Chapter Summaries

Bai Xu explained how his cultivation, experiments with parallel universes, and search for higher realms led him to create He Transformation Free Heaven and send the secret manual to other versions of himself. After he offered Bai Xu the choice to return to an ordinary life or continue, Gu Yue and Na'er entered the same realm and witnessed a future in which Gu Yue lived without Bai Xu.

• Bai Xu recounted his cultivation from Earth through the sixth and seventh levels of the Divine Forbidden Realm and his creation of parallel universes.
• Bai Xu explained that his power in the secret manual had affected Bai Xu's state of mind and offered to send him back before transmigration if he chose an ordinary life.
• Bai Xu warned that the universe's independent will would oppose him because he was not a Soul Master, and he revealed that the Spirit of the Plane had left behind what Bai Xu was asked to comprehend.
• Gu Yue and Na'er entered He Transformation Free Heaven and watched a future in which Gu Yue fell in love with Tang Wulin and the soul beasts' conflict ended in catastrophe.
• Gu Yue grew furious as she watched her future self accept Lan Xuanyu's actions and become human, while Na'er urged her to search for Bai Xu and keep what they had seen secret.
• Na'er suggested that Bai Xu already knew their futures and asked Gu Yue what he wanted from them.

Bai Xu accepted the risk of staying in the mysterious domain, then reunited with Gu Yue and Na’er and learned that they had chosen to stand beside him while pursuing their own goals. Months later, Bai Xu and Na’er lived and cultivated together, while Gu Yue continued her Spirit Pagoda plans and visited when she could.

• A second Bai Xu gave Bai Xu memories proving his identity and warned that Gu Yue’s Mental Imprint could subtly influence her depending on her will.
• Bai Xu chose to stay in the domain, and the other Bai Xu disappeared after warning him about Gu Yue’s imprint.
• Back in the mountain courtyard, Gu Yue and Na’er told Bai Xu they liked him and had rejected the future shaped by Tang San’s calculations.
• Gu Yue planned to join the Spirit Pagoda and remove her Mental Imprint, while Na’er planned to cultivate and rescue the parents who had raised her.
• Gu Yue left to continue her exchange in Star Luo, while Na’er stayed with Bai Xu to cultivate and help him activate the Dragon God Core.
• Months later, Bai Xu and Na’er cooked and ate together, reminiscing about their first meeting at Shrek Academy.

Bai Xu gave Na'er a five-colored metal for her future Battle Armor and discussed his unfinished cultivation. Six months later, Gu Yue shared her plans to join Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, while the three reflected on the future and Tang Wulin’s disappearance in the Dragon Tomb.

• Na'er confessed that she had fallen in love with Bai Xu after he protected her from the Evil Soul Masters, and Bai Xu told her he would make her Battle Armor from five-colored metal.
• Bai Xu explained that he still needed to complete the Triple Burner to finish the Six Fu.
• Six months later, Gu Yue said she planned to graduate from the outer court and research Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters rather than pursue the Qian Gu Family.
• Na'er left to stroll around town, and Gu Yue let Bai Xu touch her Dragon Wings as compensation for having once used him to monitor her.
• Na'er returned, and Gu Yue said Tang Wulin had likely entered the Dragon Tomb to receive the Golden Dragon's inheritance.

Gu Yue left with the Dragon God Core after clearing its lingering power from Bai Xu, reflecting on her feelings for him and the soul beasts’ alliance with him against the Tang family’s control. Tang Wulin continued burying dragon bones in Dragon Valley, while Na'er asked Bai Xu to remember her even if she and Gu Yue eventually merged.

• Bai Xu gave Gu Yue and Na'er growing five-colored Battle Armor and said he would hunt the Evil Soul Masters before advancing his cultivation.
• Gu Yue removed the Dragon God Core’s lingering influence from Bai Xu, took the core, and left to begin the soul beasts’ plan.
• Gu Yue recalled how she developed feelings for Bai Xu and how the soul beasts chose to ally with him to resist losing their freedom.
• Tang Wulin buried dragon bones in Dragon Valley, where dragon souls asked whether he knew the truth about the great war before falling silent.
• Na'er told Bai Xu that only Gu Yue would remain in the future and asked him to remember her as Na'er.

Bai Xu and Na'er tracked down the Evil Soul Masters responsible for a massacre, with Bai Xu using karmic threads and soul searching to find their allies. As Na'er prepared to attack a hidden stronghold in White Tiger City, Chou Zhiyi received an order from a mysterious Titled Douluo to capture one hundred people within three months.

• Na'er grieved over her lonely life and future death, and Bai Xu comforted her before taking her to hunt the Evil Soul Masters.
• The Spirit of the Plane guided Bai Xu to follow a karmic thread to Bay Ravine Village, where he killed Yelang and searched his memories for the Evil Soul Masters' gathering place.
• Bai Xu and Na'er reached a hidden Evil Soul Master stronghold in White Tiger City, and Bai Xu asked Na'er to handle the attack while he guarded the perimeter.
• Bai Xu warned Na'er that the Spirit Pagoda might be cooperating with the Evil Soul Masters in Star Luo, so she should end the fight quickly and prevent anyone from escaping.
• A mysterious Titled Douluo ordered the injured Chou Zhiyi to capture about one hundred people within three months, threatening to kill him if he failed.

Bai Xu and Na'er continued their travels as he practiced array patterns and refined Life Gold, while Na'er revealed her First Rank Battle Armor. In White Tiger City, Gu Yue announced she would leave Shrek and return to the Spirit Pagoda, and the chapter ended with her and Na'er calmly insisting Tang Wulin would return safely when they encountered the Shrek group.

• Bai Xu explained array patterns and artifact refining to Na'er, showing her the five-colored Life Gold he was shaping into an artifact embryo.
• Na'er tested the Life Gold with her Silver Dragon Spear, absorbed some of its essence, and broke through in Soul Power before showing Bai Xu her First Rank Battle Armor.
• On the Soul Guidance Train, Xie Xie confronted Gu Yue for visiting Bai Xu instead of searching for Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue admitted Bai Xu had influenced her.
• Gu Yue told the Shrek Seven Devils she had rejected the nominations and invitations tied to Shrek, would apply to graduate, and planned to return to the Spirit Pagoda.
• In White Tiger City, Bai Xu bought Na'er cotton candy, and they encountered the Shrek group while walking together.
• Na'er told Xie Xie she knew Tang Wulin was missing and believed he would return safely, while Gu Yue smiled at Bai Xu.

Bai Xu and Na'er left Shrek's group together, then attacked an Evil Soul Master stronghold in White Tiger City and uncovered the location of a hidden palace where captives were being sent. They secretly scouted the palace for ten days and prepared a Five Elements formation, but Bai Xu sensed something was wrong with the formation flags.

• Bai Xu and Na'er departed together after Na'er told Wu Changkong and Elder Cai she wanted to travel with him, while Gu Yue let them go.
• Two days later, Na'er attacked an Evil Soul Master stronghold in White Tiger City while Bai Xu searched the captured Soul King's memories and learned about a hidden palace outside the city.
• Bai Xu and Na'er found the concealed palace and hid nearby while the Spirit of the Plane watched for powerful enemies.
• After several days of scouting, Bai Xu confirmed that Chou Zhiyi, a Soul Saint, was likely stationed at the palace and spent ten days inscribing formation patterns onto five banners.
• Bai Xu finished the patterns but sensed that the Five Elements Flags felt as though they were covered in dust, leaving him puzzled about what was wrong.

Bai Xu destroyed an Evil Soul Master hall and discovered that the Five Elements formation’s true power came from using the changes and laws within heaven and earth, not merely its surface. After learning that a Titled Douluo planned to collect captives for experiments in three months, he left the surviving captives to worry about the escaped third Zhong brother and the Holy Spirit Cult’s next move.

• Bai Xu and Na'er trapped the Evil Soul Masters in the Five Elements formation, and Bai Xu split their hall with a single sword strike.
• Bai Xu killed Devouring Ant and the two Zhong brothers, then fought Chou Zhiyi as the formation began to collapse.
• Bai Xu used his Five-Colored Life Gold cauldron and Mental Attack to defeat Chou Zhiyi, realizing he had only cultivated the surface of the Five Elements.
• The third Zhong brother sensed his brothers’ deaths, killed the people around him, and went into hiding.
• Bai Xu searched Chou Zhiyi’s soul, learned that a Titled Douluo planned to collect the captives for experiments in three months, and opened a way for the surviving people to escape.

Bai Xu and Na'er returned toward Shrek after Gu Yue relayed Elder Cai and Yun Ming’s request, while Bai Xu’s precautions against revenge failed to draw out Third Master Zhong. Yan Jie learned of Bai Xu’s abilities and began plotting to use him as the target of his identity-stealing soul skill; at the coastal port, the Shrek Seven Devils waited in vain for Bai Xu to appear.

• Bai Xu and Na'er agreed to visit Shrek after Gu Yue told them Elder Cai and Yun Ming wanted Bai Xu to bring Na'er back.
• Bai Xu waited in White Tiger City for a month, but Third Master Zhong could not approach the civilians and eventually abandoned his plan to learn who had destroyed the branch hall.
• Third Master Zhong told Yan Jie that Bai Xu had Three Lives Martial Soul, and Yan Jie killed him and devoured his memories to confirm the claim.
• Yan Jie resolved to assess Bai Xu as a potential target for his Death Substitute Exchange soul skill and imagined taking over his path to godhood.
• At the coastal port, Gu Yue met Bai Xu and Na'er while Elder Cai and Wu Changkong watched, but the Shrek Seven Devils waited until the ship was about to depart without seeing their captain.

Elder Cai learned that Na'er had recovered her talent and wanted to stay with Bai Xu alongside Gu Yue, so she reported the news to Yun Ming, who allowed them to return. Later, Bai Xu used a Five Elements array to explain his cultivation ideas to Gu Yue and asked to study her, ending with her reluctantly agreeing while he requested to touch her Dragon Wings.

• Elder Cai questioned Na'er and learned she loved Bai Xu, knew Gu Yue loved him too, and had become a Soul King and First Rank Battle Armor Master after regaining her talent.
• Na'er told Elder Cai that Bai Xu had restored her talent and given her an immortal herb, and Elder Cai reported Na'er's wishes to Yun Ming.
• Yun Ming agreed to let Na'er and Bai Xu return, while Ya Li reflected that Na'er had found her other half.
• Bai Xu placed crude Five Elements Banners around his room and explained his understanding of the Five Elements path to Gu Yue.
• Bai Xu asked to study Gu Yue, and she reluctantly agreed on the condition that he not go too far; he then asked to touch her Dragon Wings.

Bai Xu and Gu Yue confronted their feelings and their unequal knowledge of the future, while Na'er chose to stay with him despite Shrek's concerns. After returning to the mainland, Bai Xu joined Gu Yue at the Spirit Pagoda, and Na'er affirmed her commitment to him.

• Gu Yue used her Dragon Wings and tail to be intimate with Bai Xu, but Na'er's arrival interrupted them before they went further.
• Bai Xu revealed that he had sent a self-created clone to stay with Na'er, and Gu Yue challenged him about controlling events and her choices.
• Gu Yue bound and kissed Bai Xu, then insisted he spend the night with her without resisting or trying to cultivate.
• The delegation returned safely; Na'er went back to Shrek while Bai Xu accompanied Gu Yue to the Spirit Pagoda, where Leng Yaozhu appointed him as Gu Yue's assistant.
• Na'er showed Yun Ming and Ya Li that her talent had recovered, and told them she was certain she wanted to be with Bai Xu.

Bai Xu met Yun Ming, who accepted his relationship with both Na'er and Gu Yue but warned him about the possible conflict between Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda. Na'er and Ya Li discussed that danger, and the chapter ended with Na'er reuniting with Bai Xu by Sea God Lake.

• Na'er led Bai Xu to meet Yun Ming, while Gu Yue left to apply for graduation from the outer court.
• Yun Ming questioned Bai Xu about his relationships with Na'er and Gu Yue, then accepted their mutual understanding.
• Yun Ming reflected on Bai Xu's unusual lack of attachment and warned him that conflict between Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda could force a difficult choice.
• Ya Li asked Na'er to consider where Bai Xu would stand if Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda came into conflict, and Na'er said she believed he could prevent disaster.
• Na'er ran to Bai Xu by Sea God Lake and embraced him, telling him she had been worried.

After Gu Yue and Na'er left the Seven Monsters to stay with Bai Xu, the three settled into their work at the Spirit Pagoda while pursuing their own goals. Bai Xu advanced his Five Elements cultivation and began opening his meridians, ending the chapter by considering whether studying Gu Yue’s Silver Dragon form could help him create another Silver Dragon King.

• Gu Yue bid farewell to the Seven Monsters, then left with Bai Xu and Na'er as the others vowed to keep training for the captain’s return.
• Leng Yaozhu was surprised that Gu Yue and Na'er were both staying with Bai Xu, who became Gu Yue’s low-profile secretary at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yue researched artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits, Na'er cultivated on Sea God Island, and Bai Xu studied the Five Elements while his five organs changed.
• Bai Xu transformed a potted Blue Silver Grass into a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, canceled its attack, and returned it to an ordinary blade of grass as he explored the Wood Element.
• Bai Xu began opening his meridians with Five Elements Essence, then helped Gu Yue recover from her research before she told him colleagues were gossiping about their relationship.
• Gu Yue transformed into her Silver Dragon form for Bai Xu to study, and he wondered whether he could use that research to manifest the Silver Dragon Origin and create another Silver Dragon King.

Gu Yue warned Bai Xu against separating Na'er from Gu Yue Na, while Di Tian reported on plans for the Myriad Beast Platform and Gu Yue considered the soul beasts’ position in the coming conflict. Two years later, Bai Xu had grown stronger, and he and Gu Yue prepared to attend Sea God's Fate as spectators, where Tang Wulin was expected to confront him.

• Gu Yue accused Bai Xu of risking Na'er's existence by trying to restore her origin, and Bai Xu agreed to explain his intentions to Gu Yue Na.
• Gu Yue told Di Tian that Da Ming and Er Ming were building the Myriad Beast Platform, which would need the Dragon God Core and serve as leverage in negotiations with humanity.
• Bai Xu spent two years refining his Five Elements artifacts and cultivation, reaching Soul Power Level 63 and developing his Time soul skill.
• Gu Yue told Bai Xu that Na'er had invited them to watch Sea God's Fate at Shrek Inner Court, where Tang Wulin would return and could challenge Bai Xu.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng reviewed Gu Yue's strong research record and noted that her file listed Bai Xu as her secretary and rumored lover.

Qian Gu Dongfeng and the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to use two God-Slaying Soul Guidance Cannon shells against Shrek and the Tang Sect, while Bai Xu, Gu Yue, and Na'er reunited at Shrek. Tang Wulin returned and challenged Bai Xu over Na'er, and the chapter ended as the Sea God's Fate matchmaking event began.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng agreed to help the Holy Spirit Cult smuggle its God-Slaying Soul Guidance Cannon shells into Shrek City, intending to let the Cult and Shrek destroy each other.
• Bai Xu and Gu Yue returned to Shrek Academy after nearly two and a half years, where Na'er met them and said she had chosen a future with Bai Xu.
• Tang Wulin returned from the Dragon Tomb, learned that Na'er and Gu Yue liked Bai Xu, and rushed to confront them.
• Na'er affirmed her choice, and Tang Wulin challenged Bai Xu to a match to decide whether Bai Xu could take her away.
• Tang Wulin asked Gu Yue about her Silver Dragon Bloodline, then left after lunch without confronting Bai Xu.
• Bai Xu, Gu Yue, and Na'er watched the Sea God's Fate matchmaking event begin as Shrek Academy's towered ship crossed Sea God Lake.

Bai Xu defeated Tang Wulin in a duel, then left Shrek with Gu Yue as Tang Wulin accepted punishment for the Golden Tree’s loss of energy. At the Spirit Pagoda, Gu Yue agreed to attend a banquet where Qiangu Zhangting was meant to win her over, though his dossier revealed her relationship with Bai Xu.

• Bai Xu, Gu Yue, and Na'er left the Sea God's Fate event together and resolved to face the uncertain future as a team.
• Bai Xu defeated Tang Wulin in a duel, and Tang Wulin conceded before leaving with the Shrek Seven Devils; the academy punished him by enlisting him in the military.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gu Yue about Qian Gu Dongfeng's banquet for the Spirit Pagoda's younger generation, and Gu Yue agreed to attend.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng instructed Qiangu Zhangting to win over Gu Yue because of her research into artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits.
• Qiangu Zhangting saw Bai Xu listed as Gu Yue's lover and dismissed the idea of pursuing her.

Qiangu Zhangting and Qian Gu Dongfeng assessed Bai Xu’s talent and arranged for him to travel to the Dou Ling Empire, while Yan Jie also received orders to go there. Bai Xu accepted the mission despite Gu Yue’s concerns, and she gave him a Silver Dragon scale before his departure.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng ordered an investigation into Bai Xu, then reviewed his history and recognized his exceptional potential.
• Gu Yue and Bai Xu attended a Spirit Pagoda banquet, where they met Qiangu Zhangting and drew Qian Gu Dongfeng’s attention.
• Yan Jie was ordered to leave the Star Luo Empire and continue research in the Dou Ling Empire, where he resolved to seek a future divine position.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng assigned Qiangu Zhangting to take Bai Xu to the Dou Ling Empire and told Hua Tao to protect Zhangting without revealing the secret research.
• Bai Xu received the nonrefusable mission to travel to the Dou Ling Empire, and Gu Yue gave him a Silver Dragon scale despite worrying about the danger.

Bai Xu parted from Gu Yue and sailed for the Dou Ling Empire, where he rejected Qiangu Zhangting’s recruitment and drew the hostility of one of Zhangting’s followers. As the ship neared its destination, Yan Jie met the Evil Soul Master Poison Spring on the shore.

• Bai Xu told Gu Yue he would not yet save Na’er’s parents, and Gu Yue warned that her and Na’er’s origins were becoming unstable and might fuse into Gu Yue Na.
• Gu Yue Na awakened and took control, then later replaced Gu Yue as Bai Xu departed; she realized Bai Xu had recognized her.
• Qiangu Zhangting sent Ge Mingren to recruit Bai Xu, but Bai Xu refused and returned to his room.
• Qiangu Zhangting’s followers spread word of Bai Xu’s refusal, and one follower volunteered to challenge him after the ship reached the Dou Ling Empire.
• Yan Jie greeted Poison Spring, an Evil Soul Master waiting on the shore, as the ship approached the Dou Ling Empire.

Bai Xu defeated Qiangu Zhangting's follower in a virtual duel, drawing the attention of Yan Jie, an Evil Soul Master who recognized him from three years earlier. Yan Jie began plotting to capture Bai Xu, while Bai Xu deliberately headed outside Lingbo City with Yan Jie following him.

• Poison Spring told Yan Jie to keep the Evil Soul Masters' research under watch and warned him that Qiangu Zhangting had arrived in Dou Ling.
• Hua Tao welcomed Qiangu Zhangting to Lingbo City and assigned him to negotiate with the imperial family about expanding the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Zhangting's follower challenged Bai Xu, and Bai Xu accepted the duel at the Spirit Pagoda's Virtual Trial Arena.
• Bai Xu crushed the follower's virtual skull without using his Soul Rings, and Yan Jie recognized him as the person he had sought for three years.
• Yan Jie resolved to capture Bai Xu intact, while Bai Xu identified him as an Evil Soul Master and walked out of Lingbo City with Yan Jie secretly pursuing him.

Bai Xu fought Yan Jie in the Dou Ling Empire, but Yan Jie escaped after killing dozens of civilians and began plotting to recruit a powerful ally against him. In Shrek City, Gu Yue Na revealed herself to Na'er and told her that Gu Yue had been keeping her separate, setting up their impending fusion.

• Yan Jie ordered an Evil Soul Master to kill Bai Xu, but Bai Xu killed the Soul Emperor and pursued Yan Jie.
• Yan Jie used civilians as hostages to test Bai Xu, then killed them with his Scorpion Martial Soul before escaping from the arriving Dou Ling Imperial Family.
• Bai Xu asked the Spirit of the Plane to revive the victims someday and learned he could not track Yan Jie accurately until he became a Titled Douluo.
• Yan Jie contacted a rank-ninety-five Titled Douluo and lured him toward Bai Xu, planning to betray him and seize the advantage.
• Gu Yue Na met Na'er in Shrek City and revealed that Gu Yue had kept Na'er separate, while Bai Xu was away in the Dou Ling Empire.