Chapter Summaries

After Ye Chen returned to Shrek Academy, Mu En and Xuan Zi learned that his first soul ring had triggered a transformation and that his Fusang Divine Tree martial soul had evolved. Ye Chen revealed his new support skill, Fusang Above Tanggu, while a golden-furred soul beast elsewhere ate a radiant fruit from the growing tree.

• A golden-furred, three-eyed soul beast followed a strange fragrance to a radiant fruit and ate it.
• Xuan Zi told Mu En how Ye Chen had survived absorbing a fifteen-hundred-year soul ring and emerged with his body unharmed.
• Ye Chen summoned his evolved Fusang Divine Tree martial soul, whose Three-legged Golden Crow flew between its branches on its own.
• Ye Chen explained that his first soul skill, Fusang Above Tanggu, could boost or weaken attributes and heal targets within range, though its effect depended on the target's strength.

A golden-fruited branch grew near Star Dou Forest, and a three-eyed golden beast ate its fruit. At Shrek Academy, Ye Chen revealed that his Fusang Divine Tree martial soul had evolved and explained his powerful support skill to Mu En and Xuan Zi.

• A golden-furred, three-eyed soul beast followed the fruit’s fragrance, ate it, and set its fate on a new course.
• Xuan Zi reported Ye Chen’s unusual soul-ring absorption to Mu En, who questioned Ye Chen about changes to his body and martial soul.
• Ye Chen revealed the evolved Fusang Divine Tree, and Mu En and Xuan Zi mistook its Three-legged Golden Crow for a phoenix.
• The Three-legged Golden Crow flew between branches without Ye Chen’s control, astonishing Mu En and Xuan Zi.
• Ye Chen named his First Soul Skill Fusang Above Tanggu and explained that it boosted or reduced nearby targets’ attributes by ten percent and offered healing, with effectiveness limited by the target’s strength.

After gaining his first Soul Skill and reaching Soul Power level fourteen, Ye Chen continued cultivating while experiencing recurring pain in his Twin Pupils. Five years later, he encountered Bei Bei and Tang Ya on their way to the Star Dou Forest, where he teased Bei Bei about their family seniority.

• Ye Chen told Elder Mu that his Soul Power had reached level fourteen, then wondered about the life force in the flame of his Fusang Divine Tree martial soul.
• Ye Chen meditated nightly, but intense pain in his Twin Pupils interrupted him at midnight as five years passed.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya traveled toward the Star Dou Forest so Tang Ya could obtain her third Soul Ring.
• Eleven-year-old Ye Chen hid in a tree and called out to Bei Bei and Tang Ya as they passed.
• Ye Chen reminded Bei Bei to address him as his uncle, and Bei Bei reluctantly did so.

Five years after awakening his martial soul, Ye Chen had grown into an eleven-year-old Shrek student with deeper Twin Pupils and a secret pattern of eye pain. He encountered Bei Bei and Tang Ya on their way to Star Dou Forest, as the main story began.

• Ye Chen told Mu En that his Soul Power had reached level fourteen, then sensed a faint voice from the direction of Star Dou Forest.
• Ye Chen meditated nightly, pondered the life force in his Three-legged Golden Crow flame, and continued experiencing periodic pain in his eyes.
• Five years passed, and Bei Bei and Tang Ya traveled toward Star Dou Forest so Tang Ya could obtain her third soul ring.
• Ye Chen watched from a tree, called out to Bei Bei, and teased him into addressing him as Uncle.

Ye Chen joined Bei Bei and Tang Ya on their trip to the Star Dou Forest after negotiating access to the Tang Sect's Secret Arts. At a stream near the forest, he saw Huo Yuhao for the first time and considered whether he could take the Calamity of the Undead for himself.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya met Ye Chen, who teased Bei Bei and refused to join the Tang Sect.
• Ye Chen asked Tang Ya to let him study the Tang Sect's Secret Arts in exchange for helping the sect if it faced a crisis, and she agreed to take him along.
• Ye Chen followed Bei Bei and Tang Ya toward the Star Dou Forest, hoping to find Huo Yuhao and the Calamity of the Undead.
• Tang Ya led the group to a stream to refill their water supplies.
• Ye Chen saw Huo Yuhao grilling fish by the stream and recognized him as the protagonist of the world.

Ye Chen accompanied Bei Bei and Tang Ya to the Star Dou Forest after negotiating access to the Tang Sect's Secret Arts, hoping to encounter Huo Yuhao and the Calamity of the Undead. The chapter ended with the three finding Huo Yuhao grilling fish beside a stream.

• Bei Bei invited Ye Chen to join their trip on the condition that he join the Tang Sect, but Ye Chen refused.
• Ye Chen offered to keep the Tang Sect's Secret Arts secret and help the sect in exchange for learning them and joining the trip, and Tang Ya agreed.
• Ye Chen followed Bei Bei and Tang Ya toward the Star Dou Forest, hoping to find Huo Yuhao and the Calamity of the Undead.
• Tang Ya heard a stream and led the group to it to refill their water before entering the forest.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Ye Chen found Huo Yuhao sitting beside the stream and grilling fish.

Ye Chen joined Bei Bei and Tang Ya as they searched for Huo Yuhao, but their expected reunion was disrupted when they encountered a thousand-year Mandala Snake. As Bei Bei charged and Ye Chen summoned his Fusang Divine Tree, the chapter left the group facing the snake in combat.

• Ye Chen accepted Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, introduced himself as Brother Chen, and claimed Huo Yuhao as his younger brother.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Bei Bei and Tang Ya followed to recruit and protect him, with Ye Chen trailing behind.
• The group searched the outskirts of Star Dou Forest for hours without finding Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya worried that a soul beast had attacked him.
• A thousand-year Mandala Snake emerged and swept poisonous mist toward them, prompting Bei Bei to pull Tang Ya to safety and attack with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• Ye Chen summoned his evolved Fusang Divine Tree, and its crimson Three-legged Golden Crow flew out after his purple soul ring flashed, lighting the area like day.

Ye Chen joined Bei Bei and Tang Ya as they tried to catch up with Huo Yuhao, but found that events no longer matched his memories when a Mandala Snake appeared ahead of schedule. He summoned his Fusang Divine Tree and sent its red Three-legged Golden Crow into the fight.

• Ye Chen accepted Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, introduced himself as Brother Chen, and welcomed Huo Yuhao as his little brother.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Bei Bei and Tang Ya set out to recruit and protect him, with Ye Chen following behind.
• The three searched for hours without finding Huo Yuhao and entered the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.
• A Mandala Snake emerged and attacked, prompting Bei Bei to activate his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and rush forward.
• Ye Chen summoned his evolved Fusang Divine Tree, and its red Three-legged Golden Crow flew up after his purple soul ring flashed.

Ye Chen used his soul skill to strengthen Bei Bei and weaken a thousand-year Mandala Snake, then rushed in to stop a second one from ambushing him. Ye Chen severed the second snake’s tail with his Sacred Light Netherflame Art, while Bei Bei was splattered with its foul green blood.

• Tang Ya recognized a thousand-year Mandala Snake and eagerly asked Bei Bei to let her take it.
• Ye Chen used Fusang Above Tanggu to enhance Bei Bei and weaken the Mandala Snake, allowing Bei Bei to wound it with his lightning attacks.
• Bei Bei activated Wrath of Thunder and tore a large wound into the Mandala Snake as it retreated and spewed poisonous mist.
• Ye Chen spotted a second Mandala Snake charging toward Bei Bei and rushed to block its attack.
• Ye Chen unleashed Sacred Light Netherflame Art and severed the second Mandala Snake’s tail, splattering Bei Bei with green liquid as he moved away.

Bei Bei fought a thousand-year Mandala Snake with Ye Chen’s enhancement, but a second snake ambushed them. Ye Chen severed its tail with his second soul skill, leaving Bei Bei splattered with its blood.

• Tang Ya identified the first Mandala Snake and said she wanted it, while Bei Bei called for Ye Chen’s help.
• Ye Chen used Fusang Above Tanggu to strengthen Bei Bei and weaken the Mandala Snake, and Bei Bei struck and wounded it.
• Ye Chen spotted a second Mandala Snake rushing toward Bei Bei and moved to intercept it.
• Ye Chen unleashed Sacred Light Netherflame Art and cut off the second Mandala Snake’s tail.
• Ye Chen dodged the green fluid, splattering Bei Bei’s robe with it.

Ye Chen defeated a two-thousand-year Mandala Snake and let Tang Ya choose which soul beast to absorb, while reflecting on his primordial fires and the Fusang Divine Tree. After enduring another night of uncontrollable pain, he woke with sharper perception and eyes whose colors had deepened.

• Ye Chen crippled the two-thousand-year Mandala Snake with his Second Soul Skill and left it alive for Tang Ya to choose.
• The female Mandala Snake charged desperately toward its wounded companion, but Bei Bei finished his own fight with only minor injuries.
• Tang Ya chose the thousand-year Mandala Snake and began absorbing its soul ring while Bei Bei stood guard.
• Ye Chen reasoned that the Fusang Divine Tree granted innate skills and that its Three-legged Golden Crows would temper him with the Ten Great Primordial Fires as it evolved.
• Ye Chen meditated without remembering that the day marked his two-month cycle, then endured a night of agony and woke with clearer perception and deeper-colored eyes.

Ye Chen defeated a Mandala Snake and let Tang Ya choose one to absorb, while reflecting on his martial soul’s primordial fires. After enduring the familiar agony of the two-month cycle, he woke with sharper senses and eyes that had changed further.

• Ye Chen severely wounded a Mandala Snake with his Second Soul Skill and kept it alive for Tang Ya to choose.
• Bei Bei defeated the other Mandala Snake, and Tang Ya chose the thousand-year one to absorb while Bei Bei stood guard.
• Ye Chen considered how his Fusang Divine Tree granted fixed abilities and how its Three-legged Golden Crows might temper his body with primordial fires.
• Ye Chen meditated through the final night of his two-month cycle and endured tearing pain and a loss of control over his body.
• At dawn, Ye Chen woke with sharper vision, while his left eye had deepened to crystalline peach pink and his right eye had grown a deeper blue.

Tang Ya advanced to Three-Ring Soul Master, and she, Bei Bei, and Ye Chen searched Star Dou Forest for Huo Yuhao before returning to Shrek City. They found Huo Yuhao trying to enroll at Shrek Academy, where his low Soul Power Level and ten-year soul ring threatened to keep him out.

• Tang Ya finished absorbing the purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring and celebrated her advancement with Bei Bei, while Ye Chen teased them.
• Ye Chen, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei searched for Huo Yuhao in Star Dou Forest but found no trace of him and withdrew to Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's changed location led him away from the route where Ye Chen's group searched.
• Ye Chen spotted Huo Yuhao at the admissions area and approached with Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
• Huo Yuhao pleaded to enter the academy, but the admissions teacher said his low Soul Power Level and ten-year first soul ring left no room to admit him.

Tang Ya absorbed her Thousand-Year Soul Ring and became a Three-Ring Soul Master, while Ye Chen and his companions failed to find Huo Yuhao in Star Dou Forest. They later found him at Shrek Academy's admissions gate, where he was being rejected for his weak Soul Power and ten-year soul ring.

• Tang Ya completed her absorption of the purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, advanced to a Three-Ring Soul Master, and celebrated by embracing Bei Bei.
• Ye Chen, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei searched for Huo Yuhao in Star Dou Forest but found no trace of him and headed back toward Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao reached Shrek Academy after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's changed location led him through the woods, and he joined the enrollment line.
• Ye Chen spotted Huo Yuhao at the admissions area and went over with Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
• The admissions teacher told Huo Yuhao that his low Soul Power and ten-year first soul ring made it impossible to admit him.

Ye Chen stood up for Huo Yuhao when senior students insulted him at Shrek Academy's registration desk. Bei Bei used the Tang Sect's admission quota to enroll Huo Yuhao, who entered the academy feeling grateful and newly supported.

• Ye Chen confronted the senior students who mocked Huo Yuhao, and the recruitment teacher rebuked them for damaging the academy's reputation.
• Bei Bei offered the Tang Sect's admission quota so Huo Yuhao could enroll without an assessment.
• Ye Chen led Huo Yuhao to register, then took him through Shrek Academy's gates with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Ye Chen promised to protect Huo Yuhao from anyone who bullied him, and Huo Yuhao vowed to remember their kindness and repay it.

Ye Chen defended Huo Yuhao when senior students mocked him at Shrek Academy's admissions gate, and Bei Bei used the Tang Sect's enrollment quota to secure Huo Yuhao's entry. Huo Yuhao entered the academy under Ye Chen's protection, grateful for the kindness that gave him a chance at a new future.

• Senior students mocked Huo Yuhao for trying to enroll, and Ye Chen insulted them in response.
• Ye Chen reassured Huo Yuhao while the admissions teacher scolded the students for damaging the academy's reputation.
• Bei Bei gave the teacher the Tang Sect's enrollment token and asked him to register Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Chen pulled Huo Yuhao to the registration table, and Huo Yuhao provided his information and entered Shrek Academy.
• Ye Chen promised to protect Huo Yuhao, who called him Brother Chen and vowed inwardly to repay their kindness.

Ye Chen returned to Sea God Island after secretly leaving the academy, then enrolled in Shrek Academy’s Outer Court Class One alongside Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. When the first class began, the feared teacher singled Ye Chen out by name.

• Ye Chen returned to Sea God Island, where Xian Lin'er welcomed him with dinner, while he remained unaware that Mu En had told her and Qian Duoduo about his trip.
• Huo Yuhao moved into dorm room 108, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him to be careful around Ye Chen, though Huo Yuhao said Ye Chen meant him no harm.
• Ye Chen chose to enroll in Class One of Year One and live separately from Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then arrived early and saved two seats for them.
• Xiao Xiao introduced herself to Ye Chen and complimented his looks, while Ye Chen tried to avoid encouraging her interest.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong rushed into class just before the bell and took the seats Ye Chen had kept empty.
• An elderly woman entered the classroom, called Ye Chen by name, and startled him into standing up.

Ye Chen returned to Sea God Island without being punished, then enrolled in Shrek Academy’s Outer Court alongside Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. On the first day of class, the teacher singled Ye Chen out as soon as she entered the room.

• Ye Chen returned to Sea God Island, where Xian Lin'er welcomed him to dinner; he later learned Mu En had informed her and Qian Duoduo of his trip and approved of him gaining experience.
• Huo Yuhao settled into Dormitory 108 and heard Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warn him to be careful around Ye Chen, but he trusted Ye Chen's intentions.
• Ye Chen enrolled in Class One, Grade One and chose to live alone rather than move into Dormitory 108 with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Xiao Xiao sat beside Ye Chen and praised his looks, while he kept two seats open for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao arrived with Wang Dong just before class began, and the elderly teacher entered and called Ye Chen by name.

Ye Chen was appointed class monitor by Zhou Yi, who used his extraordinary martial soul and Soul Rings to motivate the new students. After sending the class to run one hundred laps, Zhou Yi ordered Ye Chen to run an extra hundred as an example.

• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the homeroom teacher and appointed Ye Chen class monitor, prompting one student to protest.
• Zhou Yi silenced the protester with her Soul Rings and ordered Ye Chen to demonstrate his talent.
• Ye Chen revealed the Fusang Divine Tree and two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the class and strengthening Huo Yuhao's resolve to improve.
• Zhou Yi sent the students to run one hundred laps, then ordered Ye Chen to run one hundred more for gloating at the back of the classroom.

Ye Chen was appointed Class One's class monitor by Zhou Yi and stunned the class by revealing his Fusang Divine Tree martial soul and two thousand-year soul rings. Zhou Yi sent the students to run laps, then ordered Ye Chen to run an extra hundred as class monitor.

• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the homeroom teacher and appointed Ye Chen class monitor, dismissing a student's protest with a display of her soul power.
• Zhou Yi told Ye Chen to demonstrate his martial soul, and he revealed the Fusang Divine Tree and his level twenty-nine cultivation.
• The students were shocked by Ye Chen's sacred martial soul and two thousand-year soul rings, while Huo Yuhao resolved to work harder and Wang Dong wondered how Ye Chen had achieved it.
• Zhou Yi ordered the class to run a hundred laps within one shichen, and the students left for the training field determined to improve.
• When Ye Chen lingered behind, Zhou Yi ordered him to run two hundred laps, leaving him dismayed.