Chapter Summaries

After Huo Yuhao awakened, Ye Chen revealed that he had captured a ten-thousand-year Dream Devourer for him. Before Huo Yuhao could absorb its soul ring, Ye Chen probed the creature’s memories to investigate why powerful soul beasts had gathered near the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

• Huo Yuhao woke after seven or eight days of cultivation and recognized the Dream Devourer Ye Chen had captured.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi argued over their cultivation levels and went outside the bamboo grove to spar.
• Ye Chen told Huo Yuhao that the Dream Devourer was for him and asked him to kill it if anything went wrong during the memory probe.
• Ye Chen freed the Dream Devourer from its frozen state and carefully extracted its memories with his Spiritual Power.
• Ye Chen’s first memory of the Dream Devourer showed the young creature struggling through a forest before falling into a ravine.

Ye Chen glimpsed a memory of Di Tian commanding tens of thousands of powerful soul beasts, but stopped probing the Dream Devourer when it began to fail and let Huo Yuhao kill it and absorb its soul ring. After leaving the bamboo grove, Ye Chen ended Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi’s argument and prepared to return to the academy, where he planned to study Soul Tools before his exchange at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

• Ye Chen saw Di Tian rally tens of thousands of high-level soul beasts in the Dream Devourer’s memories, but withdrew his Spiritual Power when he sensed the creature was failing.
• Huo Yuhao killed the Dream Devourer with a Soul Tool dagger, and Ye Chen told him to absorb its soul ring.
• Ye Chen left Huo Yuhao in the bamboo grove and met Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi after Bei Bei had won their sparring match.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi asked to remain in the Star Dou Forest to cultivate, but Ye Chen refused, warning that relying on its pure energy could harm their future progress.
• Ye Chen decided to return to the academy and make up for the Soul Tool studies he had neglected before his exchange at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Ye Chen used the Dream Devourer's memories to witness Di Tian rallying tens of thousands of powerful soul beasts, but the Dream Devourer failed before he could see who stood behind him. After Huo Yuhao absorbed its soul ring, Ye Chen left the Star Dou Forest with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, intending to return to the academy and catch up on his soul-tool studies.

• Ye Chen saw Di Tian address tens of thousands of high-level soul beasts in the Dream Devourer's memories and suspected the Silver Dragon King was about to appear.
• Ye Chen sensed the Dream Devourer reaching its limit and warned Huo Yuhao, who killed it with a soul tool dagger before Ye Chen could learn more.
• Ye Chen told Huo Yuhao to absorb the Dream Devourer's soul ring and left him to focus on improving his strength.
• Ye Chen encountered Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi after Bei Bei won their sparring match and stopped their argument.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi asked to stay in the Star Dou Forest to cultivate, but Ye Chen said its pure energy could hinder their future progress and they should return to the academy.
• Ye Chen decided to set aside the Star Dou Forest's affairs and catch up on his soul-tool studies before going to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy as an exchange student.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Ye Chen reassured Yan Shaozhe and agreed to handle a late new student who had arrived with Ye Chen’s academy token. He took Wang Dong'er toward the Outer Court, where Mu Yiyi waited nervously for an academy leader to decide whether she could enroll.

• Ye Chen parted ways with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi after bringing them back from the Small World.
• Yan Shaozhe found Ye Chen, confirmed he was safe, and told him about a late student carrying a top-level token and introduction letter.
• Ye Chen recognized the token he had given Mu Yiyi and agreed to handle her enrollment while Yan Shaozhe reported to Mu En.
• Ye Chen picked up Wang Dong'er and took her along to the Outer Court to meet the late new student.
• Du Weilun returned to the Academic Affairs Office and told Mu Yiyi to wait for an academy leader.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Ye Chen reassured Yan Shaozhe and identified the late new student’s academy token as one he had given Mu Yiyi. He went to bring Wang Dong’er with him to meet Mu Yiyi, who waited anxiously at the Outer Court Academic Affairs Office for an academy leader.

• Ye Chen brought Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi out of Sea God's Pavilion, and the two parted from him after learning Huo Yuhao was still absorbing his soul ring.
• Yan Shaozhe found Ye Chen, reassured him, and showed him the highest-level token belonging to a late new student.
• Ye Chen recognized the token as the one he had given Mu Yiyi and agreed to handle her enrollment while Yan Shaozhe reported to Mu En.
• Ye Chen visited Wang Dong’er, then took her toward the Outer Court to meet the late new student.
• Mu Yiyi waited nervously at the Academic Affairs Office while Du Weilun told her an academy leader would arrive.

Ye Chen arrived at Shrek Academy with Wang Dong'er and agreed to examine the late new student Mu Yiyi on Yan Shaozhe's behalf. Mu Yiyi was granted a chance to remain at the academy if she passed, and Ye Chen became her examiner.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er drew attention from Outer Court students, who recognized Ye Chen and speculated about their relationship.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er went to the administrative office, where Du Weilun explained that Yan Shaozhe had not arrived.
• Ye Chen presented the academy token and agreed with Du Weilun that Mu Yiyi could enroll if she passed an assessment.
• Du Weilun introduced Ye Chen as Mu Yiyi's examiner, and Mu Yiyi greeted him with a Dou Ling courtly salute.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er arrived at the Outer Court's Dean of Studies office, where Ye Chen took over the assessment of the late new student Mu Yiyi. Du Weilun gave Mu Yiyi a chance to remain at the academy if she passed, leaving Ye Chen to examine her.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er walked through campus as students recognized them and speculated that they were a couple.
• Du Weilun waited for Yan Shaozhe, who had been delayed, while worrying over how to handle Mu Yiyi's late arrival and highest-ranking token.
• Ye Chen arrived with Wang Dong'er and presented the token, then proposed that Mu Yiyi be allowed to take an assessment.
• Du Weilun agreed to admit Mu Yiyi if she passed and named Ye Chen as her examiner.
• Mu Yiyi was relieved to learn she had another chance and respectfully greeted Ye Chen with a Dou Ling courtly salute.

Ye Chen tested Mu Yiyi’s resolve and suitability for Shrek Academy by challenging her to touch him or an object without using soul skills or causing damage. Mu Yiyi failed to reach the wall and discovered that the Ye Chen she charged was only an afterimage.

• Mu Yiyi introduced herself as a twelve-year-old from the Duling Empire with a Frost Dragon Martial Soul and Soul Power Level thirty-two.
• Ye Chen offered Mu Yiyi admission if she could touch him or anything in the room within fifteen minutes, while he suppressed his cultivation to one soul ring.
• Mu Yiyi agreed to the test and immediately rushed toward the wall, but a suction force stopped her just short of touching it.
• Mu Yiyi charged at Ye Chen, only to realize that the figure before her was an afterimage.

Ye Chen tested Mu Yiyi’s composure and resolve with a challenge to touch him or an object without using soul skills or damaging anything. Mu Yiyi tried to reach him, but his techniques stopped her and revealed that she had attacked an afterimage.

• Ye Chen questioned Mu Yiyi and learned that she was a twelve-year-old soul master with a Frost Dragon Martial Soul and Rank 32 Soul Power.
• Ye Chen offered Mu Yiyi a fifteen-minute test: touch him or something in the room without using soul skills or damaging anything, while he suppressed his cultivation to one ring.
• Mu Yiyi accepted immediately and dashed toward the wall, but a powerful suction force stopped her just short of touching it.
• Mu Yiyi turned and charged at Ye Chen, but the suction force halted her again, and she realized the figure before her was an afterimage.

Ye Chen tested Mu Yiyi’s perseverance by making her try to reach him for fifteen minutes, and she passed despite failing to touch him. Mu Yiyi was accepted into Shrek Academy, where she vowed to grow strong and honor her mother.

• Mu Yiyi repeatedly tried to reach Ye Chen, adapting her approach but never catching him as he evaded her.
• Even in the final seconds, Mu Yiyi kept trying, and Ye Chen decided she had passed the assessment.
• Ye Chen asked Du Weilun to arrange Mu Yiyi’s enrollment, then accompanied him to review the procedures.
• Wang Dong'er explained that Ye Chen had been testing Mu Yiyi’s perseverance and determination, not her ability to touch him.
• Mu Yiyi learned how formidable Ye Chen was and vowed to cultivate diligently so she could become someone her mother could see from the heavens.

Ye Chen tested Mu Yiyi’s perseverance by making her try to touch something in the room while he evaded her, and she kept trying until time ran out. He passed her and left with Du Weilun to arrange her enrollment, while Mu Yiyi promised Wang Dong'er she would work hard at Shrek.

• Mu Yiyi repeatedly pursued Ye Chen, changing tactics but never managing to touch anything in the room.
• Despite being exhausted and having only seconds left, Mu Yiyi continued trying until the assessment ended.
• Ye Chen declared that Mu Yiyi had passed, and Du Weilun took him to review the enrollment procedures.
• Wang Dong'er explained that Ye Chen had been testing Mu Yiyi’s perseverance and determination, not her ability to catch him.
• Mu Yiyi vowed to cultivate diligently at Shrek and privately promised her mother she would become a shining star.

Ye Chen completed Mu Yiyi’s enrollment and told Wang Dong'er he needed trustworthy companions for a major undertaking to create a complete world. After visiting the Soul Tool Department, he entered the Small World and discovered the Dream Devourer’s corpse still held Soul Power, prompting him to hurry his plans to go to the Sun Moon Empire and begin Moon Hall’s affairs.

• Mu Yiyi asked Wang Dong'er whether she and Ye Chen were a couple, and Wang Dong'er praised Ye Chen while touching the necklace he had given her.
• Du Weilun completed Mu Yiyi’s enrollment and took her to meet her homeroom teacher.
• Ye Chen told Wang Dong'er that he needed trustworthy companions for a major undertaking, far beyond what their current group could handle.
• Ye Chen visited the Soul Tool Department and found Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Yin Ming absorbed in arguing over Rank 9 Soul Tools.
• Ye Chen entered the Small World and saw Huo Yuhao attempting to fuse with his soul ring, while the Dream Devourer’s corpse still showed Soul Power fluctuations.
• Ye Chen decided to settle his academy business quickly before heading to the Sun Moon Empire and starting Moon Hall’s affairs.

Ye Chen completed Mu Yiyi’s admission and told Wang Dong’er that the major undertaking he planned would require more trusted companions. After settling back into the Inner Court, he visited the Soul Tool Department and entered his Small World, where he found Huo Yuhao fusing his soul ring and noticed lingering soul power in the Dream Devourer’s corpse.

• Ye Chen finished Mu Yiyi’s enrollment, and Mu Yiyi left with Du Weilun to meet her head teacher.
• Wang Dong’er told Mu Yiyi that Ye Chen treated his companions well and treasured the necklace he had given her.
• Ye Chen told Wang Dong’er he needed more trusted companions for a major undertaking, then arranged his Inner Court dormitory and parted from her after lunch.
• Ye Chen found Xian Lin’er, Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Yin Ming engrossed in studying Rank 9 Soul Tool blueprints and chose not to interrupt them.
• Ye Chen entered his Small World and found Huo Yuhao fusing his soul ring, while the Dream Devourer’s corpse still showed signs of soul power fluctuation.
• Ye Chen decided he would soon head to the Sun Moon Empire as matters involving Moon Hall were about to begin.

Ye Chen found a rare head soul bone on the Dream Devourer and left it for Huo Yuhao before asking Electrolux about contracts between humans and soul beasts. Electrolux described a Blood Contract that made the soul beast perish if its master died, leaving Ye Chen uneasy about using it for the Ice and Snow Empresses.

• Ye Chen found a head soul bone on the Dream Devourer's corpse and placed it beside Huo Yuhao for him to fuse with after waking.
• Ye Chen visited Electrolux beside the lake in his Small World and asked about the laws governing worlds.
• Electrolux said he had never reached the true laws of a world and urged Ye Chen to make good use of his world's powers.
• Ye Chen asked Electrolux about contracts that could connect humans and soul beasts, hoping to resolve the Ice and Snow Empresses' situation.
• Electrolux explained that a Blood Contract bound a human and soul beast as master and servant, with the soul beast dying if the master died.
• Ye Chen considered the contract too cruel because it would place the Ice and Snow Empresses' lives entirely in his hands.

Ye Chen secured a rare head soul bone for Huo Yuhao, then consulted Electrolux about contracts between humans and soul beasts. Electrolux described a cruel Blood Contract, leaving Ye Chen to consider whether it could help with Snow Empress's situation.

• Ye Chen searched the Dream Devourer's corpse, found a head soul bone, and placed it beside Huo Yuhao for him to absorb after waking.
• Ye Chen visited Electrolux by the lake in his Small World and asked about the laws governing a complete world.
• Electrolux said he had never understood the true laws of the world and urged Ye Chen to make good use of his world's abilities.
• Ye Chen asked Electrolux about contracts that could bind humans and soul beasts.
• Electrolux explained that a Blood Contract made the human the master and the soul beast the servant, so the beast died if the master died, while the master's life was unaffected if the beast died.
• Ye Chen considered using the Blood Contract for Ice Empress and Snow Empress but found its cruelty difficult to accept.

Ye Chen learned that the available contracts could bind a soul beast’s life to his, then rushed to the Moon Laurel Tree when the Snow Empress Embryo began to rampage. With the array close to breaking and no way to form an Equal Contract with the mindless Snow Empress, Ye Chen considered Elder Yi’s coercive Blood Contract and decided to consult the Ice Empress.

• Elder Yi explained the Blood Contract and Equal Contract, and Ye Chen rejected choosing a Blood Contract unless there was no other way.
• Ye Chen sensed trouble at the Moon Laurel Tree and used its energy to travel there with the Life Gold.
• The Ice Empress told Ye Chen that the Snow Empress Embryo had become agitated and no longer responded to her voice as cracks formed in its Rank 9 Soul Tool array.
• Electrolux judged that the Snow Empress had entered her hatching period and would lose her intelligence if she escaped after the array broke.
• Elder Yi said an Equal Contract required consent, but he could use a method to impose a Blood Contract that might erase the Snow Empress’s memories and bind her to Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen hesitated over the Blood Contract and decided to discuss it with the Ice Empress.

Ye Chen learned that his contract options with soul beasts could bind their fates to his, then rushed to the Moon Laurel Tree when the Snow Empress Embryo began hatching violently. With the formation close to breaking and the Snow Empress unconscious, Ye Chen faced the prospect of using Elder Yi’s consent-free Blood Contract and decided to consult the Ice Empress.

• Elder Yi explained that Blood Contracts and Equal Contracts could both cause a contracted soul beast to die if Ye Chen died, and Ye Chen asked whether other options existed.
• Ye Chen sensed trouble near the Moon Laurel Tree and used its energy to travel there with the Life Gold.
• The Ice Empress told Ye Chen that the Snow Empress Embryo had become agitated and no longer responded to her voice as cracks spread across its Rank 9 Soul Tool formation.
• Elder Yi said the Snow Empress was hatching while confined, and that she would lose her intelligence when she broke free unless they could intervene.
• Elder Yi revealed a method for making a Blood Contract without the other party’s consent, warning that it could erase the Snow Empress’s memories and bind her loyally to Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen hesitated over using the Blood Contract and decided to discuss the Snow Empress’s fate with the Ice Empress.

Ye Chen and Ice Empress chose to use Elder Yi’s contract method to save the unstable Snow Empress Embryo, despite the risk that Snow Empress might lose her memories. As the Rank 9 Soul Tool shattered, Ye Chen completed the contract and touched the embryo, calming its violent energy.

• Ye Chen explained the two contract options and their drawbacks to Ice Empress, who agreed to his plan and asked him to treat Xue'er well if she lost her memories.
• The Snow Empress Embryo’s energy surged, cracking the Rank 9 Soul Tool as Snow Empress abandoned her transformation and unleashed her Soul Power.
• Elder Yi told Ye Chen to forge the contract himself and taught him the method, warning that it would consume a great deal of Spiritual Power.
• Ye Chen used nearly eighty percent of his Spiritual Power to form the contract pattern, which condensed into white light and entered his palm.
• The Rank 9 Soul Tool shattered, and Ye Chen touched Snow Empress’s exposed energy, sending the contract into the embryo and calming its violent power.

Ye Chen and Ice Empress agreed to use Elder Yi’s contract method to save the unstable Snow Empress Embryo, despite the risk that Snow Empress might lose her memories. As the Rank 9 Soul Tool failed, Ye Chen completed the contract and the embryo’s violent energy began to calm.

• Ye Chen explained the contract options to Ice Empress, who chose to proceed and asked him to treat Xue'er well if she lost her memories.
• Snow Empress's Soul Power surged, cracking the Rank 9 Soul Tool's formation as her transformation neared its end.
• Elder Yi taught Ye Chen how to form the contract and warned him that the process would consume substantial Spiritual Power.
• Ye Chen used nearly eighty percent of his Spiritual Power to create the contract pattern and stored it in his palm.
• The Rank 9 Soul Tool shattered, and Ye Chen touched the Snow Empress Embryo, sending the contract into it and calming its violent energy.

Ye Chen completed the contract with the Snow Empress, who transformed into an egg containing her full cultivation. The egg entered Ye Chen’s body, and Elder Yi explained that the Snow Empress had become part of him and that he should now have an additional soul ring.

• Ye Chen traced the contract patterns and successfully formed a bond with the Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress’s energy gathered into a jade-like egg, preserving her seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• The Ice Empress cradled the egg and later handed it to Ye Chen, asking him to protect Xue'er.
• The egg glowed, entered Ye Chen’s body, and Elder Yi told him that the Snow Empress had become part of him as an additional soul ring.