Chapter Summaries

Scarlet King and Xiong Jun brought supplies traded from humans into the Star Dou Great Forest, and Di Tian approved continued trade while ordering the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to study Soul Tools. In Star Luo City, Xu Jiawei planned to court the Fierce Beasts as allies against the Sun Moon Empire, even considering Di Tian for the role of Imperial Preceptor.

• Six-Winged Demonic Tiger secretly read Castorice's unfinished novel on the Magic Net while Scarlet King and Xiong Jun traveled through the Mixed Zone with a convoy of supplies.
• Bi Ji inspected the human goods and welcomed the Core Zone Beast Kings as they gathered to share books, spices, Soul Tools, and other supplies.
• Di Tian learned that Scarlet King and Xiong Jun had arranged the trade, allowed them to continue it so long as humans stayed out of the Core Zone, and took the Three-Eyed Golden Lion home to study Soul Tool knowledge.
• Xiong Jun and Scarlet King messaged Star Luo Empire Royalty to increase the trade by another two million Dream Coins.
• Xu Jiawei told Wang Xian'er he hoped to invite the Fierce Beasts to next year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition and would make Di Tian Imperial Preceptor if that helped protect the Star Luo Empire from the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao took Gu Yue Na and Roman with Phainon, Feng Jin, Tribbie, Mydeimos, and Castorice to Shrek City as the children prepared to enroll at Shrek Academy. During the journey, Gu Yue Na reflected on how the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction had unexpectedly helped her and given her Dragon Clan inheritances.

• Huo Yuhao assigned Gu Yue Na to accompany the children to Shrek City and help expand the Passion Sect's influence there.
• Phainon arrived at the Orphanage with an excessive amount of luggage, and Roman prepared the Jeep for the trip.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na joined the children, and Roman drove them out of Xilu City toward Shrek City.
• Gu Yue Na recalled that the Goddess of Life had healed Phainon and some of her injuries, while the God of Destruction had given her information containing Dragon Clan inheritances.
• Gu Yue Na began investigating the Dragon God War after realizing that Life and Destruction seemed to bear her no ill will.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek City with his companions and met Huo Suier, who had established Passion Sect’s influence there. He rewarded her with an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, then encountered Xuan Zi, who thanked him and offered Passion Sect his help.

• A Dou Ling Empire princess spotted Roman’s fast Jeep and asked her butler to see whether they could buy it.
• Huo Yuhao directed Roman to Shrek City’s South Gate, where Passion Sect members welcomed them and escorted them inside.
• Huo Suier greeted Huo Yuhao and the children, reporting that Passion Sect had gained control of parts of Shrek City’s food, beverage, auction, and arena businesses.
• Huo Yuhao gave Huo Suier an Earth Dragon Golden Melon and instructions for evolving her Martial Soul into Taotie.
• Huo Suier took Phainon and the others to register at Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao called out Xuan Zi, who emerged from concealment.
• Xuan Zi thanked Huo Yuhao for helping Huo Suier and offered to assist Passion Sect if it ever needed him.

Huo Yuhao sent Roman and Gu Yue Na to expand Passion Sect in Shrek City, while Mu En discussed Shrek’s teams and the growing threat of Soul Tools with Yan Shaozhe. After meeting the freshmen Phainon and Mydeimos, Mu En sensed Phainon’s Ultimate Light Soul Power and decided the boy was his ideal disciple.

• Huo Yuhao told Roman to keep watch over Xuan Zi and encouraged Gu Yue Na to work toward becoming Lord of Shrek City.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En for Dream Coins for Shrek’s Core Disciples, and Mu En warned him to invest more in Soul Tools before authorizing the funds.
• Phainon offered to push Mu En’s wheelchair to the dormitory building, and Mydeimos joined them after bringing Phainon’s student ID.
• Phainon and Mydeimos agreed to race to the dormitory building, with Phainon pushing Mu En and Mydeimos carrying the luggage.
• During the race, Mu En sensed Phainon’s Ultimate Light Soul Power and recognized him as a promising disciple who suited his Ultimate Light Martial Soul.

Phainon and Mydeimos arrived at Shrek Academy’s dormitory after their spar, impressing Mu En with their strength and control. They discovered their room was dusty and the shared bathing and toilet facilities were overcrowded, leaving Phainon nostalgic for the Xilu City Orphanage.

• Mydeimos’s overwhelming aura frightened the watching freshmen, while Mu En recognized his Ultimate Power and admired both him and Phainon as prospects for Shrek Academy’s future.
• Mu En decided to investigate the orphanage in Xilu City, where Phainon and Mydeimos had likely grown up.
• Phainon and Mydeimos reached the dormitory building, introduced themselves to Mu En, and learned they had lost their race to the building by one second.
• Phainon and Mydeimos found Dormitory 108 dusty and lacking basic supplies, then began cleaning with the broom and rag Phainon had packed.
• Mydeimos discovered that hundreds of students shared only a few toilets and shower rooms, and Phainon lamented that he missed the Xilu City Orphanage.

Phainon and Mydeimos toured Shrek Academy with Mu En and their friends, while Mu En ordered the Reserve Team selection to include first-years. At the crowded cafeteria, Dai Huabin arrived angry at the freshmen occupying his usual seats and prepared to confront them.

• Phainon and Mydeimos learned that they were in Freshman Class One under Wang Yan, then invited Mu En to tour the academy with them.
• Phainon used the Magic Net to invite Feng Jin, Tribbie, Castorice, and Xue Qing to join them, and Xue Qing recognized Phainon and Mydeimos by their online nicknames.
• Mu En guided the group around Shrek Academy and told Du Wilun to include first-years in the Reserve Team selection.
• The group found no seats in Shrek's cafeteria and ate at Kenlais, where Tribbie explained that her Martial Soul was the space-attribute Hundred Realms Gate.
• Dai Huabin arrived after Zhou Yi made his class run two hundred laps, saw freshmen occupying his usual Kenlais seats, and decided to teach them a lesson.

Feng Jin told the group Shrek Academy’s urban legends, including a story about an Inner Academy student who vanished during a soul hunt, and the revelations enraged Mu En over Shrek’s concealed corruption. When Dai Huabin provoked the group in the cafeteria, Mydeimos accepted his challenge and headed for the Battle Arena with the others following.

• Feng Jin recounted rumors about Sea God Lake and a Plain-clothed Old Man who led a fatal soul hunt, while Mu En recognized the stories as evidence of real tragedies and institutional cover-ups.
• Mu En realized that Shrek officials had ignored his orders to compensate victims’ families and resolved to personally clean up the academy.
• Dai Huabin demanded that the newcomers give up their cafeteria seats and mocked Mu En for being unable to stand.
• Phainon and Mydeimos confronted Dai Huabin, and Mydeimos accepted his invitation to fight at the Battle Arena.
• Phainon pushed Mu En toward the arena with Feng Jin and the others, while Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen decided to follow and watch.

Huo Yuhao investigated the Golden Ancient Tree and discovered a sleeping soul protected by divine power, then learned that Mydeimos had clashed with Dai Huabin. He hurried back to watch the confrontation, eager to torment the brother he blamed for his mother's death.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm returned after finishing the Magic Net Server and joined Huo Yuhao in investigating the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm found that Electrolux was making the Snow Empress study after she failed a mathematics exam.
• Huo Yuhao used the Magic Net's computing power to break through the Golden Ancient Tree's spiritual defenses, and Electrolux found residual souls and a sleeping soul protected by divine power.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that the sleeping soul was devouring another soul and withdrew his spiritual power rather than break the divine barrier.
• Golden Chef messaged Huo Yuhao that Mydeimos had clashed with Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao eagerly set off to watch.

Huo Yuhao discovered the Golden Ancient Tree’s true nature and refused a dying former Sea God Pavilion Master’s request to warn Mu En against merging with it. Electrolux explained that Castorice’s death affinity was recognized by the masterless Underworld, making her a potential future Lord of the Underworld.

• Tian Meng recognized Huo Yuhao’s plan to humiliate Dai Cinan, and Huo Yuhao said he was heading to the Battle Arena to support his brother.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the Golden Ancient Tree’s hidden killing intent and learned from Electrolux that it was burning soul origins while Ah Yin devoured the previous Sea God Pavilion Master.
• The former Sea God Pavilion Master begged Huo Yuhao to warn Mu En not to merge with the tree, but Huo Yuhao refused and called it Mu En’s Destiny.
• Huo Yuhao wondered whether the world had an Underworld, and Electrolux explained that it existed without a master and had recognized Castorice’s power over death.
• Electrolux said Castorice could one day become the Lord of the Underworld, and Huo Yuhao realized the Goddess of Life had withheld a Divine Trial because Castorice had already been acknowledged by a God Position.

Huo Yuhao watched Mydeimos fight Dai Huabin at Shrek Academy’s Battle Soul Arena, where the freshman overwhelmed and brutally defeated the second-year Core Disciple. The spectators recorded the fight, while Huo Yuhao proudly celebrated Mydeimos’s victory.

• Huo Yuhao left the Golden Ancient Tree without alerting the Sea God Pavilion elders, while Ah Yin prepared to devour the previous Pavilion Master’s remnant soul.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Castorice and the others accompanying Mu En to the Battle Soul Arena, where Mu En praised the children and noticed Beibei ignoring him.
• Beibei and Tang Ya discussed betting on Mydeimos, and Mu En decided Beibei would receive no special treatment in the Reserve Team selection.
• Mydeimos revealed his golden-red Super Martial Soul and overwhelmed Dai Huabin with his aura, while Mu En recognized the Martial Soul’s exceptional quality.
• Dai Huabin attacked Mydeimos with his White Tiger skills, but Mydeimos broke through his defense, knocked him senseless, and dragged him around the arena.
• The spectators recorded Mydeimos’s victory, and Huo Yuhao excitedly told a nearby Shrek teacher that Mydeimos was his child.

Mydeimos defeated Dai Huabin in the Battle Soul Arena, carefully controlling his strength so the beating did not kill him. After the crowd celebrated his victory, Castorice went to find Huo Yuhao while Phainon and the others headed backstage to meet Mydeimos.

• Huo Yuhao watched Dai Huabin's beating and looked forward to enjoying the recording later.
• Mydeimos ground Dai Huabin into the arena floor until the referee intervened, then stopped and handed him over.
• The referee found that Dai Huabin's injuries were severe but not life-threatening and praised Mydeimos's control.
• The crowd cheered Mydeimos as Dai Huabin was carried away unconscious, and Mu En predicted Mydeimos would become a Limit Douluo.
• Castorice left to meet Huo Yuhao, while Phainon, Feng Jin, and the others went backstage to find Mydeimos.

After Mydeimos defeated Dai Huabin, Beibei admitted he feared the junior’s strength while Tang Ya struggled with the damage to her Martial Soul and the temptation of its Devouring Attribute. Meanwhile, Gu Yue Na prepared supplies for the Star Dou Great Forest and received orders to watch Dai Huabin, who might target Feng Jin and the others.

• Tang Ya asked Beibei about Mydeimos, and Beibei said Mydeimos’s Super Martial Soul had suppressed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and would be difficult to face.
• Tang Ya teased Beibei after he insisted he would win against Mydeimos, then reminded him that he had forgotten to visit his relative, Mu En.
• Tang Ya reflected that poison Soul Rings had polluted her Blue Silver Grass and considered using its Devouring Attribute to absorb plant life, despite fearing she would become an Evil Soul Master.
• Feng Jin examined Mydeimos and healed the group, impressing Mu En with the strength of her healing and Wind Attribute.
• Gu Yue Na oversaw renovations for the Passion Sect’s new auction and arranged for supplies to be sent to Di Tian and the other Beast Kings in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao warned Gu Yue Na that Dai Huabin might send assassins after Feng Jin and the others, and she agreed to keep watch without killing him.

Di Tian watched the Soul Beasts trade for human goods and studied Soul Tools, worried that human weapons could threaten the Star Dou Great Forest. He then forced Three-Eyed Golden Lion to continue her lessons, leaving her furious and craving snacks.

• Di Tian saw Beast Kings gather at the Lake of Life to buy human goods, while Scarlet King traded with them and heard their complaints about Castorice's unfinished stories.
• Di Tian reflected on how human merchants were selling Soul Beasts supplies and Soul Tools, and worried that human armies could endanger the beasts.
• Di Tian told Scarlet King to send Soul Beasts to meet the supplies his Master was sending, and Scarlet King eagerly rushed to the Outer Circle.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion begged Di Tian to let her stop studying, but he reminded her she had failed a test and ordered her to study until she passed.
• Di Tian threatened to confiscate Three-Eyed Golden Lion's snacks and novels, and she transformed into her Spinosaurus form and protested.

Di Tian kept the Three-Eyed Golden Lion studying while Gu Yue Na patrolled Shrek City and secretly monitored its residents. After Mu En uncovered troubling academy records, Dai Huabin ordered his underlings to attack his rivals, but they devised a scheme to beat up a disabled old man instead.

• Di Tian made the Three-Eyed Golden Lion study at home and reflected on keeping the Auspicious Beast safe from the Human World.
• Gu Yue Na assigned Passion Sect members to patrol West Street, then used her Spiritual Power to survey Shrek City.
• Mu En reviewed Shrek Academy's records, found Zhou Yi's harsh expulsions and questioned the Outer Academy's oversight.
• Dai Huabin learned his Magic Net parodies had gone viral and ordered six black-robed underlings to attack the people who had beaten him.
• First Brother and the other underlings decided to stage an attack on a disabled old man and send Dai Huabin the recording.

Gu Yue Na monitored six of Dai Huabin’s black-robed men and learned they planned to ambush Mu En outside Shrek Academy, so Huo Yuhao told her to let them proceed while keeping watch. She then headed to the South District construction site to inspect and redesign it.

• The leader of the six black-robed men agreed to wait outside Shrek Academy and ambush the crippled old man, planning to record the attack for Dai Huabin.
• Gu Yue Na identified Mu En as their target and messaged Huo Yuhao to ask whether she should intervene.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yue Na to keep watch and let the men attack Mu En themselves.
• Gu Yue Na continued monitoring the six men and Dai Huabin, then put on her Yellow Hard Hat and went to inspect the South District construction site.

Feng Jin and Castorice visited Roman at the Passion Building while Mu En reflected on the girls and Shrek’s future. Huo Yuhao and Roman prepared to develop a mass-producible device that could break Soul Ring and Soul Spirit contracts, aiming to transform the Soul Master system.

• Feng Jin told Tribbie she was going with Castorice to meet Roman and learn about Reality Marble Alchemy, then left Shrek with Castorice after speaking with Mu En.
• Mu En decided Castorice’s love of life meant she was not an Evil Soul Master, and resolved to vouch for her while considering reforms to Shrek Academy.
• A group of black-robed men spotted Feng Jin and Castorice but followed their boss’s order to keep searching for a crippled old man instead.
• Huo Yuhao brought Roman a stack of documents, joked about Roman’s workload, and promised him a raise and time off for the next year’s competition.
• Roman showed Huo Yuhao a knockoff Talisman of Breaking All Precepts that could remove Soul Ring contracts and might break the Dragon Tomb’s spatial barrier.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the device could also remove Soul Spirit Contracts and asked Roman to develop a mass-producible version; Roman estimated it would take two and a half months.

Huo Yuhao sent Roman to teach Feng Jin about Reality Marbles while taking Castorice sightseeing in Shrek City. At a clothing store, he ran into Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong, and Castorice’s arrival left Jiang Nannan disheartened.

• Huo Yuhao and Roman discussed civilization’s progress and the God Realm before Feng Jin and Castorice arrived to see Roman.
• Roman took Feng Jin to learn Alchemy related to Reality Marbles, while Huo Yuhao took Castorice sightseeing around Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao picked out a light-purple dress for Castorice at a clothing store and ran into Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to treat Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong to a meal, and Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong argued about their past Freshman Assessment.
• Castorice emerged from the fitting room and asked Huo Yuhao who the three girls were, while Jiang Nannan’s eyes lost their light.

Huo Yuhao took Castorice, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong to Shrek City's Oscar restaurant, where he learned that Wang Dong's soul had been damaged and was being repaired by divine power tied to her Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Mu En left Shrek City to confront those defying his orders, but he caught their attackers off guard and subdued their boss as the rest fled.

• Huo Yuhao introduced Castorice to Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, then led the group to Oscar restaurant, with Jiang Nannan following and speaking privately with Castorice.
• Wang Dong handled the restaurant's Soul Tool menu without trouble and explained that golden patterns on her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul had ended her former reaction to Soul Tools.
• Electrolux examined Wang Dong through Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power and found that her soul had been torn apart but was being repaired by divine power linked to her Martial Soul.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to watch over Phainon and the others, rejected delaying the Outer Academy reforms, and left Shrek City to investigate those disobeying him.
• The black-robed men followed Mu En beyond the south gate, and their boss attacked him, intending to knock him from his wheelchair and take him back.
• Mu En used his power over space to pin the boss beneath his wheelchair, while Fourth Brother and the other black-robed men fled.

Mu En crippled First Brother and captured the fleeing Black-robed Men, discovering they had attacked him on Dai Huabin’s orders. He left Yan Shaozhe to inform Dai Hao, arrange compensation, and punish the attackers with a century of service to Shrek.

• Mu En drained First Brother’s Soul Power, crippled his cultivation, and bound him while he pursued the fleeing attackers.
• Mu En caught Fourth Brother with a Light Element Palm and brought him back to the other captured Black-robed Men.
• Second Brother revealed that they served the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and had attacked Mu En on Dai Huabin’s orders after Dai Huabin lost to Mydeimos in the Battle Arena.
• Mu En knocked the Black-robed Men unconscious and told Yan Shaozhe to inform Dai Hao, seek compensation for Shrek’s departments, and send people to collect the attackers.
• Mu En ordered the Black-robed Men to serve Shrek for a hundred years by clearing Evil Soul Masters, after which they could go free if they survived.

Mu En reflected on his fading life as he traveled toward Xilu City, while Huo Yuhao entered the Space Dragon King's dream to restore the Dragon King's reason. The awakened Dragon King remembered Huo Yuhao and confessed that his past destruction had included ruining the world's future.

• Mu En watched Shrek Academy disciples carry away the six dead Black-robed Men and continued toward Xilu City, regretting that he could not solve the mystery of humanity's short lifespan.
• After dinner, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao complained to Huo Yuhao about Zhou Yi's harsh training, and Castorice agreed to visit the park with Jiang Nannan to feed the cats.
• Huo Yuhao used Kamui to reach Emerald Soil near Xilu City and asked Adam to guard the area while he contacted the Space Dragon King's lingering consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Space Dragon King's dream, where he witnessed the Dragon King relive a bloody battle with the Nine-Colored Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao used the Authority of [Dream] to awaken the Space Dragon King's reason, and the Dragon King appeared as a young man who remembered receiving life force from Huo Yuhao.
• The Space Dragon King warned Huo Yuhao that he had destroyed many things, including the world's future, and asked whether the Dragon God Realm still existed.