Chapter Summaries

The Soul Spirit Experiment continued as Tang Ya, Cui Yajie, and Ning Tian each completed a Soul Spirit ritual, gaining new abilities and strengthening their Martial Souls. Their successful fusions left the group nearing the end of the trials, while Wu Feng apologized to Zi Yao for doubting him.

• Bi Ji brought a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Swan for Tang Ya, who overcame her worry about its Light Attribute conflicting with her Dark Blue Silver Grass and fused with it successfully.
• Tang Ya gained the Jade Body Soul Skill, which strengthened her defense and toughness and let her recover injuries by gathering life force.
• Cui Yajie chose a weak Five-Tailed White Fox with a pure Heavenly Fox Bloodline and entered the Soul Spirit array.
• Zi Yao advised Ning Tian to choose a Thousand-Year Purple Soul Spirit before pursuing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit for her Sixth Soul Ring, and Bi Ji brought her a six-thousand-year White Armored Tyrannosaurus.
• Wu Feng apologized to Zi Yao after Ning Tian warned her about the Soul Spirit System's future importance.
• Cui Yajie gained White Fox Transformation and Fox Clones, while Ning Tian's Defense Boost improved greatly and she gained the ability to fight alongside her White Armored Tyrannosaurus.

After the Soul Spirit experiment succeeded, Di Tian reluctantly allowed Wang Qiu'er to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Zi Yao and gave her a protective scale. Zi Yao secured Gold of Life from Gu Yuena for his plan to move the Shrek Golden Tree, then departed with Wang Qiu'er and their new guardian, Zi Ji.

• Bi Ji reported that the Soul Spirit experiment had succeeded, and Di Tian put her in charge of the Star Dou Great Forest while he slept.
• Zi Yao argued that Wang Qiu'er should be allowed to live in human society, and Wang Qiu'er chose to go with him despite Di Tian's concerns.
• Di Tian gave Wang Qiu'er a Reverse Scale containing his Origin Power and the power of seven Heavenly Retributions, and arranged for Zi Ji to guard her.
• Zi Yao asked to borrow Gold of Life to move the Shrek Golden Tree, and Gu Yuena sent him a piece on the condition that he return it within two months.
• Zi Yao left the core region with Wang Qiu'er, and Zi Ji joined them as their escort before asking Zi Yao whether he had made the Auspicious Beast take human form.

Zi Ji and Wang Qiu'er moved into Zi Yao’s villa in Shrek City, where Zi Ji advised Wang Qiu'er to act before other girls claimed Zi Yao. Wang Qiu'er later found Zi Yao with a girl who looked exactly like her and mistook what he was doing, until he explained that the girl was Wang Dong'er.

• Zi Ji confronted Zi Yao about Wang Qiu'er, then flew with the group back to Shrek City.
• Wang Qiu'er decided to stay at Zi Yao’s villa and moved into the last bedroom with Zi Ji.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya welcomed the returning group, and Jiang Nannan prepared a room for Zi Ji and Wang Qiu'er.
• Zi Ji told Wang Qiu'er that powerful males often had multiple mates and urged her not to hesitate with Zi Yao.
• Unable to sleep, Wang Qiu'er went to Zi Yao’s room and found a girl resembling herself lying on a Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Bed beside Zi Yao.
• Wang Qiu'er accused Zi Yao of making a rubber wife, and Zi Yao told her the girl was Wang Dong'er.

Wang Qiu'er learned that Wang Dong'er lay in a deep sleep and was unsettled by her own grief for the girl. Two years after the Soul Master Tournament, Ma Xiaotao still struggled with her Evil Fire, while Zi Yao, Wang Qiu'er, and their companions arrived to take part in the Inner Court Assessment.

• Zi Yao told Wang Qiu'er that Wang Dong'er's damaged origin and soul had been stabilized with Holy Soul Grass, but she still needed his Life Force to survive.
• Wang Qiu'er wept beside Wang Dong'er and wondered why she felt such sorrow despite having just met her.
• Ma Xiaotao worried that her Evil Fire prevented her from absorbing a Seventh Soul Ring, and Zhang Lexuan persuaded her to attend the Inner Court Assessment.
• Two days later, Wang Qiu'er insisted on staying with Zi Yao as they went to the Inner Court Assessment, joined by Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
• Xiao Xiao told Zi Yao that she had boarded the two little bears at the Great Colosseum, and Ning Tian, Cui Yajie, and Wu Feng joined the group to attempt the assessment.

Wang Qiu'er arrived at Shrek Academy for the Inner Court Assessment, but Yan Shaozhe offered her a teacher position after seeing her six-ring Golden Dragon Martial Soul. As the assessment was about to begin, a disheveled young woman challenged Zi Yao to prove his eligibility.

• Wang Yan recognized Wang Qiu'er as the Golden Dragon Soul Master, and Yan Shaozhe offered her a teaching position after she revealed her six Soul Rings.
• Jiang Nannan told Yan Shaozhe she had left the academy to accompany her mother and would not take the Inner Court Assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived with Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen to oversee the assessment and explain that the Shrek Seven Devils would choose its final challenges.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen worried that Zi Yao might embarrass them if he beat them during the assessment.
• A disheveled young woman entered and volunteered to assess Zi Yao because his Outer Court comprehensive credits were insufficient.

Zhou Yi challenged Zi Yao to keep him out of the Inner Court, but he defeated her and destroyed her arm with his Destruction Power. The chapter left Zhou Yi pleading for help, while Yan Shaozhe refused to secure her a replacement limb.

• Zhou Yi demanded that Zi Yao remain in the Outer Court for another year unless he passed her assessment, and Zi Yao agreed to fight her for direct entry into the Inner Court.
• Zhou Yi used her Crimson Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Zi Yao, who blocked her strikes with Life Ice and severed her dragon-tail phantom with his External Soul Bone.
• Zi Yao overwhelmed Zhou Yi's final attack with his Destruction Power and pierced her arm, draining it of its life force.
• Elder Zhuang determined that Zhou Yi's arm could only be amputated, and Yan Shaozhe's attempt to heal it caused it to crumble to ash.
• Zhou Yi begged Yan Shaozhe to help her obtain a bone graft, but he dismissed her request and blamed her for the injury.

Zhou Yi lost Fan Yu after her humiliation and entered the Soul Tool Department, while Zi Yao passed the assessment and invited Jiang Nannan to join his organization. As the Inner Court Assessment continued, Zi Yao and Wang Qiu'er flirted under Zhang Lexuan's watch, and the remaining students began forming teams.

• Yan Shaozhe ordered Zhou Yi to leave the assessment, and she went to Fan Yu's office seeking comfort.
• Mu Jin revealed that Fan Yu had wanted to end his relationship with Zhou Yi, and Fan Yu ignored Zhou Yi as she left in humiliation.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that Zi Yao had passed, and Zi Yao suggested Jiang Nannan move to Heaven Dou City before inviting her to join his organization.
• Zi Yao joked with Wang Qiu'er, touched her waist, and was interrupted by Zhang Lexuan, who reminded them Shrek forbade teachers and students from being intimate.
• The students began forming three-person teams for the assessment, and Beibei awkwardly left after Tang Ya rejected him, teaming up with Xu Sanshi instead.

Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao faced Beibei and Xu Sanshi in the first Inner Court Assessment battle. Tang Ya overwhelmed Xu Sanshi with her Blue Silver abilities, while Xiao Xiao blocked Beibei from interfering, leaving both fights underway.

• Ma Xiaotao assigned Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao to fight Beibei and Xu Sanshi after Xiao Xiao declined the offer to add a third teammate.
• Beibei tried to reconcile with Tang Ya, but she rejected him and declared her devotion to Zi Yao.
• Tang Ya summoned the Blue Silver Overlord Spear and cracked Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Shield Formation.
• Tang Ya absorbed the water from Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Power, trapped him in a Blue Silver Cage, and nearly struck him with a spear-like vine.
• Xu Sanshi used Turtle God Charge to batter the cage as Xiao Xiao blocked Beibei with a large cauldron.

Xiao Xiao and Tang Ya revealed powerful Soul Spirits during the Inner Court Assessment, turning the battle against Beibei and Xu Sanshi. Xu Sanshi was defeated, and Beibei surrendered after Xiao Xiao and Tang Ya joined forces.

• Beibei underestimated Xiao Xiao, but her Geng Jin cauldrons pierced his defenses and forced him to take her seriously.
• Xiao Xiao summoned the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, which helped her overpower Beibei's thunder dragon attack.
• Xu Sanshi broke free from his cage and used Black Tortoise Swap to strike Tang Ya, but her Jade Swan's power let her heal and stab his shoulder.
• Ma Xiaotao declared that Xu Sanshi had lost his combat ability.
• Tang Ya's Jade Swan restored Xiao Xiao's strength, and Beibei surrendered rather than face them together.

Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao’s Soul Spirits helped them defeat Beibei and Xu Sanshi, drawing attention to the new Soul Spirit system as the Inner Court Assessment continued. After the assessment ended, Jiang Nannan and Wang Qiu'er joined Zi Yao on his return to the Holy Cult headquarters.

• Zhang Lexuan questioned Zi Yao about Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao’s intelligent Soul Beasts, and Zi Yao explained that they were Soul Spirits developed by the Holy Cult.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Cui Yajie defeated their opponents with help from their Soul Spirits.
• The Inner Court Assessment ended, with Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and the others passing; Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao placed first and second.
• Zhang Lexuan announced the summer break and invited the new Inner Court disciples to attend Sea God Fate, then gave them identity tokens.
• Zi Yao explained that Jiang Nannan had joined the Holy Cult and was returning to its headquarters; Wang Qiu'er then said she would go with them.

Zi Yao welcomed Jiang Nannan into the Holy Spirit Cult and arranged for her to travel to Heaven Dou City, while Jing Hóngchén led his family out of the Sun Moon Empire. The chapter left the Hongchen family heading for Heaven Dou as war loomed.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen said goodbye to Zi Yao and gave him gifts, explaining they might not return to Shrek next semester.
• Zi Yao brought Tang Ya, Wang Qiu'er, and Jiang Nannan to the Holy Spirit Cult, where Ye Guyi approved Jiang Nannan as a new member.
• Zi Yao sent Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to Heaven Dou City and dispatched Wang Qiu'er and Zi Ji to observe the Soul Spirit System in the Extreme North.
• Ye Guyi teased Zi Yao about his romantic entanglements, but he comforted her before Wu Yun and Wu Yu arrived.
• Zi Yao ordered Wu Yun and Wu Yu to escort Jiang Nannan and her mother, warning that the mission might be dangerous because of the Xuanming Sect.
• Jing Hóngchén told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that he was moving the Hongchen Family from the Sun Moon Empire to the Heaven Dou Empire as war approached.

Jing Hóngchén brought his family to Sunset Forest to join the Holy Cult, where Nana escorted him, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen through the Poison Barrier. At the headquarters, they discovered that the Holy Son was Zi Yao, whom they had met only days earlier.

• Jing Hóngchén arrived in the Heavenly Soul Empire with Du Busi escorting him and gathered the Hongchen Family for the journey to Sunset Forest.
• At the Poison Barrier, Nana recognized Jing Hóngchén and said her identity token could bring only a small group inside, so the rest of the family had to wait outside.
• Jing Hóngchén, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen followed Nana through the Poison Barrier while Ji Juéchen stayed behind.
• Nana led the three to the Holy Cult headquarters, where Jing Hóngchén and the siblings bowed to the Holy Son.
• Zi Yao revealed herself to Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, who recognized her as someone they had met a few days earlier.

Zi Yao welcomed Jing Hóngchén and his family into the Holy Cult, appointing Jing Hóngchén to lead its new Technology Hall. At the research base, Xuan Ziwén showed them his Soul Ring Storage Device and joined Jing Hóngchén in planning to complete the Humanoid Battle Armor, while Zi Yao prepared to finish another Soul Tool.

• Jing Hóngchén pledged his family to Zi Yao, who appointed him a Venerable and Hall Master of the Technology Hall.
• Zi Yao sent Nana to receive the arriving relatives and arrange their accommodations and initiation into the Holy Cult.
• Zi Yao and Jing Hóngchén found Ke Ke at the research base and went with her to meet Xuan Ziwén.
• Xuan Ziwén showed Zi Yao his Soul Ring Storage Device, and Zi Yao told him to modify it to store Soul Spirits and integrate it with the Soul Spirit Contract Soul Tool.
• Jing Hóngchén brought out Mingde Hall's Humanoid Battle Armor and proposed that he and Xuan Ziwén finish its research together.
• Xuan Ziwén explained that Zi Yao's Soul Tool still needed an Ultimate Ice Soul Master to forge its unusual materials, so Zi Yao offered to help complete it with Jing Hóngchén.

Zi Yao inspected the Holy Cult’s growing Soul Engineer workforce and finances before Ji Juéchen challenged him to a fight. Zi Yao accepted despite their difference in Soul Power, and they faced off in Sunset Forest with sword and spear intents.

• Zi Yao and Octagonal forged Extreme Ice Divine Crystals onto an arm Soul Tool, leaving Jing Hóngchén and Xuan Ziwén to finish it.
• Nana reported that 143 Hongchen Family members had joined the Holy Cult, including more than eighty high-level Soul Tool Masters, and Zi Yao reviewed the Holy Cult’s income and customer prospects.
• Ji Juéchen challenged Zi Yao, hoping to help his sword break through, but Zi Yao initially told him to wait until he became a Soul Saint.
• Ji Juéchen insisted that he was willing to lose, so Zi Yao agreed to fight him in Sunset Forest.
• Ji Juéchen unleashed his Sword Intent, and Zi Yao answered with Spear Intent, opening a gap in the surrounding sword energy.

Zi Yao defeated Ji Juéchen in a weapon-intent duel, then guided him toward a new understanding of Sword Intent. Ji Juéchen decided to join the Holy Cult, while Zi Yao left him to pursue the path of Victory Without a Sword on his own.

• Ji Juéchen challenged Zi Yao, but Zi Yao’s spear forced him back despite his Sword Intent and powerful sheathed-sword strike.
• Zi Yao shifted his aim at the last moment, and Ji Juéchen acknowledged his defeat after seeing the devastation their clash caused.
• Zi Yao advised Ji Juéchen to look beyond the sword in his hand and described the realm of Victory Without a Sword.
• Ji Juéchen asked to meet Zi Yao’s supposed senior swordsman, and Zi Yao evaded the request with an analogy about an egg and a hen.
• Ji Juéchen chose to join the Holy Cult, and Zi Yao told Nana to add him to the list without testing him.

Zi Yao continued managing the Holy Spirit Cult and grew closer to Ye Guyi, while Wu Yun and Wu Yu reported that the Xuanming Sect’s Young Sect Master had ordered an attack on them. He also asked Mu Xue to inform Vina that he intended to restart the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony, and the chapter ended with Xuan Ziwén and Jing Hóngchén completing an ice-blue Soul Tool.

• Zi Yao reviewed the Holy Spirit Cult’s affairs with Ye Guyi and reassured her that he cared for her.
• Wu Yun and Wu Yu reported that they had captured a Soul Master from the Xuanming Sect, whose Young Sect Master had ordered the attack.
• Zi Yao told Ye Guyi that Wang Dong’er’s soul had awakened, but she remained unconscious.
• Zi Yao visited Mu Xue in Heaven Dou City and asked her to inform Vina that he planned to restart the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.
• Xuan Ziwén and Jing Hóngchén completed a one-meter-long, ice-blue arm guard Soul Tool.

Zi Yao received the powerful Ice Empress's Embrace Soul Tool and traveled to Dragon City to inspect the Soul Spirit System's branch. There, he reunited with Ling Luochen and found the Ice Empress in low spirits, then pressed her to explain what was wrong.

• Xuan Ziwén and Jing Hóngchén presented Zi Yao with a Level Nine Soul Tool made from an Ice Scorpion Soul Bone and an Extreme Ice Divine Crystal, which he named Ice Empress's Embrace.
• Zi Yao instructed Jing Hóngchén and Meng Hongchen to continue researching the Soul Spirit Reservoir and went ahead to Dragon City in the Extreme North.
• Zi Yao met Ling Luochen, who had come to Dragon City seeking a Soul Spirit, and offered to accompany her through the application process.
• Zi Yao inspected the Holy Cult Branch and found its Soul Spirit operations orderly, then entered the Holy Cult Hall.
• Zi Yao found the Ice Empress sitting listlessly and urged her to reveal why she was unhappy.

Zi Yao gave Ice Empress a powerful Soul Tool forged from an Ice Scorpion Soul Bone, and she tested its explosive strength in the Extreme North. Ice Empress accepted the gift and promised to spend the night with Zi Yao.

• Zi Yao comforted Ice Empress after she became jealous about his relationship with Wang Qiu'er and Snow Sister.
• Zi Yao gave Ice Empress White Silk Stockings, and she reluctantly indulged his humiliating request before he presented her with Ice Empress's Embrace.
• Zi Yao explained that he had commissioned the arm guard using an Ice Scorpion Soul Bone and an Extreme Ice Divine Crystal, and Ice Empress put it on.
• Zi Yao guided Ice Empress as she tested the Soul Tool, and her Extreme Cold Ice Blast blew apart a large Ice Mountain.
• Ice Empress realized the arm guard greatly enhanced her combat power, accepted Zi Yao's gift, and told him he would not be allowed to rest that night.

Zi Yao discussed Ling Luochen’s new Snow Woman Soul Beast with her before Wang Qiu’er confronted them and stormed off after Zi Yao warned her not to bother the other women. He then told Zi Ji that he was considering moving Soul Beasts to another plane while letting willing ones return through a Portal of Transmigration to become Soul Spirits.

• Ling Luochen told Zi Yao that she had been approved to bond with a ten-thousand-year Snow Woman as a Soul Spirit.
• Wang Qiu’er teased Ling Luochen and Zi Yao about dating, and Ling Luochen rebuked her for gossiping about students.
• Zi Yao warned Wang Qiu’er not to interfere with the other women again, and she left angrily.
• Zi Ji praised the Spirit Pagoda’s progress but warned Zi Yao that human greed could undermine the Soul Spirit system after he died.
• Zi Yao revealed to Zi Ji his tentative plan to move Soul Beasts to another plane and let willing ones return to Douluo Continent through a Portal of Transmigration.

Zi Yao returned to the Holy Cult, arranged support for its growth, and then traveled with Tang Ya and the others to Shrek’s Inner Court. He settled in with his companions while Wang Qiu’er remained distant, and Zhang Lexuan prepared to show her to the teachers’ dormitories.

• Zi Yao gave Ye Guyi a Seven-Colored Envelope from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and cautioned her to expand the Holy Cult carefully while keeping the Body Sect from becoming an enemy.
• Zi Yao instructed Wu Yu and Wu Yun to assist Ye Guyi, then rewarded them with a Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Bone for the elder sister and a Level Nine Soul Tool for the younger sister.
• Zi Yao left the Holy Cult with Tang Ya, Wang Qiu’er, and Zi Ji and returned to Shrek City, where Wang Qiu’er continued to avoid speaking with him.
• Zi Ji stayed in Shrek City to conceal her beast identity, while Wang Qiu’er went with Zi Yao and Tang Ya to the Inner Court on Sea God Island.
• Xiao Xiao welcomed Zi Yao and Tang Ya to the Inner Court, and Zhang Lexuan guided them to their single-room dormitories before offering to take Wang Qiu’er to the teachers’ dormitories.