Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi fought Wu Ming in his Inner Court combat assessment, enduring her escalating Golden Crow attacks before counterattacking with Blue Silver Vines. Wu Ming ultimately breached his barrier and seized him, but Yan Shaozhe declared Lin Yi the victor, leaving the reason for the result unexplained.

• Wu Ming unleashed successive Golden Crow Soul Skills, but Lin Yi remained unharmed behind his Golden Protection barrier.
• Wu Ming realized Lin Yi’s Golden Tree was drawing energy from underground, helping him sustain his defenses.
• Lin Yi sent Blue Silver Vines after Wu Ming, forcing her to evade despite her advantage in strength and Soul Power.
• Wu Ming exploited Lin Yi’s distraction, broke through his barrier, and grabbed his neck, while burning her hand in the process.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped the assessment and declared Lin Yi the victor over Wu Ming.

Lin Yi passed the Inner Court Combat Power Assessment and was declared a Martial Soul Department disciple, but Mu En later revealed Lin Yi had chosen the Soul Tool Department. The Sea God Pavilion Elders debated the choice and agreed to hear Lin Yi decide for himself.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that Lin Yi had passed the assessment, and Mu En stopped him from questioning the department assignment before asking him to treat Wu Ming.
• Mu En gathered the Elders, Lin Qingxuan, and Ouyang Xi for a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and described Lin Yi’s Golden Tree Martial Soul, exceptional soul power, soul rings, and resonance with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• The Elders agreed that Lin Yi deserved full support, and Mu En said Lin Yi would join the Soul Tool Department, prompting its leaders to celebrate and Yan Shaozhe to object.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi argued that Lin Yi belonged in the Martial Soul Department, but Mu En explained that Lin Yi had chosen the Support System path and wanted to study Soul Tools.
• Mu En agreed to let Lin Yi choose for himself and ordered Lin Qingxuan to bring him to the meeting.

Lin Yi went to the Sea God Pavilion Meeting Room, where Yan Shaozhe tried to persuade him to join the Martial Soul Department instead of the Soul Tool Department. Lin Yi firmly chose the Soul Tool Department and left after Yan Shaozhe insulted it, leaving the Elders in a tense silence.

• Lin Qingxuan brought Lin Yi to the meeting late after Lin Yi had helped a junior student who broke through to rank fifty.
• Mu En told Lin Yi that he could choose freely, and Lin Yi declared that he wanted to enter the Soul Tool Department.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced the Elders and department leaders, then repeatedly offered reasons and rewards to persuade Lin Yi to join the Martial Soul Department.
• Lin Yi answered Yan Shaozhe by pointing out that Mu En was his master and could provide the help Yan offered, while the Elders struggled to contain their amusement.
• Yan Shaozhe claimed the Martial Soul Department was the continent’s top academy while the Soul Tool Department was not, prompting Lin Yi to criticize him and defend the department.
• Mu En ended the discussion and sent Lin Yi outside; Lin Yi said goodbye and left as the meeting room fell silent.

Mu En rebuked Shrek’s leaders for neglecting the Soul Tool Department and interfering with students’ choices, then reshuffled the academy’s leadership. He ended by welcoming Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi back to Shrek and assigning them new roles.

• Elder Zhuang defended Lin Yi’s freedom to study Soul Tools, while Xuan Zi insisted the child would eventually understand Shrek’s traditions.
• Mu En condemned Xuan Zi for chastising Lin Yi, removed him as deputy leader of the Shrek Inspection Team, and confined him to Sea God Island.
• Mu En blamed Yan Shaozhe for suppressing the Soul Tool Department, removed him as Martial Soul Department dean, and ordered him into ten years of seclusion.
• Mu En told Xian Lin'er to step down as Soul Tool Department dean, appointed Cai Mei'er to lead the Martial Soul Department, and named Duoduo dean of the Soul Tool Department.
• Mu En apologized to Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi, welcomed them back to Shrek, appointed Ouyang Xi vice dean of the Martial Soul Department, and offered Lin Qingxuan the Soul Tool Department vice deanship after he reached Level 8.

Mu En appointed Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi as vice deans and ordered Shrek Academy to expand its Soul Tool Department. Lin Yi settled into Sea God Pavilion, studied in the Library Pavilion, and reached Level 30 before turning seven.

• Mu En appointed Ouyang Xi vice dean of the Martial Soul Department and Lin Qingxuan acting vice dean of the Soul Tool Department, then allocated sixty percent of academy income to developing Soul Tools.
• Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi found their exhausted son, Lin Yi, and carried him to his room in Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En made Sea God Pavilion Lin Yi’s permanent home and gave him a Soul Ascension Pill, while Lin Yi chose to build his foundation through reading and Soul Power cultivation before entering the Soul Tool Department.
• Lin Yi studied in the Library Pavilion, reached Level 28 at six and a half, and spent his days reading and cultivating while visiting Lin Yao’s family at dusk.
• Six months later, Lin Yi reached Level 30 with two months left before his seventh birthday, becoming a Quasi-Soul Venerable at an unprecedented age.

Lin Yi delayed obtaining his Third Soul Ring so he could test whether Soul Power continued growing past a bottleneck, and he studied Soul Tool theory while waiting for his father to return. On his seventh birthday, Lin Qingxuan gave him a rare Ranked Carving Knife called Soul Devourer, whose vicious aura had startled him.

• Lin Yi postponed choosing his Third Soul Ring and studied Martial Soul, Soul Beast, and Soul Tool books while Lin Qingxuan was away.
• After two months of studying Soul Tool theory, Lin Yi celebrated his seventh birthday by spending the day in the Library Pavilion.
• Lin Yi accused Lin Qingxuan of abandoning his family, then quickly changed his tune when his father threatened to take back his birthday gift.
• Lin Qingxuan gave Lin Yi a carving knife in a high-quality Light Attribute Soul Tool box, and its vicious aura startled Lin Yi when he opened it.
• Lin Qingxuan explained that he had searched and called in favors to obtain the knife, and Lin Yi realized it was the Ranked Carving Knife Soul Devourer.

Lin Yi and his parents purified the cursed Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade with Extreme Light, transforming it into a life-filled cyan carving knife. After the Golden Ancient Tree whisked Lin Yi and the blade away, Mu En summoned Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi to the third floor in anger.

• Lin Yi realized that the Light Attribute powers in his family could purify the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, so he and Lin Qingxuan took it to his room near the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Ouyang Xi's Bright Phoenix Light struck the blade, unleashing a vicious aura that Lin Yi countered with his Golden Tree Spirit and Golden Domain.
• Lin Qingxuan noticed Lin Yi's domain amplified Ouyang Xi's Light Attribute, and Lin Yi infused her with Soul Power to help her reach Extreme Light.
• Ouyang Xi used Extreme Light to purge the blade's evil aura, changing it from black to a crystal-like cyan and filling it with life energy.
• The Golden Ancient Tree carried Lin Yi and the purified blade away, while Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi discussed Lin Yi's changed demeanor.
• Mu En summoned Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi to the third floor, his voice stern and angry.

Mu En reprimanded Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi for endangering themselves and Lin Yi, while Lin Yi learned from the Golden Ancient Tree that Tang San and another god were devouring the tree and the Plane Will. The Golden Ancient Tree named Lin Yi the Child of the Plane and began helping him absorb Spirit Gold, leaving him aware of a future conflict with Tang San.

• Mu En scolded Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi for failing to prepare for danger and putting themselves, their son, and his disciple Lin Yi at risk.
• The Golden Ancient Tree summoned Lin Yi and explained that his Spirit Gold was life force that could greatly strengthen his Extreme Life.
• The Golden Ancient Tree revealed that Tang San had brought another god, a Blue Silver Emperor, to devour it and that the Plane Will was being devoured as well.
• Lin Yi promised to help the Golden Ancient Tree and learned that he had been chosen as the Child of the Plane, while Douluo Continent also had a Son of Fortune whom Tang San might target.
• The Golden Ancient Tree offered to conceal Lin Yi from Tang San and began helping him absorb the Spirit Gold.

Lin Yi underwent the Spirit Gold’s painful life-force baptism, which greatly strengthened his body and spirit. The God of Light’s hidden Divine Sense stabilized inside Lin Yi’s Spiritual Space, while Lin Yi emerged with most of the Spirit Gold still intact.

• The Golden Ancient Tree used the Spirit Gold to cleanse Lin Yi’s body, expand his Sea of Consciousness, and temper his Spiritual Power.
• The baptism turned agonizing, and Lin Yi screamed, begged, and cursed the Golden Ancient Tree until the pain finally ended.
• Lin Yi examined his stronger body and Spiritual Space and found his Spiritual Power had grown to Soul Saint-level strength.
• The God of Light revealed that the treasure had stabilized his hidden Divine Sense and commented on the Sea God’s interference in the lower realm.
• The Golden Ancient Tree returned the remaining Spirit Gold to Lin Yi and explained that it could now help him recover from injuries.

Lin Yi learned the cause of Mu En’s grave injuries and gave him Spirit Gold, insisting that he would try to heal him. He left after ordering Mu En to clear land near the Golden Ancient Tree for his planting plans.

• Lin Yi learned that Spirit Gold could extend life and decided to give it to Mu En, hoping it might heal him.
• Lin Yi returned to Ouyang Xi and Mu En, revealed the treasure’s origin, and heard Mu En warn them to keep it secret.
• Mu En explained that absorbing the violent energy within a Light Dragon’s Dragon Pill had damaged his origin and left his injuries beyond hope of recovery.
• Lin Yi sensed Mu En’s approaching decline and insisted that Spirit Gold could help, but Mu En doubted he could be saved.
• Lin Yi left Spirit Gold with Mu En and declared that he would treat him, then told him to have land cleared near the Golden Ancient Tree.

Mu En saw hope for recovering from his injuries after Lin Yi used Spirit Gold to awaken a trace of vitality in his body. Shrek Academy’s Elders agreed to support Lin Yi’s plans, while Lin Yi began preparing land to grow ingredients for food therapy.

• Ouyang Xi questioned whether Lin Yi could heal Mu En, but Mu En said Lin Yi’s past achievements gave him reason to hope and that he wanted to live longer.
• Lin Yi went to prepare a plot near the Golden Ancient Tree, intending to grow ingredients for food therapy rather than medicinal herbs.
• Mu En felt the Spirit Gold’s life force awaken a trace of vitality and called an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting to tell the Elders about Lin Yi’s promise.
• The Elders agreed that Shrek Academy would provide whatever Lin Yi needed, and Mu En assigned two Elders to help with the planting.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that he had another matter to discuss, one concerning Xiaotao.

Mu En agreed to let Lin Yi attempt to purify Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with his Extreme Light, and Lin Yi readily accepted the risk. As the purification began beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, Ma Xiaotao was stunned by Lin Yi’s two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En to let Lin Yi try purifying Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Mu En agreed only if Lin Yi consented and Yan Shaozhe would not resent a refusal.
• Lin Yi accepted the attempt, trusting Mu En to protect him, and Mu En arranged for Ma Xiaotao to come the next morning.
• Lin Yi met Ma Xiaotao, teased her about their seniority, and she reluctantly addressed him as Martial Uncle.
• Lin Yi led the group outside to the Golden Ancient Tree and began releasing his Golden Tree Spirit to purify Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao saw Lin Yi’s two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and stared in shock.

Lin Yi purified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with his Extreme Light, bringing her temporary relief and prompting him to consider a more lasting solution. After learning that Extreme Ice could suppress the fire, Lin Yi hinted that he had thought of another way to alleviate it.

• Ma Xiaotao admired Lin Yi’s Soul Rings, and he teased her before beginning the treatment.
• When Ma Xiaotao instinctively prepared to attack, Lin Yi restrained her with Golden Imprisonment and urged her to focus on controlling her Evil Fire.
• Lin Yi used his Extreme Light to purge the Evil Fire from Ma Xiaotao’s body, leaving her feeling clear and unburdened.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Lin Yi, and Yan Shaozhe explained that her Evil Fire was innate and that Extreme Ice could suppress it.
• After pondering the problem, Lin Yi told Mu En and Yan Shaozhe that he had an idea that might at least alleviate Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.

Lin Yi explained that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire was Desire Fire tied to her Martial Soul Origin, and outlined ways to control or purify it. He demonstrated his Devour attribute and Radiance affinity, then revealed he had already used the second method and chosen his Third Soul Ring.

• Lin Yi identified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire as Desire Fire with a Spirit Attribute and proposed either mastering it or purifying it.
• Yan Shaozhe warned Ma Xiaotao against strengthening the dangerous Desire Fire, and she agreed to follow his advice.
• Lin Yi proposed strengthening Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul Origin through Soul Rings or personal comprehension to purify her flames.
• Lin Yi demonstrated his Devour attribute by draining the vitality from nearby grass, prompting Yan Shaozhe to demand secrecy and Mu En to warn him to resist its influence.
• Lin Yi shaped Radiance elements with his Soul Power, and Yan Shaozhe explained that Radiance’s recognition meant Lin Yi would not become an Evil Soul Master.
• Lin Yi said he had already accomplished the second method and had decided on his Third Soul Ring.

Lin Yi explained his theory that Soul Rings should strengthen Martial Soul Origins and revealed his plan to use a Lightning Attribute Soul Ring to break through the limits of his Golden Tree. Mu En reluctantly agreed to support the risky plan, and Lin Yi asked him to bring back the Soul Beast beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Lin Yi argued that soul masters should strengthen and cultivate their Martial Soul Origins from an early stage rather than focus only on powerful Soul Ring skills.
• Mu En explained that most soul masters could not comprehend their Martial Soul Origins until reaching the Super Douluo realm, while Lin Yi insisted that Soul Ring enhancements could help them begin earlier.
• Lin Yi revealed that he wanted a Lightning Attribute Soul Ring to temper his Golden Tree and push it beyond its current limits.
• Mu En warned Lin Yi that the incompatible Lightning Attribute could make the absorption fail or cost him his life, and offered to let him pursue it after his fifth ring.
• Lin Yi refused to wait, saying he had only nine Soul Ring slots and could not waste one, so Mu En accepted the risk rather than force him to choose differently.
• Lin Yi asked Mu En to bring back the Lightning Attribute Soul Beast beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, whose presence could help protect him during absorption.

Mu En agreed to bring Beibei to Sea God Island and ordered Yan Shaozhe into seclusion, while Lin Yi met Ma Xiaotao and later discovered Beibei carried a hidden Light Holy Dragon bloodline. The chapter ended with Lin Yi binding Beibei with his Blue Silver External Soul Bone and taking him away to study his Martial Soul.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En to bring Beibei to Sea God Island so Beibei could keep Lin Yi company, and Mu En agreed while ordering Yan Shaozhe to enter closed-door seclusion.
• Ma Xiaotao followed Lin Yi for an hour, challenged him to a fight, and left after he reminded her of the academy's rules.
• Mu En introduced Beibei to Lin Yi outside Sea God Pavilion, but their first conversation was awkward.
• Lin Yi sensed that Beibei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul contained a hidden Light Holy Dragon bloodline.
• Eager to study Beibei's Martial Soul, Lin Yi bound him with his Blue Silver External Soul Bone and carried him away.

Lin Yi experimented with changing the colors of his Soul Rings and provoked Beibei until Beibei's Light Holy Dragon bloodline awakened. When Beibei began to wither from the awakening, Lin Yi used Light and life force to keep him alive and sent a distress signal for Mu En.

• Lin Yi asked Beibei about his hidden Light Holy Dragon bloodline, then changed his Soul Ring colors in front of him until Beibei was stunned.
• Beibei attacked Lin Yi after Lin Yi tricked him into calling him great-grandfather, and Lin Yi restrained him before taking him out of the Library Pavilion.
• Lin Yi explained that he belonged to Beibei's great-grandfather's generation, and Beibei's anger subsided briefly before his Light Holy Dragon bloodline awakened.
• Lin Yi expanded his Golden Domain and supplied Beibei with Light Elements and life force as Beibei rapidly withered and fainted.
• Lin Yi sent a distress signal reading "SAVE" and "LIFE" above Sea God Island, hoping Mu En would bring Spirit Gold to save Beibei.

After Beibei’s Radiance bloodline awakened and nearly cost him his life, Lin Yi and Mu En restored him with Spirit Gold, and Beibei’s Martial Soul transformed into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. The next day, Mu En took Beibei and Lin Yi to Lightning Strike Valley to hunt Lightning Attribute Soul Rings, where Lin Yi asked whether Beibei wanted to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Mu En used Spirit Gold and Extreme Life to restore Beibei after Lin Yi explained that Beibei’s bloodline awakening had drained his vitality.
• Beibei awakened with a golden, Radiance-enhanced Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and discovered that he had broken through to level twenty.
• Mu En promised to take Beibei Soul Ring hunting, and Lin Yi joined him after his own Soul Ring experiment was interrupted.
• Mu En brought Lin Yi and Beibei to Lightning Strike Valley, where Beibei planned to hunt a Lightning Dragon Beast for his Second Soul Ring.
• After Lin Yi accurately described the Lightning Dragon Beast’s abilities, he asked Beibei whether he wanted to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Lin Yi convinced Beibei that his strengthened body and Lin Yi’s support could let him absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. After Beibei chose to take the risk, he absorbed a Lightning Dragon Beast’s purple Soul Ring and succeeded.

• Lin Yi explained that Beibei’s awakened bloodline and Spirit Gold life force, aided by Lin Yi’s support, could make a Thousand-Year Soul Ring possible, and Beibei decided to try.
• The group traveled deeper into Lightning Strike Valley and found a Lightning Dragon Beast estimated to be eleven hundred to thirteen hundred years old.
• Lin Yi blinded and restrained the beast with his light-based attack and Golden Imprisonment, then Beibei killed it as instructed.
• Lin Yi amplified Beibei’s Light Attribute and supplied life force as Beibei began absorbing the purple Soul Ring, enduring the pain without giving up.
• Three hours later, Beibei completed the absorption and gained a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.

Lin Yi and his companions searched Lightning Strike Valley for a suitable lightning-attributed Soul Beast, while Lin Yi’s growing urge to fight troubled him. At the Thunderfall, his Golden Tree revealed a plant Soul Beast that grew stronger by absorbing lightning, and Lin Yi recognized it as the Thunderclap Hellvine.

• Beibei demonstrated his Thousand-Year Soul Ring’s Thunderous Might, and Mu En praised its strength before the group continued searching for Lin Yi’s Soul Beast.
• Lin Yi explained that his mutated Martial Soul Origin made him confident he could absorb a lightning-attributed Soul Ring, though he kept his deeper reasoning to himself.
• After days of searching, Lin Yi’s fighting impulse intensified in Lightning Strike Valley, while Beibei’s Soul Power neared a breakthrough.
• The group reached the Thunderfall, where Mu En warned that its lightning could injure even a Super Douluo.
• Lin Yi summoned the Golden Tree and sensed a plant Soul Beast that grew stronger as lightning struck it, then recognized it as the Thunderclap Hellvine.