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhu Ziyang invited Qian Lingyi to travel with him, and she agreed after he asked her to follow a few conditions.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi traveled to Sunset Forest and found that its poison miasma had largely dissipated and the land around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had flourished.
• Zhu Ziyang teleported with Qian Lingyi into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass recognized him.

Zhu Ziyang brought Qian Lingyi to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Infernal Delicate Apricot offered to become her Soul Spirit and gave her nectar to awaken her hidden fire attribute. While Qian Lingyi absorbed it under guard, Zhu Ziyang dived into the Extreme Cold Yin Spring to seek the Ice Dragon King's skeleton, leaving the Snow Empress to stop Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass from following.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot recognized Qian Lingyi's hidden fire attribute and offered to become her Soul Spirit after she gained seven Soul Rings.
• Qian Lingyi accepted Infernal Delicate Apricot's nectar and began absorbing it beside the Yang Spring.
• Zhu Ziyang summoned Cormac and Roger to protect Qian Lingyi, then released his Martial Soul and jumped into the Extreme Cold Yin Spring.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass pursued Zhu Ziyang, so he summoned the Snow Empress to hold her back.
• Zhu Ziyang descended nearly fifty meters toward the boundary of the Yin and Yang Springs as the water grew cold enough to require his full Ultimate Ice.

Zhu Ziyang discovered the Ice Dragon King's preserved remains beneath the Extreme Cold Yin Spring and extracted its supreme-grade Torso Soul Bone. He then asked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to become his Soul Spirit so he could obtain a left leg bone and complete the set needed to fuse with the Torso Bone.

• Zhu Ziyang reached the bottom of the spring, found the Ice Dragon King's remains beside the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's roots, and sensed the dragon's lingering power.
• Zhu Ziyang searched the remains with his Soul Power and located a crystalline Torso Bone in the Ice Dragon King's spine.
• Zhu Ziyang removed the Torso Bone, disturbing the remains and alarming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass above.
• Snow Empress brought the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass down to meet Zhu Ziyang, who revealed the Torso Bone and asked to speak with her.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass protested Zhu Ziyang taking the bone, then froze when he asked her to become his Soul Spirit.

Zhu Ziyang fused with the Ice Dragon King Torso Bone, survived its transformation of his bloodline, and gained the Ice Dragon King's recognition. After completing the Fifth Trial of the God of Death, he discovered that the fusion had greatly strengthened his soul bones and granted him new powers.

• Di'er Shuang stopped Snow Empress from interfering as the Ice Dragon King Torso Bone replaced the marrow in Zhu Ziyang's spine, and his four Soul Spirits watched over him.
• Zhu Ziyang entered a vision of the Ice Dragon King, which charged into his body; elsewhere, a dragon in the Lake of Life mourned and said farewell.
• Zhu Ziyang awoke beside four dragon eggs that held his Soul Spirits, then was taken to the Divine Position Inheritance Land, where Xiaobai confirmed he had completed the Fifth Trial of the God of Death through Bing Yi's recognition.
• Zhu Ziyang examined his transformed soul bones and found that several had advanced by five hundred thousand years while the Ice Dragon King Torso Bone had become a Divine Soul Bone.
• Zhu Ziyang manifested the Ice Dragon King Wing and the Ice Dragon King Spear, then learned to summon the Ice Dragon King with the Ice Azure Imperial Dragon Soul Skill.

After gaining the Ice Dragon King's bloodline and Soul Bone, Zhu Ziyang claimed the rewards for the Fifth Trial of the God of Death and learned how to use the Heavenly Stem God-Locking Array. He received the Sixth Trial's challenge to reach level 80 and kill a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then prepared to travel to the Far North Land.

• Zhu Ziyang discovered that the Ice Dragon King's Torso Bone had raised him to level 79 and evolved his Martial Soul into the Heavenly Frost White Dragon King.
• Zhu Ziyang bound the Heavenly Stem God-Locking Array disc and learned that it could use ten God-Locking Pillars to seal anyone below Main God level.
• Zhu Ziyang reached the sixtieth step and accepted the Sixth Trial of the God of Death, which required him to reach level 80 and kill a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without adding an eighth Soul Ring to his first Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ziyang chose the Ice Demon Snow Soul King in the Far North Land as his target, then buried the Ice Dragon King's remains and received her Dragon Core.
• Snow Empress, Luer, Ice Empress, and Di'er Shuang emerged from their eggs with increased strength, while Ice Empress and Di'er Shuang gained human forms.
• Zhu Ziyang gathered the Soul Spirits and announced that they would head to the Far North Land to complete the Sixth Trial.

After fusing with the Ice Dragon King Torso Bone, Zhu Ziyang emerged from the Yin Spring and learned that seven days had passed. He left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Qian Lingyi, who had awakened a fire attribute, and explained Soul Spirits to her while they traveled north.

• Zhu Ziyang returned from the Yin Spring after seven days and reunited with Qian Lingyi, while Luer revealed that she had become his Soul Spirit.
• Qian Lingyi showed Zhu Ziyang her Sacred Flame Angel Martial Soul, its four wings, and her level sixty-five Soul Power.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot told Luer she planned to join Moon Laurel Immortal Tea and others to explain their desire to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Youyou.
• Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi left the well and traveled north toward the Far North Land.
• Zhu Ziyang explained Soul Spirits to Qian Lingyi and said she could potentially take Infernal Delicate Apricot as her seventh Soul Spirit; Qian Lingyi vowed to become the second person to receive one.