Chapter Summaries

After recovering, Lu Yuan named his new weapon and flight equipment, then prepared to act on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter left him hovering above the well, about to repeat a plan involving three steps.

• Lu Yuan recovered his strength, admitted he had been wrong, and comforted Weide with a bag of chestnuts.
• He transformed the eight silver short spears into a long spear, tested its power, and named it the Tai Xu Bone Spear.
• Lu Yuan apologized to the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, then summoned his Soul Rings and used the spear segments as the Tai Xu Eight God Wings to fly.
• Lu Yuan looked down at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and announced that he would repeat three steps.

Lu Yuan forced space to accept a massive Storage Space and began connecting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to his Small World so he could move it intact. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion recovered, gained ten thousand years of cultivation, and decided to take human form so she could capture Lu Yuan.

• Lu Yuan used his Spatial Power and supplies to break the surrounding spatial order and create a massive Storage Space.
• Lu Yuan began absorbing and connecting the local spatial order to his Small World rather than digging up the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion awoke after gaining ten thousand years of cultivation and recalled sensing a terrifying greatsword through Lu Yuan’s perspective.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion blamed Lu Yuan for courting death and resolved to capture him and keep him imprisoned.
• Di Tian confirmed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was unharmed, while she announced she wanted to take human form; Sky Dream Ice Silkworm went back to sleep.

Lu Yuan recovered after transferring the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reflected on abandoning his misguided pursuit of revenge, and left Sunset Forest. Xiao Wu received three jade boxes from him and secretly kept one, while Ning Rongrong grew suspicious and followed her.

• Lu Yuan noted his depleted Soul Power, meditated through the night, and killed the Soul Beasts that approached him.
• At dawn, Lu Yuan assembled his Tai Xu Bone Spear, collected his belongings, and left the forest in a cheerful mood.
• Xiao Wu woke to a burning sensation and found three Jade Boxes with notes beneath her blankets.
• Xiao Wu blushed over one box, hid it, and tucked its note into her clothes before delivering the other two.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu, noticed her odd behavior, and secretly followed her to uncover what she was hiding.

Lu Yuan sent Ma Hongjun two Immortal Herbs and a letter urging him to believe in his potential as a phoenix. Ma Hongjun chose the more dangerous Infernal Delicate Apricot and sealed himself in his room to attempt the transformation.

• Xiao Wu delivered two Jade Boxes from Lu Yuan to Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Ma Hongjun read Lu Yuan’s story about a phoenix raised as a chicken and his three choices for overcoming his Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Ma Hongjun opened the box, and the heat from the Immortal Herbs overwhelmed his Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Ma Hongjun gave Oscar the other box and sent him to find the Dean and Teacher Zhao.
• Ma Hongjun chose the Infernal Delicate Apricot, shut himself in the room, and prepared to succeed or die trying.

Oscar rushed to alert Flender as Ma Hongjun underwent a dangerous transformation after absorbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot. Ma Hongjun emerged with a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, Ultimate Fire, and a leaner body, while Ning Rongrong grew suspicious of the jade boxes.

• Oscar carried a jade box to Flender and warned him that Ma Hongjun was transforming, and Zhao Wuji joined them at the burning dormitory.
• Flender explained that Ma Hongjun might overcome his Evil Fire if he survived the transformation, while the Infernal Delicate Apricot's red light burned him and filled the room with flames.
• Oscar saw Ma Hongjun charred and vomiting, then ran outside and threw up; Ning Rongrong noticed his jade box and began suspecting Xiao Wu was hiding something.
• Ma Hongjun's Phoenix transformed inside a crimson shell, which shattered as he awakened with a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix Martial Soul born with Ultimate Fire.
• Flender threw Ma Hongjun clothes and took Zhao Wuji outside, and Ma Hongjun discovered that he had lost weight.

Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi traveled with Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, each concealing their reason for heading out. Their convoy stopped when they encountered a young man carrying a silver spear, and Gu Rong recognized a familiar spatial quality in his Martial Soul, drawing Xue Qinghe’s attention to his potential.

• Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi why he was traveling, and he claimed he was going to look for his runaway daughter.
• Xue Qinghe said she was seeking a peerless genius to recruit for Heaven Dou, and Ning Fengzhi recognized that she already knew more than she let on.
• The convoy’s trained horses stopped in fear when a young man carrying a silver spear appeared ahead on the road.
• Gu Rong sensed that the young man’s Martial Soul resembled his own and considered him a possible successor.
• Xue Qinghe decided she could not let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect recruit the young man and considered recruiting him herself or steering him toward Spirit Hall.

Lu Yuan met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong in a carriage, where Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Lu Yuan rejected the offer and angered Chen Xin, he insisted that no Soul Master of his generation had the right to act arrogantly unless he did.

• Xue Qinghe introduced himself and Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to Lu Yuan in the carriage.
• Ning Fengzhi asked where Lu Yuan was going, and Lu Yuan said he had no destination in mind.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Lu Yuan to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Lu Yuan refused because he valued his freedom.
• Lu Yuan criticized the control exercised by major factions and apologized for using Heaven Dou and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as examples.
• Chen Xin rebuked Lu Yuan for his presumption, and Xue Qinghe tried to smooth things over.
• Lu Yuan withdrew his apology and told Xue Qinghe that no Soul Master of his generation could be arrogant if he himself was not qualified to be.

After declining Ning Fengzhi's offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lu Yuan received a horse from the Crown Prince and continued his journey. He added new wishes to his notebook, including that tragedies would end and he would return to his hometown after death.

• Ning Fengzhi accepted Lu Yuan's refusal to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lu Yuan left the carriage.
• Lu Yuan reflected on his beliefs and wrote several wishes in his notebook, marking his wish to raise lively animals as completed.
• A rider delivered a horse to Lu Yuan on the Crown Prince's orders.
• Lu Yuan calmed the horse, mounted it for the first time, and added horse riding to his first wish.
• Lu Yuan wrote that he hoped tragedies would stop happening and that he would return to his hometown after death.

Lu Yuan napped on horseback as his steed carried him toward Suotuo City, then used dragon might to stop the convoy and force the other horses to follow at its pace. Xue Qinghe suspected the disruption was deliberate and rode after the steed, but her horse refused to pass it.

• Lu Yuan told his steed to follow the road to Suotuo City and fell asleep on its back.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe conversed in the carriage while Xue Qinghe inwardly regretted the flawless public persona she had created.
• Lu Yuan's steed galloped ahead of the convoy, then stopped in the road and used its borrowed dragon might to frighten the convoy's horses into halting.
• Xue Qinghe left the carriage, mounted a white horse, and infused it with Soul Power to catch up with the steed.
• Xue Qinghe's horse followed closely behind Lu Yuan's steed but refused to overtake it or ride alongside it.

During the journey, Lu Yuan broke Xue Qinghe’s fan and then offered a strange analysis of the powers competing to unite the continent. His remarks about “people like us” left Xue Qinghe wondering whether he knew her secret or was testing her.

• Lu Yuan woke when Xue Qinghe repeatedly poked him with her fan, then accidentally snapped its tip while pulling it toward himself.
• Lu Yuan joked that Xue Qinghe might one day own all the world’s wealth and used a pink whip to explain the balance between Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lu Yuan’s bearing, but he took her compliment seriously and warned her that letting her heart be stirred could ruin their plans.
• Lu Yuan rode ahead while Xue Qinghe considered whether he was one of her own or had discovered her secret, and followed him cautiously.

Xue Qinghe traveled with Lu Yuan and the convoy, while Lu Yuan’s dragon might kept the horses too frightened to move near him. After Lu Yuan left, the convoy continued toward its destination, and Ning Fengzhi focused on meeting a spatial Martial Soul genius, unaware of Xue Qinghe’s decision to spare Lu Yuan.

• Xue Qinghe rode at the front of the convoy behind Lu Yuan, but his dragon might kept her horse from approaching him.
• At night, Lu Yuan set up a tent and went to sleep, leaving Xue Qinghe to ask whether he intended to stay there.
• Lu Yuan let the frightened horses pass and warned Xue Qinghe never to fall for him before vanishing.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin argued about disciples in the carriage, while Ning Fengzhi reflected on his unease and prepared to meet a spatial Martial Soul genius.
• Xue Qinghe continued with the convoy in a good mood and decided to spare Lu Yuan rather than send the two Titled Douluo to assassinate him.

Xiao Wu evaded Ning Rongrong’s questions about her recent behavior, while news of Ning Fengzhi and the two elders visiting Shrek unsettled Rongrong. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan rode toward Shrek Academy at his own pace, arriving near the same time as Xue Qinghe and the others.

• Xiao Wu checked for new items, washed up, and combed her hair as Ning Rongrong watched her closely.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Xiao Wu about sneaking around, but Xiao Wu avoided explaining herself when Zhu Zhuqing announced that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Grandfather, and Bone Grandfather would visit that evening.
• Ning Rongrong panicked over her family’s surprise visit and failed to notice Xiao Wu slip away.
• Lu Yuan rode his horse toward Shrek Academy, and the steed’s spatial power and dragon sinews had transformed it into an incompletely evolved Dragon Steed.
• Lu Yuan passed through Suotuo City at noon and continued toward Shrek Academy, reflecting that great powers came with too many rules.

Xiao Wu was captured by Chen Xin and Gu Rong after they recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The carriage continued toward its destination with Xiao Wu bound, while Xue Qinghe regretted losing the chance to claim her.

• Xiao Wu wandered through Suotuo City alone while the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect carriages drew attention from the crowds.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong spotted Xiao Wu outside the carriage and recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Gu Rong used spatial power to pull Xiao Wu into the carriage, while Chen Xin sealed her with sword qi.
• Xiao Wu realized her identity had been exposed and regretted that she had not plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Chen Xin bound Xiao Wu, and Xue Qinghe silently lamented that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had secured a valuable Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Lu Yuan returned to Shrek Academy after discovering that Xiao Wu’s Flying Thunder God Mark had been badly damaged, but still showed that she was alive. He told Flender he had passed level fifty, declined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s invitation, and learned that Ma Hongjun had evolved into a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix.

• Lu Yuan realized Xiao Wu’s Flying Thunder God Mark was weakening and decided not to risk teleporting to her, using it instead to track her while it remained intact.
• Lu Yuan entered Shrek Academy and met with Flender, who marveled at how much Lu Yuan’s appearance and temperament had changed.
• Flender asked about Lu Yuan’s cultivation, and Lu Yuan revealed that he had just passed level fifty.
• Flender showed Lu Yuan an invitation from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lu Yuan said he had already met them but would not give them another chance.
• Flender told Lu Yuan that Ma Hongjun had removed his evil fire and evolved into a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix, then thanked Lu Yuan for helping his disciple.

Lu Yuan returned to Shrek after Ma Hongjun transformed his Martial Soul, then discovered that Ning Fengzhi and two Titled Douluo had arrived with Xue Qinghe. The visitors entered the academy while Lu Yuan reflected on Ma Hongjun’s growth and decided to keep an unnamed person confined longer.

• Ma Hongjun showed Lu Yuan the remaining Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and explained that Oscar would wait until reaching level thirty before absorbing his Immortal Herb.
• Lu Yuan noticed that the little rabbit had encountered Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo without absorbing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and judged that she was fortunate he had returned.
• Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy, where Flender and Zhao Wuji greeted them before Flender led them inside.
• Lu Yuan told Ma Hongjun to turn his discomfort at seeing Flender defer to powerful guests into motivation, and taught him that discipline meant controlling himself.
• Lu Yuan reflected that more than seventeen days had passed without a decision about the Immortal Herbs, then vanished after deciding to keep the person responsible confined longer.

Ning Fengzhi and the others visited Shrek Academy to assess and recruit Lu Yuan, while Ning Rongrong discovered they had not come for her. Lu Yuan arrived and revealed himself, leaving Ning Fengzhi to accept that his assumptions had led him astray.

• Ning Rongrong turned away from Ning Fengzhi, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong tried to coax her into returning home.
• Ning Rongrong realized Chen Xin and Gu Rong had come to recruit Lu Yuan, not visit her, and burst into tears.
• Lu Yuan emerged from the void, teased Ning Rongrong about their first meeting, and made her stop crying.
• Flender introduced Lu Yuan to the visitors, and Ning Fengzhi realized Lu Yuan had concealed his identity with an alias.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected that he had been careless to assume Lu Yuan had to reveal the truth or stay at Shrek Academy for only three months.

Lu Yuan challenged Ning Fengzhi over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect taking someone Lu Yuan claimed as his own, while Xue Qinghe backed Lu Yuan during their tense exchange. The confrontation ended with Lu Yuan revealing his five soul rings, including a red one, and threatening the sect.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Lu Yuan to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and praised its freedom and harmonious rules, while criticizing the Heaven Dou Empire indirectly.
• Lu Yuan countered Ning Fengzhi’s claim that seeing was believing by saying that even what one saw could be false, and Xue Qinghe praised his remark.
• Lu Yuan asked whether a gentleman would take what another cherished, then accused Ning Fengzhi of taking what belonged to him.
• Lu Yuan questioned whether Ning Fengzhi had acted for her beauty or value and warned that he might destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lu Yuan revealed five soul rings, including a red ring, leaving everyone shocked and Xue Qinghe barely able to conceal her astonishment.

Lu Yuan confronted Ning Fengzhi over the person the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had captured, then used his power to bring Xiao Wu into the room and expose Ning’s denial. He left with Xiao Wu after Ning Fengzhi agreed to treat the incident as a misunderstanding, while Xue Qinghe watched them go.

• Lu Yuan claimed his threatening display had been a joke, then demanded that Ning Fengzhi release the person captured at noon.
• After Ning Fengzhi denied capturing anyone, Lu Yuan said no one could stop him from repaying his debts and pulled Xiao Wu into the room with Silver Light.
• Chen Xin blocked Lu Yuan’s sword qi, but Lu Yuan apologized and drew the startled Xiao Wu into his embrace.
• Lu Yuan accused Ning Fengzhi of misunderstanding the situation and asked him to let the matter go, leaving Ning unable to reveal Xiao Wu’s identity without damaging the sect’s reputation.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Lu Yuan’s apology, and Lu Yuan vanished with Xiao Wu before Ning could respond further.
• Xue Qinghe restrained her amusement as she watched Lu Yuan leave with Xiao Wu.

Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu left without opposition, but Lu Yuan’s dragon instincts were triggered while he teased her. He suppressed the impulse with spatial power and took them both into his Small World, where he planned to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s cold spring to calm himself.

• Xiao Wu was surprised that she and Lu Yuan could leave so easily, and Lu Yuan reminded her that she belonged to him and was not to be harmed without his permission.
• Lu Yuan held Xiao Wu’s gaze until she grew flustered and begged him to stop, then embraced her as his dragon instincts took hold.
• Lu Yuan used the eye on his forehead and spatial power to suppress his impulses, but Xiao Wu’s struggles and sobs made it harder to stay in control.
• Lu Yuan entered a Spatial Vortex with Xiao Wu and took them both to his Small World to suppress his bodily instincts in the cold spring.
• No one at Shrek Academy, including the four Titled Douluo nearby, noticed their disappearance.

Lu Yuan tried to save Xiao Wu after they landed in the Extremely Cold Spring, but she had suffered severe internal frostbite. When his dragon blood proved too powerful for her, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion interrupted and hinted at a gentler way to save her, leaving Xiao Wu convinced that Lu Yuan was a transformed soul beast like herself.

• Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu fell into the Extremely Cold Spring, where Xiao Wu choked on the freezing water while Lu Yuan remained unharmed.
• Lu Yuan carried Xiao Wu to the ground as she coughed up blood and ice shards, then realized her internal organs had been frostbitten.
• Lu Yuan fed Xiao Wu his dragon blood in an attempt to heal her, but the pain worsened and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion stopped him.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Lu Yuan to use a gentler method, hinting at what dragon inheritance prescribed when an adult dragon met a mate.
• Xiao Wu inferred from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's words that Lu Yuan was a transformed soul beast, though her conclusion was based on a misunderstanding.