Chapter Summaries

Zi Yao encouraged Xiao Hongchen to accept his defeat and follow his own path, helping him recover from his despair. Jing Hóngchén thanked Zi Yao and offered him a favor, while a misunderstanding about Meng Hongchen’s bloodstained skirt led Jing Hóngchén to suggest discussing an engagement.

• Meng Hongchen explained that she had brought Zi Yao to help Xiao Hongchen recover, and Xiao’s eagerness to spar faded when she revealed Zi Yao’s First Soul Ring was ten thousand years old.
• Zi Yao told Xiao Hongchen that losing to him was no shame and urged him to stop measuring his worth by whether he could surpass others.
• Xiao Hongchen accepted Zi Yao’s advice, let go of his despair, and resolved to walk his own path.
• Jing Hóngchén emerged from hiding, thanked Zi Yao for helping Xiao, and promised him a favor.
• Xiao Hongchen mistook the bloodstain on Meng Hongchen’s skirt for evidence of intimacy with Zi Yao, and Jing Hóngchén offered to speak with Zi Yao about an engagement.

Zi Yao decided to pursue the Ice-Fire Path and sought Jing Hóngchén’s help in reaching the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well. He revealed that he had made the Soul Tool Handgun and promised the journey could bring the Hongchen Family great benefits, including helping Jing Hóngchén break through level 95.

• Meng Hongchen ran back to her room after Jing Hóngchén teased her about liking Zi Yao.
• Zi Yao chose to cultivate ice and fire powers in balance and considered seeking immortal herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zi Yao decided to ask Jing Hóngchén to accompany him to the Heaven Dou Empire, believing his strength could help secure the immortal herbs.
• Zi Yao showed Jing Hóngchén the Desert Eagle and revealed that he had made the Soul Tool Handgun.
• Jing Hóngchén agreed to keep Zi Yao’s secret and asked what he needed, then reacted with shock when Zi Yao promised the journey could help him break through level 95.

Zi Yao brought Jing Hóngchén to Sunset Forest after promising to help stabilize his cultivation in exchange only for his own safety. There, he sought the forest’s core region as a fief and began a private conversation with Princess Vina by revealing an Extreme North Snow Lotus.

• Zi Yao explained that medicine had destabilized Jing Hóngchén’s foundation and offered to help him improve in exchange for protection, and Jing Hóngchén accepted.
• Jing Hóngchén temporarily entrusted his headmaster duties to Lin Jiayi and traveled with Zi Yao to Heaven Dou City and Sunset Forest.
• Mu Xue recognized Zi Yao and, after he insisted on entering the forest’s depths, arranged for Princess Vina to meet him.
• Vina questioned Jing Hóngchén’s unannounced visit, and he said he had come only to protect Zi Yao.
• Zi Yao asked to speak with Vina alone, then showed her an Extreme North Snow Lotus.

Zi Yao offered Vina a Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus in exchange for the core region of Sunset Forest, then entered the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well with Jing Hóngchén. Tang San watched from the God Realm and worried that Zi Yao would take the Immortal Grade Herbs he had reserved.

• Zi Yao offered Vina the Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus for the core region of Sunset Forest, and Vina agreed to report the proposal while issuing him a Passage Token.
• Zi Yao and Jing Hóngchén reached the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well and saw the Jade Phosphor Flowers gathering poisonous mist to block its entrance.
• Jing Hóngchén fired a Level 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, and Snow Empress used Extreme Ice to open a path through the weakened poison cloud.
• Zi Yao and Jing Hóngchén activated Hongchen's Blessing and rushed through the Ice and Fire Cave Gate.
• Tang San watched from the God Realm and hoped Zi Yao would leave some of the Immortal Grade Herbs behind.

Jing Hóngchén and Zi Yao entered the Ice and Fire Cave, where Zi Yao used Aromatic Silk Beauty’s test to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and awaken Electrolux’s plan to create a second Sea of Consciousness. After receiving the book, Zi Yao revealed that he had lied about being the chosen inheritor and intended to take control of the treasure land.

• Jing Hóngchén and Zi Yao entered the Ice and Fire Dual Springs, where Aromatic Silk Beauty warned them about the dangers and introduced itself as Youyou.
• Zi Yao claimed that he had been sent by the lord who arranged the treasure land, and Aromatic Silk Beauty tested him with the dew of Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Zi Yao drank the dew, strengthening and condensing his Spiritual Power, which allowed Electrolux to prepare to open a second Sea of Consciousness for him.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty declared that Zi Yao had passed the first trial and gave him the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record containing the Poison Manual and Medicine Manual.
• Zi Yao admitted that he had deceived Aromatic Silk Beauty and said he had come to take control of the treasured land, prompting Aromatic Silk Beauty to call for Jiao'er.

Zi Yao and Jing Hóngchén confronted the immortal herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, and Zi Yao offered them a chance to enter the God Realm. After A Lan vouched for Zi Yao, Jing Hóngchén wondered whether he was a deity’s heir.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot attacked Jing Hóngchén and Zi Yao, but Jing Hóngchén blocked the Extreme Fire with his Soul Tool and drove her back with a barrage of weapons.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass awakened and questioned why Zi Yao and Jing Hóngchén had come to the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zi Yao said he knew the Sea God and offered the immortal herbs an opportunity to enter the God Realm.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass questioned whether the humans could be trusted, so Zi Yao summoned A Lan to testify on his behalf.
• A Lan said Zi Yao’s Origin Power came from the God Realm and that his help had made her a true Blue Silver Emperor.
• Jing Hóngchén reasoned that Zi Yao might be the heir of a deity.

Zi Yao and Electrolux explained how Soul Beasts could preserve their consciousness in Soul Rings and potentially gain eternal life by joining Zi Yao’s Soul Spirit System. Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to pursue the path, while A Jiao remained wary, and Zi Yao stayed at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate.

• Zi Yao asked Jing Hóngchén to leave before Electrolux revealed the Soul Spirit System’s preliminary results to the immortal herbs.
• Electrolux explained that Soul Rings could contain Spiritual Power, and Zi Yao used A Lan’s survival in his Soul Ring as proof.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass accepted the possibility of sacrificing itself to reach the God Realm, but A Jiao refused to trust Zi Yao.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass gave Zi Yao Cold Ice Jade Dew, and A Jiao supplied Ten-Thousand-Year Scorching Gum for him to use together.
• Zi Yao selected a Pure Lotus Flower for himself and a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma for Jing Hóngchén, who returned to the academy to cultivate.
• Zi Yao declined to return with Jing Hóngchén and remained at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate Ice Fire Power.

After six months cultivating at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, Zi Yao reached rank forty and prepared to absorb the Extreme Ice and Fire powers with Electrolux’s help. He persuaded Octagonal and A Jiao to leave with him by promising they could inherit the Ice God and Fire God positions, and pointed to the Ice and Fire Dual Springs as the key to making them Rank One Gods.

• Zi Yao finished forming his Ice Fire Physique, reached rank forty, and told Youyou to guard the gate and handle his arrangements.
• Zi Yao prepared to absorb Octagonal’s Extreme Ice power and explained that he needed to cultivate both opposing extremes to balance his two Origin Powers.
• Youyou told A Jiao that Octagonal might inherit the Ice God’s position, prompting A Jiao to reconsider staying behind and ask to leave with Zi Yao.
• Zi Yao said the First Generation Fire God was selecting a successor and assured A Jiao that she and Octagonal could become Rank One Gods with the Ice and Fire Dual Springs.

Zi Yao accepted Octagonal and A Jiao’s simultaneous sacrifices, gaining two Soul Spirits, Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and an Ice Fire Physique. Electrolux fell into a restorative sleep, while Tang San worried about the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well and Octagonal and A Jiao adjusted to their new human forms.

• Zi Yao persuaded Octagonal and A Jiao to sacrifice themselves together, with Electrolux assuring them that he would oversee the ritual.
• Octagonal and A Jiao became Soul Spirits, and Zi Yao absorbed their Soul Rings and left and right leg Soul Bones while tempering his Ice Fire Physique.
• Electrolux said he needed to rest after completing the Soul Spirit Ritual and promised to pass on his legacy when he awakened.
• Tang San watched from the God Realm and worried that Zi Yao might take more treasures from the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, which he planned to protect.
• Zi Yao rose with his new powers, while Octagonal and A Jiao appeared as young girls in his Sea of Consciousness and discussed their forms.

Zi Yao uncovered the lingering souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King beneath the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to gain their knowledge and power. After the Dragon Kings emerged and challenged his claims about human rule, Zi Yao summoned two figures with his Life Destruction Origin to face them.

• Zi Yao and his soul-bound immortal herbs discovered their powers had changed and agreed to descend beneath the twin springs.
• A Jiao and Octagonal communicated with the springs, opening a passage that let Zi Yao reach the carved dragon-head patterns below.
• The Ice-Fire Dragon Souls awakened and attacked Zi Yao, who escaped as the spring water began to close around them.
• The Dragon Kings emerged as giant dragons and questioned why a human was on their ancestral planet.
• Zi Yao explained that the world was now ruled by humans, prompting the Fire Dragon King to reject his claim.
• Zi Yao declared it a two-on-two fight and used his Life Destruction Origin to summon a man and a woman.

The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings gave Zi Yao their inheritance after he promised the Dragon Clan would have a place to live in the future. Destruction and the Life Goddess returned to the God Realm, where Tang San confronted Destruction over his unauthorized descent and Zi Yao’s claim to the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Destruction defeated the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, who acknowledged the Dragon Clan’s past crimes and feared humanity’s rise.
• Zi Yao promised the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings that he would not let the Dragon Clan be completely exterminated, and they passed their inheritance to him and Bajiao Ajiao.
• Zi Yao gathered the spring water and strengthened the site with an Ice-Fire Barrier, while Destruction sealed the treasured land with a Deity Restriction.
• The Life Goddess and Destruction told Zi Yao they would grant him Deity inheritances after he mastered Life Destruction power, then returned to the God Realm.
• Tang San angrily accused Destruction of descending without authorization and taking the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well for Zi Yao.

Tang San tried to punish Destruction for descending to the Douluo Continent, but Ji Dong imposed only a brief loss of Committee voting rights on Life and Destruction. Zi Yao left the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well after entrusting it to Youyou and secured the land deed by giving Vina a Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus.

• Tang San accused Destruction of violating God Realm rules, while the Life Goddess defended her decision to descend to the lower realm.
• Ji Dong ruled that Life and Destruction would lose their Committee voting rights for one month, and Destruction warned that they would withdraw their power from the lower realms if anything happened to Xiao Yao.
• The Life Goddess and Destruction left the God Realm Committee together after accepting the punishment.
• Zi Yao told Youyou she could leave the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well to explore Sunset Forest, but reminded her to keep caring for the well.
• Zi Yao gave Vina a Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus and received the land grant for the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, along with a Count's identity badge.

After learning that Shrek's Inspection Team had entered the Sun Moon Empire, Zi Yao traveled to the Mingdou Mountain Range and found a village massacred by Evil Soul Masters. There he met Ye Guyi, an Angel Soul descendant hunting the Death Envoy, and they set off together to find him.

• Vina gave Zi Yao Jing Hóngchén's letter urging him to compete in the upcoming Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, then helped him find the Shrek Inspection Team's travel records.
• Zi Yao saw Huo Yuhao and the others listed on the records, contacted Jing Hóngchén, and left for the Mingdou Mountain Range after recalling the group's encounter with the Death Envoy.
• Zi Yao discovered that Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered a village and saw Ye Guyi kill a Soul Ancestor Evil Soul Master with her Holy Sword.
• Zi Yao introduced himself to Ye Guyi, who explained that she had left the Ordinary Alliance to hunt Evil Soul Masters and temper her sword.
• Zi Yao and Ye Guyi agreed to search for the Death Envoy together and flew deeper into the Mingdou Mountain Range.

Huo Yuhao was rescued from the Death Envoy by Zi Yao and Ye Guyi, and Zi Yao used his death power to kill the Evil Soul Master. After Xuan Zi arrived, he ordered Zi Yao to return to Shrek for an investigation.

• Huo Yuhao refused to wait for Xuan Zi and prepared to risk damage to his Spiritual Origin to kill the Death Envoy himself.
• Zi Yao and Ye Guyi confronted the Death Envoy at the passage exit, and Zi Yao stopped Ye Guyi from approaching the explosive Corpse Slaves.
• Zi Yao revealed his Death Saint Law God power, freed the Corpse Slaves' souls, and let them devour the Death Envoy's soul before sending them to reincarnation.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Zi Yao and told Ye Guyi that he belonged to Shrek's Inspection Team and reserve team.
• Xuan Zi arrived late, confirmed Huo Yuhao was safe, and ordered Zi Yao to return to Shrek for an investigation because he was from the Sun Moon Empire.

Xuan Zi accused the Sun Moon Empire of colluding with Evil Soul Masters and tried to take Zi Yao and Ye Guyi to Shrek for investigation. Jing Hóngchén intervened, challenged Xuan Zi, and stood between him and the two young Soul Masters.

• Xuan Zi dismissed Huo Yuhao’s defense of Yao Ge and claimed the Sun Moon Empire might have colluded with Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Guyi challenged Xuan Zi’s authority, but he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious when Huo Yuhao tried to intervene.
• Xuan Zi moved to seize Zi Yao, but Jing Hóngchén struck his hand with a golden Soul Tool Shell and joined Zi Yao.
• Jing Hóngchén and Xuan Zi argued over the Shrek Inspection Team’s losses and the sale of Soul Tools to Evil Soul Masters.
• Jing Hóngchén refused to hand over Zi Yao and Ye Guyi, revealed his recent rise to level 94, and prepared to fight Xuan Zi.

After Xuan Zi and Jing Hóngchén agreed to settle their dispute in a duel, Huo Yuhao returned to the devastated team and was blamed by Dai Huabin for the ambush. Zi Yao defended him and struck Dai Huabin after he tried to attack.

• Xuan Zi and Jing Hóngchén agreed to fight outside, with Shrek promising not to interfere in a Sun Moon Empire campaign for the mountain range if Xuan Zi lost.
• Zi Yao woke Huo Yuhao, and they went with Ye Guyi to the valley where the team had suffered heavy casualties.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Yao had died and Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng had lost limbs.
• Dai Huabin grabbed Huo Yuhao and blamed him for failing to detect the trap and escaping the Death Envoy, while He Caitou and Ma Xiaotao challenged his accusations.
• Huo Yuhao nearly lost control after Dai Huabin spoke of the White Tiger Duke's sons, but Zi Yao revealed that he had saved Huo Yuhao and killed the Death Envoy.
• Dai Huabin tried to attack Zi Yao after being mocked, but a slap sent him flying into the wall.

Zi Yao protected the Shrek students from another Soul Tool Bomb and confronted Dai Huabin, then the group reached the cave entrance and witnessed Jing Hóngchén’s Soul Guidance Cannon Platforms overpowering Xuan Zi. The chapter left the Martial Soul Department’s Core Disciples stunned by the power of Soul Tools as Xuan Zi struggled under the bombardment.

• Zi Yao struck Dai Huabin for attacking others, dismissed the threat of the White Tiger Duke, and reunited with Jiang Nannan, who recognized him as her benefactor.
• Ling Luochen urged the group to move the injured, but a corpse concealed a Soul Tool Bomb; Zi Yao blocked its explosion with an Invincible Shield.
• He Caitou explained the shield’s cost and capabilities, and Ling Luochen promised to seek compensation from Xuan Zi for it.
• At the cave entrance, the group found Xuan Zi fighting Jing Hóngchén’s Soul Guidance Cannon Platforms, while Jing Hóngchén escalated the attack with Fixed Soul Tool Missiles.
• Xuan Zi struggled to withstand Jing Hóngchén’s bombardment, and Ma Xiaotao and the other Martial Soul Department Core Disciples were shocked by the strength of Soul Tools.

Xuan Zi lost to Jing Hóngchén and was forced to face the consequences of wagering Shrek’s claim over the Mingdou Mountain Range. As the survivors split up, Jiang Nannan kept the Necklace Zi Yao had dismissed as useless, confronting the distance between them.

• Jing Hóngchén defeated Xuan Zi, then used a Recording Soul Tool to make Xuan Zi agree to present the Mingdou Mountain Range wager to a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Chen Zifeng blamed Xuan Zi for abandoning the team and the injuries and death caused by the ambush, and Xuan Zi admitted responsibility and said he would resign after the tournament.
• Wang Yan learned about Zi Yao’s Invincible Shield and questioned why Shrek had not equipped its students with such Soul Tools.
• Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to escort the severely wounded back to the academy while he took the less injured team members to Star Luo City, and Jing Hóngchén appeared as they parted.
• Jiang Nannan asked to buy the Necklace from Zi Yao, but he told her to keep it because it was useless to him, leaving her hurt by the gap between them.

After Zi Yao and Jing Hóngchén departed, the Shrek team discussed Zi Yao’s strength and Xiao Xiao revealed her interest in him. The chapter left Dai Huabin resentful and threatening revenge against Zi Yao and Huo Yuhao in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Zi Yao had Soul King-level strength, while Xuan Zi dismissed the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers as reliant on medicine.
• Huo Yuhao privately judged that Xu Sanshi could not defeat Zi Yao, who had once killed a Soul King Evil Soul Master instantly.
• Xiao Xiao asked Huo Yuhao about Zi Yao’s origins and was relieved to learn that he was not native to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xiao Xiao teased Jiang Nannan about becoming Zi Yao’s second wife, making Jiang Nannan blush and retreat.
• Dai Huabin vowed to use his personal guards to attack Zi Yao and Huo Yuhao in Star Luo City, while Dai Yueheng warned him against bringing disgrace on the Duke’s Mansion and Shrek.

Zi Yao returned to Sun Moon Royal Academy shortly before the Soul Master Tournament, and Jing Hóngchén named him the key to the academy’s victory. Zi Yao challenged Ma Rulong’s authority and declared he would serve as Captain and lead the team to victory.

• Wang Dong worried about Zi Yao’s absence as the Sun Moon Royal Academy members discussed their chances against Shrek.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen argued over whether the academy’s lineup could defeat Shrek before Jing Hóngchén arrived.
• Jing Hóngchén brought Zi Yao and a girl to the lounge, prompting Wang Dong to rise in surprise at Zi Yao’s return.
• Jing Hóngchén revealed that at least four of Shrek’s Starting Team Members could not compete after an Evil Soul Master attack.
• Zi Yao said the team was too weak to defeat Shrek without him and announced that he would serve as Captain, angering Ma Rulong.