Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhiqiu helped the Shrek group gain entry to Lan Ba Academy, then left them to meet its headmaster while he went to find Xue Qinghe. He found Xue Qinghe reigning as emperor and announced that he had come to make him clean up a mess.

• The Lan Ba Academy assessors dropped the entrance test after Flender and the other Shrek teachers revealed their high-level Soul Rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu left the group, intending to avoid Yu Xiaogang's anger and visit Xue Qinghe.
• Ye Zhiqiu found the crown prince's palace emptied and used Flying Thunder God Teleportation to reach Xue Ye's former chambers.
• Xue Qinghe returned from handling state affairs and found Ye Zhiqiu eating in the imperial dining hall.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Xue Qinghe that he had stirred up trouble and wanted him to clean up the mess.

Ye Zhiqiu met Xue Qinghe, teased him into keeping a promise to return to his original appearance, and watched as he transformed into Qian Renxue. Ye Zhiqiu admired her beauty as she sat shyly in his arms.

• Ye Zhiqiu told Xue Qinghe that he had killed Xue Xing and Xue Beng, and Xue Qinghe complained that the deaths had complicated his plans.
• Ye Zhiqiu pulled Xue Qinghe onto his lap, and the two Soul Sages who entered the room quickly withdrew when they saw them together.
• Ye Zhiqiu reminded Xue Qinghe of his promise to reveal his original appearance, and Xue Qinghe resisted until Ye Zhiqiu teased him into agreeing.
• Xue Qinghe released the disguise with his Soul Power and transformed into Qian Renxue, whose golden light and holy aura surrounded them.
• Ye Zhiqiu turned Qian Renxue toward him, lifted her hair to see her face, and praised her beauty.

Ye Zhiqiu teased Qian Renxue about their age difference, then claimed he could predict her future and described how she would inherit godhood before being defeated and losing her powers. He explained that this was her original fate, altered by his interference, and admitted he had sent people to kill Xue Ye; Qian Renxue learned he was connected to the Akatsuki Organization.

• Ye Zhiqiu released Qian Renxue after flirting with her, and she sat down to eat while refusing to use his bowl and chopsticks.
• Ye Zhiqiu asked Qian Renxue whether she would remain Heaven Dou's emperor or return to Spirit Hall to inherit the Angel Godhood.
• Ye Zhiqiu claimed he could predict the future and told Qian Renxue she would become a god, then be defeated and lose her godhood and Soul Power.
• Ye Zhiqiu explained that this was Qian Renxue's original fate and said his interference had changed events, including Xue Ye's death.
• Qian Renxue challenged Ye Zhiqiu over admitting he had ordered Xue Ye's death and threatened to expose his connection to the Akatsuki Organization, but he remained unconcerned.

Ye Zhiqiu told Qian Renxue how her fate might unfold and urged her to leave the throne to pursue the Angel God’s legacy. After he kissed her and teased her, he trapped her in his arms, leaving her to warn that she would complain to their elders.

• Ye Zhiqiu told Qian Renxue that she would become the continent’s first god and that he would defeat her, then teased that he would take her down instead.
• Ye Zhiqiu urged Qian Renxue to delegate her duties as Heaven Dou’s emperor and return to inherit the Angel God’s legacy, offering to provide a Xue Qinghe to stabilize the realm.
• Ye Zhiqiu kissed Qian Renxue, then pulled away and promised to take responsibility as she confronted him in anger and embarrassment.
• Ye Zhiqiu approached Qian Renxue after she threatened him, and she backed into the dining table and spilled soup.
• Ye Zhiqiu pulled Qian Renxue into his embrace and lifted her chin, while she warned him not to act recklessly and threatened to complain to her grandfather and his teacher.

Ye Zhiqiu learned that Qian Renxue’s mother was Yu Yuexin, not Bibi Dong, and wondered how the past had changed. He kissed Qian Renxue and declared her his woman, though she refused to admit they were together.

• Ye Zhiqiu asked Qian Renxue whether Bibi Dong was her mother, and she said her mother was the former Spirit Hall worshipper Yu Yuexin.
• Ye Zhiqiu wondered how Qian Xunji and Yu Yuexin had died and decided to ask Bibi Dong what had happened.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Zhiqiu to release her, but he demanded a kiss instead.
• Qian Renxue gave Ye Zhiqiu a brief peck, and he followed it with a prolonged kiss.
• Ye Zhiqiu released Qian Renxue and told her she was his woman, but she dismissed his claim.

Ye Zhiqiu left Qian Renxue and returned to Shrek’s dormitory, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing questioned him about another woman’s scent. He then took Tang San away on a secret errand, declaring that they would be known as the Shrek Twin Thieves.

• Ye Zhiqiu teased Qian Renxue, told her he would be teaching at Lan Ba Advanced Soul Master Academy, and left her palace.
• Qian Renxue laughed at Ye Zhiqiu’s new teaching job and denied that she would miss him.
• Ye Zhiqiu returned to the dormitory, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about the scent on him; he blamed it on incense from lunch with the Heaven Dou Great Emperor.
• Ye Zhiqiu asked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, then said he needed to take Tang San somewhere important.
• Ye Zhiqiu found Tang San in his dormitory and took him along immediately, telling the others they would be called the Shrek Twin Thieves.

Ye Zhiqiu took Tang San to Dugu Bo’s valley in Sunset Forest to harvest its rare herbs, revealing the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Tang San urged restraint, but Ye Zhiqiu insisted they leave Dugu Bo not even a hair, and the story left them poised to decide how much to take.

• Ye Zhiqiu recruited Tang San for a trip to rob Dugu Bo’s home, promising Tang San’s Soul Power might rise from level 33 to level 40.
• Ye Zhiqiu teleported with Tang San to the hidden valley in Sunset Forest, leaving the others behind.
• Tang San recognized the pool as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and realized rare Immortal Herbs grew throughout the valley.
• Tang San celebrated the discovery and inferred that the well’s opposing energies helped suppress Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Tang San to leave Dugu Bo not even a hair, while Tang San argued they should preserve the herbs’ roots for the future.

Tang San harvested and consumed two opposing Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Ye Zhiqiu guarded him. After Tang San began refining them, Ye Zhiqiu tried using his Sage Body’s Life Energy to regrow the harvested Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

• Tang San explained that he needed to consume Immortal Herbs at the well to withstand its extreme heat and cold, and asked Ye Zhiqiu to stand guard while he refined them.
• Tang San identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Ye Zhiqiu used Susanoo to harvest them according to Tang San’s instructions.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to bring both herbs together, then ate their petals before their medicinal properties faded.
• Tang San sat down to cultivate beneath the Aromatic Silk Beauty while Ye Zhiqiu considered whether it could make him immune to poison.
• Ye Zhiqiu poured his Sage Body’s Life Energy into the remaining stem of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, hoping to regrow it.

Ye Zhiqiu nourished the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot with his Sage Body's Life Energy until both grew enormous and offered their flowers to him. He began eating them without suffering any pain, while Tang San collapsed at the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Ye Zhiqiu used his Life Energy to enlarge the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then did the same to the Infernal Delicate Apricot, exhausting most of his reserves.
• The two Immortal Herbs detached their flowers and floated them to Ye Zhiqiu, revealing their apparent affection and awareness.
• Ye Zhiqiu created ten Shadow Clones to guard him and restore his Life Energy, then began eating both flowers at once.
• Ye Zhiqiu found the flowers delicious and felt no ill effects as he ate, while Tang San endured alternating waves of cold and heat.
• Tang San staggered to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and collapsed at its edge after glancing at Ye Zhiqiu eating the Immortal Herbs.

Ye Zhiqiu refined the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo returned to his garden and mistook Ye Zhiqiu’s clones for a delaying tactic. The clones confronted Dugu Bo, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Ye Zhiqiu swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, whose energies blended with his Life Energy as he began meditating.
• Ye Zhiqiu continued cultivating through the night while Tang San remained in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and his five clones kept watch.
• Dugu Bo returned to the garden and was stunned to see Ye Zhiqiu’s many figures, initially believing they were hallucinations.
• One of Ye Zhiqiu’s clones accused Dugu Bo of stealing his Storage Soul Tool and demanded it back.
• Dugu Bo guessed that Ye Zhiqiu had taken his Immortal Herbs and that the clones were stalling for time, then prepared to fight them.
• Ye Zhiqiu’s five clones revealed their soul rings, and Dugu Bo raised his own rings and readied himself for battle.

Ye Zhiqiu's clones overwhelmed Dugu Bo and teleported him to a distant island, claiming they would return him only if he compensated them for a missing Storage Soul Tool. Dugu Bo insisted he had not taken it but, unable to defeat the clones and desperate to return before his poison erupted, agreed to compensate them.

• Five Ye Zhiqiu clones attacked Dugu Bo with close-range strikes while avoiding damage to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its plants.
• One clone used a flash of red light to teleport himself and Dugu Bo to a small island, while two more clones followed.
• Dugu Bo realized he was far from Sunset Forest and pleaded that he had not taken the Storage Soul Tool, but the clones attacked him with Susanoo.
• Dugu Bo used his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill, Time Stasis, to freeze the clones and knock their Susanoo armor away, but they remained unharmed.
• Dugu Bo admitted defeat and agreed to compensate Ye Zhiqiu for the missing Storage Soul Tool with one of roughly equivalent value.

Ye Zhiqiu absorbed the effects of the immortal herbs, reached level forty-nine, and gained a little more Life Energy capacity. After Dugu Bo returned with a Storage Soul Tool, Ye Zhiqiu let him recover at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang San was stunned to discover Ye Zhiqiu had grown the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass into a tree-sized plant.

• Ye Zhiqiu's clone accepted Dugu Bo's Ruyi Hundred Treasures Bag as compensation and brought him back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Zhiqiu finished absorbing the herbs' effects and found that he had reached level forty-nine while retaining water and fire immunity.
• Tang San emerged from the Extreme Heat Yang Spring and glared at Dugu Bo, who sat down to suppress the poison in his body.
• Ye Zhiqiu dismissed his five clones to cultivate, then told Tang San he would not kill Dugu Bo and asked him to help harvest the immortal herbs.
• Tang San noticed that Ye Zhiqiu had accelerated the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's growth until it had become enormous.

Ye Zhiqiu and Tang San harvested the Immortal Herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Ye Zhiqiu left Tang San there while planning to eat every edible herb himself. He returned to Shrek Advanced Soul Master Academy, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing woke to find him back.

• Ye Zhiqiu and Tang San collected all fifteen Immortal-grade herbs, while Tang San kept the other spiritual herbs for himself and Dugu Bo.
• Tang San said he had refined only about ten percent of the medicinal effects of his herbs, while Ye Zhiqiu said he had finished absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Ye Zhiqiu left Tang San at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his clones and used Flying Thunder God to return to the academy, intending to distribute the herbs and take a long leave so he could eat the other edible Immortal Herbs.
• Ye Zhiqiu arrived at Shrek Advanced Soul Master Academy after midnight and found Ning Rongrong asleep beside Zhu Zhuqing in his room.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and recognized Ye Zhiqiu, while Ning Rongrong sprang up and hugged him, complaining that he had returned without waking her.

Ye Zhiqiu gathered the others to distribute Immortal Herbs that could strengthen them and raise their Soul Power, while explaining that Tang San had to remain at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He began giving out the herbs and revealed that Ning Rongrong’s herb could evolve her martial soul, then prepared to show Xiao Wu hers.

• Ye Zhiqiu gathered Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, Meng Yiran, and Yu Xiaogang and explained Tang San’s need to stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Zhiqiu told everyone that he would go to the treasured place himself after distributing the herbs, but refused to let Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing accompany him because they lacked protection from its cold and fire poisons.
• Ye Zhiqiu gave Dai Mubai the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Oscar the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and Ma Hongjun the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Ye Zhiqiu gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that it could evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed a white, blood-marked flower attached to a black stone as Xiao Wu’s Immortal Herb.

Ye Zhiqiu gave Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran immortal herbs, then left Yu Xiaogang with advice to cherish Liu Erlong. He teleported to Spirit Hall to deliver herbs to his teacher and Hu Liena, but woke Hu Liena upon entering her room.

• Xiao Wu offered her heart's blood to Lovesick Heartbreak Red, successfully claimed it, and blushed when Ning Rongrong teased her about whom she loved.
• Ye Zhiqiu gave Meng Yiran the Yin Extreme Malignant Dragon Gall, and she thanked him as she felt accepted by Shrek Academy.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate, then gave Yu Xiaogang a Nine Grade Purple Ganoderma prepared by Tang San.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed that Liu Erlong had been following Yu Xiaogang and urged him to cherish their relationship before teleporting away.
• Ye Zhiqiu teleported to Spirit Hall and entered Hu Liena's room, waking her after she had recently fallen asleep.

Ye Zhiqiu returned to Spirit Hall and gave Bibi Dong and Hu Liena Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo’s treasure trove. He then left to absorb his own herb, while Bibi Dong and Hu Liena began taking theirs.

• Bibi Dong rushed to Hu Liena’s room after hearing her cry and found Ye Zhiqiu there, startling them both.
• Ye Zhiqiu gave Bibi Dong a Jade Dew Life-Generating Lotus and explained that it could strengthen her body and raise her Soul Power.
• When Bibi Dong tried to return the lotus, Ye Zhiqiu gave Hu Liena an Extreme Sun Nine Phoenix Flower instead.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed that he had taken the Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo’s treasure trove and said he had already eaten one himself.
• Bibi Dong let Ye Zhiqiu leave after reminding him to return for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena sat down to absorb their Immortal Herbs.

Ye Zhiqiu secretly visited Qian Renxue in her bedchamber, teased her, and offered her an immortal-grade herb to strengthen her before inheriting the Angel Godhood. Qian Renxue questioned how much he knew about her inheritance and protested when he dismissed her strength.

• Ye Zhiqiu slipped into Qian Renxue's bed and held her while she complained about his shameless behavior.
• Qian Renxue relaxed in Ye Zhiqiu's embrace, then bit his arm when his hand began to roam beneath the covers.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed the Golden Crow Burning Flame Flower and said it could raise Qian Renxue's Soul Power by five or six levels and enhance her future flame abilities.
• Qian Renxue asked how Ye Zhiqiu knew so much about the Angel God's inheritance, then challenged his implication that she was weak.

Ye Zhiqiu left Qian Renxue to absorb an Immortal Herb, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Dugu Bo confronting Tang San. After giving Tang San the unused Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and recovering his strength overnight, Ye Zhiqiu awakened surrounded by a powerful aura of life energy.

• Qian Renxue began absorbing the Immortal Herb while Ye Zhiqiu ordered two Soul Sages to guard her and keep everyone away.
• Ye Zhiqiu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Dugu Bo holding Tang San by the neck.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Dugu Bo that Tang San could cure the poison affecting him and his granddaughter, then gave Tang San the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to absorb.
• Dugu Bo and Tang San moved aside to talk while Ye Zhiqiu cultivated through the night with his ten clones.
• At dawn, Ye Zhiqiu and his clones finished recovering as his life energy surrounded them and caused nearby plants to turn toward him.

Ye Zhiqiu used his clones to stimulate ten immortal-grade herbs, ate their flowers, and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate in seclusion. As the herbs’ combined power coursed through him, he endured intense pain and itching while his body rapidly strengthened.

• Ye Zhiqiu ordered ten clones to stimulate the edible immortal-grade herbs while Tang San watched and Dugu Bo left to buy supplies for Tang San’s treatment.
• The clones rapidly grew ten immortal-grade herbs, and Ye Zhiqiu explained that stimulating them usually took him days of recovery without his Clone Technique.
• The herbs offered their enlarged flowers to Ye Zhiqiu, and Tang San realized the plants had spirits and might produce soul rings if killed.
• Ye Zhiqiu swallowed all ten flowers and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, telling Tang San not to disturb his seclusion unless necessary.
• Ye Zhiqiu discovered that the combined medicinal power was overwhelming, causing intense pain and itching as his cells and physique rapidly strengthened.

Ye Zhiqiu continued refining the power of nearly ten Immortal Herbs beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while his friends and allies advanced through major changes elsewhere. As the Shrek group departed to hunt soul rings and others waited for Ye Zhiqiu to return, his absorption remained at a critical juncture.

• Ye Zhiqiu struggled to refine the violent medicinal power flooding his body beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San treated Dugu Bo's poison with medicine and his own blood, and Dugu Bo learned to prepare the medicine himself.
• Hu Liena broke through to level fifty and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with the Ghost Chrysanthemum Twin Douluo, while Bibi Dong concealed her changed appearance after reaching level ninety-six.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, learned that Ye Zhiqiu had entered seclusion for a month and returned to waiting for him.
• The Shrek students and Meng Yiran gained levels from their Immortal Herbs, and Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• After ten days of rest, six Shrek Monsters and Meng Yiran set off with Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang to hunt soul rings in Sunset Forest, while Ye Zhiqiu remained beneath the well at a critical point in his absorption.