Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng used the Taiji Diagram to restore Scarlet King's soul and explained that his master’s power made the recovery possible. He proposed joining forces with Gu Yuena against the God Realm, and she asked what he intended to do.

• Li Changsheng used the Taiji Diagram’s Yin Yang Two Energies to restore Scarlet King’s soul, making it stronger than before.
• Bi Ji, Di Tian, and the others were shocked by the restoration, while Gu Yuena sensed the energies also stirred her old wounds.
• Li Changsheng told Gu Yuena that his master had preserved Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s souls and restored Scarlet King.
• Li Changsheng said he planned to become a god, change the soul beasts’ fate, and possibly open a path for them to ascend.
• Li Changsheng revealed that a God King had tried to make him a puppet, and he proposed cooperation because he and Gu Yuena shared an enemy.
• Gu Yuena considered his offer and asked what he intended to do.

Li Changsheng secured Gu Yuena’s support for secretly taking resources from human factions and began absorbing Scarlet King’s Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. As he absorbed it without backlash, the Ice Empress claimed his master might be stronger than a God King, but refused to explain.

• Li Changsheng asked Gu Yuena to help him gather resources, and Di Tian proposed secretly taking them from human families and factions.
• Gu Yuena agreed to have Di Tian cooperate with Li Changsheng, provided the soul beasts’ involvement remained hidden, and they formed an alliance.
• Scarlet King's soul voluntarily entered Li Changsheng as he began absorbing its Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring using the Taiji Diagram to control its energy.
• Gu Yuena questioned the Ice Empress about Li Changsheng’s master, and the Ice Empress said even a God King might not be his match but gave no evidence.
• Gu Yuena told the soul beasts not to disturb Li Changsheng and withdrew into the lotus at the center of the Lake of Life.

After absorbing the Red King's Soul Ring, Li Changsheng reached the Soul King level and discussed building an independent force with Di Tian. Di Tian agreed to provide money and resources, while news of Snow Empress's looming Heavenly Tribulation left the group worried about her survival.

• Di Tian asked Ice Empress whether Li Changsheng's master could stand against a God King, but Ice Empress declined to answer directly.
• Di Tian asked about Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, and Ten Thousand Monster King reported that violent natural energies suggested it might already be gathering.
• Li Changsheng finished absorbing the Red King's Soul Ring, broke through to the Soul King level, and revealed his five Soul Rings to Di Tian and the others.
• Li Changsheng explained that he planned to leave Shrek Academy and build his own force because the academy might obstruct his plans for changing relations between humans and soul beasts.
• Di Tian agreed to gather money, treasures, and Soul Tools from the Star Dou Great Forest for Li Changsheng's plans.

After stabilizing his Fifth Soul Ring through cultivation at Lake of Life, Li Changsheng returned to Shrek Academy and learned about an upcoming Soul Tool exchange tournament. Mu En then urged him to consider Ma Xiaotao as a partner, linking their relationship to Shrek’s possible support for Li Changsheng’s future faction.

• Li Changsheng cultivated overnight at Lake of Life, stabilized Scarlet King's Soul Ring, and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong visited Li Changsheng, learned he had obtained his Fifth Soul Ring, and told him Shrek would host an exchange tournament with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Wang Dong told Li Changsheng that He Caitou and Huo Yuhao would represent Shrek in the Soul Tool exchange.
• After several peaceful days of classes and cultivation, a Sea God Pavilion attendant summoned Li Changsheng to meet Mu En.
• Mu En advised Li Changsheng to consider Ma Xiaotao alongside Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong, explaining that her academy position could help Shrek justify supporting his future faction.

Li Changsheng learned that controlling Shrek Academy required joining it and gaining overwhelming strength, not merely marrying Ma Xiaotao. After Mu En passed away, the academy mourned and faced a redistribution of power, while Li Changsheng resolved to pursue his ambitions and begin creating the Dao Sect.

• Li Changsheng asked Mu En whether becoming Ma Xiaotao’s Dao companion or husband could put Shrek Academy under his control, and Mu En explained the conditions for inheriting the academy’s authority.
• Li Changsheng thanked Mu En and left Sea God Pavilion after Mu En praised him as an exceptional genius.
• Five days later, Shrek Academy learned that Mu En had peacefully passed away, and Elder Xuan, Zhang Lexuan, and the Inner Court disciples mourned him.
• Li Changsheng quietly paid his respects before leaving, while Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong suspected he had known Mu En would die.
• As Mu En’s death prompted questions about Shrek Academy’s future, Li Changsheng committed himself to growing stronger and began creating the Dao Sect.

Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen exchanged students in Maple Leaf City, sending Shrek students Huo Yuhao and He Caitou to Mingde Hall while Meng Hongchen and others went to Shrek. Li Changsheng stayed behind to cultivate, as Jing Hongchen ordered him watched and the rivalry between the academies began to deepen.

• Yan Shaozhe led Shrek's delegation to Maple Leaf City, where Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team awaited them.
• Jing Hongchen offered condolences for Mu En, then asked why Li Changsheng had not joined the exchange; Yan Shaozhe said Li had no interest in Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen exchanged a concealed clash of Soul Power during their handshake and then sent their students to the opposite academies.
• Jing Hongchen ordered an assistant to watch Li Changsheng and took Huo Yuhao and He Caitou toward Mingde Hall in Mingdu.
• Li Changsheng stayed at Shrek Academy, reflected on Soul Tools, and went to cultivate for the challenges ahead.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students arrived at Shrek Academy, impressing Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen with its reputation and training. Li Changsheng ignored the visitors and went to Sea God Pavilion to soothe Ma Xiaotao’s dangerous Evil Fire, which he realized was rooted deeply in her bloodline.

• Yan Shaozhe led Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and the Sun Moon Academy students into Shrek Academy, where Meng and Xiao admired the school and its students’ skill.
• Wang Dong told Li Changsheng that the Sun Moon Academy students had arrived, but he declined to meet them and said Soul Tools could not make up for a lack of personal strength.
• Li Changsheng went to a hidden chamber at Sea God Pavilion, where he found Ma Xiaotao suffering from a violent flare of Evil Fire.
• Li Changsheng used his Divine Sense and a wisp of white light to calm Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but he found that it had taken deep root and would not be eradicated quickly.

Li Changsheng and the Ice Empress suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and decided to seek a cure in Sunset Forest. At Sea God Pavilion, Meng Hongchen urged Li Changsheng to study Soul Tools in the Sun Moon Empire, but he rejected her proposal and continued on his own path.

• Scarlet King questioned Li Changsheng about Ma Xiaotao, and the Ice Empress suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire while Li Changsheng explained that its root was her martial soul bloodline.
• Li Changsheng said Sunset Forest might be able to cure Ma Xiaotao completely, then left the ice chamber with the Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Scarlet King returning to his Sea of Consciousness.
• Meng Hongchen found Li Changsheng at Sea God Pavilion and asked why he would not go to the Sun Moon Empire to study Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen argued that Soul Tools could make him much stronger, but Li Changsheng said they did not suit him and that they followed different paths.
• Meng Hongchen watched Li Changsheng leave without chasing after him.

Li Changsheng traveled to Sunset Forest in search of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, whose immortal herbs could strengthen Soul Beasts and help them pursue godhood. He found the poisonous valley where the treasure lay and prepared to enter under the protection of his Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

• Li Changsheng flew from Shrek City toward Sunset Forest as a golden-haired girl emerged from Star Dou Great Forest and set out for the human world.
• Li Changsheng entered Sunset Forest, killed an attacking jade-scaled snake, and continued past a poisonous swamp and fog-covered valley.
• Li Changsheng told Scarlet King, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress that Sea God Tang San had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye in the valley ten thousand years earlier.
• Li Changsheng explained that the immortal herbs there could help Soul Beasts temper their origins and comprehend the laws needed to create God Positions.
• Li Changsheng sensed unusual fragrances and law fluctuations within the poisonous fog, then summoned his Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda for protection.

Li Changsheng reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where he and his companions discovered a valley rich in spiritual energy and Immortal Herbs. After the Infernal Delicate Apricot challenged them, Scarlet King rushed into battle with it, leaving the valley in an uproar.

• Li Changsheng crossed the poisonous mist and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye surrounded by Immortal Herbs.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Scarlet King admired the spring and identified herbs suited to their powers.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot warned Li Changsheng to leave and claimed the valley belonged to its master.
• Ice Empress held back from attacking, and Scarlet King volunteered to deal with the flower.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot insulted Scarlet King and fired a pillar of flame at him, prompting him to charge into battle.

Scarlet King battled the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye’s Immortal Herbs while Li Changsheng approached the spring’s source of power. As Aromatic Silk Beauty rallied the herbs against them, Li Changsheng reached toward the spring’s core to end the conflict.

• Scarlet King shrugged off Infernal Delicate Apricot’s flames and pinned it, but Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass intervened with an ice attack.
• Scarlet King refused Ice Empress’s help and fought both Immortal Herbs, whose powers were replenished by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty stopped the fight by invoking Sea God Tang San, but Ice Empress provoked Scarlet King into challenging it.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty rallied the other Immortal Herbs to attack Scarlet King, while Li Changsheng approached the spring under the protection of the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• Li Changsheng reached toward the mingling vapor at the spring’s center, where he sensed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye’s fundamental power.

Li Changsheng used his Taiji Diagram to suppress the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, then ordered Scarlet King to kill the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. He sent Scarlet King to summon Gu Yuena and entered the spring to sense its source power.

• The Aromatic Silk Beauty attacked Li Changsheng, but his Taiji Diagram crushed the herbs’ resistance and suppressed them.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty threatened Li Changsheng with Tang San’s Divine Sense, and Li Changsheng argued that the spring belonged to the soul beasts and that he did not fear Tang San.
• At Li Changsheng’s command, Scarlet King burned the Infernal Delicate Apricot while Ice Empress froze the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass until both died.
• Li Changsheng told Scarlet King to ask Di Tian to summon Gu Yuena because he had found something in the Sunset Forest that could heal her injuries.
• Li Changsheng swallowed the two herbs and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to sense its source power while Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stood guard.

Scarlet King brought Gu Yuena to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye after reporting that its source power might heal her injuries. After finding the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ remains beneath the spring, Gu Yuena began cultivating between their corpses, hoping to recover and awaken their lingering will.

• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watched Li Changsheng absorb the spring’s source power while discussing whether the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s claim about Tang San’s Divine Sense was true.
• Scarlet King returned to Lake of Life and told Di Tian that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye could help heal Gu Yuena’s injuries.
• Gu Yuena arrived at Lake of Life, confirmed the report with Scarlet King, and traveled with him to Sunset Forest.
• Gu Yuena saw Li Changsheng absorbing the spring’s power and descended to the lakebed, where she recognized the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ corpses.
• Gu Yuena sat between the dragon kings’ corpses and began cultivating, intending to heal her injuries and awaken their lingering will.

Gu Yuena absorbed the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ power to repair her damaged origin while Li Changsheng continued refining energy within his protected space. On the shore, Ice Empress stopped Scarlet King from attacking the Immortal Herbs, leaving the Aromatic Silk Beauty to await Li Changsheng’s return as the Sea God’s hidden Divine Sense remained dormant.

• Gu Yuena drew the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ opposing powers into herself, using her divine power to repair her soul wounds and reconnect her Soul Power pathways.
• Li Changsheng continued refining the energy within him as the Taiji Diagram and Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda shielded him from the surging forces.
• Scarlet King asked Ice Empress whether he should kill the Immortal Herbs, but she told him to wait until Chang Sheng had finished absorbing the power.
• Scarlet King turned his anger toward the Aromatic Silk Beauty after Ice Empress said she could detect no Divine Sense, but Ice Empress stopped him from attacking it.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty silently insisted that Tang San’s Divine Sense was real, though the Taiji Diagram’s pressure prevented it from sensing or reaching the dormant presence.

Gu Yuena absorbed the Ice Fire Dragon King's dragon pearls as the Sea God Tang San's divine sense attacked her at the lakebed. With Li Changsheng's help, she defeated and captured the weakened divine sense, then left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye with Li Changsheng.

• Gu Yuena formed two dragon pearls from the Ice Fire Dragon King's corpses, restoring more of her origin power.
• Tang San's divine sense emerged and fought Gu Yuena, but she broke through his attacks with the Silver Dragon Spear and Dragon Break.
• Tang San's divine sense tried to escape through a spatial rift, but Li Changsheng's Taiji Diagram sealed it shut.
• Gu Yuena struck Tang San's divine sense, and Li Changsheng stopped her from killing it to avoid alerting the God Realm.
• Gu Yuena contained Tang San's remaining divine sense, absorbed the dragon pearls, and left the spring with Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye after breaking through to rank sixty, while Gu Yuena brought out Tang San's severely weakened Divine Sense. With the spring's power depleted, Li Changsheng decided to take the Immortal Herbs, and the group left the secret realm with them.

• Li Changsheng explained that Scarlet King's origin power and two Immortal Herbs had helped him break through from rank fifty to rank sixty.
• Gu Yuena revealed Tang San's battered Divine Sense, shocking Aromatic Silk Beauty and the other Immortal Herbs.
• Li Changsheng decided to take all the Immortal Herbs because the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye was losing its energy.
• Li Changsheng used Tang San's notes to guide Ice Empress and Scarlet King in carefully harvesting the herbs, while the plants cooperated.
• After packing the last Immortal Herb into his Storage Soul Tool, Li Changsheng left the secret realm with Gu Yuena, Ice Empress, Scarlet King, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Gu Yuena confronted Tang San's weakened Divine Sense in Sunset Forest and rejected his offer to bargain for his freedom. After destroying him, she revealed that she had tested both his shamelessness and Li Changsheng's trust in her.

• Tang San's Divine Sense was thrown into the forest, where Gu Yuena and her companions surrounded him.
• Tang San invoked the God Realm's power and accused Gu Yuena of betraying the soul beasts by traveling with Li Changsheng.
• Tang San offered Gu Yuena divine artifacts and cultivation secrets in exchange for his release, prompting Scarlet King, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress to warn her against trusting him.
• Gu Yuena pretended to consider the offer, then pierced Tang San's Divine Sense and made it disperse completely.
• Gu Yuena walked to Li Changsheng and revealed that she had used the exchange to test Tang San and see whether Li Changsheng would suspect her.

Tang San discovered that his Divine Sense in Douluo Continent had been erased and suspected either a mysterious enemy or the Silver Dragon King. Back at Shrek Academy, Li Changsheng encountered an unfamiliar veiled woman whose aura seemed connected to fortune.

• Tang San became enraged when he sensed that his Divine Sense in Douluo Continent had been completely erased.
• Xiao Wu joined Tang San, and he identified the Silver Dragon King and the mysterious attacker as the two possible culprits.
• Tang San decided to send another concealed strand of Divine Sense to the lower realm and secretly investigate the source of the power.
• Li Changsheng returned to Shrek Academy at night and noticed an unfamiliar golden-haired, veiled woman beneath a willow tree.
• The woman sensed Li Changsheng watching and turned to look directly at him.

Li Changsheng discovered that the mysterious girl at Shrek Academy was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Imperial Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest. After hiding her in a secluded grove, he learned she had secretly left the forest without Di Tian or Gu Yuena knowing.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion ran up to Li Changsheng and said she had finally found him.
• She lifted her veil, and Li Changsheng recognized her as the Imperial Beast and asked why she had come to Shrek Academy.
• Li Changsheng warned her that her identity put her in danger and led her away from the lakeside.
• Li Changsheng concealed them both inside a secluded grove with his Taiji Diagram.
• When Li Changsheng questioned whether Di Tian and Gu Yuena knew she had left, the girl admitted she had sneaked away while they were occupied.

Li Changsheng discovered that the Imperial Beast had secretly left the Star Dou Great Forest and warned her about the dangers of the outside world. She insisted on staying with him, accepted the name Li Jinyue, and left him worried about Di Tian and Gu Yuena finding out she was gone.

• Li Changsheng scolded the Imperial Beast for leaving the Star Dou Great Forest despite her weak combat ability.
• The Imperial Beast said she had come to meet Li Changsheng after hearing Di Tian and Gu Yuena praise him, and insisted on going with him.
• Li Changsheng suggested the name Jin Yue, which the Imperial Beast happily accepted.
• The Imperial Beast rejected other surnames and chose Li, becoming Li Jinyue.
• Li Changsheng agreed to keep Li Jinyue by his side and worried about Di Tian and Gu Yuena discovering her disappearance.