Chapter Summaries

After refining Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Paste, Xu Zihuang gave Meng Lang a three-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca Soul Ring and began absorbing one himself. The chapter ended with Xu Zihuang enduring the Soul Ring’s intense energy as his aura stabilized.

• Xu Zihuang finished refining three bottles of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Paste, greatly strengthening his body.
• Xu Zihuang offered Meng Lang the Soul Ring of one three-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca, and Meng Lang accepted.
• Xu Zihuang told Meng Cang to release the other three-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca so Meng Lang could absorb its Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang killed a three-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca with a Soul Guide Spear and summoned its purple Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang began fusing the Evil Spirit Orca’s Soul Ring, endured intense pain, and gradually stabilized his aura.

Xu Zihuang completed absorbing his second Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power Level 22, and then discovered a top-grade Evil Spirit Orca Soul Bone. He declined to claim it for himself and left it with Wang Xiao to award later, while the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps Soldiers watched with growing eagerness.

• Xu Zihuang completed absorbing his three-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca Soul Ring, gained a control-type soul skill, and reached Soul Power Level 22.
• Rong Jin served Xu Zihuang a breakfast of butter-fried Evil Spirit Orca tail meat while Lin Long and Meng Lang continued their Soul Ring fusions.
• A soldier examining a twenty-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca corpse found an Evil Spirit Orca Right Leg Bone Soul Bone.
• Xu Zihuang told Wang Xiao to keep the Soul Bone for now and award it later to someone who rendered great merit.
• Wang Xiao accepted Xu Zihuang's decision, while Yaoyang studied the exchange and the soldiers looked eager.

Xu Zihuang learned that his new ability accelerated cultivation and drew dense Heaven and Earth Elemental Power, while Wang Xiao and Yaoyang warned him to keep it secret. Near the Sun Moon Empire, he caught a Thousand-Year Swordfish and used his second Soul Skill, Mirror Shatter, to trap it on deck.

• Xu Zihuang discovered that activating the silver patterns on his brow increased his cultivation speed by about one-third, and Yaoyang confirmed that it boosted his own cultivation as well.
• Wang Xiao and Yaoyang warned Xu Zihuang not to reveal the ability, and Yaoyang suggested the Silver Scale White Whale had been an auspicious beast whose destined bottleneck might be Xu Zihuang.
• Xu Zihuang glimpsed a familiar pair of eyes in his reflection but could not recall the scene, then left the room as the ship approached the southern waters of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Zihuang went fishing from the deck and hooked a powerful fish while Meng Lang and the crew watched.
• Xu Zihuang revealed the Thousand-Year Swordfish and used his second Soul Skill, Mirror Shatter, to encase it in Dark Red Crystal before it could strike Meng Lang.

Xu Zihuang’s party sailed into the Sun Moon Empire’s southern waters, where the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Corps had blockaded their route. After successfully crafting a Level 3 Soul Power Amplification Core Formation, Xu Zihuang agreed to split the group and travel with Wang Xiao toward Seaside City.

• Xu Zihuang killed a Thousand-Year Swordfish to save Meng Lang, and Rong Jin prepared the fish as a meal for the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps.
• Wang Xiao and Yaoyang watched the soldiers relax, and Yaoyang remarked that Xu Zihuang was a born leader.
• Xu Zihuang engraved a Level 3 Soul Power Amplification Core Formation and successfully made it emit a steady beam of light.
• Meng Cang and Lin Long reported that the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Corps had blockaded the sea, and Xu Zihuang recognized that Xu Tianran had sent pursuers.
• Yaoyang proposed splitting the party: he would lead one group through the blockade while Wang Xiao took Xu Zihuang and the others to Seaside City, then toward Star Luo Empire territory and Yueshu Island.
• Xu Zihuang agreed to Wang Xiao and Yaoyang’s plan.

After reaching Level 23, Xu Zihuang and his escorts traveled toward the Star Luo Empire. At the border, Ju Zi fell from a cliff after confronting White Tiger Duke soldiers, but Xu Zihuang appeared and caught her.

• Xu Zihuang broke through to Level 23, and Wang Xiao told him the group expected to reach the Star Luo border before dusk.
• Ju Zi mourned her parents and vowed revenge on Duke White Tiger Dai Hao for the war that destroyed her home.
• Leng Jun and Bei Lao Liu argued over Ju Zi, and Bei Lao Liu provoked her by insulting her father.
• Ju Zi attacked Bei Lao Liu with a dagger, but he blocked her strike and she fell from the cliff.
• Xu Zihuang appeared with Ju Zi in his arms as dark-red ripples clouded the soldiers' consciousness.

Xu Zihuang arrived with Ju Zi and ordered his allies to kill the Star Luo Empire soldiers without leaving survivors. After Leng Jun fled toward the Ming Dou Great Forest, Xu Zihuang’s group subdued the captain and took the unconscious Ju Zi into their care.

• Xu Zihuang’s Dark Red Crystal shattered, freeing Leng Jun and the squad captain from its confinement.
• Xu Zihuang ordered his allies to leave no survivors, and Leng Jun spotted the approaching fighters on Flying Soul Tools.
• The squad captain pushed Leng Jun to flee into the Ming Dou Great Forest and ask after his family if he survived.
• The captain tried to seize Xu Zihuang, but Meng Cang crushed him into the rock and injured him severely.
• Elder Cheng took the unconscious Ju Zi from Xu Zihuang, who worried that her fate had changed because of him.

Xu Zihuang left Ju Zi behind with the arriving Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Corps before traveling with his group to Yueshu Island. Ju Zi resolved to seek revenge, while Xu Zihuang began exploring the island after arriving.

• Xu Zihuang ordered his group to leave Ju Zi for the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Corps and enter the Ming Dou Great Forest.
• The Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Corps found Ju Zi, who concealed what she knew about Xu Zihuang and focused on revenge.
• After another half month of travel, Xu Zihuang and his group arrived at Yueshu Island aboard a merchant vessel.
• Xu Zihuang arranged to meet Wang Xiao that evening and strolled through the busy harbor with Meng Lang and four guards.

Xu Zihuang explored Yueshu City and discovered an unusually sharp carving knife in a shop. The chapter ended as the shopkeeper presented the ancient black tool for Xu Zihuang to inspect.

• Xu Zihuang learned from a fruit seller that Yueshu Island's population included descendants of people who had fled wars between the Sun Moon Empire and the Three Great Empires.
• Xu Zihuang entered Yueshu City with Meng Lang and the others, drawing attention from its residents.
• Xu Zihuang sensed a sharp presence from an item displayed in a roadside shop and went inside to investigate.
• Xu Zihuang asked the shopkeeper to show him the item, and the shopkeeper uncovered an ancient black carving knife.

Xu Zihuang exposed the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife’s history and acquired it after refusing Xi Gu’s attempt to buy it cheaply. He left the shop with the Life Gold, hoping it could help him attempt the Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, and cautioned Qing Mu against being so quick to kill.

• The shopkeeper claimed the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife was a Ranked Carving Knife and offered it to Xu Zihuang for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Zihuang identified the knife as the cursed work of an Evil Soul Master and described the grim fates of its previous owners.
• Xi Gu of the Starlight Auction House offered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but Xu Zihuang bought the knife and invoked his connection to the City Lord.
• Xu Zihuang left the shop with the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, recognizing its Life Gold could help him attempt the Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul.
• Qing Mu offered to kill the shopkeeper and Xi Gu, and Xu Zihuang told him to change his hot-headed ways.

Xu Zihuang arrived at Yueshu Auction House and was escorted by Manager Zhu to meet the City Lord, Yaoyang. On the way, they encountered Sister Shui, whose tense exchange with Manager Zhu hinted at a rivalry over access to the City Lord.

• Xu Zihuang entered Yueshu Auction House with his Crescent White Jade Token, prompting the staff to treat him with unusual respect.
• Manager Zhu personally greeted Xu Zihuang and said the City Lord had been waiting for him.
• Meng Lang grew wary when Manager Zhu touched Xu Zihuang, but Qing Mu stopped him from intervening.
• Manager Zhu led Xu Zihuang and his companions through the auction house toward the private rooms.
• Manager Zhu confronted Sister Shui, then continued to escort Xu Zihuang to see the City Lord as two burning gazes fell on him.

Xu Zihuang reunited with Yaoyang and Wang Xiao in a top-tier VIP room before the auction in Yueshu City. As the auction began, Yaoyang explained that he planned to sell a living thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca and some Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to raise funds and introduce Xu Zihuang to powerful factions in the Yuenan Islands.

• Manager Zhu escorted Xu Zihuang and his group to the top-tier VIP room, where Yaoyang and Wang Xiao greeted them.
• After Meng Lang and the others left, Xu Zihuang teased Yaoyang about Manager Zhu's affection, and Yaoyang described their shared history.
• Yaoyang asked how Xu Zihuang would choose among women who pursued him, and Xu Zihuang said he could have them all.
• Yaoyang and Wang Xiao told Xu Zihuang they planned to auction a living thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca and part of the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.

Xu Zihuang learned about the Yuenan Islands’ pirate factions and the dangerous Soul Bone being auctioned, while Yaoyang explained his plan to help Xu reclaim what was his. The auction was about to begin as the leaders of the major pirate groups gathered, including the hostile E Luo.

• Yaoyang told Xu Zihuang he had created a cover identity for him as a distant branch clansman of Yaoyang’s family.
• Xu Zihuang discovered that the auction’s final lot was a nine-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Bone, whose seller had fled the Demon Crocodile Pirates.
• Yaoyang explained that E Luo had seized two islands from his family and introduced the Five Great Pirate Groups that controlled much of the Yuenan Islands.
• Zhu Yao prepared to host the auction as leaders from four pirate groups arrived, and Yaoyang asked Wang Xiao to watch E Luo.
• Xu Zihuang observed E Luo’s strange-looking grandson and recognized the other gathered leaders, including Shui Jixi and Shui Qianqian of the Silver Fin Pirate Group.

Shui Jixi plotted to use her beauty and Yaoyang’s status to gain Yueshu Island, while Xu Zihuang watched her from across the auction hall. The auction began with Soul Tools, and Xu Zihuang had Yaoyang bid on Demon Shark fish oil.

• Shui Jixi told Shui Qianqian that she sought Yueshu Island’s wealth and blamed Zhu Yao for thwarting her plans.
• Yaoyang warned Xu Zihuang to beware of Shui Jixi, and Xu Zihuang acknowledged that he had already seen through her act.
• Zhu Yao opened the auction with a Level Five Invincible Shield, which the leader of the Purple Snake Pirate Group bought for 250,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• The auction presented several Soul Tools made by members of the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps, and Xu Zihuang judged them unremarkable.
• When fish oil from a Nine Thousand Year Demon Shark was offered, Xu Zihuang asked Yaoyang to bid for it.

Xu Zihuang watched the auction as Yaoyang won the Deep Sea Fish Oil, while Shui Qianqian secured a fifteen-hundred-year Evil Spirit Orca. The Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber went unsold, and the chapter ended with the auction unveiling its finale: a nine-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Bone.

• Yaoyang raised his bid to four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to win the Deep Sea Fish Oil after E Luo provoked him with a higher bid.
• Zhu Yao presented a fifteen-hundred-year Evil Spirit Orca, and Shui Qianqian won it for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber received no bids and went unsold.
• Zhu Yao unveiled the finale, a nine-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Bone with an attack-type Spirit Attribute Soul Skill and a one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin starting bid.

At the Yueshu City auction, the Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Bone sparked a bidding war among the pirate leaders, while Xu Zihuang recognized Yaoyang’s plan to turn the groups against one another. E Luo left the auction with E Cheng before the sale concluded, confident he could claim the Soul Bone later.

• Yaoyang offered to obtain the Soul Bone for Xu Zihuang, but Xu declined and pointed out Yaoyang’s plan to fuel conflict among the Five Great Pirate Groups.
• Xu Zihuang and Yaoyang watched as only four pirate groups bid on the Soul Bone, and its price climbed to 1.8 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Zi Jing withdrew from the bidding, leaving Jing Gu and E Luo to compete for the Soul Bone.
• E Luo raised the bid to 1.9 million Gold Soul Coins, and Jing Gu countered with two million.
• E Luo smashed the marble table and ordered E Cheng to return to the ship, assuring him that the Soul Bone would eventually be his.

After E Luo withdrew from bidding, Jing Gu won the Nine Thousand Year Demon Shark Head Bone, and Yaoyang took charge of exchanging it for two million Gold Soul Coins. Yaoyang warned Jing Gu that others might target the Soul Bone as he left the auction house.

• Yaoyang offered to handle the Soul Bone exchange himself and asked Zhu Yao to deliver Demon Soul Great White Shark head oil and help Xu Zihuang obtain Rare Metal.
• Zhu Yao handed the Soul Bone to Yaoyang, who took it to a private room to meet Jing Gu.
• Jing Gu paid Yaoyang two million Gold Soul Coins and inspected the Soul Bone before storing it.
• Yaoyang warned Jing Gu that he was not the only person interested in the Soul Bone, but Jing Gu did not take the warning seriously.

Xu Zihuang settled into Yaoyang's private manor on Yueshu Island and received the rare metals he needed for Soul Tool crafting. At a dinner with the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps, he thanked the soldiers who had rescued him and drank until he lost consciousness.

• Xu Zihuang demonstrated how he used Mirror Shatter to create a foothold in midair, and Yaoyang praised his control.
• Yaoyang gave Xu Zihuang a Storage Bracelet containing two hundred kilograms of each type of Rare Metal he had requested.
• Xu Zihuang explained that he was determined to cultivate, learn Soul Tool crafting, and undergo Tidal Body Refining to become stronger.
• Yaoyang reflected that Xu Zihuang reminded him of his father as they entered the castle's hall.
• Xu Zihuang thanked the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps for risking their lives to save him, then drank with them at dinner until he passed out.

Xu Zihuang began Tidal Body Refining while advancing his Soul Tool crafting and cultivation, steadily strengthening himself over the following year. The Yuenan Islands grew tense after pirate leader Jing Gu was attacked and robbed of a Soul Bone, as suspicion fell on E Luo.

• Xu Zihuang began Tidal Body Refining by enduring waves driven by Meng Lang and three Soul Kings, then returned to the castle badly injured.
• After Elder Cheng treated his wounds, Xu Zihuang consumed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Fish Oil and cultivated.
• Xu Zihuang resumed Soul Tool crafting and successfully inscribed his second Level 3 Core Formation half a month later.
• Over the next year, Xu Zihuang extended his tidal training to two hours and rapidly improved his physical fitness, willpower, and Soul Power Level.
• Jing Gu was attacked, robbed of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Head Bone, and seriously injured, heightening tensions in the Yuenan Islands as suspicion pointed to E Luo.

Three years after Yaoyang announced he had found a scattered clansman, Xu Zihuang had grown stronger through cultivation and tidal body training. He began another underwater combat test against five Thousand-Year Sea Demon Elephants, demonstrating how well he could withstand their attacks.

• Over three years, Xu Zihuang trained on Yueshu Island while Yaoyang's visits became less frequent, and Wang Xiao entered seclusion.
• Lin Long told Xu Zihuang that five Thousand-Year Sea Demon Elephants were ready for his combat training.
• Soldiers sealed off the inner sea with an iceberg and released the five Sea Demon Elephants into the water.
• Xu Zihuang entered the water, activated his Golden Eye and two purple Soul Rings, and faced the charging beasts.
• Xu Zihuang struck a Sea Demon Elephant with his fist and used his tidal body training to disperse the force of the impact.

Xu Zihuang fought five Thousand-Year Sea Demon Elephants to test whether they could push him toward the Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, but he defeated them without facing real danger. He returned to the port and planned to make Soul Tools while awaiting Elder Wang, preparing for Shrek Academy’s admissions.

• Xu Zihuang used his Golden Eye’s Dynamic Vision to dodge the Sea Demon Elephants’ Ice Burst Bullets and formed dark red crystal dragon claws with his second soul skill.
• Xu Zihuang charged the five Sea Demon Elephants, killed one by piercing its eye and brain, then fought the others across the seabed.
• After half an hour, Xu Zihuang had defeated all five Sea Demon Elephants, but their attacks had not brought him close to death.
• Xu Zihuang emerged from the water and told Lin Long that the Sea Demon Elephants had been too weak to give him the pressure he sought.
• Xu Zihuang asked Lin Long to notify him when Elder Wang left seclusion, then headed to the castle to make Soul Tools in preparation for Shrek Academy.