Chapter Summaries

As the Tang Sect struggled to attract members, Yu Tianhuang returned to Shrek Academy with Ye Guyi and brought her before Elder Xuan and Zhang Lexuan. He revealed Ye Guyi’s Holy Angel Martial Soul and powerful Soul Ring configuration, and Elder Xuan accepted them without prejudice.

• Ning Tian offered to help the Tang Sect auction its Soul Tools, and He Caitou offered to upgrade its Level 3 Soul Guidance Cannon.
• Yu Tianhuang contacted the Tang Sect members from the academy and then brought Ye Guyi to Sea God Island for her Inner Court assessment.
• Ye Guyi introduced herself to Elder Xuan and Zhang Lexuan as Yu Tianhuang’s older sister, saying they had recently reunited after being separated as children.
• Yu Tianhuang asked Elder Xuan to make an exception for Ye Guyi’s assessment, and Elder Xuan agreed to let Zhang Lexuan arrange it.
• Ye Guyi revealed her Holy Angel Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Elder Xuan affirmed that her Angel family bloodline would not affect her place at Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan welcomed Ye Guyi to the academy and offered to help her with cultivation or any problems.

Xu Zihuang reunited with Ning Tian at Shrek Academy while Ye Guyi arranged to join the Sea God's Fate event and asked Zhang Lexuan to keep her relationship with him private. Their lakeside reunion was interrupted by Huo Yuhao, whose failed graduation assessment deepened his despair and resentment.

• Zhang Lexuan showed Ye Guyi around Sea God Island, and Ye Guyi agreed to attend the Sea God's Fate event and asked her to conceal her relationship with Xu Zihuang.
• Ning Tian arrived at Shrek Academy, and Xu Zihuang flew out to greet her before they walked together along the Lakeshore Path.
• Ning Tian and Xu Zihuang shared an affectionate moment as they recalled their earlier closeness on the path.
• Huo Yuhao ran past after failing the Soul Tool Department graduation assessment, blaming his low cultivation and feeling that his years at Shrek had been a farce.
• Xu Zihuang's gaze made Huo Yuhao stumble, but Xu Zihuang steadied him with an invisible force before continuing on with Ning Tian.

Xu Zihuang gave Ning Tian Aromatic Silk Beauty pollen as a belated birthday gift, and it evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda while raising her Soul Power to Level 57. After promising to have their relationship witnessed at the Sea God's Fate event, Xu Zihuang parted from Ning Tian as she went to prepare for the evening.

• Xu Zihuang told Ning Tian about his training journey and said he would help the Heaven Dou Empire resist the Sun Moon Empire within his abilities.
• While strolling through Shrek City, Xu Zihuang spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion disguised as Wang Dong'er and wondered whether Tang San was involved.
• Xu Zihuang gave Ning Tian Aromatic Silk Beauty pollen and guided her as she absorbed and refined it overnight.
• Ning Tian's Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and her Soul Power rose to Level 57.
• Ning Tian left with Tang Ya to prepare for the Sea God's Fate event, while Xu Zihuang set off to meet Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou.

Xu Zihuang joined Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou for the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, while Huo Yuhao brooded over his lack of belonging to the Tang Sect. At the lakeside event, Xu Zihuang claimed the first position and Xu Sanshi used his soul skill to displace a Thunder Peng Soul Sage into the water.

• Xu Zihuang met Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou at the Tang Sect Mansion, where they discussed the upcoming Sea God's Fate event and Xu Sanshi's hopes with Jiang Nannan.
• After Beibei and the others left, Huo Yuhao resented the Tang Sect and decided he remained only for its resources and help.
• Xu Zihuang and the others reached Sea God Island, where Xu Zihuang spoke with Dai Huabin and Xie Huanyue and discussed the upcoming tournament with Beibei.
• At the Sea God's Fate event, Xu Zihuang recognized Ye Guyi and Ning Tian among the Sea God Fairies as Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan began the proceedings.
• When the male students raced to claim water lily leaves, Xu Zihuang landed on the first one, and Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Underworld Exchange to take the second while sending a Thunder Peng Soul Sage into the lake.

At the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, Xu Zihuang revealed his flight and drew attention by unveiling Ye Guyi and Ning Tian, while Ye Guyi's powerful Soul Bone Skill shocked the Inner Court students. The first segment continued with Xu Sanshi's painful encounter with Jiang Nannan and ended with Ye Liu incapacitated by Ye Guyi's Molten Purgatory.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God's Pavilion Elders that the academy would devote more resources to Yu Tianhuang and Ye Guyi because of their importance and talent.
• Xu Zihuang flew before the female students, unveiled Ye Guyi first and Ning Tian afterward, and left Ning Tian unsettled by his choice.
• Xu Sanshi approached Jiang Nannan, who struck him with her Ghost Shadow Leopard Soul Bone Skill, and Xu Zihuang used Spiritual Power to keep him from falling into the lake.
• Ye Liu summoned a wave to impress the female students, but Ye Guyi used her hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skill, Molten Purgatory, to vaporize the wave and burn him unconscious.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped Ye Guyi, and Han Ruoruo used her Golden Rope to carry Ye Liu to shore as the students and elders reacted to Ye Guyi's strength.

The Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention continued as Beibei revealed Tang Ya, while He Caitou used a Class 7 High-Pressure Storm Cannon to expose ten more female disciples. Xu Zihuang froze the storm and lake into Dark Red Crystal, revealing his astonishing Soul Ring lineup, and the convention moved into its second round.

• Han Ruoruo returned Ye Liu to shore, and Zhang Lexuan declared that Ye Guyi had been justified in stopping his rule-breaking advance.
• Several male disciples failed to remove any veils, while Chu Qingtian deliberately fell into Sea God Lake to avoid Wu Ming.
• Beibei crossed the lake with his lightning and revealed Tang Ya, then declined to remove any other veils.
• He Caitou displayed his Class 7 High-Pressure Storm Cannon, creating a vast vortex that forced the female disciples to protect themselves and revealed ten faces.
• Xu Zihuang froze the tornado and lake surface into Dark Red Crystal, exposing five black Soul Rings and a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• The remaining male disciples revealed the last seven female disciples, the participants rearranged for the next round, and First Sight Affection began.

The Sea God's Blind Date Convention eliminated twelve male students before beginning its self-introduction round. Xu Zihuang stunned the female students by revealing his twin Martial Souls and exceptional strength, raising the bar for every contestant who followed.

• Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan hosted the First Sight Affection round, where He Caitou passed with lamps left on by Jiang Nannan and Ning Tian, and all twenty female students kept their lamps lit for Yu Tianhuang.
• Beibei received nineteen lit lamps, Ye Guyi turned hers off, and Xie Huanyue received none; Xu Sanshi passed despite Jiang Nannan turning off her lamp, thanks to Ning Tian and Tang Ya.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the next rounds and organized the lots, placing Yu Tianhuang first among the male students and Jiang Nannan first among the female students.
• Yu Tianhuang introduced himself by revealing his Golden Eye and Purple Sun Thunder Prison Dragon Martial Souls, seven Soul Rings, Level 69 cultivation, and Rank 7 Soul Engineer status.
• Yu Tianhuang's display awed the female students and made the following contestants harder to notice; Beibei and He Caitou then introduced themselves, and Xu Sanshi prepared to appear last.

Xu Sanshi ended his years of pursuit of Jiang Nannan after she remained silent, and both of them withdrew from the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention. The fourth stage began, with Ning Tian choosing Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi silently taking his other side as Wu Ming prepared to introduce herself.

• Xu Sanshi apologized to Jiang Nannan, promised to stop pestering her, and withdrew from the convention.
• Jiang Nannan felt shaken by Xu Sanshi's departure and also gave up her eligibility.
• Zhang Lexuan began the fourth stage, in which female students introduced themselves and chose male students.
• Hua Yao introduced herself as a Control System Soul Sage and chose a steady male Soul Sage.
• Ning Tian revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, used it to boost Xu Zihuang's attributes, and chose him.
• Ye Guyi stood beside Xu Zihuang opposite Ning Tian without introducing herself, and Wu Ming then took flight to make her entrance.

Wu Ming, Ma Xiaotao, and Wu Feng chose Xu Zihuang during the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, prompting Zhang Lexuan to let him complete the remaining stages before making his choice. Xu Zihuang chose both Ning Tian and Ye Guyi, then Ye Guyi revealed that she was his biological sister and challenged Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming.

• Wu Ming chose Xu Zihuang and proposed a two-on-two match if he later chose Ning Tian or Ye Guyi, and Ma Xiaotao agreed to challenge him as well.
• Wu Feng also chose Xu Zihuang, so Zhang Lexuan changed the proceedings to let him finish the remaining stages first; no further female students selected him.
• Xu Zihuang took Ning Tian and Ye Guyi by the hand and declared that he would not abandon either of them.
• Ning Tian questioned Xu Zihuang, while Ma Xiaotao said she would still challenge Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi revealed that she was Xu Zihuang's biological sister, then drew her sword and invited Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming to fight her together.

Ye Guyi and Xu Zihuang fought Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming in an aerial two-on-two battle, revealing the strength of their hundred-thousand-year abilities. Xu Zihuang defeated Wu Ming, while Ye Guyi unleashed Purgatory Red Lotus against Ma Xiaotao’s strongest attack, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Ye Guyi challenged Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming, and Xu Zihuang joined her for a two-on-two battle above Sea God Lake.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao exchanged powerful attacks as Ye Guyi used her Angel Sacred Sword and Soul Bone ability to counter Ma Xiaotao’s fire techniques.
• Xu Zihuang used the Thunder God Spear to suppress Wu Ming with lightning, then bound her with Soul Touch and forced her to dispel her Golden Crow True Body.
• Ma Xiaotao transformed into a Fire Phoenix and launched her strongest attack, a black phoenix formed from her martial soul and Soul Bone skills.
• Ye Guyi summoned Purgatory Red Lotus from her hundred-thousand-year Infernal Delicate Apricot Left Arm Soul Bone, and it swallowed Ma Xiaotao’s black phoenix in a massive explosion.

Ye Guyi defeated Ma Xiaotao with the Infernal Delicate Apricot’s power, while Xu Zihuang intervened to contain her attack and then reunited with Ning Tian. After Ning Tian accepted his hidden past and reaffirmed her love for him, the two left for the Nine Treasure Pavilion together.

• Ye Guyi’s Purgatory Red Lotus overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao until Xu Zihuang used Forest of Lightning to contain the attack and end the battle.
• Ma Xiaotao admitted defeat and flew away, while Ye Guyi left Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian alone after witnessing their reunion.
• Ning Tian embraced Xu Zihuang, and Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo announced that their happily-ever-after ceremony was complete.
• Xuan Zi told the elders that Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian would represent Shrek Academy in the next tournament, while Beibei, Tang Ya, and the others would represent the Tang Sect.
• Xu Zihuang apologized for hiding things from Ning Tian, but she accepted him and said he had changed her life; they then went to the Nine Treasure Pavilion together.

Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian recovered together before visiting Shrek Academy, where they met Tuoba Yu as he prepared to leave for home. After they learned Ye Guyi had entered Deep Meditation, Wang Yan invited Xu Zihuang to examine Dai Luoli’s mutated Martial Soul.

• Xu Zihuang gave Ning Tian a Mystic Turtle God Pill and helped her refine its effects as she recovered from the previous night.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian encountered Tuoba Yu, who said he was leaving Shrek Academy to return to his family in Yuming City.
• Xu Zihuang grew concerned when he remembered that Yuming City would be the first city breached by the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian learned from Zhang Lexuan that Ye Guyi had begun Deep Meditation and would likely remain unavailable for about a month.
• Wang Yan told Xu Zihuang that Dai Luoli’s White Tiger Martial Soul had mutated to gain Spirit Attribute abilities and invited him to assess the youth.

Xu Zihuang joined Wang Yan in bringing Dai Luoli to Shrek Academy and preparing to examine his Martial Soul. Along the way, they discovered that the newly admitted Inner Court disciple Wang Qiu'er had a Golden Dragon Lion Martial Soul, and the chapter ended with Xu Zihuang and Wang Yan leading Dai Luoli to the training grounds.

• Xu Zihuang agreed to accompany Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo to meet Dai Luoli, while asking Wang Yan about powerful Thunder Attribute Soul Beasts for his Second Martial Soul.
• Wang Yan discussed the Thunderclap Nether Vine that had supplied Xu Zihuang's First Soul Ring, and Han Ruoruo suspected that Ning Tian's Martial Soul evolution had come from the same treasure land.
• Han Ruoruo found Wang Qiu'er's registration form, and Wang Yan deduced that her Golden Dragon Lion Martial Soul was connected to the Golden Dragon lineage.
• Xu Zihuang and the others met Dai Luoli at the Outer Court reception office, where Xu Zihuang promised to help examine Dai Luoli's Martial Soul.
• Wang Yan, Xu Zihuang, and Dai Luoli returned to Sea God Island, while Ning Tian left with Han Ruoruo; Xu Zihuang and Wang Yan then led Dai Luoli toward the training grounds.

Xu Zihuang helped Dai Luoli awaken his mutated Blood Tiger Martial Soul, then guided him in developing a battle technique. After Dai Luoli reached the level 40 bottleneck and began training, Xu Zihuang reunited with Ning Tian and continued spending the vacation with her.

• Wang Yan examined Dai Luoli's Blood Tiger Martial Soul and explained that its Spiritual Attribute origin was slowly fusing with his White Tiger origin.
• Xu Zihuang used controlled spiritual pressure to stimulate Dai Luoli's Martial Soul, then gave him a Mystic Turtle God Pill that helped raise his Soul Power from level 35 to the level 40 bottleneck.
• Ning Tian told Tang Ya that Xu Sanshi's departure followed his long disappointment over Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya learned that Ning Tian and Xu Zihuang were together.
• After Dai Luoli completed his cultivation, Xu Zihuang took him to guest lodging and promised to teach him a battle technique suited to his Martial Soul.
• Xu Zihuang taught Dai Luoli to fuse Spiritual Power and Soul Power, and Dai Luoli named his technique Winter's Thought Fist.

Xu Zihuang secured permission to join the Star Dou Great Forest expedition, where he planned to seek a Soul Beast for his Second Martial Soul and expected to encounter Wang Qiu'er. After meeting the expedition team at Shrek Academy's main gate, Zhang Lexuan led the group southeast toward the forest.

• Xu Zihuang told Dai Luoli to prepare for the academy expedition, then met Xuan Zi and Elder Song, who agreed that Elder Song would secretly safeguard the team.
• Xuan Zi discussed Dai Luoli's talent and said the academy could arrange an assessment for him; Xu Zihuang then met Ning Tian, and they spent the day together in Shrek City.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian arrived at the academy's main gate, where they met Zhang Lexuan, Li Yongyue, Mo Xuan, Wang Qiu'er, and Dai Luoli.
• Zhang Lexuan introduced herself as the Level 86 team leader and named Xu Zihuang deputy leader; the others stated their Martial Souls, cultivation levels, and Soul Ring needs.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Xu Zihuang to plan the team's formation, and the group set out toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xu Zihuang led Zhang Lexuan’s team into the Star Dou Great Forest, where his Spiritual Power kept them safe until a Scythe Weasel attacked. He stopped the creature with his Time Distortion skill and secured Li Yongyue a suitable Sixth Soul Ring, while Wang Qiu’er continued to react to her bloodline connection with Xu Zihuang.

• Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu’er sensed their linked Golden Dragon bloodlines as the group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• During the team’s rest, Xu Zihuang shared supplies, and Li Yongyue learned Dai Luoli was Dai Yueheng’s younger brother and offered to help him find a Soul Beast.
• Xu Zihuang assigned the group’s formation and used his Spiritual Power to guide them through the forest into the Mixed Zone.
• Xu Zihuang halted a lightning-fast Scythe Weasel with Time Distortion and pinned it to a tree with crystal needles.
• Xu Zihuang identified the Scythe Weasel as a suitable Soul Beast for Li Yongyue, who killed it and began absorbing its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

The team hunted Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Mo Xuan began absorbing a Thousand Jun Ant King's Soul Ring. At dawn, Wang Qiu'er killed a dying Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear before the Zhongli Three Brothers could claim it, provoking the Evil Soul Masters to attack.

• Li Yongyue absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Scythe Weasel's Soul Ring and thanked Xu Zihuang for helping him obtain it.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned Wang Qiu'er, Xu Zihuang, and Ning Tian to capture the Thousand Jun Ant King, and Wang Qiu'er defeated it with Ning Tian's support.
• Mo Xuan began absorbing the Thousand Jun Ant King's Soul Ring, and the team camped for the night in the Mixed Zone.
• Xu Zihuang shared sesame cakes with the group while privately considering Wang Qiu'er's identity and possible Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• At dawn, a wounded Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear fled toward the group, followed by the Zhongli Three Brothers.
• Wang Qiu'er killed the bear to prevent the brothers from tormenting its beast soul, and Zhongli Di threatened her.

Zhongli Di and his brothers attacked Shrek Academy’s group with their enslaved beast souls, but Zhang Lexuan and Elder Song protected the others while Xu Zihuang carried out their plan. Xu Zihuang killed Zhongli Di with a spear formed by fusing the Golden Dragon Spear and Thunder God Spear, then threatened the two surviving brothers.

• Zhongli Di revealed himself as an Evil Soul Master and sent blood-colored beast souls against Wang Qiu'er and the others.
• The Zhongli Three Brothers summoned their powerful natal beast souls, while Zhang Lexuan raised a silver-mist domain and attacked their bodies.
• Elder Song appeared and severely wounded the brothers’ three natal beast souls with a swift strike.
• Xu Zihuang descended with the Golden Dragon Spear enhanced by the Thunder God Spear and pierced the brothers’ blood-red shield.
• Xu Zihuang killed Zhongli Di and challenged Zhongli Tian and Zhong Li Ren to face their deaths.

Xu Zihuang killed the Zhongli Three Brothers with Senluo Thunder Prison, then absorbed the energy of a self-destructing Thunder Beast and captured it. The group was left facing the rare beast as it calmed in Xu Zihuang’s grasp.

• Xu Zihuang killed Zhongli Di, while Zhong Li Tian and Zhong Li Ren fled and released their Beast Souls to cover their escape.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group in fighting the Beast Souls as Elder Song joined Xu Zihuang in pursuit of the brothers.
• Xu Zihuang unleashed Senluo Thunder Prison, annihilating Zhong Li Tian and Zhong Li Ren despite Zhong Li Tian trying to shield his brother.
• Elder Song praised Xu Zihuang’s fused Soul Bone Skill and advised him to wait for a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Thunder Attribute Soul Beast before adding Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul.
• Zhong Li Ren’s Ghost Shadow Leopard Emperor lured a self-destructing Thunder Beast toward the group, and Xu Zihuang entered its lightning sphere and absorbed its energy.
• Xu Zihuang grabbed the Thunder Beast after it returned to flesh and blood, and it stopped struggling and stared at him in confusion.

Xu Zihuang calmed the Thunder Beast’s dangerous energy and agreed to take it with him, while the Golden Dragon Spear rejected Wang Qiu'er twice before allowing her to hold it. The group returned to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s corpse, where Wang Qiu'er began absorbing its Soul Ring as the Thunder Beast noticed similarities between her and Xu Zihuang’s bloodlines.

• Xu Zihuang absorbed the Thunder Beast’s excess lightning energy, easing the danger of it self-destructing, and the Thunder Beast asked to follow him.
• The Golden Dragon Spear threw Wang Qiu'er away twice before Xu Zihuang planted it before her and it finally allowed her to take it.
• Xu Zihuang explained that he could control the Thunder Beast’s dangerous energy, and it showed its obedience by landing gently in Ning Tian’s hands.
• Elder Song sent the group back to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s corpse so Wang Qiu'er could absorb its Soul Ring.
• Wang Qiu'er summoned her Golden Dragon Lion Martial Soul and swiftly suppressed the twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring’s violent will.
• The Thunder Beast sensed a similarity between Wang Qiu'er’s bloodline aura and Xu Zihuang’s and looked at them in confusion.