Chapter Summaries

Zhu Ziyang entered the Undead Demigod Plane, fused with its core, and gained control of the plane. After returning to his cabin, he was confronted by a mysterious voice that promised a divine inheritance and warned him to keep it secret.

• Zhu Ziyang entered the Undead Demigod Plane with Electrolux's help and sensed its environment.
• Zhu Ziyang fused with the Plane Core, became the plane's master, and gained the ability to move through it instantly.
• Zhu Ziyang learned that he could summon the undead army led by the Hell Knight, including five Titled Douluo-level powerhouses.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to his cabin, where a mysterious voice isolated him from the world and revealed that it had been watching him.
• The mysterious voice said Zhu Ziyang's Divine Position Assessment would begin when he reached six rings, then warned him not to tell anyone about the divine position.

Zhu Ziyang returned home with Jiang Nannan, then decided to risk entering Sunset Forest to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. With the Lich King hidden in his shadow for protection, he began cutting a path through the Jade Scale Flower Cluster and advanced toward the valley.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan traveled home, passing Sunset Great Forest as Zhu Ziyang considered whether to risk seeking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which he suspected Sea God Tang San had concealed.
• Zhu Ziyang awakened the Martial Souls of children in Zhangyang Village and offered to help Yang Zhenzhen obtain her first Soul Ring and possibly enter Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to Beihe Village, reunited with his family, and spent half a month at home before deciding to enter Sunset Forest on the way back to Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang brought the Lich King out from the Undead Demigod Plane and had him hide in his shadow while Jiang Nannan stayed behind him in the Jade Scale Flower Cluster.
• Zhu Ziyang used the World-Pacifying Death Scythe to devour the Jade Scale Flowers' Life Force and clear a path toward the rock wall marking the hidden valley.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, discovered its rare spirit herbs and Yin Yang Twin Springs, and used Zhu Ziyang’s Power of Death to safely reach the core. A mysterious female voice then spoke to them, telling Zhu Ziyang to put away his Martial Soul.

• Zhu Ziyang recovered his Soul Power while Jiang Nannan guarded him, then they crossed the narrow gap beneath the poison clouds.
• A dark-blue vine attacked them as they entered the valley, but Zhu Ziyang blocked it and later split another strike with his scythe.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan saw the valley’s rare spirit herbs and the crimson and jade-white waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhu Ziyang noticed that some of the spirit herbs had become Soul Beasts and led Jiang Nannan through them under the protection of his Power of Death.
• A female voice addressed Zhu Ziyang from nearby and told him to put away his Martial Soul.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan discovered that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs were powerful hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, including the Moon Laurel Immortal Tea and the Beautiful Silk Tulip. The Moon Laurel Immortal Tea asked Jiang Nannan to become its partner and carry its seeds toward the Grand Yin Star, and Zhu Ziyang accepted its offer on her behalf.

• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea spoke to Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan, and Zhu Ziyang recognized it as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Jiang Nannan identified the plant as Moon Laurel Immortal Tea, which recognized her Lunar Jade Rabbit Martial Soul and warned that other plants might attack intruders.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea named the Beautiful Silk Tulip and several other immortal herbs growing around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea explained that the herbs had grown ten times faster there and that many were hundred-thousand-year soul beasts capable of defending themselves.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea offered Jiang Nannan an immortal herb if she would cooperate and become its soul ring, then send its seeds toward the Grand Yin Star.
• Zhu Ziyang agreed to Moon Laurel Immortal Tea’s proposal on Jiang Nannan’s behalf.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan chose a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help Ma Xiaotao, while the Moon Laurel Immortal Tea gave Jiang Nannan one of its flowers to protect her as she collected an offshoot. The Moon Laurel Immortal Tea also revealed that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains lay beneath the springs, giving Zhu Ziyang a lead for his other goal.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan agreed to the Moon Laurel Immortal Tea’s deal and decided together to choose a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for Ma Xiaotao.
• The Moon Laurel Immortal Tea gave Jiang Nannan one of its flowers and warned her to pick only a small offshoot, since the main Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Jiang Nannan plucked the Moon Laurel Immortal Tea’s flower and went to collect an offshoot after learning it could still help resolve Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul defect.
• Zhu Ziyang threatened the immortal herbs with the Power of Death if Jiang Nannan was harmed, and the Moon Laurel Immortal Tea boasted that it could summon the Ice and Fire Dragon Souls.
• The Moon Laurel Immortal Tea revealed that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains were beneath the two springs, and Zhu Ziyang secretly considered returning for them later.

Jiang Nannan collected a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for Ma Xiaotao, and Zhu Ziyang used his new Spatial Transfer ability to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with her. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao fled Duke White Tiger's Mansion and set out toward the Star Dou Great Forest, beginning the journey that would set fate in motion.

• Jiang Nannan picked a large Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower offshoot, and Zhu Ziyang stored it in his Starflame Ring.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Tea feared punishment for helping them, but Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower promised to keep its secret in exchange for a favor.
• Zhu Ziyang used his Golden Left Eye's Spatial Transfer to take Jiang Nannan out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhu Ziyang told Electrolux that he planned to return for the Ice Dragon King's remains after making proper preparations.
• Huo Yuhao escaped Duke White Tiger's Mansion, took his mother's surname, and headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhu Ziyang reported his findings from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Mu En and brought back a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower. Mu En then gathered Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe to examine an ancient book, leaving Ma Xiaotao to learn what it had to do with her.

• Zhu Ziyang returned to Shrek Academy and told Mu En that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was not the Body Sect’s base, but contained at least ten hundred-thousand-year immortal herb soul beasts.
• Zhu Ziyang presented Mu En with a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and described the unfamiliar strong man he had encountered there; Mu En warned him not to return without senior allies.
• Mu En sent Zhu Ziyang to fetch Yan Shaozhe and The Biography of Phoenix Douluo, then called Ma Xiaotao to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Zhu Ziyang returned as Ma Xiaotao emerged from the Golden Ancient Tree’s Underground World, and the two waited for Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived with Xian Liner and gave Mu En the original copy of The Biography of Phoenix Douluo; Ma Xiaotao realized the book might concern her.

Mu En gave Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to repair her martial soul, but its violent flames forced Zhu Ziyang to help her with his Ultimate Ice. Yan Shaozhe’s scheme left Xian Liner furious, while Ma Xiaotao and Zhu Ziyang continued absorbing the herb inside the flames.

• Mu En explained that the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower could repair Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul defect and sent her to absorb it with Yan Shaozhe guarding her.
• Ma Xiaotao hugged Zhu Ziyang before taking the herb, and Xian Liner told Mu En that the academy would begin the Extreme Individual Soldier Project with He Caitou as its temporary candidate.
• Yan Shaozhe hurried Zhu Ziyang to Ma Xiaotao’s room, where flames engulfed her, and said Zhu Ziyang’s Ultimate Ice could ease her pain.
• Zhu Ziyang entered the flames and used his Ultimate Ice to help Ma Xiaotao withstand the herb’s medicinal power and continue absorbing it.
• Xian Liner confronted Yan Shaozhe after realizing he had schemed to bring Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao together, then left in disgust as he watched her go.

After Ma Xiaotao purified her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul with the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, she and Zhu Ziyang confronted the consequences of Yan Shaozhe’s scheme. Zhu Ziyang woke to find his cultivation and Ultimate Ice had improved, then reunited with Xing Cai after her breakthrough.

• Ma Xiaotao thanked Zhu Ziyang for helping her gain Ultimate Fire, while Zhu Ziyang left to rest and refused to discuss Yan Shaozhe’s actions.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Yan Shaozhe had deliberately made the herb’s medicinal power violent to bring her and Zhu Ziyang together, then asked him to stop interfering in their relationship.
• Yan Shaozhe promised Ma Xiaotao he would no longer interfere, and they turned to testing her transformed Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ziyang woke at one in the afternoon, discovered his Soul Power had reached rank 53, and gained the Might of Ice talent for his Ultimate Ice.
• Xing Cai returned from seclusion with greatly increased cultivation, and Zhu Ziyang took her riding around Sea God Lake.

Jiang Nannan reached rank 50 after consuming a Moon Laurel Immortal Tea child flower and receiving power from Elder Song, then traveled with her teacher to find a Fifth Soul Ring. She returned with a twenty-five-thousand-year Purple Evil Spirit Demonic Python Soul Ring and the left leg Soul Bone she lacked.

• Jiang Nannan told Zhu Ziyang that her Soul Power had reached rank 50 after the immortal herb and Elder Song’s help.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan ate with Zhang Lexuan, who told them Ma Xiaotao had defeated Wu Ming after resolving her Martial Soul flaw.
• Jiang Nannan revealed her breakthrough to Zhang Lexuan, who was astonished by her good fortune in obtaining an immortal herb.
• The next morning, Jiang Nannan left with Elder Song for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for her Fifth Soul Ring.
• After a month, Jiang Nannan returned with a Soul Ring from a twenty-five-thousand-year Purple Evil Spirit Demonic Python and a left leg Soul Bone.

Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang reunited with Tang Ya, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Xue Weiwei, surprising them by revealing that they had both become Soul Kings. Tang Ya introduced her new Tang Sect member, Yuhao, whose arrival with an arrogant blue-haired student left Zhu Ziyang curious.

• Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang met Tang Ya and Beibei at Shrek Academy, where Beibei said he planned to enter the Inner Court alongside Tang Ya.
• Jiang Nannan revealed that she and Zhu Ziyang were Soul Kings, shocking Tang Ya, Beibei, and the arriving Xu Sanshi.
• Tang Ya teased and tussled with Jiang Nannan before explaining that she had recruited a new student into the Tang Sect using an exemption from Shrek Academy's admission assessment.
• Xu Sanshi complained that Beibei had won a Profound Water Pill from him, and Zhu Ziyang inferred that it had been meant to help the new student.
• Tang Ya welcomed Yuhao, a frail and wary new student, who arrived with a handsome, arrogant blue-haired student.

Zhu Ziyang recognized Huo Yuhao as the Child of Fortune and agreed to guide his cultivation. He explained that Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eye Martial Soul should develop through spirit-type Soul Rings that strengthen his eyes, potentially leading to a Second Awakening.

• Huo Yuhao arrived after Zhou Yi’s class, and Tang Ya introduced him to Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan as the Tang Sect’s third member.
• Zhu Ziyang recognized Huo Yuhao from his memories and inferred that he was the Child of Fortune destined to lead Tang Sect’s revival.
• After Tang Ya asked him to help, Zhu Ziyang agreed to plan Huo Yuhao’s growth path and met Wang Dong.
• At Tianying Pavilion, Zhu Ziyang advised Huo Yuhao to absorb spirit-type Soul Rings, especially those from Soul Beasts with special eyes, to strengthen his Spirit Eye Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ziyang suggested this development could prompt a Second Awakening, surprising Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, Beibei, Wang Dong, and the others.

Zhu Ziyang explained how Body Martial Souls could undergo a Second Awakening and encouraged Huo Yuhao to strengthen his Spirit Eye and consider studying Soul Tools. Wang Dong joined the Tang Sect, leaving Zhu Ziyang wondering why she was so eager to join.

• Zhu Ziyang told Huo Yuhao and the others that the Body Sect researched Body Martial Souls and that a Second Awakening could greatly increase their potential.
• Zhu Ziyang advised Huo Yuhao to nourish his Spirit Eye with Soul Power, and Huo Yuhao eagerly accepted his guidance.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether he should study Soul Tools, and Zhu Ziyang said his spiritual strength could make him well suited to the craft.
• Tang Ya encouraged Huo Yuhao to study Soul Tools after Zhu Ziyang explained why it suited him better than it suited her.
• Tang Ya accepted Wang Dong into the Tang Sect, and Wang Dong celebrated before teasingly arguing with Huo Yuhao about who would be senior brother.
• Zhu Ziyang watched Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao bicker and wondered why Wang Dong wanted to join the Tang Sect so badly.

Zhu Ziyang encouraged Huo Yuhao to cultivate and considered the unusual freshmen at Shrek Academy, while Tian Meng confirmed the potential of Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eye and described the powerful Evil Eye Tyrants. Back at his wooden house, Zhu Ziyang decided to absorb the fifty-thousand-year Death Puppet Left Arm Bone Yan Shaozhe had given him.

• Zhu Ziyang told Jiang Nannan he believed Huo Yuhao would become extraordinary, and they discussed the three Soul Elder freshmen.
• Huo Yuhao began cultivating, then asked Tian Meng whether Zhu Ziyang’s advice about his Spirit Eye and an Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Ring was true.
• Tian Meng confirmed the advice, sensed a True Dragon Martial Soul aura from Zhu Ziyang, and told Huo Yuhao about the Evil Emperor and its Light of Time and Space.
• Zhu Ziyang examined Yan Shaozhe’s Death Puppet Left Arm Bone and recalled that Mu En had sent Yan Shaozhe into seclusion until he reached rank 97.
• Zhu Ziyang decided to absorb the compatible Soul Bone for its life-saving Death Puppet skill.

Zhu Ziyang examined Shrek Academy’s confidential files on the new students and discovered surprising details about several gifted entrants, including Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao’s file linked him to the Duke White Tiger’s household, leaving Zhu Ziyang eager to see what he would accomplish at the academy.

• Cai Meier let Zhu Ziyang review the new students’ confidential files while she stepped away.
• Zhu Ziyang read the files of Ning Tian, Dai Huabin, and Xie Huanyue, the three new students who had reached Soul Elder rank.
• Zhu Ziyang learned that Wang Dong had twin Martial Souls and was the Clear Sky Sect’s heir, then wondered if Wang Dong was a girl disguised as a boy.
• Zhu Ziyang read that Xiao Xiao also had twin Martial Souls and that her parents had been expelled from rival sects.
• Zhu Ziyang found Huo Yuhao’s file at the bottom and learned that he had low innate Soul Power, a Spirit Eye Martial Soul, and suspected ties to the Duke White Tiger’s household.
• Zhu Ziyang speculated about Huo Yuhao’s origins and looked forward to seeing him surprise Shrek Academy’s leaders.

Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan revealed their powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Goddess of the Moon, during a two-versus-six training match. It overwhelmed the Main Team, and the chapter ended with Jiang Nannan exhausted but proud of their victory.

• Zhu Ziyang arrived at the Inner Court Training Ground and joined the Main Team for combat training.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that she and Jiang Nannan would face the six Main Team members, and Ma Xiaotao agreed to the match after Zhu Ziyang suggested they try it first.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Zhu Ziyang attacked Jiang Nannan while their teammates supported them, but Jiang Nannan used her Soul Skills to reach Zhang Lexuan.
• Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan embraced and transformed into the Goddess of the Moon, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with power comparable to a Titled Douluo.
• The Goddess of the Moon defeated Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Zhu Ziyang, and Chen Zifeng, while Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo conceded.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that she and Jiang Nannan had wanted to test their fusion skill, and Jiang Nannan named it the Goddess of the Moon.

Zhu Ziyang confirmed that Wang Dong was likely a girl after reading about the rare Light Goddess Butterfly, then successfully summoned a Skeleton Warrior during his necromancy training. Violet Heaven Divine Thunder destroyed the undead and warned him that the world's laws forbade summoning underworld creatures onto the Douluo Continent, leaving him to rely on his other necromantic magic.

• Xian Liner and Cai Meier praised Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan's Martial Soul Fusion Skill as a future trump card for Shrek Academy.
• After escorting Jiang Nannan back to her room, Zhu Ziyang read about the Light Goddess Butterfly and concluded that Wang Dong was probably a girl named Wang Dong'er or Tang Dong'er.
• Zhu Ziyang summoned a Skeleton Warrior in the Undead Demigod Plane, and Electrolux declared that he had mastered the technique and was ready to graduate from his tutelage.
• Violet Heaven Divine Thunder descended from a crack in the sky and reduced the Skeleton Warrior to ashes.
• Electrolux explained that the world's laws prohibited creatures from the Douluo underworld from appearing in the mortal realm, so Zhu Ziyang could not use Necromancy Summoning on the Douluo Continent.

Zhu Ziyang learned that Huo Yuhao's team had reached the Freshman Assessment final and went with Jiang Nannan to watch. As the teams prepared to face off, Zhu Ziyang identified Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill as a major threat, while Qian Duoduo's unexpected arrival left the reason for his visit unclear.

• Ma Xiaotao gave Zhu Ziyang grilled fish, which he praised after tasting.
• Jiang Nannan told Zhu Ziyang that Huo Yuhao's team had defeated two stronger teams and reached the final, scheduled for the next day.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan joined Cai Meier and the Outer Court teachers to watch the final, where Zhu Ziyang saw Huo Yuhao's team facing Dai Huabin's team.
• Zhu Ziyang noted that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu could use the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, making their team dangerous despite Huo Yuhao's team's greater talent and potential.
• Qian Duoduo arrived at the Assessment Zone, and Cai Meier questioned why the Soul Tool Department dean had come.

Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu asked Cai Meier to transfer Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department because of his exceptional talent for crafting Soul Tools. Cai Meier agreed to sign the transfer when Huo Yuhao chose his department in third year, in exchange for fifty Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells.

• Fan Yu told Cai Meier that Huo Yuhao had learned to engrave a first-rank soul tool formation in half a day and was exceptionally suited to Soul Tool crafting.
• Cai Meier resisted the transfer, citing Huo Yuhao's Body Martial Soul and rapid soul-power growth, while Qian Duoduo argued that his cultivation talent was poor.
• Fan Yu revealed that he had given Huo Yuhao a Soul Ascension Pill and two Profound Water Pills, explaining his rise to rank seventeen.
• Cai Meier demanded one hundred Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells for the transfer, and Qian Duoduo negotiated the price down to fifty.
• Cai Meier agreed not to interfere when Huo Yuhao chose his department in third year, and Zhu Ziyang realized the academy's higher-ups would take increasing notice of him.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao gained the upper hand against Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie, but Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed the Hell White Tiger. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong answered with their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Shrek Academy’s first Freshman Assessment champions with a one-ring Soul Master emerged.

• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao held their ground against Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie, with Huo Yuhao interrupting Cui Yajie's Soul Skill and the referee removing her from the arena.
• Dai Huabin used his White Tiger Vajra Transformation to fight Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, but their teamwork turned the fight in their favor.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu joined together and summoned the Hell White Tiger, while Xiao Xiao tried to block its advance.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong embraced and transformed into a giant eye that fired a beam at the Hell White Tiger; Du Weilun intervened and took the force of both Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• The Freshman Assessment ended with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao's team winning, becoming Shrek Academy's first champions with a one-ring Soul Master.