Chapter Summaries

Lan Fuzi brought Zhao Xuanzhen and Yue Zhengyu to the Holy Spirit Cult’s North Sea City research institute to retrieve mental suppressants and destroy the cult’s operation. Zhao Xuanzhen crushed Na Nali’s Martial Soul Avatar and armor with one punch, while Yue Zhengyu executed her and the other Evil Soul Masters.

• Na Nali killed a researcher, then gave Lan Fuzi the mental suppressants and argued that the remaining researchers should be killed.
• Yue Zhengyu attacked the institute, and Zhao Xuanzhen revealed himself alongside Lan Fuzi, who declared her intention to stop the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Na Nali unleashed her bell domain and vengeful spirits, but Zhao Xuanzhen shattered her Martial Soul Avatar and Battle Armor with a single punch.
• Zhao Xuanzhen bound the fleeing Evil Soul Masters with Wind Chains, then left Na Nali to Yue Zhengyu, who killed her.

Zhao Xuanzhen fused with the War God Panda, formed a Platinum Mental Soul Core, and gained his Eighth Soul Ring before setting out with Gu Yue for the Blood God Army. During their journey, Gu Yue asked whether he would accept a being created by merging her and Na'er, but desert Soul Beasts attacked before he could answer.

• Zhao Xuanzhen fused with the War God Panda and formed a Yin Yang complementary Second Soul Core, gaining a Platinum Eighth Soul Ring.
• Leng Yaozhu advised Zhao Xuanzhen about the Blood God Army, gave him books on Level Nine secondary professions, and saw him off with Gu Yue.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Gu Yue traveled west toward the Heaven's End Mountain Range, stopping in the desert for the night.
• Gu Yue asked Zhao Xuanzhen whether he would accept a girl formed by merging her and Na'er, who would love only him.
• Desert Soul Beasts burst from the sand and rushed toward Zhao Xuanzhen and Gu Yue before he answered.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated En Ci in the final battle of the Five Gods' Trial, securing victory for the Spirit Pagoda. Hu Jie then attempted to assassinate Zhao Xuanzhen with King Yama's Post, but Yin Yang Reversal sent it back and killed him, prompting the Star Luo Empire to declare the Tang Sect an evil organization.

• En Ci unleashed Peerless Holy Dragon and its Thousand Dragon Dance domain, but Zhao Xuanzhen's Jiuli-enhanced Tai Chi Dao overwhelmed it with Myriad Laws of Nature.
• Zhao Xuanzhen defeated En Ci with All Things Return to One, ending the Five Gods' Trial and drawing cheers from the Star Luo crowd.
• Hu Jie attacked Zhao Xuanzhen with King Yama's Post as Zhao released his Martial Soul Avatar, but Zhao reflected the needle with Yin Yang Reversal.
• King Yama's Post struck Hu Jie, who failed to stop its poison by cutting off part of his body and dissolved into a pool of pus.
• Dai Tianling congratulated Zhao Xuanzhen, pledged Star Luo's friendship to the Spirit Pagoda, and declared the Tang Sect an evil organization.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Qiangu Zhangting in the Virtual Space battlefield, destroying both his Battle Armor and the Soul Seizing Token. He left Qiangu Zhangting raving that he was emperor after using the Eight Trigrams Qimen Four-Pan Array on him.

• Qiangu Zhangting used his Martial Soul Avatar and Unyielding Staff Technique against Zhao Xuanzhen, but Zhao Xuanzhen caught his staff with the True Self Manifestation.
• Zhao Xuanzhen unleashed Blazing Flames Destroy the World, devastating Qiangu Zhangting, shattering his Battle Armor, and breaking the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Qiangu Zhangting revealed the Soul Seizing Token and sent Medusa's curse toward Zhao Xuanzhen, who destroyed the attack and the artifact with the Huanglong Spear.
• Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Qiangu Zhangting and became the undisputed first heir to the Spirit Pagoda's Pagoda Master position.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used the Eight Trigrams Qimen Four-Pan Array on Qiangu Zhangting, who lost his self-awareness and repeatedly declared, "I am emperor."

After Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Qiangu Zhangting and won the Spirit Emissary position, he returned to the Spirit Pagoda and faced growing rivalry over his affection for Gu Yue and Na'er. Meanwhile, Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion arranged his graduation assessment, while Long Yeyue secretly planned to have Cai Yue'er cripple him.

• Leng Yaozhu forced Qian Gu Dongfeng to recognize Zhao Xuanzhen as a Spirit Emissary, grant him authority, and hand over three Spirit Pagoda branches to his subordinates.
• Gu Yue, Na'er, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui welcomed Zhao Xuanzhen, and Gu Yue proposed delaying the Artificial Ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit announcement until he became Spirit Pagoda Master.
• Gu Yue urged Zhao Xuanzhen to attend the Sea God Fate Dating Convention, then challenged Na'er to settle their rivalry over his affection there.
• Zhuo Shi convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, where Yun Ming assigned Zhao Xuanzhen an Inner Court graduation assessment against Lan Muzi after the convention.
• Long Yeyue told Cai Yue'er she intended to replace Lan Muzi as Zhao Xuanzhen’s assessor and gave her a Dragon Pearl, ordering her to cripple him.

At the Sea God Fate Dating Convention, Zhao Xuanzhen chose Na'er, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui, defying the rule that he could choose only one. Their bride-stealing battle began, while Lan Muzi warned Zhao Xuanzhen to be careful during the Graduation Assessment and prepared to fight him.

• Zhao Xuanzhen took Na'er and Gu Yue's hands and used Yin and Yang Qi to choose Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui as well, declaring that all four were his wings.
• Lan Muzi confirmed Zhao Xuanzhen had broken the convention's rules, and Wu Sido and Dai Yun'er protested while Dai Yun'er, Xu Lizhi, Long Yue, and Xu Mi'er volunteered to steal brides.
• Lan Muzi announced that he would defend the rules by challenging Zhao Xuanzhen, while Yun Ming and Long Yeyue discussed changing Zhao Xuanzhen's Graduation Assessment examiner to avoid turning Shrek Academy against him.
• Na'er, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Zhao Xuanzhen revealed their battle armor and soul rings as the bride-stealing battle began.
• Na'er fought Long Yue, Gu Yue faced Xu Mi'er, Ye Xinglan battled Dai Yun'er, and Yuanen Yehui fought Wu Sido, while Xu Lizhi threw buns and called to Ye Xinglan.
• Lan Muzi told Zhao Xuanzhen that Light Darkness Douluo had commanded the challenge and warned him to be careful during the Graduation Assessment before raising his blade to fight.

Zhao Xuanzhen fought Cai Yue'er in a battle to the death after she challenged him on Long Yeyue's orders. He overwhelmed Cai Yue'er with the Huanglong Spear and his domains, then killed her with the Evil Orca King's soul skills as Long Yeyue was intercepted.

• Long Yeyue backed Cai Yue'er's challenge to Zhao Xuanzhen, and Yun Ming ordered the other Shrek leaders to protect the students while he and Ya Li watched the fight.
• Cai Yue'er revealed her Three-character Battle Armor Silver Moon Nether and attacked Zhao Xuanzhen with Silver Moon Fall, but his Realm of Annihilation destroyed the falling moons.
• Zhao Xuanzhen combined his domains and soul skills, summoned the Huanglong Spear, and pierced Cai Yue'er's Crimson Moon and Silver Moon Scepter.
• Cai Yue'er unleashed Long Yeyue's Light Darkness Two Extremes Blast, but Zhao Xuanzhen used Chaos Nothingness and Tai Chi to counter it while the Dragon King subdued the two dragons.
• Zhao Xuanzhen struck Cai Yue'er from the sky, then used Orca Tooth Shatter Slash to tear her apart as a white-bearded old man intercepted Long Yeyue.
• Zhao Xuanzhen finished Cai Yue'er with Orca Demon Axe, splitting her body in two.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Qiangu Dieting, who died after unleashing his ultimate self-sacrificing strike, and Teng Snake killed Qiangu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Qingfeng. The Qian Gu Family’s allies fell in the ensuing rout, and the chapter ended with the family and its core faction destroyed.

• Zhao Xuanzhen used All Things Return to One to neutralize Qiangu Dieting’s Heaven and Earth Mourn Together, killing the War God Douluo and ending the three pillars of the Qian Gu Family.
• Teng Snake exploited the brothers’ grief and weakened wills to kill Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qian Gu Qingfeng with Illusory Deception Fire.
• Na'er killed Heavenly Saint Douluo Xu Shenggun, while Gu Yue killed Witch Douluo Li Mengjie and Zhao Xuanzhen’s allies cut down the Qian Gu faction’s remaining forces.
• Zhao Xuanzhen learned from Zhuang Yi that Hanyun Douluo and Qiangu Zhangting had disappeared, and he ordered the battlefield cleared and the soul spirits extracted.
• Zhuang Yi reversed his Soul Power and killed himself as Zhao Xuanzhen left with Na'er and Gu Yue; the Qian Gu Family and its core faction were declared destroyed.

Elder Jin punished Long Yeyue and explained that the Golden Ancient Tree protected all life rather than belonging to Shrek, while Yun Ming began reforms and Zhao Xuanzhen recovered the Body Sect’s lost Secret of the Body. Zhao Xuanzhen left Shrek with his classmates after graduation, but their reunion was interrupted by Fixed Soul Cannonballs descending from the sky.

• Cai Yue'er died after Zhao Xuanzhen defeated her, and Elder Jin ordered the Thunderclap Nether Vine to electrocute Long Yeyue for challenging the Golden Ancient Tree’s authority.
• Elder Jin explained the Golden Ancient Tree’s history and its past aid to Shrek, while Yun Ming accepted the need for academy reform and received the Secret of the Body from Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Yun Ming ordered Long Yeyue to retire and made the Sea God Pavilion Elders reflect on reforms; he and Ya Li later buried Cai Yue'er beneath a tree by the Sea God Lake.
• Elder Jin freed himself from the Blue Silver Emperor, restored Eastern Wood Liu He, and wished Zhao Xuanzhen success as he left Shrek.
• Zhao Xuanzhen reunited with his classmates, took a group photo with them by the Silver Dragon Sculpture, and prepared to part ways.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and his classmates looked up as Fixed Soul Cannonballs streaked down from the sky.

Zhao Xuanzhen completed his Two-Word Battle Armor, Tai Chi, and First Year Class One prepared to choose its fighters for a challenge against Third Year. Yue Zhengyu later enlisted Zhao's help with his own battle armor, and their aerial spar left Yue sore but satisfied.

• Zhao Xuanzhen carved and blood-bound the Chaos Divine Gold, completing and naming his Two-Word Battle Armor Tai Chi.
• Shen Yi announced that Third Year Class One would challenge First Year Class One in a seven-versus-seven battle, and Wu Changkong assigned four class leaders places while sending the class to compete for the remaining spots.
• Yuanen Yehui told Yue Zhengyu that Zhao Xuanzhen had supplied her metal and design blueprint, prompting Yue to seek Zhao's help with his own battle armor.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed to help Yue Zhengyu in exchange for aerial sparring and repeatedly punched him while they trained in a private room.
• Yue Zhengyu arrived at class the next day with a sore, bruised butt and told Yuanen Yehui that he had enjoyed sparring with Zhao Xuanzhen.

Zhao Xuanzhen, Na'er, and Leng Yaozhu traveled to Eastsea City for a vacation, but Leng Yaozhu sent the two youths into the rampage-phase Spirit Ascension Platform to test Gu Yue and hunt its guardian. As Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er entered, Leng Yaozhu confirmed that Lu Ming had replaced the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform’s guardian with two soul beasts she had arranged.

• Na'er eagerly woke Zhao Xuanzhen for their trip, and the two met Leng Yaozhu outside Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Leng Yaozhu took Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er to Eastsea City aboard her Black-grade Mecha, Skyfire Phoenix.
• After arriving at Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu learned that Gu Yue and her classmates were training in the rampage-phase Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Leng Yaozhu ordered Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er to test Gu Yue and kill the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform’s guardian, threatening Na'er with deep-sea training if they failed.
• Lu Ming explained the dangers of the rampage phase, and Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er entered the Spirit Ascension Platform together.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Lu Ming about her arrangements, and he confirmed that two soul beasts had replaced the platform’s Hundred-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear guardian.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er earned perfect scores on Shrek Academy’s entrance examination and were welcomed to Sea God Island. Ya Li gave them a hundred-thousand-year Thorn Dragon Emperor Left Leg Bone, which Zhao Xuanzhen insisted Na'er absorb, leaving her touched by his choice.

• Na'er exposed the ninth examination’s soul-bone dispute as a test, and she and Zhao Xuanzhen received full marks for the stage.
• Ya Li awarded Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er perfect entrance scores and took them to Sea God Island, where they raced across the lake together.
• Ya Li apologized for Cai Yue'er’s behavior, explained the academy’s special class arrangements, and presented them with a hundred-thousand-year Thorn Dragon Emperor Left Leg Bone.
• Zhao Xuanzhen offered the soul bone to Na'er, who tried to give it back, but he insisted she keep it because she mattered more to him than the treasure.
• Na'er accepted the soul bone and privately resolved to give Zhao Xuanzhen an even better gift in the future.

At a Federal Council assembly and a live Spirit Pagoda gathering, Long Yuxue and Yu Guanzhi witnessed Zhao Xuanzhen and his allies reshape the continent’s political and religious order by exposing Tang San and elevating the Tai Chi Douluo. The chapter ended with the Spirit Pagoda renamed the Mysterious Dragon Tower and Zhao Xuanzhen named its new Tower Master.

• The Federal Council unanimously appointed Yu Guanzhi Master of the rebuilt War God Hall, Xu Tianzhao its Number One Reserve War God, and Long Yuxue a representative to the Spirit Pagoda assembly.
• Long Yuxue and Yu Guanzhi arrived at the Spirit Pagoda gathering, where Long Yuxue saw Zhao Xuanzhen seated among Na'er, Gu Yue, and other women.
• Leng Yaozhu announced that Tang San had possessed Chen Xin Jie and led the rebellion, while Zhao Xuanzhen manifested evidence of his battle and the Tang Sect Masters’ final words.
• Yali denounced Tang San, and Long Yuxue and Yu Guanzhi declared the Sea God an evil god, announced the Sea God Legion’s destruction, and named Zhao Xuanzhen a Federation General.
• Leng Yaozhu renamed the Spirit Pagoda the Mysterious Dragon Tower, retired as Tower Master, and appointed Zhao Xuanzhen as her successor.

Zhao Xuanzhen established the Mysterious Dragon Tower after the Spirit Pagoda’s dissolution, appointing its leadership and warning its senior members against abusing their authority. Yue Zhengyu presented the Tower with the Holy Sword Soul, and Long Yuxue arrived to see Zhao Xuanzhen after the meeting.

• Zhao Xuanzhen announced the Mysterious Dragon Tower’s founding, and factions across the continent hurried to pledge loyalty to him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen named Na'er and Gu Yue as Vice Tower Masters and appointed the Eight Directions Guard, then warned the senior members against nepotism and corruption.
• Yue Zhengyu and Shen Xing bid Zhao Xuanzhen farewell and presented the Mysterious Dragon Tower with the Holy Sword Soul on behalf of the Angel Legion and Northern Navy Legion.
• Yue Zhengyu explained that the Holy Sword Soul was one of three divine artifacts formed from the damaged Holy Sword, and Zhao Xuanzhen accepted it.
• Zhao Xuanzhen saw Yue Zhengyu and Shen Xing off, then Long Yuxue appeared at the conference room doorway to see him.

Muye took Zhao Xuanzhen to Death Valley for a Body Soul Second Awakening, where Zhao fought through twenty-seven waves of undead before collapsing. Back in Heaven Dou City, Gu Yue applied medicine to his wounds, and her playful words unexpectedly made his pain disappear.

• Muye carried Zhao Xuanzhen from Heaven Dou City to Death Valley and began his Second Awakening trial.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used wind control to land safely, then entered the valley and resisted its Evil Aura with Yin and Yang Qi.
• Zhao Xuanzhen fought undead creatures through twenty-seven waves until Muye rescued him at dawn.
• Muye brought Zhao Xuanzhen back to the Blacksmith Association, used a Body Sect secret technique to help his body relax, and said training would continue that night.
• Gu Yue volunteered to apply medicine to Zhao Xuanzhen's wounds and teased him while treating him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen repeated Gu Yue's playful phrase and realized that his pain had disappeared.

Zhao Xuanzhen chose to pursue the Unyielding Soul Spirit Auspicious Water Pig after learning about its rare abilities and history. Though the pig initially refused to become his Soul Spirit, it relented when he insisted.

• Zhao Xuanzhen dismissed Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen's concerns about fusing with an Unyielding Soul Spirit, and Leng Yaozhu searched for a candidate.
• Leng Yaozhu identified the six-hundred-year Auspicious Water Pig, explained its auspicious powers, and recounted how the Spirit Pagoda seized it from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Leng Yaozhu brought the Auspicious Water Pig to Zhao Xuanzhen and advised him to establish a spiritual link and persuade it to agree to a fusion.
• Zhao Xuanzhen contacted the Auspicious Water Pig, but it firmly refused his request to become his Soul Spirit.
• Zhao Xuanzhen pressed the Auspicious Water Pig with his determined aura, and it eventually agreed to the fusion.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Xiao Bai and the Sea Princess with the Water of the Northern Abyss, then set off for North Sea City with Lan Fuzi and the captured Sea Soul Beasts. The Northern Navy Legion intercepted them, and Yue Zhengyu joyfully recognized Zhao Xuanzhen.

• The Sea Princess and Xiao Bai attacked Zhao Xuanzhen and Lan Fuzi to rescue Li Jing and Bai Xiuxiu.
• Zhao Xuanzhen overwhelmed the Demon Shark's Tooth attacks, defeated Xiao Bai, and destroyed the Sea God's Heart, leaving the Sea Princess frozen and defeated.
• Zhao Xuanzhen froze the captured Sea Soul Beasts for transport and agreed to take Lan Fuzi to North Sea City to make them into soul spirits.
• Lan Fuzi carried Zhao Xuanzhen toward North Sea City and invited him to visit the Holy Spirit Cult and meet her mother.
• The Northern Navy Legion surrounded Zhao Xuanzhen at sea, then greeted him with respect when they recognized him.
• Yue Zhengyu emerged from a Black-grade Mecha and embraced Zhao Xuanzhen, exclaiming that it really was him.

Zhao Xuanzhen learned that the Devil Emperor, the Ant Emperor, and the Charm Empress had led the Abyssal attack that killed his parents, then defeated Jiang Wuyue and received an exceptional senior colonel rank. He chose to become Director of the Special Operations Department, leaving Long Yuxue to realize that he would be her superior.

• Long Yuxue told Zhao Xuanzhen that the Devil Emperor, the Ant Emperor, and the Charm Empress had attacked during the Abyssal Tide when his parents died.
• Long Yuxue introduced Zhao Xuanzhen to Jiang Qiyue in the cafeteria, where Jiang Wuyue challenged him to prove his strength.
• Zhao Xuanzhen overwhelmed Jiang Wuyue with his golden eyes, struck him twice, and made him buy meals from Window One.
• Long Yuxue received word that Zhao Xuanzhen's rank assessment was complete and took him to Blood God Army headquarters.
• Long Tianwu announced that Zhao Xuanzhen had been made a senior colonel and could choose between leading the Special Operations Department or joining the Blood God Camp as a reserve Blood God.
• Zhao Xuanzhen chose the Special Operations Department, and Long Yuxue realized he would be her superior.

After forty-nine days of extreme training, Zhao Xuanzhen achieved an innate Gold-tier Second Awakening of True Self and defeated the Evil Spirit Bone Dragon in Death Valley. He left for Heaven Dou City with Muye, who argued over how much credit he deserved for the awakening.

• Muye released the sealed Evil Spirit Bone Dragon as Zhao Xuanzhen’s final test for Second Awakening.
• The Evil Spirit Bone Dragon overwhelmed Zhao Xuanzhen’s attacks and pressed him with its corrupted Wind and Water abilities.
• Zhao Xuanzhen’s True Self underwent Gold-tier Second Awakening, and his Tai Chi Yang Hand sent the Bone Dragon flying.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Eight Trigrams Qimen to turn the Bone Dragon’s elemental attacks against it and struck it down with a thunder spear.
• Muye praised Zhao Xuanzhen’s awakening and took him toward Heaven Dou City in his red-tier mecha, Xiao Hong.
• Zhao Xuanzhen credited Muye with thirty percent of his awakening, Na'er and Gu Yue with ten percent each, and himself with the remaining half.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er earned full marks in Shrek Academy's first eight examination tests, with Zhao Xuanzhen defeating ten second-year students in combat. In the ninth test, they discovered a young Three-Eyed Golden Lion and learned from Tuntun that it was not a real Auspicious Beast, leaving them convinced it was a Shrek test.

• Zhao Xuanzhen fought ten Shrek Students alone, defeating or disarming them until Ya Li ended the battle and awarded him full marks.
• Na'er and Zhao Xuanzhen received full marks in their second-profession, appetite, and endurance tests, and Na'er also passed the comprehensive combat test.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er entered the survival trial and found a young Three-Eyed Golden Lion in a cave.
• Na'er summoned Zhao Xuanzhen's Ten Thousand Year Soul Spirit, Tuntun, to identify the creature, and Tuntun said it lacked an Auspicious Beast's aura.
• Na'er concluded that the young Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a Shrek test rather than a real Imperial Auspicious Beast.