Chapter Summaries

Han Yuchen confronted the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python at the Lake of Life, revealed the black contaminating aura that had enraged them, and offered to deal with the trouble before absorbing a Starlight fragment. The forest kings agreed to his plan, while Madame Hong and her companion watched from hiding and realized the Shrek group had not fought the Titan Giant Ape.

• Han Yuchen approached the Lake of Life with the Shrek group and sensed that the forest's anger came from a nearby altar.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged, but Han Yuchen calmed it by releasing an aura from Starlight Ruse King.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python rose from the lake and recognized Han Yuchen as the Lord of Starlight.
• Han Yuchen showed the two forest kings a stored wisp of Solonsen's contaminating aura and said he would deal with the trouble before absorbing the Starlight fragment.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python warned that the Shrek group was too weak, and Xiao Wu refused to leave Tang San.
• Madame Hong and another black-robed figure watched from the forest and noted that the Shrek group had not fought the Titan Giant Ape.

Han Yuchen led Leng Yuebai to the divine hall beneath the lake, where he revealed that an evil force was corrupting the Star Fragment. The Sky Azure Bull Python learned the source of the pollution and erupted in fury.

• Han Yuchen ordered the Shrek group to wait with Er Ming guarding them, then shaped the lake water into a staircase and invited Leng Yuebai to follow him.
• Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai descended through the waterless passage and reached the crystal divine hall beneath the lake.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked Han Yuchen about the polluted aura, and he asked whether the Star Fragment had shown abnormalities.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python revealed that an unknown evil force was corroding the Star Fragment, and Han Yuchen shared the polluted aura and information about the Evil God Altar and Seed Plan.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python roared in fury, and Er Ming raged along with it after learning what had polluted their bloodlines.

Han Yuchen investigated the polluted Star Fragment beneath the Lake of Life, but its violent reaction forced him and Leng Yuebai back to shore. He warned the Shrek group that a polluted beast tide was approaching and organized them for battle as the forest began to erupt into chaos.

• Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai descended with the Sky Azure Bull Python to inspect the Star Fragment, while Han Yuchen sensed Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King asleep at the lakebed.
• Oscar tried to copy Tang San's Purple Demon Eye with his Mirror Skull, painfully failing to see into the lake.
• The Star Fragment sensed Han Yuchen and reacted violently, worsening the pollution and threatening to drive the forest's soul beasts into a massive riot.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python sent Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai back to shore, where Han Yuchen warned the Shrek group of the approaching polluted beast tide.
• Han Yuchen assigned battle roles to the Shrek group, and they quickly formed a defensive formation as birds fled and the forest's rumbling grew louder.

Han Yuchen and the Shrek team fought a contaminated Soul Beast tide, then uncovered a coordinated underground ambush targeting Leng Yuebai. After Han Yuchen saved her and the attackers intensified their assault, he prepared to unleash his second Soul Skill against them and the beasts.

• Leng Yuebai joined Han Yuchen as the first wave of contaminated Thousand-Year Soul Beasts charged the lakeshore.
• The Shrek team struck back, but Han Yuchen sensed that the beast tide was being directed and Tang San detected enemies approaching underground.
• Barbed God Binding Locks burst from the earth and targeted Leng Yuebai, but Han Yuchen purified one with the Star Atlas and exposed the ten-member Ghost Bat Squad.
• The Ghost Bat Squad drove the beast tide into a renewed attack while its elite fighters besieged Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai.
• Han Yuchen told Leng Yuebai to stay behind him and activated his second Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Han Yuchen activated his Earth Dragon Armor and repelled nine Ghost Bat Squad Soul Douluo with their own attacks. He then used Sword Dance, raising his Soul Power to a level comparable to a Soul Sage as the battle against the beast tide continued.

• Han Yuchen covered himself in Earth Dragon Armor, stunning Ma Hongjun, Master Yu Xiaogang, and the Ghost Bat Squad with its power.
• Nine Ghost Bat Squad assassins attacked Han Yuchen’s weak points, but their strikes failed to damage his armor and rebounded upon them, badly injuring all nine.
• Leng Yuebai watched Han Yuchen defeat the assassins and felt an unfamiliar attraction as he turned toward the beast tide.
• Han Yuchen activated Sword Dance, and his Soul Power surged from the low twenties to a level comparable to a Soul Sage.
• The injured Soul Douluo prepared a desperate counterattack, while Da Ming and Er Ming used their auras to block them from afar.

Han Yuchen single-handedly stopped the beast tide and killed the Ghost Bat Squad while Leng Yuebai captured their Titled Douluo. As the corrupted beasts fled, a far more terrifying evil aura rose from deep within the forest, and Han Yuchen suspected the Shadow Contract altar was revealing its final Trump Card.

• Han Yuchen unleashed the Water Giant Sword and carved a massive path through the beast tide, stunning the Shrek group and the Ghost Bat Squad.
• The Ghost Bat Squad's leader crushed a black jade talisman to signal retreat, but Han Yuchen used Dragon Strike and a Blade of Flowing Water to kill him and four other squad members.
• Leng Yuebai trapped the opposing Titled Douluo with the Star Radiance Heavenly Silk, and the Ghost Bat Squad's five Soul Douluo and four Soul Emperors were wiped out.
• With the squad dead and the bone whistle gone, the corrupted soul beasts panicked and fled, ending the beast tide crisis.
• A chilling, evil aura rose from deep within the forest and darkened the sky, prompting Han Yuchen to suspect the Shadow Contract altar was revealing its final Trump Card.

Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai confronted the Polluted Holy Qilin, a sacred beast corrupted by Abyssal energy and summoned to attack the Lake of Life. Han Yuchen absorbed and reflected its Dragon Breath, injuring it as the battle began.

• Han Yuchen used the Star Atlas to shield the Shrek group from the evil aura, while the Sky Azure Bull Python warned that the altar was contaminating the earth veins to create a monster.
• A fissure opened, and the Polluted Holy Qilin emerged, drawing toward the Lake of Life; Master recognized it as the corrupted Holy Qilin of Light.
• Han Yuchen ordered the others to retreat and coordinated with Leng Yuebai, planning to purify the beast and bind its Soul Core.
• The Polluted Holy Qilin attacked with Dragon Breath, but Han Yuchen absorbed it with his First Soul Skill, Restraint, and reflected it back at double strength.
• Han Yuchen's reflected attack struck the Polluted Holy Qilin's chest, blasting it backward and cracking its charred armor as the Shrek group watched in shock.

After Madame Hong increased the pollution feeding the Holy Qilin, it broke free of Leng Yuebai’s restraint and injured her, prompting Han Yuchen to unleash his Boundless Star Sea domain. He overwhelmed the beast and began erasing it with starlight, while healing Leng Yuebai.

• Madame Hong ordered the altar to pour more pollution into the Holy Qilin, which broke free of Leng Yuebai’s Star Radiance Heavenly Silk and injured her.
• Han Yuchen carried Leng Yuebai to safety, then activated his Boundless Star Sea domain and transformed the battlefield into a starry realm.
• The domain forced the Holy Qilin to its knees, purified its pollution, and restored Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun’s strength.
• Han Yuchen hurled a star at the Holy Qilin, starifying and erasing one of its front legs.
• Han Yuchen sent starlight to Leng Yuebai, healing her injuries as the Holy Qilin howled in pain.

Han Yuchen annihilated the Polluted Holy Qilin in his Star Sea Domain and pursued Madame Hong with Leng Yuebai. Madame Hong revealed that the Holy Lord’s will had already descended before Han Yuchen killed her, leaving him worried about who had received it as he entrusted Shrek Academy’s safety to Leng Yuebai and prepared to sleep.

• Leng Yuebai recognized Han Yuchen as her kind through their shared Soul Origins as the Holy Qilin launched its Annihilation Death Ray at him.
• Han Yuchen erased the attack and used Starfall to purify and destroy the Holy Qilin, then collected its Origin Light, soul bone, and soul ring.
• Han Yuchen set off for the altar, and Leng Yuebai chose to accompany him while the others from Shrek remained behind.
• Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai intercepted Madame Hong as she tried to escape, and she revealed that the Holy Lord’s will had already descended before Han Yuchen killed her.
• Han Yuchen wondered who had received the Holy Lord’s will, then asked Leng Yuebai to look after Shrek Academy while he slept.

After Han Yuchen collapsed from exhausting his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, Leng Yuebai brought him back to Shrek Academy and chose to protect him. As she stayed at his bedside, she resisted a divine urge to devour his soul fragment and vowed to help him recover the others, while strange events hinted that a seed had begun to grow elsewhere.

• Han Yuchen collapsed after expanding his domain, and Leng Yuebai caught him and said she would protect him.
• Master diagnosed Han Yuchen as having entered a self-protective sleep from severe depletion, and the Shrek group returned to the academy.
• The Star Atlas stored three spoils of war and warned that Han Yuchen could not absorb them until he awakened.
• Leng Yuebai watched over Han Yuchen, resisted the urge to devour his core fragment, and vowed to help him retrieve all the fragments.
• Xue Qinghe showed a strange smile in Heaven Dou City, while an unknown young man in Nuoding City briefly convulsed and gained a Soul Power level.

Han Yuchen underwent an intense, automatic Star Tempering while asleep as Shrek members watched over him. As his body and Yulian evolved, Leng Yuebai grew closer to him, while Bibi Dong learned of the stellar energy and chose not to investigate yet.

• Han Yuchen's Star Tempering drew immense amounts of Power of Stars into his sleeping body, and Oscar was repelled when he tried to absorb some of it.
• Leng Yuebai ordered everyone to stay three meters from Han Yuchen's bed, while Tang San observed the energy vortex through his Purple Demon Eye.
• Leng Yuebai stayed beside Han Yuchen, accepted food and water from Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, and gently wiped his face as Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong caught her smiling.
• Han Yuchen's martial soul, Yulian, gained golden divine patterns, grew stronger, and began evolving toward the Balus form.
• At Jialing Pass, Bibi Dong reviewed a report about the Power of Stars in the Star Dou Great Forest and rejected Yue Guan's proposal to investigate until her Rakshasa God Trial was complete.

After sleeping for seven years, Han Yuchen awakened with star-filled eyes and a much deeper command of his powers. He began absorbing the purified Soul Ring from the Polluted Holy Qilin, and his Soul Power surged past level thirty.

• Leng Yuebai sensed another Soul Fragment near Heaven Dou City as her control over the fragment within her grew stronger.
• In his consciousness, Han Yuchen watched the Starlight Ruse King demonstrate how to combine the Power of Stars with the Water Element, and his control over both powers improved.
• After seven years, Han Yuchen woke as Leng Yuebai watched over him and learned how long he had been asleep.
• Han Yuchen examined the purified eighty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring from the Polluted Holy Qilin in the Star Atlas and began absorbing it.
• The Soul Ring's energy shattered Han Yuchen's level-thirty bottleneck and sent his Soul Power surging upward.

After absorbing the Polluted Holy Qilin’s spirit ring and torso bone, Han Yuchen reached Soul Ancestor Level forty, gained powerful new abilities, and evolved his martial soul into Balus. He woke after seven years to find the Shrek group gathered around him.

• Han Yuchen’s eighty-five-thousand-year spirit ring raised him to Level forty and granted him three Sacred Qilin soul skills as his martial soul evolved into Balus.
• The Holy Qilin’s power strengthened Han Yuchen’s first two spirit rings and gave him the Unmissable Spear skill.
• Han Yuchen absorbed the Holy Qilin torso bone, gaining Qilin Overlord Body and Sacred Qilin Domain.
• Han Yuchen tested his newfound strength just as the Shrek group rushed into his room after hearing the commotion.
• Oscar threw himself at Han Yuchen, who repelled him with a Soul Power barrier, while Tang San asked how he felt.

After awakening, Han Yuchen reunited with Shrek and learned that Leng Yuebai could sense another Soul Fragment in Heaven Dou City. He prepared to take the team there, revealing that his awakened powers had grown far stronger.

• Han Yuchen met his companions and Master, explained that the Polluted Holy Qilin's power had helped him break through, and learned that Shrek would compete in the Continental Soul Master Competition in one month.
• Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai discussed Madame Hong's warning that the Holy Lord's will had descended, but Han Yuchen could no longer trace the pollution's source through the Star Atlas.
• Leng Yuebai gave Han Yuchen the Soul Fragment she had kept for seven years and told him it had raised her Soul Power to level 93 while suppressing her human emotions.
• Han Yuchen promised to find every fragment and help Leng Yuebai keep her emotions, and Leng Yuebai revealed that another fragment was in Heaven Dou City.
• The next day, Han Yuchen announced that the Shrek Team would leave for Heaven Dou City and demonstrated his enhanced Blade of Flowing Water and Earth Dragon Armor.

Han Yuchen demonstrated his newly awakened power by defeating Tang San in a spar and then challenged Zhao Wuji to test his strength. He tore through Zhao Wuji’s defensive technique with a teleporting strike, but Zhao Wuji launched a counterattack.

• Tang San challenged Han Yuchen, whose spinning moisture vortex shredded Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass vines and seeds.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye to attack Han Yuchen, but Han Yuchen negated the Spirit Shock and reflected it with twice the force, leaving Tang San stunned.
• Han Yuchen advised Tang San to develop Blue Silver Grass beyond vines, suggesting needles, mist, nets, and a domain.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and agreed to spar with Han Yuchen, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the other students gathered to watch.
• Han Yuchen used Sacred Qilin Flash Strike to teleport past Zhao Wuji’s defenses and crack his Immovable Ming King Body.
• Zhao Wuji countered with Gravity Enhancement and Great Vajra Palm, sending a golden bear paw down toward Han Yuchen.

Han Yuchen battled Zhao Wuji, showing off the powerful defenses and attacks granted by his Holy Qilin abilities. The fight continued as Zhao Wuji broke through Han Yuchen's Sacred Qilin Guard.

• Han Yuchen endured Zhao Wuji's Great Vajra Palm without injury by activating Qilin Overlord Body.
• Han Yuchen hit Zhao Wuji with an Unmissable Spear that curved around his attempt to dodge and pierced his side.
• Han Yuchen expanded Sacred Qilin Domain, suppressing Zhao Wuji and stunning him with Qilin Deterrence before dodging his counterattack.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed Immovable Ming King Roar, but Han Yuchen blocked it with Sacred Qilin Guard.
• Zhao Wuji charged and shattered all three of Han Yuchen's Sacred Qilin Guard shields with repeated palm strikes.

Han Yuchen defeated Zhao Wuji by forcing him to yield to Sacred Lin Judgment, and the Shrek group set out for Heaven Dou City. After sensing a faint warning from the passing Fourth Prince Xue Beng, Han Yuchen arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong challenged the students.

• Han Yuchen summoned Sacred Lin Judgment, frightening Zhao Wuji into stopping the spar and admitting defeat.
• The next day, Flender led the Shrek group toward Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Beng passed the Shrek carriage in a noble convoy, and Han Yuchen sensed a faint warning from the Star Atlas.
• The Shrek group arrived in Heaven Dou City and headed for Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong reunited with Flender and challenged the Shrek students, revealing her Soul Saint strength.

Han Yuchen uncovered two clues linking a Soul Fragment and Solonsen’s polluted aura to the Heaven Dou imperial grounds, then planned to use the Continental Soul Master Competition to gain access. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai answered Chen Xin’s probing sword intent.

• Liu Erlong’s pressure failed against Han Yuchen’s hidden majesty, and she welcomed the Shrek students to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Han Yuchen sent the Star Fox to search for two scents, and it found one in the Royal Hunting Ground and another faintly inside the imperial palace.
• Han Yuchen told Leng Yuebai about the leads and calmed her urge to retrieve the Soul Fragment, proposing to earn an audience through the upcoming competition.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin visited the academy, and Han Yuchen concealed his background when Ning asked about his training.
• Chen Xin tested Han Yuchen with sword intent, which vanished against a ripple in space, while Leng Yuebai counterattacked with a frigid blade of stellar-severing law.

Han Yuchen secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and prepared Shrek Academy for the continental tournament. As the opening ceremony began in Heaven Dou City, he watched the dais and assessed the powerful figures gathered there.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Shrek Academy ten years of funding and invited Han Yuchen to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Han accepted while asking about the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Han Yuchen surveyed the tangled factions in Heaven Dou City and decided to use the tournament to advance his own plans.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Oscar failed to copy Tang San’s mutated Blue Silver Grass, while Han Yuchen demonstrated a precise water blade and promised Tang San Star Iron for his Hidden Weapons.
• At the tournament’s opening, rival academies mocked Shrek Academy’s green uniforms, and Oscar and Dai Mubai reacted angrily while Han Yuchen remained calm.
• Emperor Xue Ye delivered the opening speech at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, and Han Yuchen studied the people on the dais.

At the Heaven Dou Royal Academy tournament opening, Han Yuchen recognized hidden corruption in Fourth Prince Xue Beng before Evil Spirit Masters attacked Emperor Xue Ye. Han Yuchen secretly disabled their commander and killed their strongest attacker, then accepted Xue Beng’s invitation to meet at his residence.

• Han Yuchen sensed holy aura beneath Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s Soul King-level disguise and detected corrupt energy from Fourth Prince Xue Beng.
• Dozens of Evil Spirit Masters attacked Emperor Xue Ye at the Great Soul Arena, while Xue Qinghe defended him and Xue Beng feigned terror.
• Han Yuchen found the Soul Emperor commanding the attackers and knocked him unconscious, disrupting their coordination.
• Han Yuchen killed the Soul Sage attacker threatening Xue Ye with a water blade, and the Royal Knights and academy teachers subdued the remaining assailants.
• Xue Beng approached Shrek Academy, invited Han Yuchen and the others to his residence, and Han Yuchen accepted while recognizing the invitation as a test.
• Qian Renxue watched Han Yuchen from the main platform with amusement and curiosity.