Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan organized the Shrek Inner Court disciples into a formation and led them toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings. After resting and sharing Zhu Lie’s food, the group entered the forest and pushed into the Mixed Region.

• Zhang Lexuan assigned the disciples their positions and duties, set rules for Soul Beast and Soul Bone distribution, and ordered the team to depart.
• The group traveled from Shrek City toward the Star Dou Great Forest, reaching its entrance in less than two hours.
• Xuan Zi took a layer of Zhu Lie’s buns, and the disciples shared a meal that brought them closer together.
• Zhang Lexuan led the team through the outer ring, keeping low-level Soul Beasts away with her powerful aura.
• Zhang Lexuan bypassed the outer ring and led the group into the Mixed Region to seek ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.

The team encountered a Fire Spirit Tiger and a Diamond Rhinoceros in the Mixed Region, and Ma Xiaotao and Zhu Lie began absorbing their soul rings. While the team waited, Zhu Ziyang revealed that he came from a commoner family, leaving the Inner Court disciples astonished by his talent.

• Zhang Lexuan led the team deeper into the Mixed Region, where Cheng Hui reported that no soul beasts were nearby.
• Zhu Ziyang identified the fighting beasts as a roughly 19,000-year-old Fire Spirit Tiger and a roughly 20,000-year-old Diamond Rhinoceros, and said the tiger’s purifying flames suited Ma Xiaotao better than Wu Ming.
• Zhu Lie claimed the Diamond Rhinoceros as his target, and Ma Xiaotao chose to absorb the Fire Spirit Tiger after Zhu Ziyang said its flames could alleviate the flaw in her martial soul.
• Zhang Lexuan and three other high-ranked soul masters quickly captured both beasts, and Ma Xiaotao and Zhu Lie began absorbing their soul rings; no soul bones were found.
• Wu Ming asked about Zhu Ziyang’s background, and he said he was a commoner from Anyang City, surprising the Inner Court disciples with his talent.

Ma Xiaotao absorbed the Fire Spirit Tiger’s Soul Ring, weakening the Evil Fire that threatened to make her lose control, while Zhu Ziyang explained that fully curing it required a Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure. After Wu Ming gained her Sixth Soul Ring, the team agreed to enter the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Region to search for Zhang Lexuan’s Eighth Soul Ring, with Elder Xuan promising to protect them.

• Zhu Lie absorbed the Diamond Rhinoceros Soul Ring and became a Soul Emperor.
• Ma Xiaotao completed absorbing the Fire Spirit Tiger Soul Ring, and Zhu Ziyang explained that its purifying flames weakened but could not eliminate her Evil Fire.
• Over the next few days, most of the group found Soul Rings; Wu Ming killed a King of the Earth and absorbed its Soul Ring to become a Soul Emperor.
• Zhang Weiwei and Han Ruoruo urged Zhang Lexuan to search deeper for her Eighth Soul Ring, and the group voted to enter the Core Region.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed to venture one thousand meters deeper for up to one day, then Elder Xuan offered to escort and protect the group.

Zhu Ziyang’s group searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Region for a suitable Soul Beast for Zhang Lexuan, while Electrolux warned Zhu Ziyang that the forest’s abundant Life Force belonged to a powerful, dormant being. After they realized Xuan Zi was missing and tried to retreat, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor blocked their path, leaving them to face a desperate fight.

• Zhu Ziyang sensed the Core Region’s immense Life Force, and Electrolux warned him that it carried the Spiritual Power of a powerful, dormant existence near the forest’s center.
• Zhu Ziyang’s group searched the Core Region for two days but found no suitable Soul Beast for Zhang Lexuan.
• Wu Ming and the others noticed Xuan Zi had not appeared, and Zhang Lexuan ordered everyone to retreat after realizing they had become separated from him.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group toward the Mixed Region while Han Ruoruo marked their route.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor appeared in their path, and Zhang Lexuan rallied the group to fight until Xuan Zi could reach them.

Zhu Ziyang stayed with Shrek’s team as they fought the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor, and the battle turned desperate when their attacks barely harmed the beast. The chapter ended as the emperor unleashed its Ghost Moon Impact Wave at the group.

• Zhu Ziyang refused Electrolux’s offer to take him away and chose to stand with his seniors.
• Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, Zhang Weiwei, and Cheng Hui transformed and led Shrek’s team in an attack on the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor.
• The emperor broke free of their restraints and knocked Zhu Lie through a stand of trees with its tail.
• Zhu Ziyang identified the seventh scale beneath the emperor’s jaw as its weak point, and Luo Wei struck it with her strongest arrow.
• The wounded emperor coiled up and released its Ghost Moon Impact Wave, prompting Zhang Lexuan to shout for everyone to get out of the way.

The Shrek students fought the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor, but Cheng Hui and Wan Wan were killed while Zhu Lie was gravely wounded. As the survivors struggled to hold the beast off, the chapter revealed that Xuan Zi had become separated after stopping to eat Heavenly Hunger Fruits, and he finally rushed toward the battle.

• Cheng Hui attacked the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor, but it twisted its head and killed him with the Ghost Moon Impact Wave.
• Zhu Lie struck the beast's exposed weak point, and Wan Wan poisoned the wound with his Jade Scale Snake venom.
• The Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor spun its body, cutting Wan Wan to pieces as Zhang Weiwei's branches failed to pull him clear, while Han Ruoruo's Shaking Gold Rope saved Zhu Lie.
• Zhu Ziyang gave Zhu Lie a Hundred Cures Pill, and the exhausted Shrek students continued fighting as Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei began to falter.
• Xuan Zi had followed the scent of Heavenly Hunger Fruits, eaten one, and lost track of the Inner Court disciples.
• After noticing the distant battle's aftershocks, Xuan Zi hurried toward the fighting.

The Inner Court disciples were nearly overwhelmed by the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor until Zhu Ziyang used his Second Martial Soul and Soul Bone to immobilize it, giving Zhang Lexuan a chance to kill it. After the battle, Xuan Zi arrived and realized how badly the students had suffered.

• The Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor unleashed Dark Moon Compression Light, and Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo shielded Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei from the blast.
• As the remaining disciples neared collapse, Zhu Ziyang asked Zhang Lexuan to help him approach the beast and promised he could restrain it for three seconds.
• Zhu Ziyang immobilized the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor with his Heavenly Frost Holy White Dragon and Silver Dragon Wolf Right Arm Bone, and Zhang Lexuan struck its head with a powerful beam.
• The dying Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor broke free and swept its tail across the battlefield, sending Zhu Ziyang flying before it suddenly died beside Zhang Lexuan.
• Xuan Zi descended onto the devastated battlefield, saw the dead beast and injured students, and recognized his own failure.

After the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor’s death, Xuan Zi failed to find the missing Zhu Ziyang, while Zhang Lexuan began absorbing the beast’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Zhu Ziyang recovered alone, entered the Mixed Region, and chose to search for his companions before encountering two Star Radiance Unicorns.

• Xuan Zi arrived to find the survivors exhausted, then searched for Zhu Ziyang but found only the pit where he had landed.
• Xuan Zi gave Zhang Lexuan fruits to help her absorb the Ghost Moon Anaconda Emperor’s Soul Ring, and she began the absorption.
• Zhu Ziyang woke in a tree hollow and learned from Electrolux that he had been teleported several thousand meters away and was still in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Region.
• After recovering until night, Zhu Ziyang ran into the Mixed Region and decided to search for Zhang Lexuan and the other disciples rather than leave the forest alone.
• While searching along the boundary with the Core Region, Zhu Ziyang encountered a young and an adult Star Radiance Unicorn, with the adult having at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.

Zhu Ziyang used his Ultimate Light to gain the submission of the Star Radiance Unicorn queen, who offered to become his Soul Ring despite her fifty-thousand-year cultivation. With Electrolux promising to help him withstand the absorption, Zhu Ziyang agreed and asked the queen to help him find his companions first.

• Electrolux advised Zhu Ziyang to reveal his Ultimate Light so the two Star Radiance Unicorns would recognize him as a Child of Light.
• The Great Star Radiance Unicorn and the Little Star Radiance Unicorn knelt before Zhu Ziyang, and the queen offered him her submission.
• Zhu Ziyang accepted the queen's submission and learned that his Source of Light had guided her to him.
• The Great Star Radiance Unicorn volunteered to become Zhu Ziyang's Soul Ring, and Electrolux warned that rejecting her could turn her into a Nightmare Demonic Beast.
• The queen revealed her fifty-thousand-year cultivation, and Electrolux promised to strengthen Zhu Ziyang by refining the Life Force of his first three Soul Rings.
• Zhu Ziyang agreed to accept the queen as his Soul Ring and asked her to accompany him to find his companions first.

Zhu Ziyang accepted the Little Star Radiance Unicorn as his follower and named her Xing Cai while searching for Zhang Lexuan's group. At dawn, a domineering Dragon Lion appeared before him, and he recognized its resemblance to the legendary Suanni.

• Electrolux explained why the Great Star Radiance Unicorn wanted to become Zhu Ziyang's Soul Ring and how its light differed from ordinary elemental light.
• The Great Star Radiance Unicorn asked Zhu Ziyang to take in her young daughter, and he agreed after Electrolux endorsed the idea.
• Zhu Ziyang touched the Little Star Radiance Unicorn's horn, communicated with her, and bestowed the name Xing Cai.
• Zhu Ziyang and the two unicorns continued searching for Zhang Lexuan's group through the night but found no trace of them.
• A powerful roar startled Luoxing Xiya, and a golden Dragon Lion appeared in their path, prompting Zhu Ziyang to recognize its resemblance to Suanni.

Zhu Ziyang learned that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Star Dou Great Forest’s Auspicious Beast and attacked her while she was away from her guardians. Just as he touched his brow to her third eye, an unexpected event occurred.

• The Great Star Radiance Unicorn explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s auspicious power had greatly strengthened the Star Dou Great Forest’s soul beasts.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion revealed that she had sneaked out while Scarlet King was asleep, so Zhu Ziyang told Luoxing Xiya to teach her a lesson.
• Luoxing Xiya attacked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Zhu Ziyang immobilized her with his Heavenly Frost Holy White Dragon Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ziyang slapped the immobilized Three-Eyed Golden Lion twice, then pressed the spot between his brows against her third eye, triggering an accident.

Zhu Ziyang and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion exchanged memories and intertwined their powers, leaving him with strange gold-and-silver energy in his Spiritual Sea. As he fled with the Star Radiance Unicorns, he discovered new changes to his abilities and remained unsure what the Power of Destiny meant for him.

• Zhu Ziyang and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion shared memories through a halo of silver and golden light before Zhu Ziyang leaped onto the Great Star Radiance Unicorn and ordered it to flee.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion collapsed after Zhu Ziyang's group escaped, and a three-headed canine arrived to take her back before Di Tian learned she had left.
• While riding away, Zhu Ziyang absorbed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's memories and asked Electrolux about the gold-and-silver Power of Destiny in his Spiritual Sea.
• Electrolux explained that Zhu Ziyang's energy was not yet fortune and was merging with his body, but confirmed it was not harmful.
• Zhu Ziyang found that his Spiritual Sea had expanded, his Light Element affinity had risen to ninety-five, and a new Golden Star had appeared.
• Zhu Ziyang's Eye of the Luminous Heart transformed into the Heart of Righteousness, and he named his new will-erasing talent Light of Righteousness.

Zhu Ziyang reunited with Zhang Lexuan and the surviving Shrek Inner Court disciples in the Star Dou Great Forest, finding them gravely injured and nearly helpless. He arranged for the Star Radiance Unicorns to help them leave, while learning that Zhu and Long had been taken back to the academy and Xuan Zi had gone for reinforcements.

• Luoxing Xiya alerted Zhu Ziyang to a group of humans nearby, and he hurried toward them on the Great Star Radiance Unicorn.
• Zhang Lexuan led the wounded Inner Court disciples onward while fearing that Soul Beasts would find them; the group blamed Xuan Zi for leaving them in danger.
• Zhang Lexuan and the others mistook Zhu Ziyang's approach on the unicorn for a threat, then recognized him and greeted him with relief.
• Zhu Ziyang saw that only eight disciples remained and learned that Zhu and Long were alive but had been taken to the academy by Xuan Zi.
• Zhu Ziyang arranged for the Star Radiance Unicorns to carry the exhausted disciples and urged everyone to leave the forest first.

Zhu Ziyang began absorbing Luoxing Xiya’s fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring while Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy and reported that Zhu Ziyang was missing in the Star Dou Great Forest. Mu En and more than ten Sea God Pavilion Elders rushed to search for him, while the Auspicious Beast remained dispirited by the Lake of Life.

• Luoxing Xiya sacrificed herself to become Zhu Ziyang’s Soul Ring, and Xing Cai fell asleep after receiving a streak of light from her mother.
• Zhu Ziyang struggled to absorb the fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring as Electrolux helped refine the Life Force in his first two Soul Rings.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy and told Mu En that he had lost Zhu Ziyang in the Core Region.
• Mu En flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xuan Zi summoned the Sea God Pavilion Elders to join the search.
• More than ten Titled Douluo departed Shrek Academy, prompting major forces to suspect that Shrek was preparing to wage war against the Soul Beasts.
• At the Lake of Life, the black-robed man told the dispirited Auspicious Beast to have Bear Lord or Scarlet King accompany her if she went out again.

After Zhu Ziyang absorbed the Star Radiance Unicorn's Soul Ring, he and the surviving Inner Court disciples returned from the Star Dou Great Forest and were rescued by Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion Elders. Back at Shrek Academy, Mu En punished Xuan Zi for the disastrous expedition, leaving Xuan Zi demoted and burdened with a dangerous assignment and compensation payments.

• Zhu Ziyang emerged after absorbing the fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Xing Cai revealed that she had inherited the Star Radiance Unicorn King's authority.
• Zhang Lexuan led the survivors out of the Star Dou Great Forest, where they mourned Cheng Hui and Wan Wan.
• Mu En arrived with the Sea God Pavilion Elders, learned that the disciples had encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and escorted them back to Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi admitted responsibility before the elders, and Mu En demoted him from his leadership posts and ordered him to kill ten Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters or groups within three years.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to compensate Cheng Hui and Wan Wan's families with three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones per family and deducted Yan Shaozhe's salary and allowances for five years.

Zhu Ziyang received compensation after the academy settled the incident involving Xuan Zi, then heard Mu En explain the Sea God Pavilion’s power politics and the strength needed to reform it. Mu En accepted Xing Cai’s place on Sea God Island, and Zhu Ziyang left with a fifty-thousand-year torso bone.

• Xian Liner announced Soul Bone or equivalent compensation and recommended enrollment quotas for the disciples and the families of Cheng Hui and Wan Wan.
• Zhang Lexuan pleaded for Xuan Zi, and Mu En retained Xuan Zi as Vice Commander while removing him as Vice Pavilion Master.
• Mu En advised Zhu Ziyang to build strength, allies, and influence before attempting to reform Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang told Mu En about his fourth Soul Ring, the Great Star Radiance Unicorn, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion; Mu En agreed that Xing Cai could stay on Sea God Island.
• Qian Duoduo gave Zhu Ziyang a fifty-thousand-year torso bone, and Zhu Ziyang took Xing Cai back toward the Inner Court Dormitory.

Zhu Ziyang reviewed the gains from absorbing his fourth Soul Ring, including new abilities and a Soul Bone, then realized the academy factions were trying to win his favor. Jiang Nannan visited him after hearing about his danger in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the chapter ended with Zhu Ziyang introducing her to Xing Cai.

• Zhu Ziyang assessed his refined rank 41 Soul Power, Starlight Shadow Transformation, strengthened Soul Rings, and new Starlight Aerial Right Leg Bone.
• Zhu Ziyang examined the ninety-thousand-year Heavenly Soul White Elephant Torso Bone and recognized that Xian Liner and Qian Duoduo were signaling their reformist faction’s support.
• Zhu Ziyang reflected that Mu En’s punishment of Xuan Zi had placated him and made him a valuable figure whom both Sea God Pavilion factions wanted to recruit.
• Jiang Nannan rushed into Zhu Ziyang’s arms, worried about the danger he had faced in the Star Dou Great Forest, and relaxed after confirming he was unharmed.
• Zhu Ziyang agreed that Jiang Nannan could accompany him on future Soul Ring hunts if she worked hard at cultivation, then introduced her to Xing Cai as his girlfriend.

Yan Shaozhe asked Zhu Ziyang to help cure Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but Zhu Ziyang warned that treating her without addressing her bloodline could damage her Martial Soul. He then prompted Mu En to discuss the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to enlist Mu En’s help in reaching it.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Zhu Ziyang to use his Ultimate Light and Ultimate Ice to purge Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Zhu Ziyang warned that this could damage her phoenix bloodline.
• Mu En summoned Yan Shaozhe, who apologized to Zhu Ziyang before leaving.
• Zhu Ziyang reported his cultivation progress to Mu En, who offered to have his senior sisters escort him home for the break and said he could enter the Inner Court afterward.
• Zhu Ziyang asked Mu En about Ma Hongjun’s Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and learned that it had come from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhu Ziyang left pleased because he had stirred Mu En’s curiosity about the well, whose location he knew lay in the dangerous core of the Sunset Great Forest.

Zhu Ziyang reunited with the Inner Court disciples before Zhu Lie and Shen Xu announced they were leaving Shrek Academy. When vacation began, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan set out for home with Xian Liner and Cai Meier, but Zhu Ziyang chose to slow their journey to honor his promise to Zhangyang Village.

• Zhu Ziyang joined the Inner Court disciples for a meal, where they learned Zhang Lexuan was still recovering and Zhu Lie was preparing to graduate and return home.
• Shen Xu also announced he would leave the academy, and Zhu Lie invited Zhu Ziyang to visit his family in Taining City.
• Xia Yu announced the start of vacation and the upcoming second-grade advancement assessment, and Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan said goodbye to Tang Ya and Beibei.
• Xian Liner and Cai Meier escorted Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan toward home, reaching Heaven Dou City in one day.
• Zhu Ziyang asked Xian Liner and Cai Meier to travel more slowly so he could keep his promise to provide Zhangyang Village another Martial Soul awakening opportunity.

Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, Xian Liner, and Cai Meier returned to Zhangyang Village to awaken its children’s Martial Souls, confronting the barriers that keep this opportunity from ordinary people. They began the ceremony, and Yang Zhenzhen awakened a Thunderglow Moth that might carry Innate Soul Power.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan reunited with Grandma Yang, who remembered their promise to return and awaken the village children’s Martial Souls.
• Xian Liner and Cai Meier explained why they had come, and the village elders gathered the children for the ceremony.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan promised to return next year for the fourteen children who were still under six, then prepared to awaken the seventeen eligible children.
• Jiang Nannan began Yang Zhenzhen’s awakening, revealing a lightning-attributed Thunderglow Moth Martial Soul.
• Xian Liner recognized the Thunderglow Moth and noted that it had a high chance of possessing Innate Soul Power.