Chapter Summaries

Muzhe accompanied Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he found rare medicinal plants and planted Ah Yin nearby. He prepared a potion to help Dugu Bo redirect the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's poison into his soul bone, though Dugu Bo was frustrated by how simple the solution seemed.

• Dugu Bo brought Muzhe and Dugu Yan through the poisonous miasma to his Medicinal Garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Muzhe planted Ah Yin beside the spring, where the dense Soul Power began rapidly increasing her cultivation age.
• Muzhe identified and collected an Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could suppress poisons.
• Muzhe prepared a potion to ease the pain and weakness caused by Dugu Bo forcing the toxins into his soul bone.
• Dugu Bo understood Muzhe's method but frowned at its apparent simplicity.

Dai Mubai confronted Flender over a Golden Soul Card, and the dispute exposed a trail of old robberies linked to the White Shadows that had attacked Flender and Yu Xiaogang. As the accusations shifted toward Yu Xiaogang and Mu Zhe, the chapter left the group questioning who had truly robbed whom and whether Yu Xiaogang would return the card.

• Dai Mubai recognized his Golden Soul Card and challenged Flender over where he had obtained it.
• Flender denied robbing Dai Mubai, while Dai Mubai and others connected the accusation to the attack at the Rose Hotel seven years earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that a White Shadow had attacked him and stolen a crystal, leaving Tang San behind.
• Tang San said that he and Yu Xiaogang had encountered a pitch-black shadow in Nuoding City, which also attacked them.
• The group noticed that the White Shadows had robbed people in multiple places, and Da Wu suspected Mu Zhe was behind them.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had obtained the card by buying items from a shop, but refused to return the money.

Tang San was struck by Meng Yiran’s Dragon Whisker Needles, and Zhao Wuji tried to seize Meng Yiran after Shrek’s defeat. As Zhao Wuji launched a lethal attack on Snake Crone, Dragon Duke rushed to confront him, while Mu Zhe watched from nearby.

• Mu Zhe secretly redirected Meng Yiran’s Dragon Whisker Needles, and one struck Tang San in the groin, leaving him devastated.
• Dai Mubai helped Tang San remove the needles, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun joined them; Zhao Wuji accused Snake Crone and Meng Yiran of injuring Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji threatened to take Meng Yiran back to Shrek Academy, then attacked Snake Crone after she refused to surrender the soul beast.
• Mu Zhe sent a shadow clone to find Dragon Duke and told him that Zhao Wuji was bullying Snake Crone.
• Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar and several Soul Skills to pin Snake Crone and launch a potentially fatal punch.
• Dragon Duke arrived with a furious shout as Zhao Wuji’s attack closed in on Snake Crone.

Mu Zhe let the Titan Giant Ape take Xiao Wu, while Tang San chased after them and was attacked at Xiao Wu’s command. As the Titan Giant Ape’s punch closed in on Tang San, Mu Zhe hid in the void and Tang Hao arrived.

• Mu Zhe learned from Flender’s memories that his will had compelled Flender to submit, then left him in the Inner World.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Crone departed with Meng Yiran, and Tang San decided Shrek’s group should keep searching for Spirit Rings after he reached level thirty.
• The Titan Giant Ape arrived and carried Xiao Wu away; Tang San pursued it while Mu Zhe reassured Ning Rongrong that Xiao Wu would be safe.
• Xiao Wu ordered Er Ming to kill Tang San, and the Titan Giant Ape attacked him with a devastating punch.
• Mu Zhe concealed himself in the void as Tang Hao arrived and challenged the Titan Giant Ape.

Muzhe appeared at Ma Hongjun Academy and pulled Da Wu into his arms, provoking Tang Hao and the other students. As Zhu Zhuqing and Flender tried to manage the confrontation, Muzhe whisked Flender away, leaving everyone stunned.

• Muzhe arrived at the training grounds and drew Da Wu into his embrace with Soul Power.
• Tang Hao challenged Muzhe and demanded that he release Da Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing warned that the academy had powerful Soul Sage-level experts.
• Zhu Zhuqing hesitated to oppose Muzhe, and Flender tried to calm the students while privately asking Muzhe to leave him out of it.
• Muzhe confronted Flender for threatening students and then used Spiritual Power to make himself and Flender vanish.

Mu Zhe consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to temper his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As their energies battered him, he suppressed his Martial Soul’s attempt to refine them into Soul Power and continued enduring the cultivation.

• Mu Zhe saw that Ah Yin had rapidly recovered to the level of a thousand-year soul beast near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ah Yin tried to stop Mu Zhe from approaching the dangerous spring, but he reassured her and continued toward the two Immortal Herbs.
• Mu Zhe used his shadows to cut down the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then swallowed both herbs.
• When intense cold and heat erupted inside him, Mu Zhe leaped into the spring, alarming Ah Yin until she saw his clothes left on the ground.
• Mu Zhe endured the clashing energies as they tempered his body and forced his Martial Soul’s warm current to stop refining them into Soul Power.

Mu Zhe confronted Dragon Duke and Snake Crone, revealing overwhelming Spiritual Power that suppressed Dragon Duke and pulled him into an unknown space. Snake Crone took Meng Yiran away while Mu Zhe followed Dragon Duke into the black room to talk.

• Dragon Duke questioned Mu Zhe's intentions, and Mu Zhe said he wanted Dragon Duke and Snake Crone as subordinates.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Crone prepared to fight, while Dragon Duke sent Snake Crone to take Meng Yiran to safety.
• Mu Zhe overwhelmed Dragon Duke with his Spiritual Power and made him vanish before Snake Crone and Meng Yiran.
• Snake Crone fled with Meng Yiran, and Mu Zhe disappeared after Dragon Duke to continue their encounter.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Flender’s academy and was traveling with Mu Zhe, prompting Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to argue over who should retrieve her. Meanwhile, Bao Liuli began training the new students, and Flender forced Oscar to run laps after he offered her a sausage.

• A messenger reported that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Flender’s academy and that Mu Zhe had been guarding her, leading Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to assume she had been abducted.
• Ning Fengzhi told the elders to wait and said he would ask Xue Qinghe about Mu Zhe, while Bone Douluo insisted on going to retrieve Ning Rongrong.
• The messenger revealed that he had observed the academy for several days and that its teachers and students had entered the Star Dou Great Forest.
• On the second day after enrollment, Bao Liuli welcomed five new students, including the Shrek Sect Seven Monsters, and began their first lesson.
• Bao Liuli asked Oscar how an auxiliary-system soul master could protect himself; Oscar offered Flender his stamina-restoring sausage, and she sprinted away after ordering him to run fifty laps.

Mu Zhe found a suitable soul beast for Ning Rongrong’s third Spirit Ring and brought it to the Shrek group. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong recognizing the fallen Soul Eater Ghost Tree as the source of her Spirit Ring, stunning Dai Mubai and the others.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Tang San swore not to speak of the previous night, while Mu Zhe suspected the Hallucinogenic Drug had helped bind them together.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted a third Spirit Ring that increased Soul Power, and Dai Mubai doubted she had reached rank thirty as Tang San noticed her Soul Power had risen.
• Mu Zhe sent a shadow clone into the forest and found a roughly two-thousand-year-old Soul Eater Ghost Tree suited to Ning Rongrong.
• Mu Zhe uprooted the Soul Eater Ghost Tree, defeated its attacks, and carried it back to the group.
• The Soul Eater Ghost Tree crashed into a pit before the Shrek group, and Ning Rongrong announced that her third Spirit Ring had arrived.

Ye Zhi Qiu continued beating Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar while Zhao Wuji failed to appear, and Tang San persuaded Ye Zhi Qiu to accept a wager for a rematch. Mu Zhe secretly intervened just as Ye Zhi Qiu agreed, leaving Tang San stunned by a sudden slap.

• Ye Zhi Qiu slapped Ma Hongjun repeatedly and then attacked Dai Mubai while the crowd watched and Zhu Zhuqing stayed aside.
• Ma Hongjun spotted a closed second-floor window and threw a brick at it, but the brick bounced off as Mu Zhe watched from inside.
• Ye Zhi Qiu slapped Tang San and Oscar, then agreed to a fair duel after Tang San wagered that he could win without using his Martial Soul.
• Mu Zhe sent a shadow to Ye Zhi Qiu's hand, and Ye Zhi Qiu suddenly slapped Tang San, leaving him confused about their agreement.

Yu Xiaogang blamed Spirit Hall for his beating and returned there to study, while Old Jack brought Tang San to Nuoding Academy. Tang San was admitted as a work-study student after the gatekeeper recognized his certificate and abruptly changed his attitude.

• Yu Xiaogang told the dean he suspected Spirit Hall had beaten him, but the dean declined to pursue the matter without evidence.
• Yu Xiaogang left the infirmary and went back to Spirit Hall the next morning to study despite having nearly been thrown out the day before.
• Old Jack and Tang San arrived at Nuoding Academy, where Tang San resolved to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret as his father had instructed.
• The gatekeeper mocked Old Jack and Tang San, then became respectful after seeing Tang San's certificate stating he had Silver Blue Grass and innate full soul power.
• Old Jack left Tang San in the gatekeeper's care, and Tang San withdrew his threat after the gatekeeper apologized.

After absorbing the Mandala Snake’s Spirit Ring, Tang San tried to kill Yu Xiaogang but was stopped by Tang Hao, then returned with Yu Xiaogang to Nuoding Academy. He found Xiao Wu preparing to challenge a senior student and hurried to the back mountain, unaware that she planned to use him to reach the Star Dou Great Forest and take revenge.

• Tang San absorbed the Mandala Snake’s Spirit Ring, realized Yu Xiaogang knew his secrets, and aimed a Silent Sleeve Dart at his teacher while he lay unconscious.
• Tang Hao appeared, deflected the dart, warned Tang San not to kill Yu Xiaogang, and ordered him to learn from him.
• Tang San dispersed the snake venom from Yu Xiaogang and escorted him back to Nuoding Academy, resolving to study his knowledge and seek revenge on him and Tang Hao.
• Tang San returned to his dormitory, found Xiao Wu’s bed separated from his, and hurried to the back mountain after hearing that the work-study students had challenged Boss Xiao.
• Xiao Wu greeted Tang San warmly while secretly planning to use their relationship to lure him into the Star Dou Great Forest and have Da Ming and Er Ming kill him, Tang Hao, and Mu Zhe.

After Zhu Zhuqing broke with Dai Mubai, Mu Zhe rescued her and Ning Rongrong from the Titan Giant Ape’s attack, stirring Zhu Zhuqing’s feelings for him. He left them outside a town with a bead that would summon him, then prepared to confront Tang Hao.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused Ning Rongrong’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and said she had broken with Dai Mubai and the Dai Family.
• The Titan Giant Ape’s attack sent a devastating shockwave toward Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and Mu Zhe arrived to pull them into the Void State and save them.
• Mu Zhe comforted Zhu Zhuqing and embraced her, making her believe he cared for her, while Ning Rongrong grew jealous and sought his attention.
• Mu Zhe kissed Ning Rongrong, gave her a bead to summon him if she faced danger, and said he would be away for a while.
• Mu Zhe set out to deal with Tang Hao, but Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward before he could leave.

Tang San and Zhao Wuji traded attacks during the assessment, but Zhao Wuji collapsed after a White Shadow entered his head. Xiang Muzhe protected Dai Mubai and Ren Donggui, while Tang San and Oscar tried to treat Zhao Wuji as suspicion and hostility spread among the students.

• Tang San struck Zhao Wuji with concealed weapons and a small hammer, but Zhao Wuji blocked the weapons and hit Tang San back.
• A White Shadow slipped from Shrek's shadow into his head, causing him to suffer confusion and collapse.
• Bao Liuli and Oscar accused Tang San of poisoning Zhao Wuji and pressured him to help, while Oscar used sausages in an attempt to treat him.
• Xiang Muzhe embraced Dai Mubai and protected Ren Donggui when Zhao Wuji moved against them.
• Tang San extracted golden threads from Zhao Wuji, but the treatment did not wake him before Oscar's Soul Power ran out.

Mu Zhe met Ning Rongrong and Bao Liuli while they complained about the guards secretly protecting them, then intervened when Bao Liuli’s white-clad bodyguards confronted him. He defeated their Soul Sage leader and left Bao Liuli with questions about his strength and identity.

• Ning Rongrong confronted the black-clad guards who had secretly followed her and complained that they kept handling trouble without involving her.
• Mu Zhe approached Ning Rongrong and claimed they had met before, while her guards grew suspicious of him.
• Mu Zhe noticed Bao Liuli’s bodyguards watching him and offered to help her dismiss them.
• When a white-clad Soul Sage attacked Mu Zhe, Mu Zhe struck him and used shadow attacks to suppress him.
• Mu Zhe recalled the Ice and Fire energy from the fallen Soul Sage, then vanished after saying farewell to Ah Yin.
• Bao Liuli watched Mu Zhe defeat her bodyguard leader and wondered how strong he was.

Mu Zhe rescued Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then used the battle between Tang Hao and the Titan Giant Ape to launch a surprise attack on Tang Hao. The chapter left Tang Hao pierced from behind by Mu Zhe, with ice-and-fire Soul Power surging into his body.

• Mu Zhe left Zhu Zhuqing after rescuing her and Ning Rongrong, while Xiao Wu watched the three disappear to safety.
• Xiao Wu ordered Er Ming to keep attacking Tang Hao, who unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain and sought to kill the Titan Giant Ape for its hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings and soul bones.
• Tang San watched the battle from hiding and remained unaware that Tang Hao was his father.
• Mu Zhe concealed himself and approached Tang Hao while the Clear Sky Hammer and the Titan Giant Ape clashed.
• Xiao Wu told Tang Hao he would die that day, but he dismissed her warning and pressed his attack on Er Ming.
• Mu Zhe appeared behind Tang Hao and pierced his chest, flooding his body with scorching and freezing Soul Power.

Muzhe protected Xiao Wu from Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapons, then subdued Tang San and investigated the divine mark in his Sea of Consciousness. He recognized it as Xiang Xiaowu’s Asura God mark and left Tang San alive as a possible successor, while Xiao Wu remained in Muzhe’s arms.

• Tang San attacked Muzhe with poisoned hidden weapons and used Xiao Wu as cover, but Muzhe blocked the weapons and pulled her to safety.
• Muzhe suppressed Tang San’s killing intent and left him unconscious, then took Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong toward a hotel.
• Muzhe sent his consciousness into Tang San’s Sea of Consciousness and discovered a blood-red divine mark bearing Xiang Xiaowu’s aura.
• Muzhe concluded that Tang San could inherit the Asura God Trial and withdrew without killing him.
• Xiao Wu worried that Muzhe might target her for her Spirit Ring, but Muzhe embraced her and asked whether she truly thought he was dangerous.

Mu Zhe devoured the Ice Dragon King's origin beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gaining its divine energy and memories while raising his second Spirit Ring. After half a year, Dugu Bo learned from Ah Yin that Mu Zhe was still cultivating below, though Ah Yin remained uneasy about his long absence.

• Mu Zhe reached the Ice Dragon King's corpse and used his second Soul Skill to devour the energy within its origin.
• Mu Zhe found that the origin contained the Ice Dragon King's Divine Soul and began absorbing its memories and spiritual power.
• Mu Zhe directed the divine energy into his second Spirit Ring, whose cultivation gradually increased.
• Dugu Bo returned to the spring after half a year and worried that Mu Zhe had died below.
• Ah Yin told Dugu Bo that Mu Zhe was still cultivating beneath the spring and collected his clothes and Soul Tool.
• Dugu Bo left the spring, while Ah Yin wondered what treasure had kept Mu Zhe below for so long.

Muzhe and Qian Renxue left the tavern after he defeated Qin Yu and Tang San, then spent the evening walking together. Qian Renxue tried to drug Muzhe and confessed her feelings, while Muzhe explored her Sea of Consciousness and confirmed her connection to the Angel God; their relationship remained unresolved.

• Muzhe kicked Qin Yu between the legs, while Tang San and Qin Yu were later left unconscious after Muzhe intervened.
• Outside the tavern, Qian Renxue considered killing the fallen men but chose to leave with Muzhe and change clothes.
• As they walked through the city, Qian Renxue released a drug and asked Muzhe what their relationship was, then admitted she was serious about him.
• Muzhe caught Qian Renxue when she collapsed and entered her Sea of Consciousness, where he found a trace of Divine Soul that supported her identity as the Angel God's reincarnation.
• Qian Renxue woke to find Muzhe still preoccupied with his thoughts, and she was left frustrated that he had not responded to her advances.

Mu Zhe brought Ye Lingling into his Inner Space and used a special flower to remove the curse restricting her Nine Heart Begonia bloodline. After her Martial Soul transformed, Ye Lingling celebrated with Mu Zhe, free of the curse and stronger than before.

• Mu Zhe suspected that a curse or divine influence limited the Nine Heart Begonia lineage and took Ye Lingling to his Inner Space.
• Mu Zhe gave Ye Lingling a flower that could remove curses, and she activated it with a drop of blood before eating it.
• The flower's power fought the curse in Ye Lingling's blood, overcame it, and nourished her body and Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling's Martial Soul transformed, her Soul Power improved, and she threw herself into Mu Zhe's arms.