Vol. 2Soul Spirits and New Paths

Chen Junting led Shrek through the tournament, advanced his cultivation, and helped establish Soul Spirits and cooperation between humans and Soul Beasts. He left Shrek with Gu Tianchen for a three-year journey and entered a hidden realm beneath Greatsword Mountain.

  • Chen Junting led Shrek’s Reserve Team through its first mission against the Hand of Death bandits, where Death God’s Emissary badly injured Yao Haoxuan.
  • Xuan Zi crushed Death God’s Emissary, and Ning Tian treated Yao Haoxuan until he regained consciousness.
  • Chen Junting led Shrek to victory in the Star Luo tournament’s opening matches as the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect clashed with the Body Sect over Huo Yuhao.
  • At the Starlight Auction, Chen Junting warned that the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone could kill anyone without Ultimate Ice, and Xu Jiawei decided to give it to Shrek and the Nine Treasures Sect.
  • Chen Junting helped Shrek win the tournament, advanced his cultivation, and aided Tang Ya’s recovery.
  • In the Star Dou Forest, Chen Junting formed a Soul Contract with the Dark Golden Claw Bear and began an Attribute Induction with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose outcome remained unknown.
  • Chen Junting helped Shrek and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect establish Soul Spirits, negotiated Di Tian’s support, and proposed a Spirit Pagoda for human–Soul Beast cooperation.
  • Chen Junting left Shrek with Gu Tianchen for a planned three-year journey, and they entered the spatial ripples beneath Greatsword Mountain.
Chapters 102–201 Read from ch. 102

Arc 5The Reserve Team’s First Trial

Chen Junting led his classmates through the advancement assessment, earned a place on Shrek’s Reserve Team, and joined the Monitoring Group on a dangerous mission. The team destroyed the Hand of Death bandits, but Yao Haoxuan was left fighting for his life after Death God’s Emissary attacked.

  • Chen Junting and his classmates defeated five Inner Academy students in the advancement assessment, earning the Second Grade 27 points.
  • At the Treasure Appreciation Fair, Chen Junting and Ning Tian bought rare treasures, including a Golden Ancient Tree Branch, and Electrolux began studying the Sea God’s Light within it.
  • Chen Junting and the other Core Disciples competed for seven Reserve Team places, then persuaded Xuan Zi to include He Caitou and Wu Feng as rotation members.
  • During training, Chen Junting became Reserve Team captain, while the group learned that Ma Xiaotao had replaced Wang Lian as captain of the Main Team.
  • Xuan Zi brought the students into the Shrek Monitoring Group, and all nine Outer Academy recruits accepted its dangerous mission to eliminate the Hand of Death bandits.
  • At the Star Luo border, Dai Hao gave the team intelligence on the bandits, and Chen Junting and Ning Tian helped identify the trail to their hidden cave.
  • The team attacked the cave and found evidence of the bandits’ atrocities, then fought Death God’s Emissary, whose corpse explosions badly injured several students, including Yao Haoxuan.
  • Xuan Zi crushed Death God’s Emissary, and Ning Tian treated Yao Haoxuan, who slowly regained consciousness after two hours.
Chapters 102–126 Summaries Read

Arc 6Shrek’s Star Luo Tournament

Chen Junting led Shrek through the opening tournament rounds while the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect clashed with the Body Sect over Huo Yuhao. At the Starlight Auction, Chen Junting exposed the danger of the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and Xu Jiawei’s decision to give it to Shrek and the Nine Treasures Sect revealed that Chen had drawn him into a plan.

  • Mu En punished Xuan Zi, appointed Little Song to lead the Shrek Monitoring Group temporarily, and urged the academy to value teaching over victory.
  • Chen Junting led Shrek to an opening win over Heavenly Spirit Academy with his Seven Kills Sword and a Combined Soul Tool, then helped the team use later Round Robin matches for experience.
  • Tai Yu welcomed Chen Zifeng and the other new disciples into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, then drove off Lang Ya and Yu Tao after they tried to recruit Huo Yuhao by force.
  • Shrek won its matches against Thousand Spirit and Zhengtian Academies, with Chen Junting and his teammates demonstrating their strength and use of Soul Tools.
  • Du Busi attacked Tai Yu and Elder Song over Huo Yuhao, but Ye Xuanji and Ning Bo Wen confronted him, and an unknown voice stopped the escalating battle.
  • Ning Bo Wen gave Chen Junting five hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and Wang Yan led Shrek to the Starlight Auction after accepting Qingya’s invitation.
  • Ning Tian bought three Soul Bones, and she and Chen Junting won the Heaven-Opening Earth-Splitting Cannon before Xu Jiujiu presented an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.
  • Chen Junting warned that the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone could kill anyone without Ultimate Ice, and Xu Jiawei abandoned his private sale plan and decided to give it to Shrek and the Nine Treasures Sect.
Chapters 127–151 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Snow Emperor and Destiny

Chen Junting helped Shrek win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duelling Tournament, then advanced his cultivation and aided Tang Ya’s recovery. In the Star Dou Forest, he formed a soul contract with the Dark Golden Claw Bear and began an induction with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that left its outcome unknown.

  • Chen Junting won the Snow Emperor Embryo at auction, accepted Electrolux’s inheritance, and helped Shrek defeat its opponents to claim the tournament championship.
  • At the Sea God Pavilion, Chen Junting advanced to rank 46, formed the Seven Kills Domain, and absorbed Chen Xin’s Rakshasa-tainted Left Leg Bone to reach rank 50.
  • Chen Junting stopped Tang Ya from losing herself to her desire for revenge, and Mu En cleansed her Soul Rings so she could rebuild her cultivation.
  • Chen Junting proposed that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect exchange soul guidance device research for the Tang Sect’s hidden-weapon production methods, then joined Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Xiao Xiao on a Star Dou Forest hunt.
  • Elder Song defeated the Zhongli Three Brothers, and Chen Junting made a Soul Contract with the dying Dark Golden Claw Bear, named Mad King.
  • Chen Junting and Elder Song encountered Scarlet King and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who accused humans of slaughtering Soul Beasts, and showed them evidence implicating the Holy Spirit Cult’s attackers.
  • Electrolux trapped Chen Junting and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in golden runes and began an Attribute Induction to help Chen Junting obtain its Power of Destiny.
  • Chen Junting pressed his Eye of Life against the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s third eye, and their life energy and memories flowed between them before golden light erupted.
Chapters 152–176 Summaries Read

Arc 8Soul Spirits and the Three-Year Journey

Chen Junting helped Shrek and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect establish Soul Spirits, then drew Di Tian into negotiations and proposed a Spirit Pagoda to oversee human–Soul Beast cooperation. After leaving Shrek with Gu Tianchen for a three-year journey, he investigated a hidden secret realm beneath Greatsword Mountain.

  • Chen Junting intercepted and altered the Sea God's Light meant for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then reported the Holy Spirit Cult's strength to Shrek's leaders.
  • Chen Junting and Ye Xuanji secured a secret partnership between Shrek Academy and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to research Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao contracted the Seven-tailed Three-eyed Demonic Fox.
  • Chen Junting passed his Inner Court Assessment, defeated Di Yao in a challenge, and joined Shrek's Inner Academy as Soul Spirit research advanced.
  • Chen Junting helped demonstrate successful Soul Spirit contracts, including Wu Ming's contract with the Blazing Flame Falcon, while Shrek prepared to negotiate with major powers.
  • Chen Junting led a mission that uncovered Gu Tianchen's efforts to rescue trafficked children, then helped him enter Shrek and the Nine Treasures Pavilion as the sect and academy acted against the slave trade.
  • Du Busi led the Body Sect in an attack on the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, but Ye Xuanji and Ning Bo Wen forced him to bargain for his captured disciples.
  • At Shrek's gathering, Chen Junting revealed himself as the creator of the Soul Spirit method, secured Di Tian's promise of three acts of support, and proposed a Spirit Pagoda to oversee cooperation.
  • Chen Junting left Shrek with Gu Tianchen for a planned three-year journey, and the two entered the spatial ripples beneath Greatsword Mountain through Gu Tianchen's Void Gate.
Chapters 177–201 Summaries Read
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